State Capitol Highlights in Texas Political Shuffle
Attorney General Morales backs court plan to redraw the state Senate and seeks to invalidate November elections. Primary races wrap up with Hispanic gerrymander emphasis as Green defeats Reyes.
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Austin
Dan Morales
State
Senate
Texas
Texas Supreme Court
Morales
U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
Republican Party
Karen Hughes
Houston
Gene Green
Ben Reyes
Reyes
Green
Clark Kent Ervin
Rodney Ellis
Ron Wilson
Sylvester Turner
Channel 13
Turner
Sylvester Foster
Foster
Spain
Talk of Texas Highlights Early Republican Delegates
Talk of Texas reviews historical quirks from the 1860 Republican convention and the 1930s era Charolais cattle import, camel ordinances in Brownsville, and Texas hospital shortages. It notes a Canadian clerk and a Texas editor once seated as Texans, the King Ranch cattle legacy, and costs from a 1950s Chevrolet era.
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Houston
Lone Star
Chicago
Texas
Michigan
M.S.C. Chandler
Red River
Galveston
Dunbar Henderson
Republican National Committee
If a Woman Broke Baseball's Color Line in the Majors
A hypothetical look at Linda Sunshine the first female major league shortstop facing male chauvinists, imagining how teams, managers, umpires, and even star players like Steinbrenner, Piniella, and Gibson would react in a world where women reach the big leagues.
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Linda Sunshine
Porkfat
Sunshine
Cincinnati
Lou Piniella
Piniella
Bob Gibson
Abner Doubleday
Billy Martin
Bentsen pushes Gulf of Mexico economic protection plan
Senator Lloyd Bentsen introduced a bill to create the Gulf of Mexico Commission with five Gulf Coast state members plus two presidential appointees. The panel would coordinate federal and state efforts to address ecological threats, identify problems, and implement a recovery plan. Cosponsors include Senators Johnston and Breaux.
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Washington, D.C
Lloyd Bentsen
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Bentsen
Gulf Coast States
Louisiana
America
Environmental Protection Agency
Departments of Commerce, Energy, Interior and Agriculture
Great Lakes
Chesapeake Bay
North American
Texas
Commission
Book Beat: New Arrivals at Kendrick Memorial Library
A wave of new titles arrives including non fiction works by Celia Morris and Marianne Williamson, biographies by David McCullough and Michael Schudson, memoirs by David Lavender, and fiction from Stephen King to Len Deighton. Highlights cover politics, history, and science fiction with notable authors and bestsellers.
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Kendrick Memorial Library
Harry
Michael Schudson
America
David Lavender
U.S. Army
Ray Lum
William Ferris
Mississippi
Texas
William Kittridge
William Kittredge
West
Raymond Carver
Anne E. Schwartz
Jeffrey Dahmer
Gerald
Stephen*King
Jessie Burlingame
Damia
Anne McCaffrey
Anne Rivers Siddons
Maude Chambliss
Brules
Harry Combs
Rocky Mountains
Rodolfo A. Anaya
Garcia Girls
Julia Alvarez
Papa
Len Deighton
Cairo
Free World
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U.S
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Lubbock
Longview
Texas Department of Insurance
Craig Washington
Dhouston
Jesus
Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission
Talk of
King Ranch
Brownsville
Jefferson Davis
University of Texas Health Science Center At
Peebles
By Garry Peebles
George Steinbrenner
Yankees
U.S. Treasury
The
Alabama
Florida
North
D-Texas
Hart
D.C
Phil Gramm
R-Texas
Russell Building
Larry Combest
Longworth Bldg
Ann Richards
Bob Bullock Box
Rick Perry Box
Kay Bailey Hutchison
John Sharp
State Office
John Montford Box
Jim Rudd
P.O. Box
Book Beat
Kelly Sinclair
Terry County
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