Peebles explores Woody Hayes myth and kindness hidden deeds
A columnist recounts alleged private acts by Woody Hayes, contrasting his brutal public image with stories of kindness toward wounded soldiers in Vietnam era visits. The piece questions whether public personas reveal the true self and cautions against quick judgments of character.
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Greene
Chicago Tribune
South Carolina
Woody Hayes
Ohio State
Hayes
Clemson
S.C
Vietnam
Lucas gusher opens Texas oil era at Spindletop
Footnote to history recalls January 1901 when Lucas No 1 struck oil at Spindletop near Beaumont. The well flowed 100,000 barrels daily, transforming Lucas, Higgins and the Gladys City Oil Co into symbols of a booming industry later fueling Gulf, Texaco, Mobil and Exxon. The boom did not crown Higgins City as planned. The piece also covers Texas college enrollment, Rio Grande naming, beer adjuncts, and Sheep Tea pneumonia cures.
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Lucas
Spindletop
Beaumont
Higgins
Gladys City
California
Pennsylvania
Gulf
Texaco
Mobil
Exxon
State Capitol Highlights in Texas Budget Reform Efforts
A Texas comptroller report outlines saving 52 million over five years by tightening purchasing with automated ordering, best value standards, and vendor bans. The Sunsets Commission notes pension poverty among 6000 retirees and proposes higher minimums, while welfare immunization linkage and breast feeding in public are debated amid Bush's private schooling and Texas population ranking details.
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Austin
State Comptroller’s Office and General Services Commission
John Sharp
General Services Commission
Sharp
Texas
Texas Sunset Advisory Commission
Associated Press
Glen Porter
San Antonio
Texas Board of Human Services
Texas Department of Human Services
Bob Geyer
Texas Department of Health
Debra Danburg
Houston
Danburg
Travis County
George W. Bush
Dallas
Houston Chronicle
Bush
Jana
Barbara
New York
U.S. Bureau
Pennsylvania
California
Apache Pueblo Conflicts Shape Early New Mexico History
Archaeology notes trace early contact between Spaniards and Apache ancestors, with 16th and 17th century interactions shaping the region. Reports describe Apache land use, customs, and violent clashes as Spaniards pursued Christianization, while Apaches raided pueblos and churches, threatening missions and settlements along the Rio Grande.
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Leon Pope
Espejo
Onate
Obediencia San Juan Baptista
New Mexico
Benavides
Rio Grande
Letter to the Editor on street prep before icy weather
Ted J. Hardy writes that Brownfield drivers benefited from streets being pretreated for the icy weather and urges readers to remember city service prep when filing future complaints during the coming year.
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Ted J. Hardy
Brownfield News
P.O
Brownfield
Texas
Round-Up of School Menus Featured Taco Salad
A school menu roundup highlights a taco salad with cheese shredded lettuce chopped tomatoes crackers fresh orange smiles and milk.
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Salisbury
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Czechoslovakia
Texas College
U.S
Missouri
Colorado
el Paso
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsville
State Capitol
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The
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Southwest
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