Fort Worth frontier history book reviewed
Julia Kathryn Barrett's A Frontier Triumph details Fort Worth origins from June 6, 1849 to its rise as a town, noting Gen. William J Worth after whom the fort was named and the 1853 abandonment. The piece also surveys Korkut translations and Ungnade's guide to New Mexico mountains along with other books and brief items from AP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Ford
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Julia Kathryn Barrett
Encino Press
Austin
Dallas
Fort Town
William Jenkins Worth
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
New York
Julia Kathryn Garrett
New Mexico Mountains
Herbert E. Ungnade
University of New Mexico Press
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Texas House Advances Most Major Bills in 63rd Legislature
The Associated Press lists status updates on key measures. HB1 ethics for officials passed House, HB2 lobbying regulation passed, HB3 open meetings within House, HB5 conference committees passed, HB6 public records opened, HB8 race contributions passed, HB9 bribery in speaker race passed, HB10 disclosure privilege intact, HB57 pollution complaint disposition noted, HB120 grand jury age lowered to 18, HB147 state funds for adult education, HB185 bargaining rights for firefighters and police, Senate form difference returned, HB260 nongame species conservation, HB264 mandatory continuances for legislator lawyers, HB325 UT Permian Basin becomes four-year, HB433 tax collection bonds passed, SB60 Aug 27 Lyndon Johnson holiday, SB123 18-year-old full rights, SB193 absentee voting for disabled, SB408 control of state colleges, SJRI districts created by general law, HJR7 single adult homestead exemption.
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Associated Press
Texas
House
Senate
University of Texas-Permian Basin
Lyndon Johnson
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Korkut
University of Texas Press
Dede Korkut
Warren S. Walker
Texas’ Tech University
Faruk Sumer
Ahmet Aysal
University of Ankara
APREF
Childress
Sallie Chesham
Word Books
Waco
Tex
Salvation Army
Monastir
Tunisia
Europe
Coventry
England
Gladys Hanbury
Coventry Provident Building Society
George
South Africa
New World
Leighton Ford
World Books
Billy Graham Association
Isuper Markets
United
Buckingham Astor
Golden Garden
Ane
Iti
Folger’s
Folger
Hunis
Kraft Macaro
Eami Inferep
Namid Yunrwenm
ESE
Ees
Betty Crocker
Birdseye
Pepperidge
Te Aly
OY Eee
Me Trae Reese
del Monte
Cacy
Beta Eorereey
Perera
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