Tyler Texas Rose Festival Queen Aims for Texas Bow Tradition
Martie Wolf, 19, will bow before the Rose Festival president in a 100-pound gown with a 17-foot train during Tyler's Rose Festival coronation. The ceremony includes a drawn bridge reveal, rhinestone scepter, and a "Texas Bow" as part of a long tradition amid Tyler's high society pageantry.
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Earliest Edison voice recording found by curators
Curators cataloging Edison’s papers uncover an 1888 wax cylinder recording of the inventor speaking in a high pitched voice about a world trip from New York. He jokes about geography and signs off with Goodbye Edison to Blaine, likely James G Blaine. The discovery pushes back the known recording date from 1906.
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Weld urges cutting aid to unmarried teenage mothers
Massachusetts Governor William Weld proposes cutting AFDC payments to unmarried mothers under 18 and their children. The plan, backed by new federal flexibility, would require young mothers to live at home and attend school to qualify for food stamps, medical aid, and WIC. Cardinal Law condemns the measure as forcing cruel choices between child and health. The proposal sparks fierce Democratic criticism amid nationwide welfare reform debates.
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Kennedy family benefited from Louisiana tuition waivers
New Orleans reports that Victoria Reggie Kennedy and siblings received legislator funded scholarships at Tulane University. Rep John N. John steered waivers to Reggies and others, linking to a 1993 ethics dispute. Tulane records show the program, costing about $2.6 million yearly, now restricts waivers to needy applicants.
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Bob Livingston
Jimmy Hayes
Richard Baker
University of Louisiana
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