Bumper sticker program targets drunk drivers gains ground
In Fort Bend County judge Thomas Culver III began a case by case program requiring second time DWI offenders to display a large bumper sticker reading Driving While Intoxicated. He notes no repeat offenses and cites widespread use elsewhere while critics view it as stigmatizing.
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Richmond
Fort Bend
Thomas Culver III
Culver
Steven Gilbert
Gilbert
Fred Feleman
Houston
Flag of Texas at Alamo 150th may clash with Mexico
Mexicans likely will not loan the Alamo flag to Texas for the 1986 sesquicentennial. Corpus Christi activists press the request, backed by many Texas lawmakers, citing history and sovereignty. Museum officials frame the artifact as a reminder of defeats and foreign incursions.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Museum of Foreign
Texas
First Company of
Texas Volunteers
New Orleans
Corpus Christi
Museum of Foreign Interventions
United States
Francisco Ortiz
Foreign Ministry
Dallas Times Herald
New Braunfels Man Donations $3,000 To Texas Treasury
Richard Besch, 78, from New Braunfels, sent the Texas treasury $3,000 to honor his late mother who received Old Age Assistance. The gift follows decades of aid that began in 1936 when Emma Besch was 65 and continued for 20 years, ending with $42 monthly before her 1956 death. Besch is hospitalized for a diabetic condition.
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Richard Besch
Texas Treasury
Besch
The
Austin American- Statesman
Ann Richards
Daniel Dietert
Mbank
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