Ex-slave land rises in Dallas rich after sale
In far north Dallas descendants of former slaves hold land once run by enslaved families. Developers offered low prices with pretexts of dishes and watermelons, but many plots now fetch over 600 000 dollars per acre. Old towns near White Rock Creek give way to shopping centers and traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Milton Neall
White Rock Creek
Golden Land
Ruby Hervey
Hervey
Herbert Keller
White Rock
Fletcher Allen
Elbert Winn
Office of Housing and Urban Development
Joan Winn
Willie Mae Sowell
Winn
Ms. Winn
First captive-born Aplomado falcon tests outdoor perch
Endangered Aplomado falcon, hatched at Alpine Institute after four years with four breeding pairs at the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, briefly enjoys outdoors on a researcher's hand. Nearby Lajitas Museum and Desert Garden under construction will feature Big Bend history, flora, and artifacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Langford
Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute
Alpine Institute
CDRI
Medical deductions under fire in tax plan debate
Lawmakers push to raise taxes by 98.9 billion while trimming medical deduction rules. A Tax Court ruling allowed a hair transplant deduction, cited as tax abuse by critics. The Senate moved to limit deductions to more clearly medical expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Luther
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House Senate
U.S
Senate
Battle lines set up for textbook war
A week of public hearings began on Texas school textbooks with complaints that some books undermine home values and bias toward the Equal Rights Amendment and the ACLU. Sheila Haralson of Kilgore urged the TEA committee to note that the ACLU is described but its critics are not. She criticized a text titled Today’s Teen for redefining family and undermining traditional home values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
American Civil Liberties Union
Sheila Haralson
Kilgore
Texas Education Agency
Haralson
Mel
Smoking May Cause Hearing Loss Says Cairo Researcher
Amal S. Ibrahim of the National Cancer Institute in Cairo reports in World Smoking and Health that longer smoking duration correlates with greater hearing loss. In a study of 150 smokers and 150 non-smokers average age 43, smokers showed more hearing decline, possibly due to reduced cochlear blood flow or irritation of ear membranes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amal
S. Ibrahim
National Cancer Institute
Cairo
Egypt
Ibrahim
World Smoking and Health
American Cancer Society
Eiche Tek Cael Ainee Entete
Four skeletal remains found in Central Texas well
In Hill County authorities recovered up to four skeletons from an abandoned well after a year long murder inquiry. A local man described as a mountain man was arrested nearby and held on unknown charges as investigators dig deeper, hoping to uncover more remains in the remote area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hil County
Button
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Howard Wolinsky
Chicago Sun-Times
Bones
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!