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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1978

Page

4

Ex Houston officer pleads guilty in civil rights case

Former Houston policeman James A. Estes, 29, pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the civil rights of a Louisiana teenager shot after a high speed chase. He agreed to testify against fellow officers charged in the death of Webster, 17, in Houston on Feb. 8, 1977, with sentencing deferred until he testifies.

Houston Louisiana James A. Estes Webster Shreveport U.S I. Lingo Platter Estes Max

Textbook critic makes 17th board appearance

In Austin Texas AP Norma Gabler a leading textbook reviewer made her 17th consecutive appearance at the state hearings. She denounced Edgar Allan Poe The Raven as unsuitable for ninth graders and objected to treatments of the Vietnam War Watergate Chavez and other topics in history texts.

Austin State Board of Education America

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