Photographer Russell Lee remembered for farm, oil, coal imagery
Funeral arrangements pending for Russell Lee 83 longtime Austin photographer and UT art department pioneer. His 40 year career spanned Farm Security Administration projects documenting tenant farmers in Indiana and the Ohio Mississippi valleys and the poor in Minnesota. His work helped shape midcentury American photography.
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Austin
Russell Lee
Appalachian
Lee
University of Texas Art Department
Chemical Engineering
Lehigh University
Museum of Modern Art
Federal Realm &Ecurity Administration
America
Indiana
Ohio
Mississippi River
Minnesota
Farm Security Administration
Farmers Home Administration
Neighbor charged in death of 6-year-old in Fort Worth
Vicki Lynn Kirkpatrick 20 of Watauga indicted for murder in the strangling of Renee Elizabeth Greer 6. The body found near a Hurst furniture store dumpster after the missing-child report. Bond set at 200000. Police say the girl refused to be quiet during play.
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Fort Worth
Vicki Lynn Kirkpatrick
Watauga
Tarrant County
Renee Elizabeth Greer
Hurst
Kirkpatrick
Catholics plan funding for 1987 pope visit in Texas
Roman Catholics in Texas aim to raise 2.45 million dollars to fund Pope John Paul II's 1987 visit. The Galveston Houston diocese will cover 26 percent, Dallas 19 percent, and San Antonio 11 percent, with total shares set by the Texas Catholic Conference formula. An advance papal visit team toured San Antonio locations slated for the trip.
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San Antonio
Texas
John Paul II
Galveston-Houston
Dallas
Lawrence J. Stuebben
Texas Catholic Conference
Economy blamed for loss of Harris County voters
Houston's weak economy is blamed for the loss of 206 888 voters from Harris County registration lists officials say. Tax Assessor-Collector Carl Smith said the biennial purge this year shows a higher decline than normal with past declines of 167 720 in 1982 and 146 324 in 1980. The count comes from undeliverable voter registration certificates returned by mail.
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Houston
Harris County
Carl Smith
House rejects campus drug free zone resolution
Texas House refused to consider a resolution declaring every public or private campus drug free. It would suspend students for illicit drugs and fire staff who supply drugs. Rep. Bill Hammond offered the measure but failed by 18 votes to achieve the required two thirds for action.
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Bill Hammond
Dallas
Beach resort fuels debate near Brownsville
Betted as a creator of 20 000 jobs and 350 million annually the 12 300 acre Playa del Rio project east of Brownsville faces strong opposition from environmentalists and federal agencies who warn the site is a fragile wildlife nursery and may suffer lasting harm if developed. The U S Army Corps of Engineers hosted a public hearing with about 600 attendees as officials weigh the plan and whether federal approval will be granted.
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Brownsville
Playa del Rio
Dede Armentrout
National Audubon Society
Armentrout
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
National Marine Fisheries Service
Rio Grande Valley
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Gold and Silver Exchange
Town & Country
Grandview & University
Jiamonds
Oak Day
Brass Gallery
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Lutheran
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WN. Lincoln
China
Eople
Dresser, Hutch Mirror
McMinn’‘s
Massoud
Indu
Des
Boston
Rocker
Onal Boston
Comfort and Durable
Thomasville
Andrews Hwy
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