Greenville rally after church arson vows unity and justice
About 3,000 residents gathered as Gov. Bush and Rev. Houston McClendon condemned racially motivated church fires in Greenville Texas. The fires at New Light House of Prayer and Church of the Living God caused $60,000 damage. AT&T donated $50,000, with total funds raised around $150,000 to rebuild. Local leaders urged healing and pledged that perpetrators will be brought to justice.
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Greenville
Texas
Houston McClendon
Bethlehem Baptist Church
George W. Bush
New Light House of Prayer
Church of the Living God
Bush
Laura Bush
Ours
Sue Ann Harting
New
Black Panther Party
Knights of the Ku
Klux Klan
McClendon
At&t Corp
Weather aids firemen in New Mexico blazes
New Mexico reports two large fires held steady as weather improved. The Dripping Vat Complex fire on Jicarilla Apache land was 60 percent contained with hopes for full containment by Friday. Total acreages include 4,489 on Jicarilla land and other areas across BLM, private, and state lands. Rain did not fall as forecast, but dry, sunny conditions helped crews test new fire lines.
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Jicarilla
Susan Haywood
New Mexico
Gila National Forest
Langstroth
Lookout
Joan Vasey
Vasey
Gila
Cameron Elementary shows math gains amid new programs
Prince Steve Tercero praised Cameron Elementary students for higher scores after introducing Excel Math sheets and thematic units across grades. Principal Rita Latimer of Sam Houston noted mixed results but math mastery improved, helped by Saxon Math and a recent grant. focus now on writing skills.
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Cameron Elementary
Prince Steve Tercero
Tercero
Sam Houston
Rita Latimer
Latimer
UT Launches Record Fund Drive To Boost Endowment
The University of Texas at Austin plans a historic fundraising campaign starting fall 1997 to raise 500 million to 1 billion, aiming to strengthen its competitive edge, attract top professors and students, and fund projects like a psychology building and an art museum amid declining endowment returns and inflation pressures. UT relies heavily on a small donor base, with only about 4,000 of 350,000 alumni donating over 1,000, and funded by state support and the Permanent University Fund, which has waned as investments lag and royalties fall short.
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Larry Lollar
Lollar
Texas
Permanent University Fund
West Texas
Harvard University
Es Ns
Eh Snk
Acid spill shuts I-10 near Lacassine. injuries reported
A ruptured tractor-trailer tank released about 500 gallons of hydrochloric acid on I-10 near Lacassine Louisiana causing a vapor cloud. A woman was injured but her name and condition were not released. Eastbound lanes reopened by 6 30 p m and westbound by 8 p m. police said several accidents followed with mostly minor injuries.
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Lake Charles
Interstate 10
Jennings American Legion Hospital
Lacassine
Chris Guillory
Keith Roy
Crowley
Guillory
Rtra
Oea
William Tell hero of Swiss freedom tale ends despotic rule
In a dramatic escape Tell frees himself from guards, guides a stormy lake crossing, and defeats Gessler with a precise shot. The dying tyrant felled by an arrow, and Switzerland wins freedom as Tell vanishes, leaving a legend told by a freelance writer and illustrated by a Kingston artist.
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Gessler
Switzerland
William Tell
Sam
At Friedman
Kingston
Ontario
Canada
Ilnistrator
Jillian Gilliland
Top UT donors listed in Austin American Statesman
The Austin American Statesman outlines the top ten UT Austin contributors over 20 years. J Peter O Donnell Jr leads with 38.4 million, followed by James Michener at 32.4 million and the Welch Foundation at 29.2 million. Houston Endowment, IBM, Cockrell Foundation, Sid Richardson, LBJ Foundation, Borden Inc, and George Kuzmetsky round out the list. Most gifts support engineering, sciences, or liberal arts, with cash, stocks, and in kind donations driving the totals.
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James Michener
Texas
Michener
Mari
Welch Foundation
Robert A. Welch
Houston Endowment Inc
Jesse H. Jones
Mary Gibbs Jones
Law School
College of Communication
Liberal Arts
IBM Corp
IBM
Cockrell Foundation
Family Foundation
Ernest Cockrell Jr
College of Engineering
Sid W. Richardson
Fort Worth
Richardson Foundation
Port Aransas
Colleges of Business and Education
Lyndon Baines Johnson
LBJ
Iit
LBJ School of Public Affairs
Borden Inc
Columbus
Ohio
Borden
George Kuzmetsky
UT System
IC Institute
Kozmetsky
Teledyne Inc
RGK Foundation
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The
American Statesman
Tell
Irolex
Jewelers
Rolex Sales & Service
W. Wall
Midland
Silver
Irving Baxter
USA
Ummer Ames
AMERK
Happy 40Th
Janette Hill
Austin St
Odessa
Ernest Lynch & Associates
Philadelphia Life Asset Planning Co
Market Street
Philadelphia
Chartered Financial Consult
Dale Carnegie Training
Dale Carnegie
A. Lee Straugham & Associates, Inc
MaryAnn Smith
T.A. Taylor Insurance Agency
N. Grandview
Ted
Farmers New World Life Insurance Co
Mercer Island, WA
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