Homeowner vows fight for boxcar in Haltom City
Haltom City officials blocked Ronnie Wright from placing a 30 ton mustard colored boxcar behind his home for storage. The 6 1 vote cited neighbor complaints and city image concerns. Wright vows to pursue court action and paint his 80 year old stone house blue on a sesquicentennial tour.
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Haltom City
Ronnie Wright
Fort Worth
Wright
Texas
Jack Lewis
Haltom
Lewis
Calvert Texas gains local paper through two pioneers
In Calvert Texas a new semi monthly paper, The New Calvert Tribune, began as a six month trial and grew quickly. Marianna Frost and Sandy Hudson, two out of town arrivals, launched the nostalgia focused newspaper to revive town life and publish historic photos, reminiscences, and minutes, with ad sales driving expansion.
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Calvert
Belle Starr
Queen
Jesse James
Mojo
Calvert Funeral
Calvert Tribune
Marianna Frost
Congress
Tennessee
Texas
Ken
Muleshoe
Galveston
Sandy Hudson
Bryan
Frank
Frost
Marlin Daily Democrat
Sandy
Hudson
Waco Tribune-Herald
New
America
Mental health bill seeks six year plan and advisory committee
AUSTIN AP A bill introduces a citizens planning advisory committee and promotes community based treatment for mental health disorders Rep Jack Vowell R Paso says the measure outlines a six year plan for state mental health and mental retardation services Co sponsors include Rep Frank Madla D San Antonio and Sen Chet Brooks D Pasadena with a redefinition of the community mental health system.
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Austin
Citizens’ Planning
Jack Vowell
R-E
Paso
Frank Madla
D-San Antonio
Chet Brooks
Dpasadena
Official defends attendance awards in Houston schools
Houston Independent School District Superintendent Billy Reagan defends a program offering free movie tickets to students with perfect October attendance. He cites increased daily attendance by 2,500 and more than 4 million dollars in state funding as proof of value, while others call the approach bribery and question learning impact.
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Houston
America
HISD
Houston-area
Pasadena
Baytown
Texas
Paul Manning
E.M. Thompson
Brazosport
Reagan
Hearing ear dog Casey helps Brazzils in Dallas area
Curtis and Patsy Brazzil, both deaf, cite Casey the dog as the first hearing ear dog in the Dallas Fort Worth region. Trained to alert by pawing and pointing at noise sources, Casey joins about 500 such dogs nationwide. Casey trained at Applegate Behavior Station in Oregon.
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Grapevine
Casey
Curtis
Patsy Brazzil
Dallas-Fort Worth
Doreen James
Ore
United States
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Cissy Baker
Senate
Howard Baker
Foster
Twisters
Odessa, Texas
Prophetic Bible Conference
Vine Avenue Baptist Church
Charles Feinberg
Vine Ave
Bobby Phillips
Vista Savings
Emil Beck
Odessa
Jack Lloyd
Dan Jackson
VISTA
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West County Road
East 42Nd Street
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