Ramirez Muniz A Mexican American Leader In Texas Politics
Ramsey Muniz, chief spokesman for Raza Unida, runs for Texas governor backed by a party seeking to mobilize over two million Mexican American voters. The piece profiles his background from migrant roots to Baylor Law, speech therapy, and football, detailing his rise, motives, and strategy to push voter registration and political participation across Texas.
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United States
Muniz
Ireland
Germany
U. S
Corpus Christi
Tex
Don Quixote
Texas
Raza Unida
Scientists announce self-destruct plastics
New York AP reports scientists claim plastics can be made to disintegrate under sunlight. University of Toronto chemist Dr James E Guillet showed a plastic cup fading in 14 days, with ketone groups triggering UV-driven chain chopping. Birmingham's Dr Gerald Scott noted colorings could warn when breakdown begins and two patented disposal methods were described.
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New York
James E. Guillet
University of Toronto
Cana
Gerald Scott
University of Aston
Birmingham
England
Guillet
High protein diet linked to cancer findings by scientist
New York AP Cornell University scientist Dr Willard J Visek reports at a American Chemical Society meeting that a high protein American diet may relate to higher cancer rates. He cites ammonia from protein digestion as harmful, noting it slows normal cell growth more than cancerous cells and may alter RNA chemistry.
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New York
Cornell Universit
United States
Willard J. Visek
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Cornell
American Chemical Society
Visek
Man
Wiske
System lets students throw out poor grades
Bloomington Indiana AP a program at Indiana University allows academically bankrupt students to declare bankruptcy on a semester to erase a poor term while transcripts retain only a non weighed effect on GPA. About 100 Arts and Sciences students have used the option including freshmen with personal crises as Dean Kenneth Gros Louis defends it as humane and aimed at reducing Ds and Fs.
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Bloomington, Ind
Indiana University
Sch .i
College of Arts and Sciences
Kenneth Gros Louis
California
Harold Stafford
Daily Student
Stafford
South Bend
Gates Agnew
Dresser buys Odessa oil firm assets in Permian basin deal
Dresser Industries of Dallas Texas says it will acquire assets of Permian Mud Service and its Dril Air unit in Odessa Texas. The deal covers Magcobar drilling fluid systems and air compressor related assets. Assets will join Magcobar Operations of the Oilfield Products Division with regional focus on Permian Basin and New Mexico.
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Dresser Industries, Inc
Dallas
Texas
Permian Mud Service, Inc
Dril-Air, Inc
Odessa
Permian Mud
Dril-Air
Permian
Dril- Air
Magcobar
Dresser
Dustries, Inc
Permian Basin
New Mexico
Oilfield Products
Swaco
Ideco
Guiberson
Kermit Highway
Permian Mud Service
Permian Basin sees 186 rotary drilling rigs active
A weekly Reed Drilling Equipment survey reports 186 rotaries drilling in the 65 county Permian Basin area Empire. This is 12 more than two weeks ago and 21 more than the same time last year. District 8 Midland leads with 84 units. In Southeast New Mexico 39 rigs are active, with District 8-A Lubbock at 29 and District 7-C San Angelo at 27. Pecos in District 8 has 22 and Lea in Southeast New Mexico has 21.
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Permian Basin
Reed Drilling Equipment
Texas Railroad Commission
Midland
New Mexico
Lubbock
San Angelo
Pecos
Lea
Raza Unida convention opens Friday in FE El Paso
Delegates from at least 15 states gather in El Paso for the Raza Unida party national convention ahead of a statewide bid in Texas. Ramsey Muniz runs for governor as the party weighs national priorities.
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el Paso
Associated Press
Eloy Aguilar
Ramsey Muniz
Texas
Baylor University
Texas Gulf Coast
Muniz
Raza Unida
Paso
Dallas
Waco
Nixon
Patrick Flores
San Antonio
Reyes Lopez Tijerina
United States
Colorado
Rodolfo
Ky” Gonzalez
Jose Angel Gutierrez
Crystal City
Arreola
Michigan
Minnesota
Washington
Oregon
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Kansas
Idaho
Nevada
Ilinois
Indiana
Oklahoma
Montana
Wyoming
Catholic guerrillas promise intensified violence in NI
In Belfast and Londonderry weekend shootings and bombings killed a British army sergeant and at least six others. The IRA Provisional wing said it would intensify its campaign, claiming rising support from Catholics while authorities cautioned the minority was aiding British troops. The toll in three years of sectarian violence nears 538.
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Provisional
IRA
Creggan
Londonderry
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