Auction ends Texas Chicken Ranch legacy in Dallas history
At a Dallas auction 300 buyers paid 18191.95 for the restaurant’s equipment furniture and outhouse as the Chicken Ranch, moved from La Grange, sold to cover debts. Collectors and nostalgia buffs bought items while supporters urged a La Grange museum revival, and a reporter viewed the event as the era’s odd closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
la Grange
Central Texas
Ous Bordello
Marvin Zindler
Houston Televsion
Dolph Briscoe
W.A
Hrbacek
Jean
Cottonwood Inn
David Grayson
South Texas
John Gholson
Tim Albee
Fort Worth
Frostbelt and Sunbelt congressmen clash over federal funds
A Frostbelt congressional coalition led by Rep. Michael J. Harrington pursues economic leverage against Sunbelt allies, winning 11 billion in grants via housing and formula changes while defences budgets face pressure. Sunbelt leaders like Sen. Lloyd Bentsen and Jim Wright counter, urging national unity amid coalition battles across Congress.
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South
Frostbelt
Michael J. Harrington
D-Mass
Northeast-Midwest
Carter
Midwest
Lloyd Bentsen
Dtexas
Joint Economic Committee
Congress
Bentsen
Coalition
House
Jim Wright
Wright
Harrington
New York City
Senate
Houston
Louie Welch
National Economic Research Institute
Austin
Welch
Texas
Top Ten 1980s Singles Listing
The list shows ten hit songs led by Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb and Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty. Other noted tracks include Take A Chance On Me by Abba, Use To Be My Girl by the O Jays, Still The Same by Bob Seger, It's A Heartache by Bonnie Tyler, Miss You by the Rolling Stones, Dance With Me by Peter Brown, The Groove Line by Heatwave, and You Belong To Me by Carly Simon. The note adds a skeptical remark about pay deductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Gibb
RSO
Baker Street
Gerry Rafferty
United Artists
Abba
Atlantic
O'Jays
Philadelphia International
Bob Seger
Capitol
Bonnie Tyler
RCA
Rolling Stones
Dance With Me
Peter Brown
Heatwave
Epic
Carly Simon
Elektra
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Texas Chicken Ranch
Zindler
University of Texas Art
Merri Ellen Kase
Gholson
Pettis Norman
Arlington
Geneva Hooker
Greenville Avenue
Mabel
Congressmen
Washington
Sunbelt
Pecos Furniture Co
Captain’s Bed & Chest
ChromeCraft
Rern
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