Mingus Texas Bars Earn Notoriety as Fistfight Haven
In Mingus Texas a weekend surge of barroom brawling fills the jail, with 273 residents swelling to many times that crowd on Saturday nights. Local figures describe fights at Jones Place and the Trio dancehall, where fists prevail and guns are kept out of reach for pickup trucking cowboys and oil-field workers.
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Fort Worth
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Chicago
Jaws craze hits Ferguson warehouse near Wilmington
Ralph Ferguson, longtime marine supply dealer, recalls a sudden surge of orders after Jaws boosted demand for authentic shark jaws. Amusement parks Sea World Busch Gardens Universal Studios and retailers across the country bought thousands of jaws, depleting his stock from 15,000 to about 5,000 in weeks.
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Texas Open Meetings Act requires specific notice of subjects
AUSTIN AP The attorney general says a governmental body must specify each subject to be discussed in meeting notices or the meeting is invalid. Citing a 1972 Supreme Court case involving the Lower Colorado River Authority the opinion rejects vague terms like new or old business and stresses posting supplements for any additions.
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