The Freebooter Aury on Matagorda Bay
Aury established a Texan war fleet on Matagorda Bay in 1817 with an earthen fort on Galveston Island and a flag denoting Mexican Republic rule. He governed briefly, practiced daily drills, and attracted up to 500 men before abandoning the fort in 1817 18. Reports note Spanish oversight and unclear final resting place of Aury or his fort.
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Aury
Matagorda Bay
Paul Freier
Texas
Gulf Breezes
Louis Aury
Mexican Republic
Mexico
Spain
Galveston Island
New Orleans
Francisco Mina
Henry Perry
Galveston
Tampico
Mina
Perry
Perdido Woods
Goliad
Martinez
San Antonio
Jean Lafitte
Louisiana
Lafitte
Bexar
Florida
Cuba
Lyman Saylor
Saluria
Matagorda Island
Commodore Aury
Galveston Bay
Snake Island
Point Bolivar
Senate weighs cuts to 30.3 billion weapons bill after foreign policy debate
The Senate moves toward voting on a 1.2 billion dollar reduction to a 30.3 billion weapons authorization after a two day foreign policy debate that touched on the USSR, China, the Middle East, Western Europe, Korea and other flashpoints. Senators Nunn and Brock aired criticisms while Kennedy and Cranston led the talks, with about 20 participants at times. Also Ft Benning reports Army Sergeant Cliche B Williams completing the NCOES course, detailing the program and its aims.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Russia
China
Middle East
Europe
Korea
Panama
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Bill Brock
R-Tenn
On This Date In History June 4 1975 Highlights
Highlights note Midway Battle began in 1942 marking Japan's first decisive war defeat. Also dated items include Charles I hostage in 1647, Tripoli treaty 1805, Leopold chosen as first Belgian king in 1831, Henry Ford first car drive in 1896, Peron inaugurated in 1946, and Edward White spacewalk in 1965. Birthdays Rosalind Russell and Robert Merrill listed. Thought by Confucius included.
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Associated Press
Midway
Japan
England
Charles I
United States
Tripoli
Leopold
Saxe-Coburg
Belgium
Henry Ford
Detroit
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Ramon Castillo
Juan Peron
Willman honored for cultural harmony at TLC
SEGUIN The 1975 recipient of El Premio Roberto Salinas award is Bobby Willmann son of Dr and Mrs Rudolph R Willmann of Port Lavaca announced at Honors Day TLC The award honors Roberto Salinas a TLC student poet and artist who drowned in 1972 Sponsored by the Mexican American Studies Center the prize goes to a TLC student for efforts toward better understanding among people Willman a 1975 TLC graduate majored in communication arts and held Tau Lambda Kappa Kappa Kappa Psi Alpha Psi Omega Pi Kappa Delta while serving as Student Senate president editor of the campus paper and member of the All College Council concert band and choir.
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Seguin
Roberto Salinas
Bobby Willmann
Rudolph R. Willmann
Port Lavaca
Texas Lutheran College
TLC
Texas Lutheran
Willman
Alpha Psi Omega
Pi Kappa Delta
Margaux Hemingway Signs Million Dollar Modeling Deal
Margaux Hemingway, 19, from Idaho, signs a US1 million advertising contract with Faberge amid a rapid rise as a fashion icon. Once an au pair and go fer, she cites luck and exposure from high profile shoots and a romance with Errol Watson as lifting her to fame.
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Margaux
Faberge
Long-Estab
Lauren Hutton
Revlon
George C. Scott
Evel Knievel
Snake River Canyon
Ing
Errol Watson
New York
Town and Country Magazine
Key West
Vogue
Richard Avedon
Francesco Scavullo
Chateau Margaux
Europe
Audubon series painter follows bird habitat to Louisiana
Richard Sloan, likened to a modern Audubon, travels Louisiana and Central American jungles creating limited edition bird paintings for Griggsville Wild Bird Society. He paints from wild sightings and photographs, keeping birds as his priority over urban life, with works ranging up to 400 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Sloan
Field Museum of Chicago
Audubon
The
Griggsville
Wild Bird Society
Louisiana
South and Central America
Lightning claims life of 9 year old student in Florida
In Pompano Beach a 9 year old girl named Stephanie was struck and killed by a lightning bolt while walking home after safety patrol duty near her school. A telephone lineworker and bystanders attempted resuscitation but failed. Neighbors recalled the frantic effort and heartbreak as the storm raged.
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Pompano Beach
Fla
William Forester
Stephanie
Mary Wallace
Jim
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Institute of Texasn Cultures
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Fredonian Republic
Long
Nacogdoches
Republic of the Rio Grande
Red Rover
Dimmitt
James Long
Jane Long
Lone Star
Magee-Gutierrez
Aransas
Aranza
Matagord Bay
Te Seemners
Entra
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Alan Cranston
Dcalif
Kennedy
Williams
FT. Benning
Cliche B. Williams
Emily M. Williams
Markham
Tex
Edward White
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
White House
Rosalind Russell
Robert Merrill
Confucius
Frigidaire
W. Austin
Wilke Tire CO
Cooper Tires
Springfield
Continental
W. Main
Gal
Margaux Hemingway
Ketchum
Idaho
Ernest Hemingway
Shreveport
John J. Audubon
Pennsylvania
Sloan
Barrington
Chicago
Arlene
Curiosity Shop
E. Main
Porter
R.L. Norrs
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