Omudsman Pat Riley Visits Wellington Ex-Students Reunion
A Wellington Ex-Students Association reunion hosts Pat Riley, Class of 1950 and Ombudsman for The Orange County Register, who discusses handling daily complaints about stories and photos. He and readers share quips about language slips and the newspaper’s Pulitzer-winning Olympic portfolio.
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Wellington
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Register
Riley
the Register
Guy Tyler
California
Vance Hunt
Wanda Hightower Cardwell
Jo McKinney Hunt
Tommy Hightower
Mark Klink
Huntsville
Melvin Cardwell
Elizabeth Cardwell
Whitesboro
Nocona
Murray Dodson
Murray
Dodson
Alvin Mixon
Jennifer
Justin
Mixon
Church of the Nazarene
Bethany Nazarene College
Bethany
Oklahoma
Nazarene Theological Seminary
Kansas City
Kay
Preston Russell
Colorado Springs
Dodson Church of the Nazarene
East Texas newspaperman recalls Pulitzer prize call from rodeo boss
A Wellington Leader voice recalls a Texas journalist who won a Pulitzer and received a surprising call from a rodeo association president who asked how a prize winner could miss the rodeo start time, illustrating pride and humor after a national award.
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Wellington Leader
East Texas
Rodeo Association
Texas Mexico trade pact touted by Hightower sparks state bid
Senator Bill Sarpalius reports Texas signed a historic bilateral trade agreement with Mexico, led by Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower. The pact creates a joint trade committee to expand Texas exports such as corn sorghum and livestock, while Texas seeks to bolster its economy and border ties amid peso devaluation.
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Mexico
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Hightower
Mexico City
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Select Committee On Public Education
SCOPE
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H. Ross Perot
Perot
Camp Arrowhead
Glenrose
Wilma Hightower Beanland
West Texas
Dodson
James Bryan
Cory Norman
Melissa Mead
Eva Norman
David Brown
Misti Beanland
Renessa Cardwell Klink
Wanda Cardwell
Kerri Cummins
Pat Drew
Wilma Beanland
Irma Drew
Lisa Cochran
Huff
Rev. Huff
Mary Drew
Kerri Cummings
Arrowhead
Crysta
Jared Caswell
Colorado Springs
Garland
Misti
Hollis
Amy Beanland
D.D. Miller
Bobby
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Teresa
Memphis
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Mary
Vance
Elizabeth Hunt
Marilyn Forsythe
el Cajon
Calif
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Phoenix
Arizona
Hunts
Sacramento
Alan
Nell Carter
Carters
Forsythes
Mohawk Valley
Upstate
New York
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Church of Christ Sunday
Vance Hunt
Ruel
Gloria Alexander
Ida Comer Rutz
Sandra Wheeler
Lillie Ann Rogers
Amarillo
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Jean Wynn
Coahoma
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Clarendon
Clyde
Tillie Alexander
Wellington
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Betty Bonneau
Holly
Iris
Richardson
Jimmy Howell
Clovis
New Mexico
Wayne Ward
Sylmar
Georgia Kind
Cansler
Yuciapa
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Juanita Burk
Raton
Jim Bret Campbell
Brends
Kinann
Craig Campbell
Hereford
Francis Jean Martin
Virginia
Ray Royal
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Panhandle
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Laguna Niguel
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Galveston
White Rips
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Interior Department
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Buddy Temple
Ed Emmett
Bill Clements
David Young
U.S. Senate
Bill Hobby
Pittsburg
Joe” Green
Green
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State Board of Insurance
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Corpus Christi
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Future Farmers of America
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W.N. Kirby
Kirby
Friends of Agriculture
Vo Ag
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Dodson News
Pendleton Electric
Margaret Pendleton
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