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[Letter from Johnnie Mae Hackworthe to Captain Will Fritz, November 22, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from Johnnie Mae Hackworthe to Captain Will Fritz, November 22, 1966]

Original, signed letter from Reverend Johnnie Mae Hackworthe to Captain Will Fritz. In the letter Reverend Hackworthe discusses various topics relating to his spirituality, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, and makes a request for a reinvestigation of the murders of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anderson on March 30, 1925. Hackworthe claims to be able to prove that solving the Anderson murders could lead to the solution of the Kennedy and Oswald murders.
Date: November 22, 1966
Creator: Hackworthe, Johnnie Mae
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Walter H. McKenzie to T. N. Carswell - January 22, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Walter H. McKenzie to T. N. Carswell - January 22, 1945]

A letter addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Walter H. McKenzie, Executive Secretary, United Texas Drys, dated January 22, 1945. McKenzie advises that the last letter addressed to Carswell came back and that if this letter comes back he will take it that Carswell has moved and can no longer serve on the committee. Handwritten reply by Carswell dated January 27, 1945 advises McKenzie to "Do as you please. Did not ask it to begin with and see no reason to suggest or request appointment now. Cordially, TNC.".
Date: January 22, 1945
Creator: McKenzie, Walter H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Albert Sydney Burleson to Dr. Joseph Pound, February 22, 1907] (open access)

[Letter from Albert Sydney Burleson to Dr. Joseph Pound, February 22, 1907]

Letter from Albert Sydney Burleson to Dr. Joseph Pound detailing instructions on how to apply and be provided an increase in pensions from $12 to $16 as per his service in the Mexican American War. There is an enclosed document that shows the actual act of Congress that was passed to gain this increase; in part the act reads: "any person who served ninety days or more...during the late civil war or sixty days in the war with Mexico...be entitled to receive a pension as follows..." There is a three-tiered pension setup, those who are sixty two years or older gets $12, seventy years get $16, and seventy five or older get $20.
Date: February 22, 1907
Creator: Burleson, Albert Sydney
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gerald Blank to Mr. I. H. Kempner, October 22, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from Gerald Blank to Mr. I. H. Kempner, October 22, 1956]

Letter from Gerald Blank to Mr. I. H. Kempner discussing about background memorandum of the American Jewish Committee and requesting to go through the analysis of factual answers to many false statements on Council.
Date: October 22, 1956
Creator: Blank, Gerald
System: The Portal to Texas History
[RE: Goals 2000 National and State Initiatives] (open access)

[RE: Goals 2000 National and State Initiatives]

Photocopy of a memo from Leilani Lattin Duke, director of the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors. The memo is in regards to how the states are proceeding with the planning of the implementation of Goals 2000. Duke is enclosing copies of a recent mailing from the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, with the intent to the the RIGs more involved and mainstreamed with state education reform efforts and that the Federal U.S. Department of Education funds are given to states .
Date: November 22, 1994
Creator: Duke, Leilani Lattin
System: The UNT Digital Library