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[Clipping: WASP reunion at Avenger Field... A Flyby of Memories] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP reunion at Avenger Field... A Flyby of Memories]

Newspaper clippings of an article about WASP members reuniting at Avenger Field, in Sweetwater, Texas, for a special parade. The clippings include a large photograph of WASP members sitting in uniform on the front of a parade float, and smaller photographs of the members at the reunion. The clippings also include large advertisements for anti-aging cream, vacation homes, Leo's Quality Foods, Inc., and Titche's shoe store.
Date: September 10, 1972
Creator: Lynch, Dudley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reyes says LULAC request to halt Torres trial was misunderstanding (open access)

Reyes says LULAC request to halt Torres trial was misunderstanding

Clipping of article, "Reyes says LULAC request to halt Torres trial was misunderstanding," by Tom Moran, published in the Houston Chronicle on September 10, 1977.
Date: September 10, 1977
Creator: Moran, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Military feels WASPs' sting, gives in to benefit demands] (open access)

[Clipping: Military feels WASPs' sting, gives in to benefit demands]

Newspaper clipping titled "Military feels WASPs' sting, gives in to benefit demands," discussing the recent decision that Women Airforce Service Pilots will now be recognized as veterans and eligible for benefits. It includes a hand-written note at the top of the clipping that reads "This puzzled me, as I thought it had been over long ago."
Date: March 10, 1979
Creator: Associated Press
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASPS Parade For Old Time's Sake] (open access)

[Clipping: WASPS Parade For Old Time's Sake]

Newspaper clipping from the Dallas Morning News Sunday Magazine, Southwest Scene, discussing the Women Airforce Service Pilots reunion at Avenger Field and the memories of the flight training they received there, as recalled by WASP member, Ann Rooney. Advertisements and comics are also printed throughout the clipping.
Date: September 10, 1972
Creator: Lynch, Dudley
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Viewing History] (open access)

[Clipping: Viewing History]

Newspaper clipping of a photo of a woman viewing a framed photograph in an exhibit. A caption accompanies the photo, describing that the Grimes County photographic exhibit at the North Texas State University Historical Collection is part of the activities planned for History Appreciation Week.
Date: November 10, 1977
Creator: Jim Mahoney
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Hefley sanity hearing changed to Houston] (open access)

[Clipping: Hefley sanity hearing changed to Houston]

Clipping from a newspaper that was published November 10, 1972. The article titled, Hefley sanity hearing changed to Houston, describes the psychology test administered on Charles Roy Hefley who confessed to raping and maiming Carolyn Adams and slaying her two children in the Trinity River. The fourth sanity hearing will be transferred to Houston.
Date: November 10, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: "A Flyby of Memories"] (open access)

[Clipping: "A Flyby of Memories"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about WASP monuments being set, crashes that some WASP experienced in training, and Ann Atkeison's injury.
Date: September 10, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASPs Win 33 Year Battle For Vet Status] (open access)

[Clipping: WASPs Win 33 Year Battle For Vet Status]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping titled "WASPs Win 33 Year Battle For Vet Status" from The Stars and Stripes. It includes an article about the WASP finally being able to receive veteran benefits from the government.
Date: November 10, 1977
Creator: Arnold, William Bruce
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASPs Await President's Signature] (open access)

[Clipping: WASPs Await President's Signature]

Newspaper clipping of Patricia Collins Hughes' column discussing the recent passage of legislation that granted veterans' status to the WASP. Hughes thanks several individuals and organizations who supported the WASP along the way. This clipping also includes a poem by Ann Darr and the continuation of an article on the WASP from the front page.
Date: November 10, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Rooney Atkeison at the WASP Reunion] (open access)

[Clipping: Rooney Atkeison at the WASP Reunion]

Full page from the "Southwest Scene" containing the end of an article about Rooney Atkeison, her experience as a WASP, and her attendance at the recent WASP reunion in Sweetwater, Texas. A 1944 photograph of Atkeison standing in front of the plane accompanies the article. An ad for Kretschmer's Wheat Germ occupies the rest of the page. The reverse of the page includes an ad for Travis Pools, two single-panel cartoons, and a brief article about using fabric panels to decorate the home.
Date: September 10, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Smothers says NAY, to ERA] (open access)

[Clipping: Smothers says NAY, to ERA]

A scan of an article about Clay Smothers rejecting the ERA from March 10, 1977 from Oak Cliff Press.
Date: March 10, 1977
Creator: Oak Cliff Press
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Little-Known (and Female) WW II Pilots Figure in Fall Rawson Associates Book] (open access)

[Clipping: Little-Known (and Female) WW II Pilots Figure in Fall Rawson Associates Book]

Magazine clipping of an article about the history of the WASPs and the book former WASP Sally Keil is writing about them.
Date: April 10, 1978
Creator: Dahlin, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Dallas Morning News clipping: Gays coming out of political closet] (open access)

[Copy of Dallas Morning News clipping: Gays coming out of political closet]

Photocopy of Dallas Morning News clipping about Don Baker and the Dallas Gay Political Caucus.
Date: July 10, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Local homosexuals try political tack] (open access)

[Clipping: Local homosexuals try political tack]

A newspaper clipping from the Dallas Morning News from May 10, 1978 about actions taken against the law against LGBTQIA+ lives.
Date: May 10, 1978
Creator: Applebome, Peter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Historical groundbreaking] (open access)

[Clipping: Historical groundbreaking]

Newspaper clipping of a photo of Mayor Ellinor Hughes and County Judge Dan Trammell digging into the ground to prepare for a historical marker. A caption accompanies the photo, describing that a historical marker will be placed for the city of Denton on the lawn of the courthouse as part of the Texas Historical Commissions preservation program.
Date: November 10, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: London-style in FW They like busing] (open access)

[Clipping: London-style in FW They like busing]

Newspaper clipping from the Fort Worth Press, "London-style in FW They like busing," published on November 17, 1972.
Date: December 10, 1972
Creator: Fort Worth Press
System: The UNT Digital Library