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England vs. The City of Dallas, Mack Vines, and the State of Texas (open access)

England vs. The City of Dallas, Mack Vines, and the State of Texas

Personal recollections of Mica England about her experience filing a lawsuit against the Dallas Police Department after they refused to hire her because she was a lesbian and admitted to having broken Texas Penal Code §21.06, which made sexual acts between same sex couples a misdemeanor. The text and images were captured from a webpage. Images of England, members of The Dallas Way board of directors, Dallas Police Chief Lupe Valdez, and Dallas Police Major Barbara Hobbs are embedded in the text.
Date: May 10, 2015
Creator: England, Mica & Williams, Paul J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Book gives firsthand account of Nov. 22] (open access)

[Clipping: Book gives firsthand account of Nov. 22]

Newspaper clipping describing a book being published by Hughes Aynesworth titled, November 22, 1963: Witness to History. Hughes Aynesworth was there with President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and was reporting for The Dallas Morning News, and is considered one of the most respected authorities on the topic.
Date: August 29, 2013
Creator: Peppard, Alan
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Lee Harvey Oswald's wedding band, long lost in a file, to be sold] (open access)

[Clipping: Lee Harvey Oswald's wedding band, long lost in a file, to be sold]

Newspaper clipping describing the wedding band belonging to Lee Harvey Oswald that his former wife, Marina Oswald Porter, is auctioning it off with RR Auction. Ms. Porter states that the ring is the only thing returned to her from her late husband and it took fifty years, but she has moved on from the events of November 22, 1963 and wants to let the ring go.
Date: July 18, 2013
Creator: Ragland, James
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Grief expressed in corridos and calypso] (open access)

[Clipping: Grief expressed in corridos and calypso]

Newspaper clipping discussing Alan Govenar, who started collecting songs produced by his classmate at the University of Texas at Austin. The songs were written after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and its aftermath and effect on the people.
Date: July 11, 2013
Creator: Granberry, Michael
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Tale of the tape: JFK's 2 a. m. phone call] (open access)

[Clipping: Tale of the tape: JFK's 2 a. m. phone call]

Newspaper clipping describing an audiotape owned by a Dallas resident, of an irritated phone call President John F. Kennedy made to the Pentagon in the middle of the night. This audiotape will make its reveal on a reality show, Pawn Stars, as owner Jack Rich takes it to the headquarters in Las Vegas to sell it. The article is part of an entire page of the newspaper containing several other articles (most of which are continuations from other pates) and advertisements.
Date: May 30, 2013
Creator: Peppard, Alan
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: JFK50: For owner peddling house where Oswald stayed] (open access)

[Clipping: JFK50: For owner peddling house where Oswald stayed]

Newspaper clipping describing Pat Hall's desire to sell her north Oak Cliff home, where Lee Harvey Oswald lived during 1963 until his arrest and charge for assassinating former President President John F. Kennedy. Ms. Hall notes that with the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination nearing, she is selling history.
Date: May 9, 2013
Creator: Appleton, Roy
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Gay movement's archives to be at UNT] (open access)

[Clipping: Gay movement's archives to be at UNT]

Newspaper clipping from a Dallas Morning News article about Gay's movement's archives to be at UNT.
Date: August 11, 2012
Creator: The Dallas Morning News
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: "Graying gays face a growing problem"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Graying gays face a growing problem"]

Newspaper clipping from the Dallas Voice featured for its article titled "Graying gays face a growing problem' published in February 2011. The article focuses on the sad story of a long time LGBTQ and democrate activist left homeless due to dementia/ suspected Alzheimers. The article frames the issue faced by the one man to one facing the larger queer community and calls for support to be given to community organizations to address the lapse in resources.
Date: February 11, 2011
Creator: Webb, David
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: "Fifty years together, lived out loud"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Fifty years together, lived out loud"]

Newspaper clipping taken from The Dallas Morning News true romance section titled "Fifty years together, lived out loud". The article, written by Kathleen Green, was published in the Sunday paper on January 23, 2011. The article highlights the 50th anniversary of Jack Evans and George Harris with personal statements, anecdotes and the couples plans for the future.
Date: January 23, 2011
Creator: Green, Kathleen; Evans, Jack & Harris, George
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Women Pilots Honored] (open access)

[Clipping: Women Pilots Honored]

Newspaper clipping of letters that were sent to the Dallas Morning News about the WASPs and their service.
Date: March 14, 2010
Creator: Taylor, Robert; Newman, Rita G.; Thompson, Carter & Harris, Chuck
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Let's say 'we do' to the business of gay divorce"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Let's say 'we do' to the business of gay divorce"]

Newspaper clipping from the metro section of the Dallas Morning News published October 8th, 2009. The clipping features an article on a new law allowing gay divorce to be legal in the state of Texas without recognizing gay marriage. Journalist Steve Blow outlines his article from the comedic standpoint to point out the absurdity of the loophole and pin it on the then attorney general Greg Abbott.
Date: October 8, 2009
Creator: Blow, Steve
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: WASP Pilots and the 'the 5th', Dallas Love Field] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Pilots and the 'the 5th', Dallas Love Field]

Photocopy of an article from Legacies magazine outlining the history of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron of the 5th Ferrying Group at Love Field through the letters sent home from Dorothy Scott.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Rickman, Sarah Byrn
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper clipping: Ban on sex toy sales reversed] (open access)

[Newspaper clipping: Ban on sex toy sales reversed]

Newspaper clipping from an article about the reversal of the Texas law banning sex toy sales.
Date: February 14, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: "DPD vice unit wages 50-year war against gay men" and other highlighted news] (open access)

[Clipping: "DPD vice unit wages 50-year war against gay men" and other highlighted news]

Newspaper clipping from Pegasus News featuring the article that extends over multiple pages "DPD vice unit wages 50-year war against gay men" published in August of 2007. The article appears highlighted and focus on the the prosecution of the gay community by the DPD in Dallas through the abuse of sodomy and lewdness laws in the 1950s and 1960s.
Date: August 3, 2007
Creator: Webb, David
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: The trade-offs of 'don't ask, don't tell'] (open access)

[Clipping: The trade-offs of 'don't ask, don't tell']

Clipping of an article about President Bill Clinton's "don't ask, don't tell" policy which is under scrutiny in Congress.
Date: March 8, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Gergen to speak at luncheon] (open access)

[Clipping: Gergen to speak at luncheon]

Newspaper clipping describes David Gergen addressing the Planned Parenthood of North Texas luncheon to raise money. According to the article, Gergen is a professor at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and has worked as an advisor to Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton administrations. There are red markings in pen.
Date: February 20, 2007
Creator: Miller, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Can Watkins overcome baggage in DA's race?] (open access)

[Clipping: Can Watkins overcome baggage in DA's race?]

Clipping of an article from the Dallas News about Craig Watkins works to broaden Democratic support.
Date: October 6, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Texas Theater: No curtain yet] (open access)

[Clipping: Texas Theater: No curtain yet]

Newspaper clipping describing the Texas Theater that was built by the billionaire Howard Hughes and how the building is now only recognized as the location where Lee Harvey Oswald was captured after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. There are red markings in pen that were made by Charles E. Reagan, Jr., during his research on President John F. Kennedy.
Date: April 16, 2006
Creator: Trejo, Frank
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: J. D. Tippit follows in granddad's path] (open access)

[Clipping: J. D. Tippit follows in granddad's path]

Newspaper clipping discussing a police officer that Lee Harvey Oswald gunned down while the officer was searching for the killer who assassinated President John F. Kennedy. Officer Tippit's grandson, J. D. Tippit, is following in his grandfather's footsteps and becoming a police office. The article has red markings in pen.
Date: March 27, 2006
Creator: Kovach, Gretel C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: After the war, most WASP pilots never flew again] (open access)

[Clipping: After the war, most WASP pilots never flew again]

Newspaper clipping describing the experiences of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) after their organization was deactivated in December 1944.
Date: July 3, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: After the war, most WASP pilots never flew again] (open access)

[Clipping: After the war, most WASP pilots never flew again]

Newspaper clipping describing the experiences of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) after their organization was deactivated in December 1944.
Date: July 3, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]

Newspaper clipping giving information about the Patriot's Parade. A list of former WASP with portraits and short biographies is also included.
Date: May 28, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]

Newspaper clipping giving information about the Patriot's Parade. A list of former WASP with portraits and short biographies is also included.
Date: May 28, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Selling a stake in assassination lore] (open access)

[Clipping: Selling a stake in assassination lore]

Newspaper clipping discussing auction of the grassy knoll's stockade fence near Dealey Plaza; many conspiracy theorists claim a second shooter was hidden behind the fence during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. There are red markings in pen that were made by Charles E. Reagan, Jr., during his research on President John F. Kennedy.
Date: May 13, 2005
Creator: Young, Michael E.
System: The UNT Digital Library