Rusk School to give way for a freeway (open access)

Rusk School to give way for a freeway

Photograph of Rusk School principal Mrs. Ruth Whitmire outside the front entrance to Rusk School with many pupils.
Date: March 15, 1955
Creator: Dauplaise, Marie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Madisonville pants presser rises at 3 a.m. to buy first ticket (open access)

Madisonville pants presser rises at 3 a.m. to buy first ticket

Clipping from the Houston Post about Tucker Johnson, pants presser of Madisonville, who won the Houston Post Tournament prize for being the first person to buy the ticket to watch the game. He was the second straight winner of the prize. At head of title: "Tucker Johnson is champion again."
Date: unknown
Creator: Frank, Morris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riding with Pancho Villa lasting memory for restaurateur (open access)

Riding with Pancho Villa lasting memory for restaurateur

Article clipped from the Houston Chronicle chronicling the life and adventures of Aurelio "Leo" Reynosa, owner and founder of Houston Restaurant Leo's Mexican Restaurant. Reynosa fought with revolutionary Pancho Villa as a young man. Reynosa later came to Houston, Texas and opened his diner in 1942.
Date: unknown
Creator: Karkabi, Barbara
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Wirtz expects farm hands to unionize, part one] (open access)

[Wirtz expects farm hands to unionize, part one]

Newspaper clipping of the comments U.S. Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz made during his speech at the 1966 LULAC conference in Houston. Wirtz discussed why farm field hands should be unionized. Article also contains Wirtz's comments at a press conference.
Date: 1966
Creator: Lee, Bill
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Wirtz expects farm hands to unionize, part two] (open access)

[Wirtz expects farm hands to unionize, part two]

Newspaper clipping of the comments U.S. Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz made during his speech at the 1966 LULAC conference in Houston. Wirtz discussed why farm field hands should be unionized. Article also contains Wirtz's comments at a press conference.
Date: 1966
Creator: Lee, Bill
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexican candy-makers changing to modern ways (open access)

Mexican candy-makers changing to modern ways

Mike Weingart, a Houston Chronicle reporter, writes about "a third-generation firm of candy makers, working by hand in make-shift quarters, producing $100,000 worth of Mexican candy a year and supplying 98 per cent of the Houston market." The photograph by Larry Evans, a Chronicle staff, shows two employees making the candies. The top of the article reads: "'The Bee Hive' just has too much buzzing."
Date: unknown
Creator: Weingart, Mike
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carr will speak to LULACs (open access)

Carr will speak to LULACs

Newspaper clipping stating that State Attorney General Waggoner Carr will speak at the 1966 LULAC convention.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping of Win Post Tourney openers] (open access)

[Clipping of Win Post Tourney openers]

Section of the Houston Post covering the Post Tourney. Includes Post Tourney Calendar and Tournament Box Scores, and names of the teams and their performance. Also includes an article by Frank Morris, "Mexicans Field Sensationally behind Beltran."
Date: July 8, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photograph of the Southern Select] (open access)

[Clipping photograph of the Southern Select]

Newspaper clipping from the Houston Post of a group photograph of the Southern Select club players. Front row, left to right: Pedro Zammarron ; Jake York ; Johnny Salinas ; L. Garcia ; Fred Peche ; Hilbert Mora ; Raymond Perez ; Ike Camargo. Back row, from left to right: Ramon Sustiata ; Ramon Luna ; Wesley Tofolla ; Alfonso Molina ; Tommy Garcia ; Duri Vidal ; Herman Castillo ; Mike Zepeda ; Lupe Munoz ; Joe Beltran.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Good Neighbor Teen-age Basketball League All Stars (open access)

Good Neighbor Teen-age Basketball League All Stars

Clipping from the magazine El Puerto Volume 1, Number 2, Houston, Texas, Oct. 1959. Contains a colored picture of the "Good Neighbor Teen-age Basketball League" before their final game of the season with the "Medias Negras" from Piedras Negras, Coah, Mexico. The league played at Piedras Negras Labor Day.
Date: October 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
A. J. Hernandez will be honored (open access)

A. J. Hernandez will be honored

Newspaper clipping announcing that A.J. Hernandez, the national president of LULAC, has been named "Father of the Year 1966" of Houston by La Hora Bautista. La Hora Bautista is a Baptist radio program heard daily over KLVL. Hernandez and his family will be honored at a banquet.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Junior Lulacs also civic minded like elders, but have more fun (open access)

Junior Lulacs also civic minded like elders, but have more fun

Newspapers clipping of Henry Vasquez, national director of youth activities for LULAC, talking about the Junior League of Latin American Citizens.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
LULAC chief sees big rise in jobs (open access)

LULAC chief sees big rise in jobs

Newspaper clipping from the Houston Post stating that a new job placement center will be opened in Houston for Mexican Americans. Alfred J. Hernandez mentioned this at close of the 1966 LULAC convention in Houston.
Date: June 27, 1966
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
LULAC head deplores ill-will against Mexicans (open access)

LULAC head deplores ill-will against Mexicans

Newspaper clipping stating some of the comments made by Alfred J. Hernandez, President of LULAC, during the 1966 LULAC convention.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
LULAC honors Mayor Welch (open access)

LULAC honors Mayor Welch

Newspaper clipping stating that LULAC has honored Houston Mayor Louie Welch for his service to Spanish-speaking people. Mayor Welch named this week as Houston LULAC week.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
LULAC to hear Wirtz, Montoya at banquet (open access)

LULAC to hear Wirtz, Montoya at banquet

Newspaper clipping announcing the speakers of the 1966 national LULAC convention in Houston. U.S. Senator Joseph M. Montoya of New Mexico and Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz will be speaking at the Saturday night banquet. Attorney General Waggoner Carr and Secretary of State John Hill will give luncheon addresses. U.S. Senators John Tower and Ralph Yarborough will also attend.
Date: June 19, 1966
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
LULACs get taste of politics (open access)

LULACs get taste of politics

Newspaper clipping of the events at the 1966 LULAC convention in Houston. U.S. Senator Joseph M. Montoya and U.S. Senator John Tower are mentioned.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lulacs launch drive to teach preschool English (open access)

Lulacs launch drive to teach preschool English

Clipping from an unknown newspaper about the League of United Latin American Citizens starting a drive to teach all preschool Hispanic American children in Texas basic English words.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
LULACs will hold convention (open access)

LULACs will hold convention

Newspaper clipping from the Houston Post about the League of United Latin American Citizen's 196 convention, at which U.S. Senator Joseph Montoya will be the keynote speaker. Some information about Senator Montoya is given.
Date: June 19, 1966
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexican Inn plays in Houston Tourney Sunday (open access)

Mexican Inn plays in Houston Tourney Sunday

Newspaper clipping of a group photograph of Mexican Inn baseball team appearing in Houston Post Tourney. Kneeling, front row, from left to right: Jesse Aldaco ; Jesus S. ; Lupe Castillo ; Rodriguez ; George Cordova ; Ernest Cortez ; Cruz Beltran. Standing, from left to right: H. J. Lewis ; Freddie B. ; Pedro Zepeda ; Ramon Sustiata ; Deward ; Kermti Landrum ; Lupe Garcia ; Felix Tijerina.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexican Inn wins from Prison Cubs (open access)

Mexican Inn wins from Prison Cubs

Newspaper clipping about the Mexican Inn baseball team beating the New Unit Prison Cubs by 7 to 1. The detailed statistics of the game are provided.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Obituaries for Manuel Urbina from Houston newspapers] (open access)

[Obituaries for Manuel Urbina from Houston newspapers]

Photocopy of four newspaper clippings, two from the Houston Post, two from the Houston Chronicle. The clippings are obituaries and article about Manuel Urbina, who passed away on August 14, 1967.
Date: August 14, 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Southern Select baseball team at the Houston Post semi-pro tournament] (open access)

[Southern Select baseball team at the Houston Post semi-pro tournament]

Photograph of members of the Southern Select baseball club. Back row, from left to right: Garcia ; Carmargo ; Kaiser ; O'Toole ; Gomez ; Beltran ; Zepeda ; unidentified. Second row, from left to right: Collins ; Mesa ; Tafolla ; Vidal ; Luna ; Sustaita. Front row, from left to right: Cordova ; unidentified.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Southern Select beats Austin Nine (open access)

Southern Select beats Austin Nine

Newspaper clipping about the Southern Select baseball team, which traveled to Austin and scored a 10 to 1 win over the Austin Pepsi-Cola Club.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History