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[Article for the Johnson/Humphrey Texas Campaigner - 1964-10-05] (open access)

[Article for the Johnson/Humphrey Texas Campaigner - 1964-10-05]

Short article to be sent to the Johnson-Humphrey Texas Campaigner describing the contributions of Latin Americans to the campaign, naming the chairmen and co-chairmen and who the speakers were at their first mass meeting in Houston.
Date: October 5, 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Draft of article by John J. Herrrera, "My 17 Minutes with John F. Kennedy", Houston Chronicle - 1983-11-21] (open access)

[Draft of article by John J. Herrrera, "My 17 Minutes with John F. Kennedy", Houston Chronicle - 1983-11-21]

Draft of an article by John J. Herrera published in the Houston Chronicle on November 21, 1983. The article, titled "My 17 Minutes with John F. Kennedy", recounts Kennedy's trip to Houston and the brief time Herrera was able to spend with him. It also describes how Herrera and his family heard the news of Kennedy's assassination the following day.
Date: November 21, 1983
Creator: Herrera, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Re: Right to Abolish Segregation of Latin-American School Children (open access)

Re: Right to Abolish Segregation of Latin-American School Children

Article about the segregation of Hispanic American children in public schools in Texas, and how the efforts of those in the League of United Latin American Citizens helped strike down segregation of Hispanic American school children.
Date: unknown
Creator: Herrera, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Editorial from the Wharton Spectator by Mary Lee Shannon] (open access)

[Editorial from the Wharton Spectator by Mary Lee Shannon]

Editorial article titled "Frankly speaking" written by the editor, Mary Lee Shannon, expressing her opinion on the "Mexican problem" in Wharton County.
Date: October 14, 1949
Creator: Shannon, Mary Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
What is a pipeline? Chief Morrison cracks down on shyster lawyers and informants (open access)

What is a pipeline? Chief Morrison cracks down on shyster lawyers and informants

Article explaining the meaning of pipeline to refer to the Houston Police Department referring people to a select handful of lawyers and expressing the hope that the Houston Bar Association will put a stop to this practice.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
What is a pipeline? Chief Morrison cracks down on shyster lawyers and informants (open access)

What is a pipeline? Chief Morrison cracks down on shyster lawyers and informants

Article explaining the meaning of pipeline to refer to the Houston Police Department referring people to a select handful of lawyers and expressing the hope that the Houston Bar Association will put a stop to this practice.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weather vane (open access)

Weather vane

Photocopy of a clipping from The Dallas Morning News. Richard Morehead writes from Austin, Texas, reporting on rumors that President Lyndon Johnson does not care if Texas Senator Ralph Yarborough loses his seat in the U.S. Senate.
Date: October 18, 1964
Creator: Morehead, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Humphrey: an excellent choice (open access)

Humphrey: an excellent choice

Photocopy of an editorial from the Saturday Evening Post stating that Hubert Humphrey is an excellent choice for the post of Vice-President to Lyndon Johnson.
Date: September 26, 1964
Creator: Saturday Evening Post
System: The Portal to Texas History
The perils of Spiro (open access)

The perils of Spiro

Article from The Washington Post on Spiro T. Agnew's Vice-Presidential campaign.
Date: September 25, 1968
Creator: Washington Post Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spiro wades in : governor displays rare knack with ethnic epithets (open access)

Spiro wades in : governor displays rare knack with ethnic epithets

Article by Art Buchwald on Spiro T. Agnew using derogatory names for ethnic groups.
Date: September 30, 1968
Creator: Buchwald, Art
System: The Portal to Texas History