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Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1040 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1040

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of Commissioners Court of El Paso County to convey 1.67 acres of land, dedicated and used as a county park, back to its grantor, the United States of America, under the facts stated, and related questions.
Date: April 12, 1961
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Casa Ortiz] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Casa Ortiz]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Casa Ortiz, in Socorro, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: April 3, 1973
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: April 7, 1958] (open access)

[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: April 7, 1958]

Minutes from the Spring 1958 meeting of the Texas Surgical Society, held in El Paso, Texas. Included is a list of members present, papers that were read and discussed, and other events during the meeting, as well as a secretary's report.
Date: April 7, 1958
Creator: Brindley, G. V., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Sam Myres' El Paso Pistol Club Membership Card] (open access)

[Sam Myres' El Paso Pistol Club Membership Card]

Membership card issued to Sam Dale Myres by the El Paso Pistol Club, an affiliate of the National Rifle Association of America.
Date: April 1, 1951
Creator: El Paso Pistol Club
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Krys Boyd, April 4, 2019 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Krys Boyd, April 4, 2019

Interview with Krys Boyd, a managing editor of the talk show "Think" at KERA radio discussing her childhood in Long Island and El Paso, her family, and highlights from her career in working in media.
Date: April 5, 2019
Creator: Zerez, Megan & Villaseñor, Krys Boyd
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from J. Watt Page to T. N. Carswell - April 29, 1943] (open access)

[Telegram from J. Watt Page to T. N. Carswell - April 29, 1943]

A western Union telegram sent to T. N. Carswell in care of the McCartney Hotel, Texarkana, Texas from PAGE, State Director, Austin, Texas, dated April 29, 1943. Page advises that Colonel Banister [Colonel John R. Banister] has directed Carswell to travel from Texarkana to the Federal Correctional Institution in La Tuna, El Paso County via Abilene, return to Austin, and to forward his itinerary.
Date: April 29, 1943
Creator: Page, J. Watt
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the reunion of families when the Monterey picked up war brides and their babies from all over the Pacific and brought them back to the States. He transferred to a Liberty ship that brought German war criminals back to the States from South America, although he believes that the majority of the passengers were actually concentration camp survivors. D’Agostino was discharged but was drafted again during the Korean War and served as a radio relay operator atop a mountain in dangerous and harsh winter conditions. When he was discharged a second time, he applied his kitchen experience and attended Cornell’s hotel school. D’Agostino became the director of food service for Trans World Airlines. Before retiring, he moved …
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: D'Agostino, Al
System: The Portal to Texas History