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Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 139, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014 (open access)

Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 139, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Weekly newspaper from Mineola, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Newman, Doris
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 87, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 87, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Parker, Vic
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bankruptcy for Marijuana Businesses? (open access)

Bankruptcy for Marijuana Businesses?

This legal sidebar discusses recent bankruptcy court cases that suggest that one such risk may be the ultimate unavailability to both debtors and creditors of the protections, benefits, and predictability of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code when state-regulated marijuana businesses fail.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Chairs: Considerations, Decisions, and Actions as One Congress Ends and a New Congress Begins (open access)

House Committee Chairs: Considerations, Decisions, and Actions as One Congress Ends and a New Congress Begins

This report covers the period from the House's early organization meetings through the spring district work period, which normally occurs in March or April.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Schneider, Judy & Koempel, Michael L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Background and Issues for Congressional Oversight of ARRA Broadband Awards (open access)

Background and Issues for Congressional Oversight of ARRA Broadband Awards

This report discusses background and issues for congressional oversight of ARRA Broadband Awards.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Child Welfare: Funding for Child and Family Services Authorized Under Title IV-B of the Social Security Act (open access)

Child Welfare: Funding for Child and Family Services Authorized Under Title IV-B of the Social Security Act

This report provides information about the Funding for Child and Family Services Authorized Under Title IV-B of the Social Security Act for child welfare.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Stoltzfus, Emilie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Roger Ashenbrenner, October 29, 2014 transcript

Oral History Interview with Roger Ashenbrenner, October 29, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Roger A. Ashenbrenner. Ashenbrenner was born 7 June 1922 in Washington D.C. He enlisted in the Navy 15 August 1942. He went to boot camp in Newport, Rhode Island. After brief periods as an armed guard at the Naval War College, amphibious training at Little Creek, Virginia, and a trip to Brooklyn, New York to man a new destroyer, he was finally sent to the merchant ship Mormac Swan as a member of the Navy Armed Guard. Their duty was to man the 3" gun mounted on the bow of the ship. After one trip across the Atlantic, Ashenbrenner was assigned to the Henry A. Wiley (DM-29). In November 1944, the Wiley escorted the battleships Missouri (BB-63), Texas (BB-35), and Arkansas (BB-33), and two escort carriers from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Arriving at Pearl Harbor, she then escorted the New York (BB-34) to join the covering force for the invasion of Iwo Jima. While there, Ashenbrenner witnessed both the original flag raising on Mt. Suribachi and the second raising immortalized by Joe Rosenthal. Once Iwo Jima was secured, the Wiley went to Okinawa to sweep mines. Subsequently …
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Ashenbrenner, Roger A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 115, No. 128, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 115, No. 128, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with Roger Ashenbrenner, October 29, 2014 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Roger Ashenbrenner, October 29, 2014

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Roger A. Ashenbrenner. Ashenbrenner was born 7 June 1922 in Washington D.C. He enlisted in the Navy 15 August 1942. He went to boot camp in Newport, Rhode Island. After brief periods as an armed guard at the Naval War College, amphibious training at Little Creek, Virginia, and a trip to Brooklyn, New York to man a new destroyer, he was finally sent to the merchant ship Mormac Swan as a member of the Navy Armed Guard. Their duty was to man the 3" gun mounted on the bow of the ship. After one trip across the Atlantic, Ashenbrenner was assigned to the Henry A. Wiley (DM-29). In November 1944, the Wiley escorted the battleships Missouri (BB-63), Texas (BB-35), and Arkansas (BB-33), and two escort carriers from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Arriving at Pearl Harbor, she then escorted the New York (BB-34) to join the covering force for the invasion of Iwo Jima. While there, Ashenbrenner witnessed both the original flag raising on Mt. Suribachi and the second raising immortalized by Joe Rosenthal. Once Iwo Jima was secured, the Wiley went to Okinawa to sweep mines. Subsequently …
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Ashenbrenner, Roger A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 124, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014 (open access)

Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 124, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Weekly newspaper from Elgin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Finney, Patty
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 88, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 88, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Parks, Scott K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 212, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 212, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Bloom, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 100, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 100, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Brock, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Federal Funding for Health Insurance Exchanges (open access)

Federal Funding for Health Insurance Exchanges

This report discusses the health insurance exchanges established as mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).To fund the establishment of exchanges, the ACA authorizes the HHS Secretary to award grants to states through 2014. Each exchange is expected to generate its own funds to sustain its operations beginning January 1, 2015. This report provides a state-by-state breakdown of the grants awarded to date. It then briefly describes the requirement for exchanges to be self-sustaining, and concludes with a discussion of the sources and amounts of funding that HHS has used and plans to use to support FFE operations.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Mach, Annie L. & Redhead, C. Stephen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. and International Health Responses to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa (open access)

U.S. and International Health Responses to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa

In March 2014, an Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak was reported in Guinea, West Africa. The outbreak is the first in West Africa and has caused an unprecedented number of cases and deaths. The outbreak is continuing to spread in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia (the "affected countries"); it has been contained in Nigeria and Senegal, and has been detected in Mali. As of October 22, 2014, more than 10,000 people have contracted EVD, more than half of whom have died. This report focuses on the health impacts of the outbreak and discusses U.S. and international responses to those health challenges.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Salaam-Blyther, Tiaji
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues (open access)

China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues

This report discusses the security problem of China's role in weapons proliferation and issues related to the U.S. policy response since the mid-1990s. China has taken some steps to mollify U.S. and other foreign concerns about its role in weapons proliferation.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medal of Honor Recipients: 1979-2014 (open access)

Medal of Honor Recipients: 1979-2014

The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the nation's highest award for military valor. It is presented by the President in the name of Congress and is often called the Congressional Medal of Honor. Since its first presentation in 1863, close to 3,500 MOHs have been awarded. In 1973, the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs issued a committee print, Vietnam Era Medal of Honor Recipients 1964-72, followed by the committee print, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1978, in 1979. Both committee prints list recipients and provide the full text of the citation, which describes the actions that resulted in the awarding of the medal. This report covers additions and changes to the list of recipients of the medal since the release of the committee print.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Leland, Anne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights (open access)

Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights

This report discusses the state of Iraqi politics, governance, and human rights, including the worsening relations between local Sunni and Shiite populations.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Permanent Legal Immigration to the United States: Policy Overview (open access)

Permanent Legal Immigration to the United States: Policy Overview

This report provides an overview of the current state of legal immigration policy in the U.S. In FY2013, just under 1 million aliens became U.S. legal permanent residents (LPRs).
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Kandel, William A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: Cost-of-Living Adjustments (open access)

Social Security: Cost-of-Living Adjustments

To compensate for the effects of inflation, Social Security recipients usually receive an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Benefits will be increased by 1.7% in 2015, following an increase of 1.5% in 2014. This report discusses how the COLA is determined.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Sidor, Gary
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014 (open access)

Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Weekly Czech and English language newspaper from Temple, Texas published as the official organ of the Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas that includes news of interest to members along with advertising.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Zavodny, Melanie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Area & Regional Offices (open access)

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Area & Regional Offices

Sheet from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) listing contact information for each of the 16 Texas regional offices as well as the watermasters. The back includes a map showing the counties included in each of the corresponding regions.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 124, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014 (open access)

The Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 124, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Semiweekly newspaper from Port Lavaca, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: French, Tania
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Henderson Daily News (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 189, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014 (open access)

Henderson Daily News (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 189, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Daily newspaper from Henderson, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 29, 2014
Creator: Linebarger, Les
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History