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Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0134 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0134

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Access to court records containing criminal history record information that is subject to an order of nondisclosure under chapter 411 of the Government Code (RQ-0125-KP).
Date: February 27, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Reed, June 27, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Reed, June 27, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Reed. Reed was drafted into the Army in June 1945, while he was in ninth grade. He later received his diploma in 1949. He went to Sheppard Field, Texas, Ft. McClellan, Alabama and Ft. MacArthur, California for training. In California he was a medical technician, though received no formal training. He worked in a separation center, taking blood pressure. He was in the 9th Service Command and the 6th Army. He also worked as a longshoreman in San Pedro. From there he was shipped up to Camp Beall, California where he worked the remainder of his Army career as a medic, driving an ambulance and giving shots to inductees coming into the Army. He was discharged in December 1946 and he worked for the Pure Oil Station, and then later at the Veterans Hospital in Montgomery. He used his G.I. Bill to go to business school in Montgomery, Alabama while working at the Veterans Hospital.
Date: June 27, 2017
Creator: Reed, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rudolph Kraut, January 27, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Rudolph Kraut, January 27, 2017

The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Rudolph Kraut. Kraut joined the Navy in 1943. He volunteered for submarine duty and attended torpedo school in San Diego and submarine school in New London. He was assigned aboard USS Lizardfish (SS-373) and shares several anecdotes about his service aboard that boat. Kraut was transferred to USS Blueback (SS-326) before electing to be discharged on points.
Date: January 27, 2017
Creator: Kraut, Rudolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Walter Hartman, January 27, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Walter Hartman, January 27, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Walter Hartman. Hartman joined the Navy in February of 1943. He trained to be a pilot in Pensacola, Florida and received his wings in February of 1944. He was commissioned and sent to Banana River Naval Air Station, Florida to fly PBMs. He joined Patrol Bombing Squadron 26 (VPB-26). Hartman served as both pilot and navigator. He provides some details of the PBM. His crew was sent to Okinawa to deliver a new PBM-5. They went to Saipan and were assigned to the USS Norton Sound (AVM-1), and later assigned to the USS Cumberland Sound (AV-17). He gives his experiences of flying combat missions around Japan and the Yellow Sea. He served in the Navy for 27 years.
Date: January 27, 2017
Creator: Hartman, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcription: Traditional story about the Poor Boy and the Rich Boy Making Snares (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about the Poor Boy and the Rich Boy Making Snares

Transcription of a retelling of Sraa nao le svang nao ktaang ktloo ki paomin (the Story of the Poor Boy and the Rich Boy Making Snares), as told by Belun Sankhil. One of several retellings of a traditional story where the rich hunter switches his quarry, a bird, with that of his poor hunting partner, absurdly claiming his trap up high in a tree had caught a deer. In this version it is the fox who parodies the rich hunter's reasoning by claiming he burnt his feet during a flood.
Date: August 27, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Discussion of Laa kthee (open access)

Transcription: Discussion of Laa kthee

Transcription of a discussion of traditional songs by Shetwor Dilbung and Bunghon Suungnem at a storytelling festival funded by the NSF project and organized and implemented by Rex Khullar and Harimohon Thounaojam. The speakers discuss the types of songs they would like to collect and archaic vocabulary used in songs. They also discuss the Totlaang festival in Phaidaam in 2008.
Date: August 27, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Khular, Sumshot
System: The UNT Digital Library
DART plans March service changes to assist employment centers (open access)

DART plans March service changes to assist employment centers

News release about the extension and streamlining of DART bus service to the Legacy area in northwest Plano and the Cypress Waters area, northwest of Dallas.
Date: February 27, 2017
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance Collaborates With Dallas Area Rapid Transit to Improve Quality and Health Care Affordability (open access)

Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance Collaborates With Dallas Area Rapid Transit to Improve Quality and Health Care Affordability

News release about a partnership between DART, Baylor Scott & White Health, HealthSCOPE Benefits, and Willis Towers to improved heath care affordability and quality for DART employees.
Date: September 27, 2017
Creator: Lyons, Morgan; Sullivan, Jean; Tartaro, Jack & Crabb, Denise
System: The Portal to Texas History