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"Oh, my God, they've really thrown him in"

Description: Clipping of an article, "Oh, my God, they've really thrown him in" by Gary Taylor, published in The Houston Post on September 16, 1977. The article covers hearings regarding accusations that Houston policemen beat Joe Torres and pushed him into Buffalo Bayou. The document includes the front page story as well as the continuation on page 19A.
Date: September 16, 1977
Creator: Taylor, Gary
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Jake Jacobsen to John J. Herrera - 1954-09-17]

Description: Letter to John J. Herrera from Jake Jacobsen, Administrative Assistant to Senator Price Daniel. Jacobsen advises Herrera about completing a new hardship discharge application for Private Abel Cisneros. Jacobsen also includes a handwritten note to Herrera at the bottom of the letter: "Glad to hear about John Michael doing so well. I think he made the right decision because law school is so much easier after army service."
Date: September 17, 1954
Creator: Jacobsen, Jake
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from S. R. Mickelsen to Price Daniel - 1954-09-03]

Description: Letter to Senator Price Daniel from S. R. Mickelsen, the Major General at Fort Bliss, Texas. Mickelsen notifies Senator Daniel that Private Abel Cisneros was unable to present acceptable evidence required for a hardship discharge. The letter is signed by General Mickelsen.
Date: September 3, 1954
Creator: Mickelsen, S. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Memorandum from Deborah D. Alvarado to LULAC Supreme Council members - 1976-09-02]

Description: Memorandum from Deborah Alvarado, League of United Latin American Citizens National Secretary, directed to all Supreme Council Members and dated September 2. 1976. The memo is in reference to the National Supreme Council Meeting to be held October 8, 9, & 10, 1976.
Date: September 2, 1976
Creator: Alvarado, Deborah D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Luther Holcomb - 1962-09-10]

Description: Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera to replying to Reverend Luther Holcomb, Executive Director of the Greater Dallas Area Council of Churches, accepting his invitation to attend the next meeting of the Advisory Committee of Texas on Civil Rights, to which Holcomb had just named Herrera. Herrera goes on to discuss his knowledge and support of John B. Connally.
Date: September 10, 1962
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Arthur C. Perry to John J. Herrera - 1953-09-17]

Description: Letter from Arthur C. Perry, Administrative Assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson, thanking John J. Herrera on Johnson's behalf for his recommendation of Enrique Salinas, and informing Herrera that Senator Johnson would make arrangements for Salinas to take a competitive examination for an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy for 1954.
Date: September 17, 1953
Creator: Perry, Arthur C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Morris S. Schwartz to John J. Herrera - 1966-09-15]

Description: Letter from Morris S. Schwartz informing John J. Herrera of his appointment as a member of Local Board No. 294 of the United States Selective Service System, in Houston, Texas, by the President of the United States, and what documents Herrera would need to submit to qualify.
Date: September 15, 1966
Creator: Schwartz, Morris S.
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Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Norma Solis to John J. Herrera - 1975-09-30]

Description: Letter from Norma Solis, Student Women's Representative for La Raza National, describing to John J. Herrera a racist-sexist incident at the ABA-LSD annual convention and the ensuing non-apology from the one who made the remarks. Solis requests that local chapters of La Raza National and sympathetic organizations write letters of protest to the ABA Chairman.
Date: September 30, 1975
Creator: Solis, Norma
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
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