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Dallas foundation gives $600,000 to UT

Description: A newspaper article published in The Dallas Morning News, about the Effie and Wofford Cain Foundation giving $600,000 for the first endowed faculty chairs in the University of Texas at Austin's College of Fine Arts.
Date: October 9, 1986
Creator: Dallas Morning News
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: WASP Say... Thank You Sweetwater]

Description: Newspaper clipping announcing how grateful the Women Airforce Service Pilots are of the Sweetwater, Texas community for hosting their 1986 reunion.
Date: 1986
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASP invasion at Columbia: Women Air Service Pilots]

Description: Copy of a newspaper clipping describing the activities of the Women Airforce Service Pilots when they reunited in Columbia, California. A photo of WASP members taken at the Columbia Airport tamarack is included in this clipping.
Date: April 25, 1986
Creator: Strand, Betty
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Race bias pervades jury selection]

Description: A copy of a newspaper clipping regarding racial discrimination in the selection process of juries. The clipping also includes Judge Jack Hampton's response to this issue.
Date: March 9, 1986
Creator: McGonigle, Steve & Timms, Ed
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: Anti-sodomy law should be dropped]

Description: Photocopy of a clipping from San Antonio Light for September 1, 1985. "Homosexual law ruling is a threat to privacy" describes how Section 21.06 violates citizen's right to privacy with the help of a quote from Judge Irving Goldberg. This article also details how the law could potentially worsen the AIDS epidemic.
Date: August 28, 1986
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: Taylor keeps options open for re-election]

Description: Clipping from Dallas Times Herald for October 11, 1986. "Taylor keeps options open for re-election" discusses the possibility of Dallas Mayor A Starke Taylor running for a third term.
Date: October 11, 1986
Creator: Graham, Tim
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: Deaton introduced WASPs to Sweetwater]

Description: Newspaper clipping with an article about Leoti Deaton, her involvement with Red Cross, the WASP, and the Order of Fifinella.
Date: September 25, 1986
Creator: Tanner, Doris Brinker
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "Welcome Back to Sweetwater WASP"]

Description: Newspaper from the Sweetwater Reporter with the front page bearing a Fifinella illustration and welcoming the WASP for their 46th reunion. Articles about the WASP, their impact on an Air Force colonel, their mascot, and more are included.
Date: September 25, 1986
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Article about Sam Myres move to the West to chase business opportunities]

Description: Newspaper clipping that features an article about Sam Myres decision to move his business out of Sweetwater, Texas to El Paso, Texas. This decision was made due to the lessoning of ranchers that could be found in that area of Texas with more innovation coming about to make moving to other places easier and more opportunistic. The article goes on to talk about Myres son, Bill, who took on the business once his father had passed.
Date: August 26, 1986
Creator: Francis, Otis
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Clipping: WASP Say...Thank You Sweetwater]

Description: Newspaper clipping with an announcement from the WASP thanking the city of Sweetwater for their hospitality and making their 46th reunion enjoyable. Articles about sports are also included.
Date: October 1, 1986
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Training was tough, but 1,102 WASPs made it]

Description: Newspaper clipping with an article about the women who trained at Avenger Field and upcoming events the WASP will be having in Sweetwater. Another article giving more information about the WASP events is also included.
Date: September 23, 1986
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "WASPS Wasn't 'Wash Out' For Pilot Florey"]

Description: Newspaper clipping with an article about what training at Avenger Field was like for both trainees and instructors and how selective the Army Air Forces were about admitting the women into WASP training.
Date: September 19, 1986
Creator: Redden, Gail
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Pilot instructor had one fear: 'Fire in the air']

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about a time when Margaret Tamplin's plane caught fire in the middle of her flight and brief mention of the upcoming reunion.
Date: September 26, 1986
Creator: Redden, Gail
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "Early-bird Registration"]

Description: Newspaper clipping of a photograph with text under that reads: " Its been 15 years since Doris Tanner visited Sweetwater for the 1972 reunion for the Woman Airforce Service Pilots(WASPs). During this week-end's reunion, Tanner will take over as the president-elect of the WASP organization. She has written a biographical account of Leni Deaton's life and year's as administrative assistant to Col. Jacqueline Cochran, WASP commander. The account is partially reprinted in today's Sweetwater Reporte… more
Date: September 25, 1986
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Cover girl]

Description: Newspaper clipping with a captioned photograph of Shirley Slade Teer signing an oversized copy of the Life Magazine cover about the WASP. The clipping also includes the obituaries of Mamie Moulton, Louie Geldart, Alfred F. Henricks, and Lula Mae Lincoln.
Date: September 28, 1986
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Tax debate shifts to senate]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about a tax bill that Senate had passed and its effects on the economy. Also included are photographs of children and WASP who attended the annual Sweetwater Air Fair.
Date: September 29, 1986
Creator: Holmes, Michael
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "Civic Leader Deaton Dies"]

Description: Newspaper clipping with an article about the death of Leoti Deaton, a former Red Cross member and training staff executive for the WASP and her accomplishments.
Date: February 12, 1986
Creator: Record News Staff
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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