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[Clipping: $2.45 Million Asked for Streets Work]

Description: Newspaper clippings of two articles about Abilene city's plans for funds for improvements to city streets, including illustrations of several streets in need of improvement.
Date: February 7, 1967
Creator: Armistead, Bob
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Clipping: Brick Paving, Long Used All but Faded From Scene]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about the historical brick paving in Abilene's streets and the city's replacement of the brick with more modern paving material. The article includes a photograph of an example of brick paving in Abilene.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: Martin, Ray
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Clipping: H-SU Begins Revamping Campus Streets, Parking]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about improvements to Hardin-Simmons University campus streets and parking lots, including a map of the campus showing areas with plans for changes.
Date: June 27, 1962
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Clipping: Traffic Bottleknecks]

Description: Clipping from Pens of the People describing parking issues on roadways to as to make room for cars that are driving. Riley believes this would at least temporarily alleviate the bottleneck issues.
Date: January 28, 1948
Creator: Riley, William Jr.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Plant More Trees]

Description: Clipping from Pens of the People describing disapproval for the proposal to remove the esplanades and trees from Galveston highways.
Date: January 27, 1948
Creator: Boddeker, Louis E.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Abilene Secured the Broadway Of America and Railroad Park']

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article written by W. J. Bryan about the proceedings of the U.S. Good Roads Association convention in 1919. Articles about dolomite discovery and a lime producer are visible on the back.
Date: December 1, 1946
Creator: Bryan, William John
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Texas accomplice law could resurface when Derese testifies in trial

Description: Newspaper clipping containing an article from a 1977 issue of the Houston Post discussing a trial in which Paula Cantrell Derese will testify against Vernon E. McManus regarding a capital murder case. It also gives background about previous instances of the relevant Texas law regarding court appearances by persons implicated in crimes. The reverse side of the clipping includes an article about a highway to be built in Louisiana using clam shells and an advertisement for The Houston Post.
Date: January 30, 1977
Creator: Flynn, George
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Clipping: Removal of 25th Esplanade from E to J Suggested]

Description: Clipping describing a proposal discussed by the board of city commissioners to remove an esplanade in Galveston. The commissioner of streets and public property and the commissioner of waterworks and sewage believe the esplanade should be removed.
Date: 1948
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Newspaper Clipping from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, December 9, 1985]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article discussing the expansion of an Arlington six-lane road; the road would disrupt Al Taub's "stone house - complete with outside fountains, waterfalls, curved bridges and Japanese fish." The article on the reverse side deals with the aid collected by the population of Haslet, Texas: "Directly and indirectly, the people of Haslet have raised $65,000 for a 3-year-old girl who needs a costly liver transplant."
Date: December 9, 1985
Partner: Haslet Public Library

[Clipping: Astonishing Headline]

Description: Clipping by Ella Newell describing a proposal to remove esplanades from the roadways in Galveston.
Date: January 22, 1948
Creator: Newell, Ella Sealy
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Destroy Not]

Description: Clipping from Pens of the People discussing his opposition to removing the oleanders and the esplanades on Galveston roadways.
Date: January 23, 1948
Creator: Lippman, Oscar
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Private S. A. Bank Subject of History Project]

Description: Clipping from the San Antonio Light describing a Oral History project at the University of Texas on the Oppenheimer Bank of San Antonio, and an article on the use of highway trust funds.
Date: August 8, 1971
Creator: The San Antonio Light
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Our Esplanades]

Description: Clipping from Pens of the People describing a compromise to the esplanade removal issue, by making the esplanades narrower.
Date: January 23, 1948
Creator: Kirk, A. E.
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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