Houston Astros player Larry Dierker talks about his impressions of the city, his years with the Astros baseball team, and his career as a sports writer for the Houston Chronicle.
"These three volumes tell the story of a courtship that began between two people who had never seen each other, and lasted for fifty-six years. Most people know this couple as Rev. William and Mrs. Audrey Hoffman Lawson. Audrey wrote to William on...
The passion for sports writing was imbibed in Mickey Herskowitz from an early age. Growing up in Houston, he started writing for the Houston Post when he was only 14 years old. When the Chronicle purchased The Post, he started writing for the...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973--Press coverage ; Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978--Press coverage ; Outer...
Buckley on LBJ, Date: "04/18/67": Buckley gives an interview opining that Lyndon Johnson makes disingenuous statements but not in any substantial way on major issues. -- H. H. on Russian Crash, Date: "04/24/67": Vice President and Chairman of the...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Railroad trains--Press coverage ; Houston Independent School District (Tex.)--Press coverage ; School breakfast...
Texas Eagle-Last Train, Date: "12/06/68": Footage of a train and Union Station in Houston, Texas. -- Moon on Breakfast, Date: "12/06/68": A man announces plans to provide breakfast plans to children at the Houston Independent School District. --...
Truck Wreck-Auto Train, Date: "07/23/69": Footage from the scenes of two accidents: a man lies on the ground under a blanket, surrounded by by-standers before he is loaded into an ambulance - his overturned and twisted truck is shown; police...
Hobby Wrap, Date: "07/28/69": Footage from the empty William P. Hobby Airport with a close-up of a sign announcing that all airlines would be operating from the new airport. -- Crusade-Tax Bills, Date: "08/05/69": Houston Mayor Louie Welch talks...
Vets Parade Request, Date: "10/21/69": Footage of a meeting in session. -- Cosmonauts, Date: "10/23/69": Footage of men walking through a crowd of people outside a building followed by the set-up of a press conference within NASA. -- Bank Robbery,...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Apollo 12 (Spacecraft)--Press coverage ; Moon--Press coverage ; Toys--Press coverage ; Boeing 747 (Jet transports)--Press coverage ;...
Apollo XII, Date: "11/27/69": Footage from the Apollo 12 space capsule orbiting the moon, showing details of the moon’s surface and an astronaut walking on the moon. -- Xmas Toys, Date: "11/28/69": An interview with a spokesman commenting on...
One Hundred Year Old Lady, Date: "11/08/69": An elderly woman in a nursing home celebrates her birthday. -- S.D.S., Date: "11/07/69": Footage from court proceeding at the 164th District Court and an interview with a man on the outcome of the...
Rex Braun, Date: "01/07/70": Texas State Legislator Rex Braun presents some remarks on the Texas Air Control Board to the Houston City Council members. -- Crane and Little Girl, Date: "01/07/70": Mr. Crane speaks to City Council about Houston’s...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Muskie, Edmund S., 1914-1996--Press coverage ; Legislators--United States--Press coverage ; Texas International Airlines--Press coverage ;...
Senator Muskie, Date: "01/11/70": Senator Edmund Muskie on the hearings held by a special sub-committee investigating emergency aid and the evidence of discrimination in regards to aid distribution in Mississippi during the wake of Hurricane...
Miller, Ray, 1919-2008;
Television journalists--Texas--Houston--Interviews;
Radio journalists--Texas--Houston--Interviews;
KPRC-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.)
Broadcast journalism--Texas--Houston;
Oral histories
Ray Miller talks about the news media in Houston and describes his career as a radio and television news broadcaster. Miller was the creator and host of the TV series The Eyes of Texas broadcasted through KPRC-TV.
