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HOUSTON — A printer’s error
that effectively wiped a city ordi
nance off the books has prompted
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Houston city officials to back down
in a fight over an anti-apartheid pa
rade, lawyers said.
The local chapter of a national
anti-apartheid group, the Free
South Africa Movement, went to
federal court last week with the help
of the American Civil Liberties
Union.
They charged that Houston offi
cials were violating their rights by re
fusing to grant them a permit for a
downtown parade on the afternoon
of Oct. 12.
Helen Goss, ACLU executive di
rector, said Oct. 4 that the city
granted the permit to the Free South
Africa Movement on Thursday, cit
ing a “technical problem” with a 5-
year-old parade ordinance.
City officials had said they would
resist efforts to hold the parade be
cause of an ordinance prohibiting
two downtown parades on the same
day. A permit already had been
granted for Texas Southern Univer
sity’s homecoming parade the morn
ing of Oct. 12.
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CLUTE — Charles Henry Clay
ton is a likable guy. He’s handsome,
well-dressed, polite, intelligent and
he’s a talented artist. There’s only
one problem
He’s a harbinger of disaster.
Catastrophe walks beside him,
misfortune dogs his footsteps and
chaos clings to him like the smell of
gunpowder to an old pistol.
Through it all, he sails on innocent,
unharmed and unaware of the po
tential hazards of his presence.
Thankfully, Clayton is not some
one you’ll meet someday. He’s the
main character in “Calamity Trail,”
the most recently published Western
adventure novel by Dan Parkinson
of Lake Jackson.
“I got the idea for “Calamity
Trail” several years ago, to do a
really silly book,” Parkinson says. “I
started out with Charles Henry Clay
ton and decided to just have fun
with him.”
Parkinson, 50, is the executive
vice president of the Brazosport
Chamber of Commerce. During a
recent interview in his study, deco
rated with an old Royal typewriter.
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Musical success story of a
generation...
-Schonberg, The New York Times
Charles Wadsworth, Artistic Director
The Chamber Music Society
of Lincoln Center
Tuesday, October 8, 1985
8:00 p.m./Rudder Auditorium
Under the artistic direction of Charles Wadsworth, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has
lured a brand new audience to experience chamber music which previously was an art reserved for an elite
few. Wadsworth introduces music and performers as one might share intimate chit-chat with family
gathered for a southern-fried chicken dinner. Wadsworth sports a “Dennis the Menace” cowlick and
boyish appearance which serve to put his audience at ease to enjoy chamber music in relaxing atmosphere.
Wadsworth plays the piano, harpsichord and organ. He will appear with violinists Ik-Hwan Bae and Ida
Kavafian, clarinetist Gervase de Peyer, violist Walter Trampler and cellist Fred Sherry. As an added
attraction, a Lagniappe Lecture previewing the night’s performance will be conducted by Franz Krager
in Rudder Theatre at 6:45 p.m.
Tickets for the Chamber Music Society performance are on sale at the MSC Box Office,
845-1234.
antique firearms and swords.
He wore a tweed jacket with suede
patches on the elbows, black cowboy
boots, gray slacks and tie and a white
shirt. He looked more like a writer
than a chamber executive.
He says he began writing novels
about 12 years ago. “Calamity Trail”
is the fiftn book he’s published and
the 10th one he’s written.
“I’ve written all my life,” he says.
“It’s something I always loved to ao,
ever since I was a kid.”
Parkinson worked at three news
papers before he went into chamber
management. He moved here 18
years ago to work at the Brazosport
Chamber of Commerce.
“I discovered book-length writing
when I wrote “The Texians” (a his
tory of this area),” Parkinson says.
“It’s a discipline unlike anything
else. It’s fun.’*
“The Texians” was released in
hardback in 1980 by a Houston pub
lishing company. Instead of being a
dry, factual account of the past, it is
written in novel form and includes
what Parkinson calls “semi-fictitious"
people and dialogue.
“T he main reason I did it that way
was because that’s the way I like to
read history ... as something living,”
he says.
Parkinson’s other published books
are a group of paperback Western
adventures including: “Calamity
Trail," “The Slanted Colt," “Gun
powder Glory," "Blood Arrow” and
the upcoming "Brother Wolf."
Their covers, framed facing Par
kinson’s desk, depict colorful West
ern scenes with provoointy
above the titles:
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body’s target whenherodti
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the Pavuton,
Polls at tire A-1 Lounge will
close at 5 p.m. while the Pavilion
site will be open until b p.m.
To vote, a student needs to
present a student ID card as
proof of freshman classification
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