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Defunct Texas Civil Liberties Union
battles ACLU over direction, future
Spade Phillips, P.l.
HOUSTON (AP) - A rather
uncivil war is rocking the Ameri
can Civil Liberties Union in Hous
ton and across Texas, pitting the
national ACLU against some
Texas members.
Barry Steinhardt, the ACLU's
assistant national director, said
the conflict stems from the funda
mental question of how the orga
nization will protect civil liberties
in Texas.
Steinhardt said the national of
fice is moving to curb damaging
infighting among its Texas mem
bers and resurrect a state organi
zation destroyed by an “implo
sion."
The ACLU's old state affiliate,
the Texas Civil Liberties Union,
collapsed under the weight of con
troversy and debt. It has been re
placed by a new organization, the
ACLU of Texas, and the state
headquarters has been moved
from Austin to Houston.
Some local ACLU leaders con
tend the national organization
wants to centralize its control just
when the times are demanding
that it build greater grass roots
support, the Houston Chronicle
reported Sunday.
gaining control of its assets.
The foundation has asked a
state district court to rule that nei
ther the national ACLU nor the
newly reconstituted state affiliate
has a legal right to take its proper
ty, which includes an old house
that serves as ACLU headquarters
and an undisclosed sum of cash.
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In a legal skirmish spawned by
the conflict, the Houston-based
Clark Read Foundation, which
provides financial support for the
local ACLU chapter, is battling to
keep the national ACLU from
Those directly involved in the
case declined to discuss the issues,
the Chronicle reported.
But Joe Cook of Dallas, ACLU's
North Texas regional director, de
fended the national organization.
The ACLU “has a policy that
money raised in the name of the
ACLU belongs to the ACLU," he
said.
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GALVESTON (AP) - One-
third fewer revelers than last year
attended the first weekend of
Mardi Gras in Galveston, but offi
cials said they were pleased with
the turnout considering the bad
weather.
About 160,000 people came to
the island city Friday and Satur
day, compared to 240,000 last
year.
But the test of Mardi Gras ap
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officials hope to surpass the
500,000-person crowd that packed
the island last year.
Amid the brilliant colors and
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and the hard times that have kept
it in a steady economic decline
during recent years.
Tourism is a $400 million-a-
year business for Galveston.
“I can't speak for the rest of the
people on the Strand, but we've
had one of the best years ever/'
said Bill Fullen, who operates
restaurants, a gift shop and the
Strand Emporium, a combination
delicatessen and gourmet food
and wine shop.
Business is brisk at most of the
Galveston Historical Foundation's
attractions, as well.
Carole Ketterhagen, the Galve
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reau director who left Jan. 8 (c
take a similar job in Florida, said
requests for information aboul
Galveston rose dramatically,
100,500 in 1991.
“I think the image of Galveston
as a great destination has gotten
out more strongly in the last two
or three years," Ketterhagen said
"All the market segments are
ly coming together well, from
meetings and conventions to
leisure travel and motor coaclt
groups."
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