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Three airplanes flying in formation, with Zimmerman piloting the lead aircraft, parachuted 1,500 pounds of food into the village. [2] [6] In 1974, Zimmerman joined Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda in Santa Monica to help lead the Indochina Peace Campaign, a national organization lobbying Congress to cut off military funding for the government of South ...
Highland Village Shopping Center is a mixed-use shopping center on Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas.Highland Village was built in the mid-1940s by S.N. Adams and has been owned by Haidar Barbouti's Highland Village Holdings since 1991. [1]
Service Merchandise's history can be traced to 1934, to a small five-and-dime store founded by Harry and Mary Zimmerman in the town of Pulaski, Tennessee.After leaving the wholesale business, they opened Service Merchandise, Inc., the first of what evolved into a chain of catalog showrooms.
Anna Johnson Dupree (1891–1977), business owner and philanthropist; Les Eaves, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for White County; former Houston resident [34] Gary Elkins, politician [35] Tilman J. Fertitta, businessman and reality TV personality; Nobia A. Franklin (1892–1934), African-American beauty mogul
In 1939 Bill Quinn settled in Houston and established the Quinn Radio Service, a radio repair shop. After being intrigued by a home disc recorder he was asked to repair, he purchased one and began to experiment with it. In 1941 he opened a shop at 3104 Telephone Road in Houston, Texas, where he recorded personalized voice messages.
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Another major change occurred in 1957, when the previously all-volunteer Museum hired Jermayne MacAgy as its first professional director.Ms. MacAgy wasted no time and soon organized several definitive exhibitions, including "The Sphere of Mondrian," "The Disquieting Muse: Surrealism," "Totems Not Taboo: Primitive Art" and Mark Rothko's second museum exhibition.
Tilman Joseph Fertitta (born June 25, 1957) is an American businessman and television personality. He is the chairman, CEO, and owner of Landry's, Inc. [2] [3] He also owns the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Houston Rockets.