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1. Almanac, Episode 318 (57:50)

Almanac, Episode 318
Date:
1991-01-04
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
First segment is interview with John Privett, Director of the Tax Research Association, about the Tax Research Association's opinions about Houston Metro Rail proposals. Second segment is interview...

2. Almanac, Episode 319 (55:18)

Almanac, Episode 319
Date:
1991-01-11
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
In the first segment, Pat Ryan interviews former Representative Frances "Sissy" Farenthold, Houston attorney, and former Representative Tom Bass, Professor of Political Science at University of St....

3. Almanac, Episode 320 (57:34)

Almanac, Episode 320
Date:
1991-01-18
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is an interview on war in the Middle East, with Prof. Jean Luc Krawcyzk of the University of Houston, Aly El-Meligui of the Cairo publication Rosa El Youssef, and Prof. Ric Stoll ...

4. Almanac, Episode 321 (56:54)

Almanac, Episode 321
Date:
1991-01-25
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
First segment is interview with Representative Paul Colbert, Chairman of the House Education Committee's Budget and Appropriations Subcommittee, and Paula Arnold, President of Houston School Board ...

5. Almanac, Episode 322 (57:45)

Almanac, Episode 322
Date:
1991-02-01
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
In the first segment, City Councilmember Ben Reyes and Dr. Bob Kendrick of the University of Houston-Downtown discuss the new proposal to let the Houston Police Department (HPD) substitute military...

6. Almanac, Episode 323 (57:52)

Almanac, Episode 323
Date:
1991-02-08
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is an interview on the press and freedom of speech in light of two Houston journalists being charged with contempt, with Tony Pederson, Managing Editor of the Houston Chronicle, C...

7. Almanac, Episode 324 (56:53)

Almanac, Episode 324
Date:
1991-02-15
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is an interview with Lois Moore, the President of the Harris County Hospital District about the health crisis and hospital funding. The second segment is discussion about children...

8. Almanac, Episode 325 (26:44)

Almanac, Episode 325
Date:
1991-02-22
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
In the first segment, J. D. Houston interviews Steve Radack, Harris County Commissioner, Precinct 3, on the health care crisis in Houston. Republican Congressman Jack Fields of Humble talks with Pa...

9. Almanac, Episode 326 (57:03)

Almanac, Episode 326
Date:
1991-03-01
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
In the first segment, Patricia Gras interviews Program Integration Eligibility Screening (PIES) chairman, James McCormick, and Dr. Joe Rubio, director of community service for the March of Dimes, T...

10. Almanac, Episode 327 (56:17)

Almanac, Episode 327
Date:
1991-03-08
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
In the first segment, Sheila Rushlo and J. D. Houston discuss the Middle East with Mordekhai Artzieli, the Israeli Consul General, Aly El-Meligui of the Cairo publication Rosa El Youssef, and Prof....

11. Almanac, Episode 328 (57:28)

Almanac, Episode 328
Date:
1991-03-22
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is a discussion about the results of the recent Houston-area survey and Houston's economic recovery with Rice University sociologist, Prof. Stephen Klineberg. In the second segmen...

12. Almanac, Episode 329 (57:48)

Almanac, Episode 329
Date:
1991-03-29
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
Swasey, Elizabeth; Wright, Clymer; Gallegos, Mario; Stein, Robert; Kennedy, Tom; Berry, Garvin; Mosbacher, Robert, Jr.; Term limits (Public office); Calaway, Jim

13. Almanac, Episode 330 (58:04)

Almanac, Episode 330
Date:
1991-04-12
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is a discussion on telemarketing fraud in Houston with Dan Parsons, the V. P. of Operations at the Better Business Bureau of Houston, James Steel of MasterCard International and R...

14. Almanac, Episode 331 (56:54)

Almanac, Episode 331
Date:
1991-04-19
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is a discussion with State Rep. Paul Colbert and Houston Independent School District (HISD)'s Deputy Superintendent for Finance, Leonard Sturm, about the new tax plan and educatio...

15. Almanac, Episode 332 (58:00)

Almanac, Episode 332
Date:
1991-04-26
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is a discussion about controversies surrounding the monorail in Houston with Tom Stone, president of the Transportation Group, Inc., the company contracted to help build the monor...

16. Almanac, Episode 333 (57:55)

Almanac, Episode 333
Date:
1991-05-03
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment covers gun control and the Brady Bill, with Houston Congressman Mike Andrews, who supports the Brady Bill, a bill that states police have seven days to ok the purchase of a handgu...

17. Almanac, Episode 334 (57:55)

Almanac, Episode 334
Date:
1991-05-10
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is an interview with Elizabeth Swasey of the National Rifle Association, about the passage of the Brady Bill. The N. R. A., who supported the Staggers Bill which calls for mandato...

18. Almanac, Episode 335 (57:59)

Almanac, Episode 335
Date:
1991-05-17
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
In the first segment, J. D. Houston and Patricia Gras interview Mayor Kathy Whitmire on racism in the police department, term limitations, METRO's rail transit system, city council restructuring, a...

19. Almanac, Episode 336 (57:55)

Almanac, Episode 336
Date:
1991-05-24
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
In the first segment, Patricia Gras and J. D. Houston talk to Dr. Paul Pepe, the director of Houston's Emergency Medical Service, Dr. Peter B. Fisher of the Emergency Medical Services Committee and...

20. Almanac, Episode 337 (57:48)

Almanac, Episode 337
Date:
1991-05-31
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is an interview with Houston Police Chief Elizabeth Watson, about the police chief's nominees for her command staff, and race relations in Houston and the Houston Police Departmen...

21. Almanac, Episode 339 (56:37)

Almanac, Episode 339
Date:
1991-06-14
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is a discussion about the Mayor Whitmire's city budget proposal, with Wes Warnke, president of the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association and Officer Gregg Bisso, Presiden...

22. Almanac, Episode 340 (57:58)

Almanac, Episode 340
Date:
1991-06-21
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is a discussion about the end of apartheid in South Africa, with new South African ambassador to the United States, Harry Heinz Schwartz. The second segment is an interview with J...

23. Almanac, Episode 341 (57:58)

Almanac, Episode 341
Date:
1991-06-28
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
In the first segment, Patricia Gras and Sheila Rushlo discuss complaints against the health department, with City of Houston Health Director, Dr. John Arradondo and Houston City Councilmember, Dale...

24. Almanac, Episode 342 (57:32)

Almanac, Episode 342
Date:
1991-07-05
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is an interview with the Comptroller of Public Accounts John Sharp on the state budget and the revenue shortfall. The second segment is an interview with Dr. Arthur Jansa, Preside...

25. Almanac, Episode 345 (57:52)

Almanac, Episode 345
Date:
1991-07-26
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is an interview with Jim Murphy, President of Citizens for Voter Education, on the restructuring of city council. The second segment is a political panel discussion with Tim Fleck...

26. Almanac, Episode 346 (57:00)

Almanac, Episode 346
Date:
1991-08-02
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is a discussion on the school tax ballot with Jim Robinson, Chief Appraiser of the Harris County Appraisal District, and Andy Dekaney, Chairman of the Harris County Education Dist...

27. Almanac, Episode 348 (57:42)

Almanac, Episode 348
Date:
1991-08-16
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is a discussion about rising crime in Houston with Harris County's First Assistant District Attorney, Don Stricklin, Sgt. Joseph Levingston of the Houston Police Department (HPD) ...

28. Almanac, Episode 349 (58:02)

Almanac, Episode 349
Date:
1991-08-23
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is an interview with Bill G. Evans, Vice President of Cresap Management Consultants about the recent Houston Police Department (HPD) audit. The second segment is a discussion abou...

29. Almanac, Episode 350 (57:51)

Almanac, Episode 350
Date:
1991-08-30
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is a discussion of the new city budget with City Controller George Greanias, and City Councilmember Jim Greenwood. The second segment is a discussion on redistricting in Texas, wi...

30. Almanac, Episode 403 (58:02)

Almanac, Episode 403
Date:
1991-09-20
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is an interview with Judson Robinson, III, who is running to replace his late father in city council. The second segment is a conversation on prenatal and neonatal care in Houston...

31. Almanac, Episode 404 (54:42)

Almanac, Episode 404
Date:
1991-09-27
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is an interview with State Rep. Sylvester Turner, mayoral candidate. The second segment is a discussion about violence in schools, with Dr. Gayle Fallon, President of the Houston ...

32. Almanac, Episode 405 (58:02)

Almanac, Episode 405
Date:
1991-10-04
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is a discussion about crime in Houston, with Houston Police Chief Elizabeth Watson. The second segment is an interview with mayoral candidate Bob Lanier. The third segment is a lo...

33. Almanac, Episode 406 (58:07)

Almanac, Episode 406
Date:
1991-10-11
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is an interview with incumbent mayoral candidate Kathy Whitmire, who is running for her sixth term. The second segment is an interview with Lisa Hernandez, the Executive Director ...

34. Almanac, Episode 407 (57:41)

Almanac, Episode 407
Date:
1991-10-18
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is an interview with mayoral candidate Willie Mae Reid, a refinery worker who is running as a member of the Socialist Party. The second segment is a discussion with Leonel Castill...

35. Almanac, Episode 408 (57:08)

Almanac, Episode 408
Date:
1991-10-25
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is a political panel discussion with Sonny Messiah, publisher of the Houston Defender, political consultant George Strong, and Houston Community Newspapers columnist Garvin Berry....

36. Almanac, Episode 409 (58:07)

Almanac, Episode 409
Date:
1991-11-01
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is a discussion about peace in the Middle East with Dr. Jean Luc Krawczyk, Professor of Middle East History at the University of Houston, Mordekhai Artzieli, Consul General of Isr...

37. Almanac, Episode 410 (58:05)

Almanac, Episode 410
Date:
1991-11-08
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is a discussion about cameras and television in the courtroom, with Judge George H. Godwin and Karen LaFleur, News Operations Manager at KHOU-TV. The second segment is a discussio...

38. Almanac, Episode 411 (57:50)

Almanac, Episode 411
Date:
1991-11-15
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
In the first segment, J. D. Houston and Patricia Gras discuss the upcoming presidential election in light of results from recent local elections with Dr. William Simon, Professor of Sociology at th...

39. Almanac, Episode 412 (57:48)

Almanac, Episode 412
Date:
1991-11-22
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
The first segment is a discussion about hate crimes against homosexuals, with Queer Nation members Michael Crawford, and Ange Politte. The second segment is a discussion on the status of Black wome...

40. Almanac, Episode 413 (57:58)

Almanac, Episode 413
Date:
1991-11-29
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
In this episode, Almanac hosts the candidates for mayor, Bob Lanier and Sylvester Turner, and interviews them each in separate segments.

41. Almanac, Episode 414 (58:02)

Almanac, Episode 414
Date:
1991-12-06
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
In the first segment, Patricia Gras discusses human rights awards being presented by the Carter Center and the Menil Foundation this weekend in Houston, and the state of human rights around the wor...

42. Almanac, Episode 415 (57:37)

Almanac, Episode 415
Date:
1991-12-13
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
In the first segment, J. D. Houston and Patricia Gras discuss relations between Black and Hispanic communities after the recent election of Bob Lanier as mayor with Leonel Castillo, former City Con...

43. Almanac, Episode 416 (58:00)

Almanac, Episode 416
Date:
1991-12-20
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
In the first segment, J. D. Houston and Patricia Gras discuss media responsibility as Houston local media faces criticism with John Davenport of KUHT-TV Channel 8, Tim Graham, Metro Editor of the H...

44. Almanac, Episode 417 (58:06)

Almanac, Episode 417
Date:
1991-12-27
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
Almanac looks back at Kathy Whitmire's career as a public servant in Houston as her final mayoral term comes to a close. Pat Ryan interviews Kathy Whitmire, current mayor of Houston, Sue Davis, pro...

45. Changing of the guard: The inauguration of Ann Richards (23:48)

Changing of the guard: The inauguration of Ann Richards
Date:
1991-01-15
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
Television program about Texas Governor Ann Richards and her inauguration. The last segment includes a fireside chat Governor Richards conducted in her mansion with school children. Credits: Weiss,...

46. J.D.'s Journal, Episode 104 (28:02)

J.D.'s Journal, Episode 104
Date:
1991-01-29
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
John Davenport goes to Baytown to see man's project to rebuild a PT-8 torpedo boat. There is a segment on handmade fishing lures and tips for catching fish in the Gulf; hand-drawn caricatures. In a...

47. J.D.'s Journal, Episode 201 (27:25)

J.D.'s Journal, Episode 201
Date:
1991-01-21
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
John Davenport goes to Leakey, TX to meet a smuggler. There are segments on Houston's unoccupied Rice Hotel and the Texas Gatorfest. Davenport visits a post office in the tiny town of Chriesman, TX.

48. J.D.'s Journal, Episode 202 (28:20)

J.D.'s Journal, Episode 202
Date:
1991-01-28
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
John Davenport visits a modern-day milkman. There is a segment on a beagle who sniffs out illegal substances for the USDA at the airport. Davenport visits a couple with a house full of collectable...

49. Ryan's Roundtable, Episode 101 (27:49)

Ryan's Roundtable, Episode 101
Date:
1991-10-03
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about term limits. Guests include political writer for the Houston Chronicle Alan Bernstein, Michael Seneli, University of Houston Sociology professor William Simon, a...

50. Ryan's Roundtable, Episode 102 (27:49)

Ryan's Roundtable, Episode 102
Date:
1991-10-10
Main contributors:
KUHT-TV (Television station)
Summary:
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about plans for a commuter rail system in Houston. Guests include former METRO board members Louis Macey and Louise Ware, Houston Community Newspapers columnist Garvin...