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Cityscape Further information: Runaway Scrape Manufacturing and industry In the early 1970s Houston Pasadena and several coastal towns were the site of the Houston mass murders which at the time were the deadliest case of serial killing in American history. Houston Texas Business Directory Houston has not had very much success when it comes to its sports teams at least not lately the Houston Rockets won 2 consecutive championships in 1994 and 1995 and the Houston Dynamo also won 2 consecutive championships in 2006 and 2007 the Houston Oilers won 2 back-to-back AFL championships in 1960 and 1961 but never competed in the Super Bowl since the NFL-AFL merger (After the move to Nashville as the Tennessee Titans they finally played in Super Bowl XXXIV and lost.) the Astros have two World Series appearances 2005 and 2017 - the 2017 World Series was the first time the Houston Astros won the World Series - a first for a Major League Baseball team based in Texas, Ruins of Warsaw in January 1945 after the deliberate destruction of the city by the occupying German forces. . . Aldine In 1945 the M.D Anderson Foundation formed the Texas Medical Center After the war Houston's economy reverted to being primarily port-driven in 1948 the city annexed several unincorporated areas more than doubling its size Houston proper began to spread across the region. .

. Public opinion in Texas was divided. Editorials in the United States began advocating complete independence for Texas. After several men staged a minor revolt against customs duties in Anahuac in June local leaders began calling for a public meeting to determine whether a majority of settlers favored independence a return to federalism or the status quo Although some leaders worried that Mexican officials would see this type of gathering as a step towards revolution by the end of August most communities had agreed to send delegates to the Consultation scheduled for October 15. Main article: Cuisine of Houston, For decades the infant mortality rate in Texas was higher than the nationwide rate but that gap has slowly closed in 2017 the infant mortality rate in Texas was identical to the nationwide rate: 5.9 deaths per 1,000 live births. This rate is not identical across the state of Texas and studies have found significant disparities between zip codes for example the 76164 zip code has an infant mortality rate of 12.3 deaths per 1,000 live births while the neighboring 76107 zip code has a rate of 1.8 deaths per 1,000 live births. Additionally Black families in Texas are disproportionately burdened by these rates in 2015 the infant mortality rate for Black babies in Texas was 10.9 deaths per 1,000 births. These disparities can be explained by factors such as socioeconomic status air pollution and access to health care. 1930s Major highways Houston Texas Business Directory Houston Texas Business Directory After the fort was constructed one of the ships returned to France and the other two were soon destroyed in storms stranding the settlers La Salle and his men searched overland for the Mississippi River traveling as far west as the Rio Grande and as far east as the Trinity River. Disease and hardship laid waste to the colony and by early January 1687 fewer than 45 people remained That month a third expedition launched a final attempt to find the Mississippi the expedition experienced much infighting and La Salle was ambushed and killed somewhere in East Texas. . .