. World War I homecoming parade (Main Street at Rusk Avenue), 1900 63,786 71.2% Contents In June 1940 the Soviet Union forcibly annexed Estonia Latvia and Lithuania and the disputed Romanian regions of Bessarabia Northern Bukovina and Hertza Meanwhile Nazi-Soviet political rapprochement and economic co-operation gradually stalled and both states began preparations for war, Media As of 2018 there are over 60 law enforcement agencies operating in the county. They include: the Harris County Sheriff's Office the Harris County Constable Office the Houston Police Department METRO Police Department other municipal police departments and school district police departments. 1 Geography Richard Linklater film-maker Huntsville Walker County District Attorney Kim Ogg Democratic 2011 estimate. . .
Despite considerable losses in early 1942 Germany and its allies stopped a major Soviet offensive in central and southern Russia keeping most territorial gains they had achieved during the previous year in May the Germans defeated Soviet offensives in the Kerch Peninsula and at Kharkov and then launched their main summer offensive against southern Russia in June 1942 to seize the oil fields of the Caucasus and occupy Kuban steppe while maintaining positions on the northern and central areas of the front the Germans split Army Group South into two groups: Army Group a advanced to the lower Don River and struck south-east to the Caucasus while Army Group B headed towards the Volga River the Soviets decided to make their stand at Stalingrad on the Volga, Houston is home to the Johnson Space Center NASA's largest research and development facility employing nearly 3,000 federal civil service workers and more than 14,000 contract personnel. Program offices for Project Constellation Orion and other new space vehicle projects will create new jobs at the center.[needs update] the city's burgeoning aerospace industry heralded its second growth spurt which solidified with the 1973 oil crisis the majority of the contractor work force related to the projects will also be located at the center. Texas Governor Rick Perry recently announced a $7.5 million Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) grant to Lockheed Martin which will bring about 1,000 jobs to the Houston area the grant ensures that Lockheed Martin will create these jobs in the Houston area after they earned a multibillion-dollar contract from NASA to build the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. Houston is also home to the United Space Alliance which employs well over 10,000 people. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, As of the general elections of 2014 a large majority of the members of Texas's U.S House delegation are Republican along with both U.S Senators in the 114th United States Congress of the 36 Congressional districts in Texas 24 are held by Republicans and 11 by Democrats One seat is vacant Texas's Senators are John Cornyn and Ted Cruz Since 1994 Texans have not elected a Democrat to a statewide office the state's Democratic voters are made up primarily by liberal and minority groups in Austin Beaumont Dallas El Paso Houston and San Antonio as well as minority voters in East and South Texas, Houston Texas Business Directory Classical Houston Texas Business Directory. .
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