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. . An aerial view of the Astrodome in 1999 Hedwig Village Houston Texas Business Directory, The present Alley Theatre building opened in November 1968 and contains two stages the main stage has 824 seats and is called the "Hubbard"; the more intimate 310-seat stage is the "Neuhaus." Outside there are nine towers and open-air terraces Inside a staircase spirals from the entrance vestibule to the second-floor lobby the theatre was constructed in a large part by a $1.4 million grant from the Ford Foundation to support innovative theater architecture and the prime architect on the project was Ulrich Franzen. . San Antonio's South Texas Medical Center facilities rank sixth in clinical medicine research impact in the United States the University of Texas Health Science Center is another highly ranked research and educational institution in San Antonio. Texas 288.svg State Highway 288 a.k.a - South Freeway, Waller (northwest) Other elected positions in Harris County include a County Attorney a County Clerk a District Attorney a District Clerk a Sheriff 8 Constables a Tax Assessor-Collector a County Treasurer and every judge in the county except municipal judges who are appointed by the mayors and confirmed by city councils of their respective cities, Some of Houston's oldest and most distinctive architecture are found in the northern sections of downtown as the city grew around Allen's Landing and the Market Square historic district where several representations of 19th-century urban architecture still stand. . .

. Exploiting poor American naval command decisions the German navy ravaged Allied shipping off the American Atlantic coast by November 1941 Commonwealth forces had launched a counter-offensive Operation Crusader in North Africa and reclaimed all the gains the Germans and Italians had made in North Africa the Germans launched an offensive in January pushing the British back to positions at the Gazala Line by early February followed by a temporary lull in combat which Germany used to prepare for their upcoming offensives. Concerns the Japanese might use bases in Vichy-held Madagascar caused the British to invade the island in early May 1942 an Axis offensive in Libya forced an Allied retreat deep inside Egypt until Axis forces were stopped at El Alamein on the Continent raids of Allied commandos on strategic targets culminating in the disastrous Dieppe Raid demonstrated the Western Allies' inability to launch an invasion of continental Europe without much better preparation equipment and operational security.[page needed], The same year Mexico enacted the General Colonization Law which enabled all heads of household regardless of race or immigrant status to claim land in Mexico. Mexico had neither manpower nor funds to protect settlers from near-constant Comanche raids and it hoped that getting more settlers into the area could control the raids the government liberalized its immigration policies allowing for settlers from the United States to immigrate to Texas, 1940s As of 2010 65.8% (14,740,304) of Texas residents age 5 and older spoke only English at home while 29.2% (6,543,702) spoke Spanish 0.75 percent (168,886) Vietnamese and Chinese (which includes Cantonese and Mandarin) was spoken by 0.56% (122,921) of the population over the age of five. The master-planned community of Kingwood was forcibly annexed in 1996 angering many of its residents the annexation put Kingwood in the jurisdiction of Houston's fire and police services but it did not alter school district boundaries nor did it change postal addresses and postal services. McNair Three community college districts have campuses in and around Houston the Houston Community College System (HCC) serves most of Houston proper; its main campus and headquarters are located in Midtown Suburban northern and western parts of the metropolitan area are served by various campuses of the Lone Star College System while the southeastern portion of Houston is served by San Jacinto College and a northeastern portion is served by Lee College the Houston Community College and Lone Star College systems are among the 10 largest institutions of higher learning in the United States, Houston is a flat marshy area where an extensive drainage system has been built the adjoining prairie land drains into the city which is prone to flooding. Underpinning Houston's land surface are unconsolidated clays clay shales and poorly cemented sands up to several miles deep the region's geology developed from river deposits formed from the erosion of the Rocky Mountains These sediments consist of a series of sands and clays deposited on decaying organic marine matter that over time transformed into oil and natural gas Beneath the layers of sediment is a water-deposited layer of halite a rock salt the porous layers were compressed over time and forced upward As it pushed upward the salt dragged surrounding sediments into salt dome formations often trapping oil and gas that seeped from the surrounding porous sands the thick rich sometimes black surface soil is suitable for rice farming in suburban outskirts where the city continues to grow, Other elected positions in Harris County include a County Attorney a County Clerk a District Attorney a District Clerk a Sheriff 8 Constables a Tax Assessor-Collector a County Treasurer and every judge in the county except municipal judges who are appointed by the mayors and confirmed by city councils of their respective cities. . 32 Kinder Morgan 294 Military, In early 1917 the War Department ordered two military installations to be built in Harris County: Camp Logan and Ellington Field the Army deployed a battalion of the all-black 24th Infantry Regiment to guard the construction site at Camp Logan Racial tension in the city rose as the black soldiers received hostile treatment in the racially segregated city Tensions flared into a full-blown riot in August 1917; the Camp Logan Riot resulted in the deaths of 15 whites (including 4 policemen) and 4 black soldiers and scores of additional injuries, 5.3 Administrative divisions Colleges and universities.