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Newsreel: Dewhurst Gets Dumped, UT Regent Drama, Civil Rights Summit

This week in the Newsreel: A business group drops its endorsement of Dewhurst, the Hall report is in and four U.S. presidents visit Austin.

by Justin Dehn

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This week in the Newsreel: A business group drops its endorsement of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, a report on UT Regent Wallace Hall is in and four U.S. presidents visit Austin to celebrate the 50th anniversary of LBJ's civil rights legislation.

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