if you look up there at the top, you'll see this is a picture of gladys as a child. gladys bingam. and then right next to it, you can see that the vision was more about manufacturing and industrial area than it was about oil production. i will say that after the lucas gusher came in, their stock certificates and letterhead changed very quickly to have the oil there out there in the oil field because their purpose changed very quickly when the well came in. >> why didn't this vision ever come to fruition? >> well, when you have so many people rushing in and, you know, everybody wanted to make their dollar on this huge event that was coming. and if you think about it, especially in this area, just a few months prior was the big galveston hurricane in september of 1900. there were people a lot of people came from galveston when they heard about this because they were still trying to recover from that hurricane. and so this was a chance for people to come and set up businesses and -- or work in the field and try to make some money. now it didn't -- as i've said, it didn't turn out that

he's the one that came up with a lot of the ideas for gladys city. and her name was gladys bingham. and she was in his sunday school class, and he was very fond of her and kind of really bestowed an honor on her by naming the city for her. when it was originally -- when patillo originally envisioned the city, it was really what could be called an industrial utopia. by the time spindletop came in 1901, li like to say there was o more time to be perfect. and his other dreams really focused on this manufacturing part. and i think that's probably what some people wouldn't realize, is even they didn't know how much oil was under the ground out there. it surprised everybody when it came in. you know, beaumont at that time was kind of rough and tumble. and so he wanted something that was pristine and clean. and that's actually not what he got. but in the end. but that's the way it works sometimes. the gladys city oil, gas, and manufacturing company was the first oil company incorporated in texas. and they are still in operation today. they still have interests out in spindletop field. and

if you look up here at the top you'll see this is a picture of gladys as a child, gladys bingham and right next to it, you can see that the vision was more about manufacturing in an industrial area than it was about oil production. >> i would say after the lucas gusher came in, their letterhead would have the oil barracks because the purpose changed very quickly when the well came in. >> why would this vision never come to fruition? when everybody wanted to make their dollar on this huge event that was coming in. and just a few months prior to the galveston hurricane. there were a lot of people that came from galveston when they heard about this because they were still trying to recover from that hurricane and so this was a chance for people to come and set up businesses and -- or work in the field and try to make some money. >> it doesn't, as i said, it didn't turn out that way to be the perfect city. this is a drawing that represents from a photograph that was done, and you'll see that it -- those buildings went up very quickly and looks very much like what we have here today. >> i

but you heard from gladys knight. death. i'm actually still on the phone. i put them on hold. full force from the 1980s. they worked very closely with don cornelius over the years and they told me something really interesting. don -- so many people reached out to him over the years to comment on their work and you see that plaque right there, that was supposed to have been presented to don cornelius this past saturday at a screening here in engel wood, california. and i'm told by full force, the group that don's people called him, texting him at the very last minute saying, you know what, something came up, we can't make it. and the reason they wanted to honor him with this plaque, it was the one documentary that he agreed to do. it just aired this past monday. unsung, the full force story. he talked about this group, full force, who he mentored over the years and they were close trains and even after "soul train" ended, don cornelius kept in touch with the group. i spoke with the members right before coming on air. s

we saw some video from him earlier, his statement on camera, and behind him, i saw gladys knight, who was next in line to be interviewed and talk about whitney houston as well. another diva, another star, and i'm sure her hard is breaking as well. >> you really said it best, don, it's so fresh because of what you mentioned. it seems like this just happened, and it really did with don cornelius, another big legend in the musicist industry passing, and people are still

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gladys. gladys! [ female announcer ] swiffer. better clean in half the time.your money back. >> friday morning. we are here in the you furniture weather center. we have a winter a mix. it no big deal. nothing to worry about. we are not expecting any accumulation around the majority of our region. you can see of to an inch of light snow by early tomorrow morning. that seems to be in it. no big deal. 36 and the district. cooler in winchester. cumberland at freezing point. a rather mild day. to mergers restaurant low 50 degrees. there is some rain development. some light areas of rain at transitioning into a mix of rain and snow. hi samara near the 40's. what do have on the traffic? >> i cannot wait for my turn. i do not have much to say. the overnight construction is gone. these of be back after 9:00. we're get on the beltway to and from the wilson bridge. no complications to reports on the topside of town. we will give you normal travel times right now. here are in the beltway. that is good. stick around. >> thank you very much. it is 33 degrees. >> that was a

gladys knight who performed in the first episode. ♪ >> he was taking a giant step to even compete inhat arena where dick clark set to hold with "american bandstand." he was brave. he went out and did it. we as artists are so grateful to him for giving us that faith. >> he presented a parade of performers to the "soul train" audience including aretha franklin, marvin gay, the jackson 5 and nonr & b stars like david bowie and elton john. the show lasted for 35 years. a lasting legacy for a man who increased the visibility of african-american culture and changed the face of television. >> i'm don cornelius. we wish you love. >> love, peace and soul. isha is back with the 360 news bulletin. >> deadly violence following a soccer match in egypt. at least 73 people killed and 1,000 injured. fans from the competing teams attacked each other with rocks and chairs. >>> after the close of the stock market, facebook is trying to raise $5 billion in a public offering. they earned $1 billion last year on sales of $3.7 billion. check out this fascinating video of the far side of the moon. it was sh

gladys. gladys! [ female announcer ] swiffer. better clean in half the time.your money back. >>> well, looking out at the harbor, it's finally starting to look and feel like february. today is a far cry from yesterday's warm sunny weather, just a reminder that it is february 8th. let's head out to wyatt everhart and how long this is going to stick around. >> we still have light snow coming down. if we can pan down to the road, you see there it's wet right now. despite the snow we're a couple degrees above freezing in baltimore. if you look at the grassy surface, you can see it in the shot that is showing a little bit of accumulation. so it depends on what surface you're looking at. let's show you what's happening. you see a pretty decent band of snow through carroll county, westminster. temperature wise, wetterling advisories for cecil, harford, northern baltimore and carroll. that will be through 8:00. i want to show you the air temperatures. the freeze line north and west of the city. where we'll have more issues with icy spots on the roads will be places li

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gladys. gladys! [ female announcer ] swiffer. better clean in half the time.your money back. >>> virginia is moving to abolish a law limiting the number of handguns you can buy to one per month. the law was passed in 1993 to try to stop the flow of guns up and down the east coast. the house agreed to end the limit on wednesday and then today the senate postponed today's scheduled vote. it will take up the measure again on monday. >> the senate did vote to allow residents to use deadly force. without the fear of being sued. the house of delegates will vote on the castle doctrine. the bill sponsor says the doctrine is part of state law. attorneys would be less likely to take a civil case against the person who defended himself against an intruder. >> it is our top story forced the susan g. komen for the cure foundation to reverse its decision to cut funding to planned parenthood. laura myers of metropolitan washington joins us now to help shed more light on this controversy. dr. myers, we revisited this earlier without karen and talked about the controversy and

that's my bet. >> i'm going with gladys with you.ut there was another reason why natalie portman and benjamin millepied, her apparent new husband, according to their jeweler. you can see something on her left hand sparkling there. apparently according to the jeweler the two have tied the knot and they were -- the jeweler made them recycled platinum bands with conflict-free diamonds. i have no idea what that means. but apparently, they are doing very well. they had a little baby last year. so now they are a married couple with an adorable baby. >> good for them. and more couples news as well. >> we do. this time it is jennifer garner and ben affleck. and they have a new baby boy after their two little girls. and at first they were thinking, oh, we really want another girl, this is -- ben was saying, we've got girls. that's what i know. but they're ecstatic over the baby boy. no word yet on the baby's name yet. >> aw. but good-looking kid. we can count on that, right? absolutely. also, ashton kutcher back in the headlines a little bit

gladys. gladys! [ female announcer ] swiffer. better clean in half the time.your money back. >>> are you born gay or is it a choice? that's the subject of a controversial flyer being sent home with some high school students in montgomery county. it actually tells students that no one is born gay and people can choose their sexual orientation. fox 5's john henrehan breaking down both sides of the heated debate. reporter: students at public schools in montgomery county maryland sometimes come home with flyers. most of the time the flyers are not controversial like invitations to join the girl scouts, but recently at albert einstein high school this flyer was sent home with report cards from a group called key fox which promotes the belief that people are not born gay and invites students to make a personal decision on whether to follow homosexual attractions. >> i tonight like it at all. reporter: karen merrill is a parent who got one of the flyers. she is a licensed clinical social worker. >> everything in this flyer makes it sound like the goal is to be x garb

gladys. gladys! [ female announcer ] swiffer. better clean in half the time.your money back. . >> a major agreement to help people hurt during the housing collapse and the foreclosure crisis. president obama announced five of the nation's largest mortgage lenders, including bank of america and j.p. morgan reached a $25 billion settlement with the state. the banks were accused of -- that occurred after the housing bubble burst. >> america's biggest banks, banks rescued by taxpayer will be required to right the wrongs. >> under the agreement, the lenders must reduce loans for 1 million households and 750,000 americans who were wrongly foreclosed will each receive a check for about $2,000. melanie alnwick is here to explain how the settlement will affect local home owners. mel? >> reporter: this is the second largest nationwide settlement in history, but it really is only going to help a very small percentage of home owners who need it. first thing you need to know, you have to go to the new website, nationalmortgagesettlement.com. the next thing you need to know

gladys. gladys! [ female announcer ] swiffer. better clean in half the time.your money back. . >> a stomach bug is closing an entire d.c. school. the washington latin charter public school shut down the middle school today. tomorrow, the entire school, middle and upper will be closed. they have a large number of students out right now with a gastrointestinal illness. >> a flyer sent home with high school students from montgomery county school is causing controversy among parents. they tell the youngsters that no one is born gay and that people can choose their sexual orientation. john henrehan spoke with people on both sides of the debate and joins us live with the latest. john? >> reporter: the courts have ruled the school's permit flyers to go home with students from outside groups. the school system can not generally discriminate on the contents of the flyers. it's causing consternation among parents in montgomery county because of flyers from a group that believes homosexuality is more a choice than it is chance. stud knows at public schools in montgomery

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gladys. gladys! [ female announcer ] swiffer. better clean in half the time.your money back. . >> the race for the republican nomination got more interesting today, following a triple win by rick santorum. voters picked santorum in colorado, missouri, and minnesota picked santorum and throwing a curveball at romney's supposed lock on the nomination. what does this mean for romney's campaign? >> reporter: in the big picture, mitt romney has the most mean, the most delegates into supertuesday next month. clearly, this is not the most welcome news by the romney campaign, which is trying to push the viewpoint that he will be the verbatim nominee. rick santorum won last night and big, especially among the republicans questioning romney's conservative credentials. the results show he, not romney s the best candidate to take on barack obama in the fall. no delegates were awarded last night, the former pennsylvania senator said that he is no building momentum. >> ladies and gentlemen, i don't stand here to claim to be the conservative alternatives to mitt romney. y st

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gladys. gladys! [ female announcer ] swiffer. better clean in half the time. money back. >>> this is your abc2 news to go thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. let's kick it off with the forecast with meteorologist lynette charles. >> as you step out this morning we are dealing with patchy fog. baltimore now look pretty good out there. but frederick still only has about 7 mile visibility in the eastern shore right around easton a about 5 mile visibility and 6 to york. so have the low beams on heading out and about. so you can see more of the roads less of the fog out there. we are very cold but seasonably cold. temperatures into clarksville around 29 degrees this morning. bundle the kids up as they head out the door. i suggest that you layer them because as we go into the afternoon temperatures will jump up. 29 in churchville. satellite and radar not picking up on anything across the area. clouds are down to the south as of now. and we will see changes as we go through time. i will talk about the changes coming up but right now let

gladys. gladys! [ female announcer ] swiffer. better clean in half the time.your money back. >>> law makeers from rural states are balking at legislation that would close thousands of u.s. post offices. we have heard about this. >> this is going on for months. they are meeting attempting to overhaul the bill and privatize the postal service. >>> peta taking animal rights to federal court. the group is arguing sea world is holding five orca whales against their wills and is in violation of the constitution 13th amendment banning slavery. the federal hearing is in u.s. district court in san diego today. >>> and today is the 6 0th anniversary for queen elizabeth's reign in england. she took over in 1952 after her father then king george vi died while she was on in tour in kenya. >> she will celebrate her 86th birthday on april 26th. >>> for the second time in five years the new york football giants are superbowl champions. eli manning led the g-men on a game winning drive with 3 1/2 minutes left in the 4th quarter to pull off the 21-17 win over the patriots. same

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gladys. gladys! [ female announcer ] swiffer. better clean in half the time. back. >>> in sports now, a rare win for the washington wizards. they beat the toronto raptors 111-108 in overtime last night. this is the first overtime game of the season. john wall led the way with 31 points. nick young had a season-high 29. the wizards blue an 1-point third quarter lead but hung onto win this one. thank goodness. >> the wizards win! >>> to women's college basketball now. maryland on the road against georgia tech. hawkins scored a career high 23 points. the eighth ranked terps defeat number 22 georgia tech 56-56 for the 20th win. >>> they are getting ready for a parade in manhattan to celebrate the new york giants. eli manning treated

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