Email Author Muriel L. Sims

1998 Stories by Muriel L. Sims

• Welcome to the neighborhood

  published July 16, 1998

  The woman in manager Reginald Giles' office at Frankford Townhomes was looking for a nice apartment to rent in North Dallas--clean, safe, and... More >>

• Deathtrap

  published July 9, 1998

  Erica Sheppard had decided she wanted to die. For three years, she had been on death row, convicted of the murder of Marilyn Sage Meagher, a... More >>

• Air Joyner

  published April 30, 1998

  Behind a glass wall in the high-tech North Dallas offices of ABC Radio Networks is what pretends to be a live broadcast featuring a large cast of... More >>

• Getting justice

  published April 2, 1998

  What began as an old-fashioned family feud in JP court culminated last week in U.S. District Court when jurors found that controversial Oak Cliff... More >>

• The Goatslayers

  published March 26, 1998

  Head south out of Dallas, drive about an hour down I-35, and take a right once you get to Hillsboro. About 14 miles out of town on the pristine... More >>

• Union busting

  published March 19, 1998

  When tenant organizer Dina Levy ventured out to Regis Square Apartments to inform residents that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban... More >>

• Choosing sides

  published March 5, 1998

  The case of Texas vs. Joel Pruitt was depressingly typical among those in Judge Marshall Gandy's court. In the latest of a string of violent... More >>

• Gimme Shelter

  published January 29, 1998

  The courtyard at the new Treymore Apartments in East Dallas was filled with high-profile types--visiting dignitaries, elected officials, land... More >>