Meal, parade cause for thanks in Houston

Where William Laduex Jr. lives — in an abandoned 18-wheeler off Airline Drive — barbers are hard to come by, and, despite his dislike of hair, there was little the 60-year-old could do as his head and face became coated in a thick, gray mane. Until Thursday, when he sat down in a chair at the George R. Brown Convention Center while Rina Diaz slowly steered a pair of clippers up the Louisiana native’s face. Soon he was balder, well-fed and happier, surrounded by thousands of peo