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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 2003
Page
1
Bush says world safer as Iraqis gather in a US backed assembly in Ur to form a government. US officials report Abbas custody in Baghdad and claim major weapons documents found in a Baghdad home. Marines tighten hold on Tikrit while fighting ends in Qaim near Syria.
Baytown candidates in Districts 2 and 3 clashed on a $4 million shortfall and budget belt tightening during a Baytown city hall forum. District 2 contenders Gil Gerlich and Scott Sheley debated revenue solutions while Cindy Gudgell and Mitchell Pearce backed department cuts and new taxes. Mundinger warned against harming city workers. About 30 attendees observed.
ExxonMobil delivered its final contract offer to about 1,200 workers affiliated with the union after two months of talks. The four year package would raise wages starting with a 52 cent hourly bump in 2003 and a 3.7 percent rise in 2004, 4 percent in 2005, with 2006 parity to peers. Union leaders called it disappointing and expect a rejection vote on April 21 22. The plan also leaves unpaid 108 training hours for new hires and does not raise the $17 starting wage.
BAYTOWN The Goose Creek ISD deadline to declare school preferences for fourth and seventh graders under new elementary and junior school zones is Thursday. A bilingual letter explains the rezoning and asks parents to choose to keep students at their current schools or attend others under the approved zones. Unbused fifth and eighth graders must maintain good attendance. Districtwide 191 fourth graders and 382 eighth graders may transfer. Undeliverable letters will be reissued through schools.
In Texas City on April 16, 1947, Memorial Park and Cemetery bear silent witness to a disaster that reshaped a booming port town. A granite wall lists dead and missing, an enduring sculpture and Angel of Peace overlook a pool as the community confronts loss amid postwar recovery.
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