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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 2013
Page
4
A Bay Towns Sun contributor recalls a friend with a prosthetic eye facing pool exercise. The eye sometimes flips backwards or pops out during rubbing or swimming, prompting caution from instructors. The column notes the friend’s humor and resilience amid health worries.
Robert Warner president of the Seabrook Police Officers Association thanks Baytown residents and Baytown Police Department for honoring Officer Leon Waltman who served with Baytown PD in the 1970s. Baytown Chief Dougherty and the BPD Honor Guard attended the service. Citizens paused to salute as the procession passed.
Mark Fleming reflects on reading The Daily Sun from 1948 while touring Baytown’s early history. He recalls the town’s 1948 unification of Goose Creek Pelly and Baytown, the opening of San Jacinto hospital, land donations for Roseland Park, a tunnel project, a school’s athletic success, and civic efforts to standardize addresses and reduce street name duplication.
A 1944 UT student march in Austin showcased outrage over President Homer Rainey’s firing by the board of regents amid debates on academic freedom. The event followed broader Texas political battles over regent control, gubernatorial influence, and professor evaluation, shaping UT policy and leadership for years. The piece notes Rainey’s later gubernatorial run and the regents’ evolving stance under Perry appointees, with lingering questions about the university’s autonomy.
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