Single-member districts work in La Porte officials say
La Porte officials and past leaders praise the single-member district system for the nine member city council. They credit it with enabling diverse participation and electing a black council member while noting mixed views on council size and potential factionalism.
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Bruce Guynn
U.S. Justice Department
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Baytown
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Gay
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J.J. Meza
Robert Herrera
Ed Matuszak
Malone
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Matusek
Virginia Cline
Old City Commission
Alton Porter
Matuszak
Pearce Street Journal debates farming as a hobby
The piece questions if millions of ranchers and farmers holding off-premise jobs means agriculture functions as a hobby. It weighs work patterns and economic roles of rural labor in modern farming.
Easter Weekend in Baytown and Nearby News
AROUND TOWN features Morbarakeh family daughter posing with a basket of Easter bunnies in Baytown. Don Burns oversees a watering schedule while Ken McNulty stays ready for coffee. Ray Byford, 8, recovers from surgery during Easter weekend. Nelda and Bobby Fayle celebrate 18th wedding anniversary. Wayne Wilson, Rick Keene and Bruce Curbo ride over 150 miles from Houston to Austin.
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Sylvan Beach Pavilion to reopen May 2 with festival dance
Sylvan Beach Pavilion, damaged by Hurricane Alicia in 1983, will resume operations on May 2 during the Sylvan Beach Festival. Festival activities begin with a 10 a.m. parade at South Broadway and G Street, led by grand marshal Robert Foxworth, son of former La Porte residents. The day features entertainment, food booths, a chili cookoff, and beauty contests including Miss and Little Miss Sylvan Beach.
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Benny Goodman
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Falcon Crest
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Houston
Sylvan Beach Park
Soviet and U S warn on arms control progress
Washington reports say Soviet and American officials caution that despite progress in drafting an arms control agreement, last minute problems could derail disarmament. Viktor Karpov suggested a Reagan Gorbachev summit may occur later this year if groundwork continues. Proposals include eliminating medium range missiles in Europe while retaining up to a hundred on each side. Verification remains unresolved. Gorbachev also floated removing short range missiles in Europe, drawing NATO and U S concerns over Soviet conventional strength.
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Shultz
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United States
Gorbachev
Europe
NATO
San Jacinto Day events planned in Baytown park
Baytown marks San Jacinto Day with a 9 a.m. start and multiple sites in the park including a 10:30 a.m. parade on Park Road 1836 and an 11 a.m. wreath laying at the monument. Lee College Jazz Band will perform aboard the Battleship Texas at 1:30 p.m. and a San Jacinto Day museum display will showcase Charles Shaw paintings. Local descendants groups and San Jacinto organizations are among attendees.
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Dave Corder
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Baytown
San Jacinto Day
Weather outlook with partial clouds and warm highs
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with lows in the mid sixties. Tuesday should be partly cloudy with a high in the upper eighties. A record shows Sunday 8 a.m. to Monday 8 a.m. ranged from 55 to 90 degrees.
Texas teen stable after shark attack severs arm
A 16 year old girl from Kingsland lost an arm in a shark attack off Mustang Island in Port Aransas. The victim, April Dawn Voglino, remained in serious but stable condition after surgery in Corpus Christi. Beachgoers continued enjoying Easter weekend as officials said the incident appears isolated.
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Andre Landry
Texas A&m University
Galveston
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