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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 2018
Page
4
Blake Cather of Baytown writes to urge Goose Creek CISD voters to approve the May bond referendum for district construction, infrastructure and technology, arguing that the long term investment will improve local public education and benefit future engineers teachers and doctors in the community.
A Baytown parent and PTO president urges voters to approve the Goose Creek CISD bond proposal. The letter, from a former Citizens Facility Planning Committee member, highlights needs at San Jacinto Elementary and renovations to the Robert E. Lee High School auditorium, plus technology upgrades for classrooms.
The piece urges marking the 90th Earth Day with reduced driving and energy use and shifting to plant based diets. It cites Oxford and Germany research and a 2010 UN report linking animal agriculture to heavy water and land use and greenhouse gas emissions, urging supermarkets as celebratory venues.
On this date marked events include the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado where two students killed 12 classmates and a teacher before dying by suicide. Also the Deepwater Horizon platform explosion killed workers and triggered an oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico. Historical reflection by Alexander Herzen ends the piece.
A French freighter Grandcamp loaded with ammonium nitrate exploded in Texas City harbor on April 16, 1947, after a fire in the hold. The blast and subsequent fires leveled parts of the city, killing about 581 to 600 people and injuring around 3,000. Survivors faced lifelong wounds amid an era of industrial catastrophe, while the event remains the worst U.S. industrial disaster.
Arkansas Times columnist Gene Lyons analyzes the Trump administration's attack on James Comey and his book A Higher Loyalty. The piece critiques Trump’s rhetoric, questions Comey’s actions during the 2016 election, and frames the feud as a public morals debate while noting media and political reactions.
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