Cheers and Jeers Look at Baytown community highlights
The Baytown Sun features local cheers and jeers praised by volunteers led by Sandy Biles who aids inmates with spiritual guidance through Operation Starting Line. It also covers six Baywater polo squads at the 2004 Junior Olympics in Fort Lauderdale and Kuk Sool Won events in Baytown celebrating 30 years in the United States.
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Armstrong seals unprecedented sixth Tour de France win
Lance Armstrong, amid a dramatic comeback from cancer, captures a record sixth Tour de France title finishing July 25 in Paris with a 6 minute 19 second margin over the runner-up. He dominated the Alps with three straight mountain stages and earned praise from Tour President Patrice Clerc as possibly the greatest rider ever. The victory cements Armstrong's place in cycling history and his dominant era with the U S Postal Service team.
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Baytown Sun Editorial Board Seeks Community Dialog
The Baytown Sun invites residents to visit its editorial board during weekly 2 p.m. meetings on Wednesdays to discuss community issues. To schedule an appointment contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8302. board members include Wanda Gamer Cash, Joseph Lohan, Dee Anne Navarre, Jim Finley, and Jane Howard Lee.
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Baytown Sun requests letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun invites public interest letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words. Submissions must be original and signed, include a non publishable address and phone, and may be edited. Send to Wanda Gamer Cash or David Bloom, P O Box 90, Baytown 77522, or fax 281 427 1880 or email sunnews bays townsun com.
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Democrats' lock on the black vote in 2004
Joseph Perkins argues that black voters have long aligned with the Democratic Party, citing BET CBS News polling and historical shifts from Lincoln to Johnson. He questions why blacks would blindly back Kerry in 2004 given Bush's mixed record on jobs, education, and vouchers, urging more scrutiny of party loyalty.
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Letter re Kerry controversy from Swift Boat veteran John E O Neill
John E O Neill of Houston addresses Ralph McDonald and the Kerry inquisition claims. He cites his Coastal Division 11 Vietnam service and says 254 Swift Boat veterans condemn Kerry as unfit for Commander in Chief. He points readers to swiftvets.com for names and memorials.
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August 2 historical highlights across wars and politics
On August 2 1943 PT 109 commanded by Lt John F Kennedy sank after a collision near the Solomon Islands. The future president saved crew members and earned the Navy and Marine Corps Medal and a Purple Heart. Other dates mark signatures on the Declaration of Independence in 1776 Wild Bill Hickok’s death in 1876 Caruso’s death in 1921 Harding’s passing in 1923 Hindenburg’s death in 1934 Einstein letter in 1939 Potsdam conference in 1945 Tonkin Gulf attacks in 1964 Delta crash in 1985 and Iraq invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
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Amagiri
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Continental Congress
Wild Bill” Hickok
Deadwood
Dakota Territory
Enrico Caruso
Naples
Italy
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Warren G. Harding
San Francisco
Paul von Hindenburg
Adolf Hitler
Albert Einstein
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
Josef Stalin
Clement Attlee
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Delta Air Lines
Dallas-Fort Worth International
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Baytown milestones span health to highways and I 10 project
The Baytown area records notable events from 1950 when a Baytown Lions Club air oxygen lock aided newborn resuscitation at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital to 1975 when funds for Loop 201 stalled near its planned 20th anniversary. Other notes cover fishing bans in 1990 hitting local bay fishermen, a 2000 floating classroom voyage by Smith Point, 2002 Lee College president Martha Ellis starting amid bulldozers, and 2003 Sylvia Garcia backing Baytown I 10 corridor tax zone at a city meeting.
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