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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 2005
Page
4
New health guidance emphasizes vaccines as a legal school entry requirement. Studies indicate about 90 percent of American children receive most recommended vaccines, but a small unvaccinated segment creates opportunity for disease outbreaks.
The Baytown Sun editorial board invites community members to visit for issue discussions, meeting weekly at 2 p.m. Wednesdays. To arrange appointments, contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8302. Board members include Wanda Garner Cash, Jim Finley, and Jane Howard Lee.
The Baytown Sun invites letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public interest topics. Submissions must be original, signed, include a non publishing address and phone, and can be edited or refused. Send to Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom, P O Box 90, Baytown, TX 77522 or via fax 281 427 1880 or email sunnews baytownsun com.
Kathryn Jean Lopez notes John Roberts' nomination raises the profile of Feminists for Life, a pro life group linked to Roberts wife Jane Sullivan Roberts. The piece describes FFL’s civil approach, its leaders like Serrin Foster, and its goals to offer alternatives to abortion while highlighting broader political and cultural debate surrounding Roe era issues.
This day marks Christopher Columbus sailing from Paris in 1492, Germany declaring war on France in 1914, Calvin Coolidge becoming president in 1923 after Harding's death, Patton's 1943 incident, Nautilus polar crossing in 1958, 1980 Moscow Olympics closing, air traffic controller strike in 1981, Iran-Contra hearings ending in 1987, Ruth Bader Ginsburg confirmed in 1993, Clinton health care pledge, a 10 year 792 billion tax cut deal, and V Gene Robinson's bishop election path in 2004.
A Baytown reader urges city action to curb littering at public facilities and promote stricter enforcement. The piece cites potential fines under Texas law, a GOTCHA reporting program, and citizen involvement to clean up the community.
In 1950 a record daily high of 98 F was recorded with hopes for relief from heat. A 1975 Baytown schools survey found an average class size of 20.79 students. In 1990 fishermen weighed legal action after an oil spill and a ban on fishing in Trinity and Galveston bays. In 2000 Exxon Mobil disputed a report claiming 3,000 more jobs would be cut post merger. analysts predicted a 19,000 job loss. In 2003 workers at ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery filed petitions about proposed staff cuts risking community safety.
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