Baytown Annexation in the Sixties Spurs Mixed Reactions
Wanda Orton recalls Baytown growth in 1962 adding eight square miles and 6,000 residents. Despite protests from Wooster Brownwood Lakewood and other areas, annexation brought improved police and fire protection, better street infrastructure, regular garbage pickup, and stronger city services, reshaping local identity.
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Baytown
Wooster
Brownwood
Lakewood
Harris County Fresh Water District
Country Club Oaks
Craigmont
Water Control and Improvement District
Old Baytown
Texas
Pelly
Republic
Bayway Drive
Scott, Crystal and Burnet
McNair
Public Works Department
Today in History Snapshot for 2012 and notable events
The page lists major dates and facts: 1884 statue of liberty cornerstone on Bedloe's Island. 1962 Marilyn Monroe found dead in LA. 1981 Reagan fired air traffic controllers. Birthdays include Maupassant Huston Armstrong Anderson Ewing Yauch Crawford. A 1973 Niekro no hitter. Norma Jean Baker's Marilyn Monroe name change. a quote by Maupassant. 70,000 average daily flights. moon phase Aug 1 full to Aug 9 last quarter.
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Bedloe's Island
New York Harbor
Marilyn Monroe
Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan
Guy de Maupassant
John Huston
Neil Armstrong
Loni Anderson
Patrick Ewing
Adam Yauch
Carl Crawford
Phil Niekro
Atlanta
San Diego
Norma Jean Baker
United States
National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Interstate racing folklore on I 10 and a Capitol sunrise
A Baytown native reflects on armchair racing on Interstate 10, comparing drafting danger to highway debris, and questions a Baton Rouge sunrise photo caption in ExxonMobil’s The Lamp. He notes 75 mph limits in parts of Texas, the risk of rubber chunks on pavement, and hints at local memory of Texas World Speedway.
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Baton Rouge
Interstate 10
Texas World Speedway
College Station
Highway Department
Houston
Winnie
Jefferson
Orange
Chambers County
Nascar
Texas
ExxonMobil
Lamp
Louisiana
Capitol
Ole Miss
Aggieland
REL
LSU
Chris Buckner
Baytown
Houston Public Works Department
Chris
Miss Your Paper Baytown Sun Redelivery Info
Notice to Baytown Sun readers about delivery times and redelivery contact. Calls should be made by 9 a.m. on weekdays or 1 a.m. Sundays. Circulation office hours are Tuesday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Janie Gray is Editor Publisher.
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Memorial Drive
P.O
Baytown
Texas
Baytown Sun
The
Sun
Adam Vanelli
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
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Baytown Junior High
Pelly Junior High
Tri-Cities
Goose Creek
Wanda
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Buckner
Arate
Wn Paul
Gowpaul
Gene Green
Janie Gray
Janie. Gray
Sandy Denson
Sandy.denson
Joshua Hart
Joshua.hart
Newsroom
the Sun
Fred Hartman
Editorial
Adam Vaneili
Inte
Ieee Editor
M.A. Bengtson Ity
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