View from Alicia Three Decades On Baytown’s Hurricane Toll
A retrospective on Hurricane Alicia’s Aug 1983 landfall near Galveston that ripped through Baytown and the Houston Gulf area. It caused 21 deaths, 63,000 shelter needs, 2 billion dollars in damages, and widespread outages and destruction across Baytown, Goose Creek, Ross S. Sterling, and Lee College facilities.
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Hurricane Alicia anniversary warns on hurricane season readiness
Editorial notes hurricane season lasts through November 30 with peak August and September. Advises making evacuation plans and stocking emergency provisions. Encourages visiting Texas prepares for prep advice and DPS DEM pages for disaster assistance and evacuation. Monitoring tips point to NOAA tropical activity site. Editorial by David Bloom for The Baytown Sun.
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This Day in History HighlightsMilestones and Quotes
The entry notes the 1838 U S government funded marine expedition from Hampton Roads collecting science in the southern Pacific. It marks the 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment in Tennessee granting women the vote. It recalls James Meredith’s 1963 Ole Miss graduation as the first Black student to do so. Woodstock ended in 1969 after three days in Bethel with Jimi Hendrix’s midmorning set. In 1976 two U S officers were killed in Korea’s DMZ during a North Korean assault. Thought for Today recalls Memory is more indelible than ink attributed to Anita Loos.
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Campaigns In Stalemate: Tax Transparency Press Briefing
The Dallas Morning News notes voters await key actions from Trump and Clinton including tax returns and press conferences. It highlights Senate inaction on the Supreme Court vacancy and stalled reform efforts while Democrats and Republicans argue over funding for Zika and the Asia trade deal. The piece urges candidates to engage, and Congress to return to work.
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Family home movies bring memories from past decades
Jane Howard Lee describes rescuing aging home films and slides from the 1940s to the 1970s, transferring them to DVDs via Walgreens. The long project reveals a grandmother in a mountain overlook, parents in their youth, and relatives in parades and family rooms. Some footage is degraded while other clips remain vividly colorful, fueling a desire to preserve more boxes of 8 mm film at a reasonable cost.
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