Baytown to televise City Council meetings on Channel 16
The Baytown Sun urges Channel 16 cable televise Baytown City Council meetings to boost public involvement and openness. Mayor Mundinger backs the plan, noting $50,000 set aside for setup with cameras, while the channel could also air emergency notices and other community events.
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Time Warner Cable
Mundinger
Goose Creek
Lee College Regents
Baytown
Terrorism myths and Western policy in Middle East
The commentary argues that terrorism crosses borders, driven by extremist groups opposed to Muslim nations from Morocco to Indonesia. Western intervention is criticized as contributing to grievance, while terrorists label others as renegades and traitors. The piece notes kidnappings and killings of Muslim workers in Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
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Middle East
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Morocco
Indonesia
Baytown Sun Editorial Board Meeting Details
The Baytown Sun invites the public to visit the editorial board which meets weekly at 2 p.m. Wednesdays to discuss community issues. To schedule an appointment contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8302.
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David Bloom
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Baytown Sun
Wanda Garner Cash
Joseph Lohan
Dee Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
Baytown Sun calls for signed letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun invites original public interest letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words, with a writer photo. Include an unsigned contact for publication and limit to one submission per month. Submissions may be edited or refused. Send to Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom at P O Box 90 Baytown 77522 or fax 281 427 1880 or sunnews bay townsun com.
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Legislators eye school funding case in Texas
Texas lawmakers study options as a school financing lawsuit in Austin questions equity, adequacy, and whether state distribution of local property taxes amounts to a statewide levy. Dietz’s ruling could set a deadline for the Legislature before or during the next session, with talks of a November special session if an accord with leaders emerges.
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Austin
Texas
Travis County
John Dietz
Texas Supreme Court
George Bramblett Jr
Dallas
Bramblett
Dietz
Jim Keffer
Eastland
House Economic Development Committee
Rick Perry
Keffer
Bill Ratliff
Mt. Pleasant
Ratliff
House
Tom Craddick
Perry
Senate
David Dewhurst
Acuna trial challenged as not a conspiracy to convict
The writer rebukes Mr. Oliva for accusing police, DA, courts, and jury of conspiracy in the Acuna case. He notes the prosecution need not prove motive, emphasizes evidence over statistics, and argues the Sterling High School student was fleeing a court appearance for armed robbery and theft, not orchestrating a conspiracy.
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Tom Oliva
Police Department
District Attorney’s Office
Robert Acuna
Oliva
Sterling High School
Dallas
Jimenez
Baytown
Acuna
Aug 20 remembered events from 1833 to Voyager Two launch
On this date in history, Benjamin Harrison born in 1833, Andrew Johnson declares Civil War over, German forces seize Brussels in 1914, Britain opens Western Front in 1918, Churchill praises the RAF, hydrogen bomb acknowledged in 1953, anti-French riots in 1955, Johnson signs anti poverty bill in 1964, Voyager Two launched in 1977 carrying a phonograph record.
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Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek
Benjamin Harrison
United States
North Bend
Ohio
Andrew Johnson
Brussels
Belgium
Britain
Winston Churchill
Royal Air Force
Morocco
Algeria
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
Baytown remembers autumnal lows and growth milestones
In 1950 Baytown saw an autumnal low of 67 degrees with a rise forecast for the next day. By 1952 six Baytown men joined Lee College as the Korean veteran GI Bill first took effect. A 1990 De Zavala school reunion drew hundreds to the Baytown Community Center. The area’s population grew about 5,000 from 1990 to 1998 per the Texas State Data Center, after stronger 13,000 gains in 1970–80. In 2003 attorneys for Naomi Autin, injured during arrest via a Baytown officer’s Taser, delivered an ultimatum to the city. Autin later lost the case.
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Baytown
Texas State Data Center
Naomi Autin
Autin
Young Rider Keeps Bond With Beloved Striker Horse
Amanda Richings of Baytown describes her deep bond with her horse Striker. After considering selling due to bucking, a month of training solidified their partnership. She explains the emotional impact of the decision and vows Striker remains in her life forever.
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Striker
Amanda Richings
Baytown
Forgotten Boys of the Civilian Conservation Corps Book Available
Paul E. Jones announces a 160 page book The Forgotten Boys of the Civilian Conservation Corps Who Enlisted as Boys and Were Discharged Men based on veterans memories from 1930 to 1941. Readers may contact RO Box 608 Ridgway NL or call 618-272-3031 to obtain a copy.
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OCC
Paul E. Jones
Ridgway
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