Remembering Leon Brown Baytown Sun Publisher and Friend
Jim Finley recalls Leon Brown a longtime Baytown Sun leader who guided the paper after Fred Hartman, steered through a disastrous 1979 fire, and helped salvage editions across multiple papers while maintaining faith with Memorial Baptist Church and the Baytown newsroom family.
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Harold Lane
Leon
Jim
Nature
la Porte
Texas City
Sun
Memorial Drive
Memorial Baptist Church
Memorial Baptist
Today in History 2011 Recaps Key Dates and Events
A compact digest of events and people tied to this date in history. Highlights include King George III labeling the colonies rebels in 1775, Sacco and Vanzetti's execution in 1927, and the Hitler Stalin non aggression pact of 1939. Includes notable birthdays, sports milestones, and a 50 year retroactive Dukakis proclamation clearing Sacco and Vanzetti.
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England
George III
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Charlestown
Mass
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Edgar Lee Masters
Gene Kelly
Vera Miles
Barbara Eden
Shelley Long
Rick Springfield
Kobe Bryant
Taiwan
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
Sacco
Vanzetti
Hitler
New York City
McCotter runs for president amid China critique at Ames straw poll
National Review Online editor Kathryn Lopez notes Thad McCotter’s appearance at the Ames Iowa straw poll and frames his campaign as centered on confronting China’s one child policy and its global impact. She links his stance to concerns about religious freedom, human rights, and democratic values, while reflecting on dissidents like Chai Ling.
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Thad McCotter
United States
Michigan
Fox News
Iowa
Ames
Iowa State University
China
McCotter
Soviet Union
Littlejohn
North Korea
Mark Steyn
America
Cardinal Joseph Zen
Hong Kong
Washington, D.C
Orwell
Rome
Beijing
Tiananmen Square
Chai Ling
Massachusetts
All Girls Allowed
Kathryn Lopez
National Review Online
Nationalreview.com
Klopez
Miss Your Paper Redelivery Hours and Contacts
Notice to readers about missed deliveries calls for redelivery. Provides phone numbers and operating hours for the circulation department, listing weekdays and Sunday windows and staff roles including editor publisher and advertising director.
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Finley
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World Health Organization
Reggie Littlejohn
Women’s Rights Without Frontiers
Joe Biden
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Paull, Dist
Ane Green, Dist
Janie Gray
Janie.gray
Baytownsun.com
Angie Pagel
Angie
Sandy Denson
Sandy.denson
Baytownsun
Joshua Hart
Joshua.hart
Anon
Baytown
Adam Vanelli
P.O
Sunnews
Editorial
Anglo Pagel Advertising Director
Jim Fifertt
Utvedtive Eator
M.A. Bengtson Community Member
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