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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 2015
Page
4
Our View urges caution as the new school year starts across Baytown Highlands Crosby and West Chambers County. It highlights bus and foot traffic around schools, stresses driver awareness, praises teachers and parents, and wishes students success in the coming months. Editorial by David Bloom for The Baytown Sun.
Letter to the editor from Baytown urging Union Pacific to fix rough crossings on West Baker Road. The writer cites repeated contacts since 2014, a 2015 meeting with Union Pacific Track Maintenance director Tommy Russell, and frequent near accidents from vehicles stopping abruptly. Refers to Track No. 4273111 and urges readers to report via the Union Pacific hotline or contact listed officials.
Historical milestones marked on August 23 include 1305 Wallace’s execution for treason, 1927 Sacco and Vanzetti death sentences in Boston, 1973 Stockholm hostage crisis leading to Stockholm Syndrome, 1989 Hawkins killing in Brooklyn, 2002 Bush on Cindy Sheehan protests, and 2009 Woods divorce.
In September 1875 a devastating Gulf Coast hurricane struck Indianola and Texas coast, with Baytown area survivors recounting a perilous night. John West and Clara McKie Grafton sheltered refugees at Black Duck Bay, a roofless escape, a drowning, a newborn and a string of rescues unfolding along the San Jacinto and Morgan's Point canal before dawn. Clara died ten days later. her infant son Clarence Storm West survived, raised by his father and Oscar McKie.
Eight-year-old Connor Ericison, under guardianship of Katie and Christian, wowed family and fans as he tossed the ceremonial first pitch before the Houston Astros versus the Tampa Bay Rays. The Baytown Little League standout and Rice Baseball Camp Defensive MVP greeted a crowd of 16,256, sharing a moment with Hall of Famer Craig Biggio after the throw.
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