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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 2001
Page
2
Today forecasts partly cloudy skies with highs in the upper 60s and light northwest winds. Sunrise is 6 59 a.m. Sunset 5 20 p.m. Tomorrow remains partly cloudy with highs near 76 and lows around 50. Sunset remains 5 20 p.m.
The roundup notes Rosa Parks 1955 bus refusal sparking a Montgomery boycott, the 1824 House decision in a four‑man presidential deadlock, the 1913 Pittsburgh drive‑in station opening, Kirov assassination in 1934, gasoline rationing in 1942, Tehran conference in 1943, Candide Broadway debut in 1956, Cuban refugee airlift beginning in 1965, first postwar draft lottery in 1969, Ben-Gurion’s death in 1973, and a 1981 Corsican jetliner crash with 180 fatalities.
An educated man should know everything about something and something about everything says English historian Dame C. V. Wedgwood. The remark reflects a broad scholarly ideal from her life 1910 to 1997.
A proverb notes that the light in eyes brings joy to the heart and a good report cheers the bones. The verse from Proverbs 15 30 emphasizes uplifting news and positive perception and their healing effect.
Police in Hanover Township arrested Robert Durst after a shoplifting report. He allegedly stole a hoagie Band-Aids and a newspaper. Durst provided a New York address and a computer check flagged him as a fugitive amid prior murder and disappearance investigations.
Los Angeles mourns the death of George Harrison at 58 after a battle with cancer. Paul McCartney calls him my baby brother, while Olivia and Dhani Harrison were at his side. Harrison's passing follows a life as the quiet Beatle with mystique, collaboration with Clapton and Dylan, and enduring songs like Here Comes the Sun and Something. He died at a friend's home with family and friends nearby.
A gunshot tore through a portable classroom at Friendswood Junior High wounding no one. Police, after a sweep of lockers and rooms, found no weapons or suspects and allowed about 900 students to exit via metal detectors.
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