Community Goodfellows Drive Keeps Baytown Holiday Spirit Alive
The Baytown Goodfellows drive, run by the Baytown Junior Forum since 1931, mobilizes volunteers to raise funds and distribute toys to thousands of children in need. Donations, preferably by check to Goodfellows, aid applications, toy purchases, and toy distribution in pillowcases, with receipts sent to the Baytown Sun.
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Goodfellows
Baytown Area
Sun
Bob Matherne
Baytown
Baytown Sun
Dec 1 2015 historical highlights and milestones
Today in History notes key events on December 1 across years including Rosa Parks' 1955 Montgomery bus arrest and the 1824 contingent presidential vote, Lincoln's 1862 message, Navy airship C 7 helium flight, 1942 rationing start, 1965 Cuban refugee airlift, and the 1969 draft lottery.
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Rosa Parks
Montgomery
Alabama
U.S. House of Representatives
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
William H. Crawford
Henry Clay
Adams
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
Navy
Hampton Roads
Virginia
Washington
D.C
United States
Cuba
U.S
Fallujah
Iraq
Barack Obama
Immigrants and America Through New Eyes
JoAn Martin, retired teacher and author, reflects on growing up in a segregated South and embracing immigration. She contrasts past prejudices with a renewed commitment to welcoming refugees, diverse religions, and different ethnic backgrounds, urging openness over fear.
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Albert Einstein
Edward Teller
America
Texas politics and the 2016 presidential landscape
Texas holds 38 electoral votes and long party dynamics shape national contests. The state has not elected a Democrat to statewide office since 1994 with Gov Abbott leading a GOP stronghold. Presidential candidates from both parties target swing states while Texas remains reliably red, limiting home-state impact and raising questions about future influence and potential vice presidential picks.
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U.S
Lloyd Bentsen
California
Texas
Ann Richards
Greg Abbott
Wendy Davis
Molly Ivins
GOP
Ted Cruz
Rick Perry
Rand Paul
Jeb Bush
Carly Fiorina
Rick Santorum
Cruz
David Dewhurst
Senate
New York
Donald Trump
Iowa
Perry
Paris
Florida
George P
Iraq
Kentucky
Lake Jackson
Dad Ron
U.S. House
Fiorina
Austin
Sneed
Pennsylvania
Sen
Santorum
Dallas
Hillary Clinton
Ohio
New Jersey
Sen. Cruz
Jeb
Bush
Washington
Marco Rubio
Politico
Clinton
Paul
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