Playboy memories from a Baytown native broadcaster
Chris Buckner recalls his longtime friendship with Tom Hebel and Lea, Playboy mail incidents, and Barbi Benton memories from 1970s and 80s. He notes personal anecdotes from W. Houston radio days, Betviews on figures like Hefner, and his own Baytown roots.
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Tom Hebel
Playboy
Tom
Lea
Liz
Barbi Benton
Ms. Hugh
Hef) Hefner
Hef
Barbi
Chris Buckner
Baytown
Houston
Public Works Department
Chris
Today in History and Birthdays Anniversary Digest
On 2011 dates, history notes Delaware's 1787 ratification of the Constitution, and the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack drawing U.S. into war. It cites Iraq denying weapons of mass destruction in 2002. Birthdays include Willa Cather and Larry Bird among others.
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Delaware
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
United States
Iraq
United Nations
Willa Cather
Eli Wallach
Ellen Burstyn
Harry Chapin
Johnny Bench
Tom Waits
Larry Bird
Terrell Owens
Emily Browning
Homerun
Barry Bonds
Senate
House of Representatives
Celebrity look alikes among us in Eighties Sun memories
Sun staff in the Eighties recalls look alikes of stars spotted around Baytown and beyond. Cindy Horswell recalls resemblance to Sandra Bullock, while Alan Erwin mirrors Ron Howard. Wayne Hensley resembles Clint Eastwood and others include Richard Dreyfuss lookalikes, Barbara Stanwyck echoes, and more among former Sun staff and acquaintances.
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Chronicle
Cindy Horswell
Baytown Sun News
Sandra Bullock
Cindy
Alan Erwin
Austin
Bullock
Sun
Wayne Hensley
Baytown
Clint Eastwood
Wayne
United Way
David Mohlman
Randolph Scott
Lynn Goodman Fields
Cindi Crawford
Matt Damon
Bill Hartman
Keith Thompson
Richard Dreyfuss
Johnella Boynton
Barbara Stanwyck
Tammy Bass Fayle
Robert E. Lee
Lynne Cheney
Dick Cheney
Barbara “Whitey
Whitesides Mixon
Doris
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Bruce
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Buckner
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Christopher Reeve
Reeve
Ron Howard
Alan
Eleanor
Dusty
Grigg Gaston
Judy Garland
Kathryn Grayson
Norma Shearer
Marilyn
Nellie Padgett
Louis van Meldert
Sterling Municipal Library
Denise Fischer
Claude Rains
Elva ‘Pooch’ Cuthbertson
Teresa Wright
Dave Nelson
James Stewart
C.B. Jones
John Wayne
the Duke
Harry Carey
T.W. Nelson
Wanda Orton
the Sun
Wanda
Orton
Joe Biden
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Ted Poe
Dist
Joshua Hart
Joshua.hart
Baytownsun.com
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The
Baytown Sun
Adam Vanelli
P.O
Nang Seusside
Val
Phen Waste Renner She Ae
Fred Hartman
Editorial
Janie Gray
Eda
M.A. Bengtson Community Member
Jay Eshbach
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