Editorial condemns shoddy U S nuclear record and scrams
The piece argues the United States faces a national embarrassment from an average of 6.5 scrams per year across 80 reactors, far above Japan's one scram per year. It blames environmental activism for delays but cites lack of Navy level quality control and incentives. It notes Diablo Canyon and San Onofre gaining operation approvals after safety work.
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United States
Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Japan
Cee
Hyman Rickover
Navy
California
Diablo Canyon
Pacific Gag and Electric Co
San Onofre
Books as forever gifts from Wanda Orion to a future editor
Wanda Orton Keeping reflects on beloved books as lasting gifts, from Dr Seuss and Winnie the Pooh to Nancy Drew and Beautiful Joe. She recalls childhood purchases at Lucile Puderbaugh's Book Stall on Texas Avenue, a 1944 Christmas with books and a bike, and how reading shaped her path to journalism, ending with her marriage to the editor of The Sun.
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Winnie
Nancy
Beverly Gray
Nancy Drew
Joe
San Jacinto
Lucile Puderbaugh
Texas Avenue
Lucile
William Allen White
Doe Oak in Pasture Hunter’s Humorous Deer Hunt Tale
Kim Kyte, feature editor of The Sun, recounts a Texas deer hunt tale. A self styled ambush from a lone oak in a pasture yields only does and a comical misadventure. The narrator reflects on dreams of a Boone and Crockett worthy buck while lugging through the dawn.
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Boone and Crockett
Doe Oak
Kim Kyte
the Sun
Do They Know It's Christmas Tide of Help From Rock Stars
In 1984 global hunger emergencies prompt charity music project in London studio. Over 20 top English stars including Boy George Duran Duran Bananarama and U2 record a single with profits to feed Africa. The effort highlights humanitarian drive amid drought and famine reports and urges further action worldwide.
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U.S
London
England
al l
Africa
Boy George
Duran Duran
Bananarama
Boomtown Rats
Wham
Kool and the Gang
Dave Sorter
Wire
the Sun
School district buys Pruett land in 1944 deal
The Baytown Sun notes a historic 1944 transaction in which the school district pays R. H. Pruett $80,910 for land on Market Street, marking the largest land deal in district history. The page also recalls other local items from 1944 to 1964, including retirements, community events, and a humorous squirrel incident.
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Pruett
Deal
Baytown Sun
R.H. Pruett
Market Street
W.A. Felton Jr
Cherry Point
N.C
Cedar Bayou
Houston
R.M. Walker
The
Machinists Union
Lt. King
Glenn Knudson
J.P. Bailey
H.H. Dorris Jr
Romans inspires patience and hope through scripture
A devotional verse cites Romans 15 4 affirming that things written in the past were for learning so believers may gain patience comfort and hope through the scriptures.
Grandpa the country peddler in a blizzard tale
Preston Pendergrass recalls Grandpa’s 1900 blizzard journey from Chattooga to Harrison Tennessee. A four horse wagon, butter eggs ham and sausage orders doubled, drifted into a ditch, horses struggled for traction, and a farmhouse light offered shelter for three days before rescue and return home.
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Preston Pendergrass
Baytown
Grandpa
Chattanooga
Harrison Lake
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Jim Kyle
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Abe Rosenzweig
Bayway Drive
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