Bank robber gets 45 year sentence in Houston case
James Monroe Lucas, 34, was sentenced by State District Judge Mary Bacon after a jury found him guilty of robbing Lone Star Bank in Baytown of more than $26,000 during a Dec 30 1983 hold up. Police traced him after a pawned gun tied him to the crime.
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Houston
Lone Star Bank
James Monroe Lucas
Mary Bacon
Baytown
Lucas
John Phillip Robertson
McKinney Road
FBI
Robertson
Texas Democrats review presidential pick process
Texas Democrats, seeking a less nasty campaign image after a heavy loss, form a 45 member commission to evaluate replacing the caucus for delegate selection. The panel will consider approval voting and other reforms, with recommendations to the State Democratic Executive Committee for lawmakers.
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Austin
Texas
Democratic Party
Bob Slagle
Slagle
State Democratic Executive Committee
Columbus Football Star Thomas Peacock Dies at 56
Thomas C. Peacock 56 of Columbus died Monday at a local hospital. Private services set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Henneke Funeral Home in Columbus. He native of Baytown and 1940s football star. Survived by wife Paula, son Jerry Coy, daughters Rebecca McGinnis and Belinda Boyle, and brother Gene R. Peacock. Burial at Assumption Cemetery in Austin.
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Columbus
Thomas C. Peacock
Henneke Funeral Home
Peacock
Baytown
Paula Peacock
Jerry Coy
Rebecca McGinnis
Belinda Boyle
Austin
Gene R. Peacock
Deer Park
Assumption Cemetery
Baytown area notices and community briefs
Local notices report funeral services for Henry Lamarr Wano Sr., 48, of Baytown, and Betty Jo Fullerton of the Houston area. Community items include senior taxi ticket mailings, Knights of Columbus Christmas party, VFW Santa visits, a Baytown Chamber meeting cancellation, and holiday office closings at Barbers Hill ISD and Baytown Mutual Benefit Association. Also listed are fruitcake sales for Hemophilia Foundation, Kiwanis Christmas program, Shelter Wings item donations, and a gospel program in Crosby. More details on dates, locations, and contacts provided.
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Henry Lamarr Wano Sr
Baytown
Earthman Funeral Home
Wano
Fullerton
Houston Area
Betty Jo Fullerton
Brookside Funeral Home Chapel
Houston
Barbara Smith
Anahuac
Job training applications open for Chambers County residents
Old River Winfree Community Building hosts Thursday intake from 10 am to 3 pm for truck driving and security guard retraining. Texas Employment Commission and SER staff will provide forms and answer questions. Eligible applicants may show proof of income, food stamp eligibility, aid for dependent children, or residence proof. Future retraining will accept Liberty and Harris county residents, under the Job Training Partnership Act federal program.
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OLD River-Winfree
Chambers County
Old River- Winfree
Farm Road
George Ellington
Texas Employment Commission
Joyce Adams
Service Employment Redevelopment
SER
Liberty
Harris County
Adams
Goodfellow Volunteers Expand Christmas Bags Drive
Volunteers commit time and money to finish the Christmas bags project before Christmas. Baytown Sun seeks donations to fund the effort, asking supporters to send gifts to Chief Goodfellow at P.O. Box 90 Baytown Texas 77522 or deliver contributions to The Sun building at 1301 Memorial.
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Chief Goodfellow
Baytown Sun
P.O
Baytown
Texas
Sun
Memorial
Baytown Newspaper Subscriptions and Addresses
The notice lists publication details for the Baytown paper including postal handling second class status at Baytown Texas, address 1301 Memorial Drive, P O Box 90, and 77522. It covers subscription rates 4.85 per month 58.20 per year single copy price 25 cents daily 50 cents Sunday and mail rate information. Coastal Publications is named as national representative.
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Baytown
Texas
Border economy on the mend in Texas Mexico border
A Texas comptroller analyst reports improving border business as Mexican shoppers return and employment climbs from a 1982-low. Despite gains, he warns recovery remains uncertain with peso weakness and potential devaluation. Local sales tax and auto tax receipts rise in El Paso Laredo and McAllen.
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Austin
Texas-Mexico
Mexico
Texas
Tom Pollard
State Comptroller’s Office
Pollard
Comptroller’s Office
el Paso
Brownsville
Border Department
Laredo
McAllen
Banco National de Mexico
United States
Pact to return Hong Kong to China signed
Britain and China signed a landmark agreement in Peking to transfer sovereignty over Hong Kong to China in 1997 under the one country two systems framework. Thatcher and Zhao Ziyang praised the accord as a historic, decisive step ending British rule.
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Peking
Britain
China
Hong Kong
Deng Xiaoping
Margaret Thatcher
Zhao Ziyang
Great Hall of the People
Thatcher
Zhao
Xinhua
Li Xiannian
Deng
Communist Party
Hu Yaobang
New Territories
New York
London
Tam
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Eusebio Gomez
E. Francis
P.J. Kuehn
Kuehn
Duran
Trejo
Gomez
Massey- Tompkins Road
Garth Road
Illinois
Exxon Baytown Credit Union
Baytown Goodfellows Drive
Darlene Beardsley
Emily Stealey
The
Goodfellows
Lynn Hughes
Lisa Ocker
Democrats
Thomas Peacock
City Planning and Traffic Department
Santa
VFW
Highlands
Baytown Area
Barbers Hill
Grandmothers Club
Grandmothers Club No. 346
Market
MBA
Baytown Mutual Benefit Association
Corsicana
Collins Street
Hemophilia Foundation
Kiwanis
Harold Fagan
Grace United Methodist Church
Kiwanis Club
Holiday Inn
S. Highway 146
Mack Cook
True Vine Missionary Baptist Church
Crosby
Ms. Adams
Goodfellow Volunteers
Goma Communications, Inc
Business Telephone Systems
Baytown, Texar
Montgomery Ward
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