Bob Lanier Revisits Hometown Homefront Portrait Unveiled
A long white limousine arrives at a small Pelly house as Bob Lanier steps out to greet surprised residents. He tours the area recalling roots in the original city while a July 2008 Baytown portrait ceremony honors former Houston mayor Lanier, who died Saturday.
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Pelly
Tom Forrester Lord
Houston
Bob Lanier
Lanier
Elise
Birdsong Place Villa
Baytown
Mayor Bob Lanier Remembered by School Friends
At age 90 former classmates Gertrude Moskowitz Teter and James Weisinger recall Houston Mayor Bob Lanier from Robert E. Lee High School days. The report notes Lanier's sports, politics and keen mind and references a funeral today.
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Gertrude Moskowitz Teter
James “J.C.” Weisinger
Houston
Bob Lanier
Robert E. Lee High School
Lanier
Barbers Hill Grads Shine in CP Chem Scholarship
Barbers Hill graduates excel in a Chevron Phillips Chemical scholarship program begun in 2013 with Lee College, guiding local juniors and seniors toward process technology careers amid shale oil demand. CP Chemical spokesperson Heather Kroury highlights the district's commitment to educating and training the local workforce.
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Barbers Hill
Brandon Hooks
John Allen
Chevron Phillips
Lee College
Chevron Phillips Chemical
CP Chemical
Heather Kroury
Oyster lease fuels worry among Bay oyster firms
Galveston Bay oyster stakeholders fear a 23 000 acre lease by STORM, overseen by Chambers Liberty Navigation District, will bar access to port and shrink public water rights. STORM aims to restore reefs by replanting substrate, benefiting oysters but prompting private and public rights concerns.
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Lisa Halili
Galveston Bay
Cedar Bayou
Halili
STORM
Chambers County
Tracy Woody
Oysterstorm
AP News poll names police killings of blacks top story of 2014
The AP poll of 85 editors and news directors ranks police killings of unarmed blacks in Ferguson and elsewhere as the year’s leading story. Ebola outbreak, Iraq and Syria conflict follow, with shifts in diplomacy and entertainment news noted.
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Ferguson
Missouri
Associated Press
U.S
West Africa
Iraq
Syria
United States
Cuba
Sony Pictures
Barack Obama
Britain
Edward VIII
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Judy Gunn
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Clayton
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