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Baytown year in review highlights growth and loss
Baytown faced a mixed year with Mi ll/growth in population and new developments yet closures of Montgomery Ward Citizens Bank and Weiner's Discount Stores. The town marked dedications such as Veteran's Memorial Plaza and a sales tax measure Prop 7, while seeing Bat infestations at Barber's Hill High School and a fatality of longtime leader Emmett Hutto. Tropical Storm Allison caused regional flooding with 19 deaths and billions in damages prompting a 29 county disaster declaration.
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Montgomery Ward
Citizens Bank
Weiner's Discount
Baytown
Barber's Hill
Goose Creek
Gordon Christman
Bayer Corp
John Rocco
Ida Griffith
Baytown Sun
Madge Gaines
Cleo Gresham
Vivian Cisneros Hemphill
Marilyn Kinney
Pat McDonald
Wendy Phillips
Mike Roberts
Dottie Trahan
Emmett Hutto
Hutto
Decker Drive
Market Street
Lee Drive
Premiere Cinemas
San Jacinto Mall
Melissa Novosad
Angel Brothers
Superior
Lincoln Mercury
Jerry Roy
Roy
Lewisville
Dallas
Bush
Congress
Reagan
Allison
Houston
Rick Perry
National Guard
Bob Nailon
Channelview