Not so strange fear of crime linked to known offenders
Editorial notes a Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics survey finding that 40 percent of U S violent crimes from 1982 to 1984 were committed by someone the victim knew. They report 46 percent of robberies assaults and rapes in a Census survey were by strangers, with friends and relatives accounting for substantial shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics
United States
U.S
U.S. Census Bureau
Fromm
North involved in hidden sting amid Iran arms case
Washington report links Lt. Col. Oliver North to a secret sting that helped indict 17 international arms traders for attempting a 2 billion dollar sale to Iran. The piece notes North's suspected early knowledge, ties to Cyrus Hashemi, Adnan Khashoggi, and Manucher Ghorbanifar, and hints at conflicting White House actions while naming figures like William von Raab and Dale Van Atta.
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Washington
Oliver North
Iran
U.S. Customs Service
North
Customs Service
National Security Council
Customs
William von Raab
von Raab
Reagan Administration
Free West
White House
Dale von Atta
Ollie North
von Atta
Cyrus Hashemi
Hashemi
Hashemi Rafsanjani
Tehran
Samuel Evans
Adnan Khashoggi
Evans
Khashoggi
U.S
Manucher Ghorbanifar
Name the Tri-Cities Baytown ballot debate history
Forty years ago the Goose Creek Pelly and Baytown area debated a name for consolidation. Citizens proposed Baytown Bay Villa Baypelgo Union Town Gander City Port Humble and more before voters chose Baytown in 1947 with Goose Creek a distant second and final charter decided next year.
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Cecil Foster
Cedar Bayou
Baypelgo
Baytown
Pelly
Goose Creek
Searcy
Union Town
J.B. Jefferson
Jefferson
Barbara Bradbury
Bay View
J.B. Croggins
Port Humble
Oran E. Ballard
Tri-City
Geraldine Jones
Geraldine
J.J. Belz
San Jacinto
Tri-Citians
Don Hamil
Trenton
N.J
C.N. Ammons
Grand Bay
Grand Baytown
Bay City
Taddies Harriman
Tri-Cities
Jim Kyle
Today in history highlights from February 13, 1987
The piece lists notable past events on this date including the 1985 Hauptmann murder verdict in New Jersey with a death sentence, Catherine Howard’s execution in 1542, Galileo’s Rome appearance in 1633, the 1635 founding of the Boston Public Latin School, and Andrew Bradford’s 1741 American Magazine launch.
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Associated Press
Flemington
N.J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles Lindbergh
England
Henry VII
Catherine Howard
Galileo
Rome
United States
Boston Public Latin School
Andrew Bradford
Pennsylvania
Bess
Baytown Sun notes and dated world events recap
The Baytown Sun item lists varied historical notes and birthdays including ASCAP founding in 1920, League of Nations neutrality in Switzerland, Soviet capture of Budapest in 1945, Allied Dresden raids, France's first atomic bomb test in 1960, and mentions a 1986 Challenger inquiry videotape review. it closes with birthdays for Tennessee Ernie Ford, Eileen Farrell, and Kim Novak.
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Truman
Independence
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
ASCAP
New York
League of Nations
Switzerland
Budapest
Hungary
Dresden
France
Sahara Desert
U.S
el Salvador
Deane R. Hinton
U.S. Army
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Eileen Farrell
Kim Novak
From the Baytown Sun Files on Consolidation Debates
A look back at 55 40 and 20 years ago in Baytown area news. Leah Iris Wright dies of pneumonia in La Porte. Wright Motor Freight Lines operator R A Wright noted. Welfare League aids local families with garden vegetables delivered by E W Bruce. A 40 year recall shows postal workers denying unified Tri Cities Baytown Goose Creek Pelly consolidation opposition debated by Kiwanis youth. Transit to polling places offered by 62 Cab Co. Jo Hinkle Joyce Blasingame Anneene Jackson Alice DuBose Lois Walker Mary Helen Whitaker listed as Beta Sigma Phi sweethearts in 20 year notes.
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Leah Iris Wright
la Porte
R.A. Wright
Goose Creek
Wright Motor Freight Lines
Tri-Cities Welfare League
W.T. Busch
Cedar Bayou
E.W Bruce
Welfare League
Tri-Cities
Baytown
Pelly
Beta Sigma Phi
Jo Hinkle
Kappa Kappa
Joyce Blasingame
Xi Theta Gamma
Anneene Jackson
Alice DuBose
Rho Zeta
Lois Walker
Xi Gamma Chi
Mary Helen Whitaker
Psi Alpha
Readers' views on latchkey safety training turnout
In Baytown readers praised a Latchkey Kid Self Care Training program by the Texas Crime Prevention Association. 356 children attended classes on door, personal, telephone, and fire safety with volunteers from General Telephone Co. and local clubs helping as teachers and aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Crime Prevention Association
General Telephone Co
Robert Leper
Keith Dougherty
Pilot Club
Service League
Noon Pilot Club
Baytown Sun
David Mohman
Latchkey
Angie Bracey
Carrie Pryor
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United Feature
Wanda Orton
Bay Villa
Ramona Mer
Leon Brown, Fred Hornberge
Fred Hartraon
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Acter
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Dup
Sociate Managing Editor
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Bessie
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Wechy
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Baytown Sun Files
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Jack Jennings
Peggy Miner
Fred Conant
John Brunson
Patsy Stoerner
62 Cab Co
Tex Martin
Berry’s
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