Presidential commissions and Iraq policy face scrutiny
The piece weighs the Tower Commission’s Iran-Contra findings and questions the Bush administrations handling of Iraq intelligence. It calls for a nine member panel to probe intelligence services and the National Security Council with a broader mandate beyond identifying errors, urging a tougher, comprehensive inquiry.
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White House
Tower Commission
Reagan
Iran
U.S
Iraq
Intelligence Services
National Security Council
Washington
Bush
Kofi Annan
Davos
Switzerland
Los Angeles Times
Scalia Faces Recusal Debate Over Cheney Case
Supreme Court watchers criticize Justice Scalia for not recusing from a case involving Vice President Cheney. The dispute centers on disclosure of who the president consulted on energy policy. Scalia and Cheney are longstanding friends, shaping a high stakes court inquiry into impartiality and public trust.
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Scalia
Dick Cheney
Nixon
Supreme Court
Daily Times-Call
Longmont
Calo
Kucinich defiantly presses on toward convention
Dennis Kucinich remains in the race for the Democratic nomination as Maine caucuses approach with two delegates unchanged. After seven primaries yielded no new delegates, he asserted the nomination will be decided at the convention, citing Iraq as the defining issue. Voters cite economy and electability as top concerns and the paper suggests he should bow out.
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Jay Leno
Dennis Kucinich
Kucinich
Maine
Iraq
Bush
the Morning Journal
Lorain
Baytown Sun invites reader letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun invites letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public issues. Submissions must be original, signed, and include contact details, a photo for guests, and may be edited or refused. Send to Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom at P O Box 90 Baytown 77522 or via fax or email.
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Baytown Sun
David Bloom
Wanda Garner Cash
Joseph Lohan
Dee Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
the Sun
P.O. Box
Baytown
Sunt News
Baytownsun.com
What's really wrong with today's marriages
An opinion piece argues Massachusetts advances same sex marriage, while warning against overidealizing marriage as perpetual happiness. It cites C.S. Lewis and Sheri Tepper on being in love versus lasting partnership, urging a balance of comfort, commitment, and occasional romance to sustain relationships.
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United States
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Supreme Judicial Court
C.S. Lewis
Oxford
Sheri Tepper
Tepper
Grandview College Press
Lewis
Baytown Junior Forum lauds Baytown Sun support
The Baytown Junior Forum and its Murder Mystery Dinner Baytown The Final Cut thanked Lauren Sallee Jim Finley and the Baytown Sun staff for extensive publicity and photos. The paper’s coverage aided scholarship fundraisers and Red Stocking Revue events benefiting seniors and local nonprofits.
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Baytown Junior Forum
Lauren Sallee
Jim Finley
Baytown Sun
Baytown
the Sun
BIF
Valentine’s Day in History Highlights of Feb 14
February 14 2004 marks Valentine’s Day with notable events across years. The St Valentine’s Day Massacre occurred in 1929 in Chicago as seven rivals of Al Capone were shot. In 1778 Ranger carried the Star Spangled Banner to France. The Department of Commerce and Labor formed in 1903. The League of Women Voters began in 1920 in Chicago. Stormie Jones became the first heart liver transplant recipient in 1984. Ayatollah Khomeini urged killings of Salman Rushdie in 1989.
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Chicago
al Capone
Ranger
Star and Stripes
France
Department of Commerce and Labor
Commerce and Labor
League of Women Voters
Maude Wood Park
Stormie Jones
Children’s Hospital of
Pittsburgh
Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini
Salman Rushdie
Baytown history notes suggest major civic issues over decades
An archival snippet references a 1950s forger caught in Houston, a 1976 comeback bid by ex councilman Allen Cannon for District 5 police, a 1991 proposal to rename Interstate 10 Baytown East Freeway, and a 2003 Bayland Island structural review plus municipal court and jail concerns, with audit implications uncertain.
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Baytown
Houston
Allen Cannon
District 5 Police
Texas Department of Highway and Public Transportation
Baytown East
Bayland Island
Baytown Officials and Trustees Directory Snapshot
City Hall and Goose Creek Island County Baytown list officials with terms and meeting times. Barbers Hill Anahuac and Baytown boards show members, positions, contact numbers, and meeting dates.
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Commission
Intel
Alee
Tennessee
Virginia
Gov’t Officials
City of
Market St. Baytown
Texas
Gary Jackson
Pete Alfaro
Mercedes Renteria Ill
Scott Sheley
Calvin Mundinger
Don Murray
Ronnie Anderson
Coleman Godwin
City Hall
Goose Creek
Goose Creek Administration
Interstate
East
Barbara Sultis
Steve Fischer
Barbers Hill Isd
Barbers Hill
Mont Belvieu
Tim Sonnenberg
Anahuac
ISD
Linda Kay Barnhart
Board of Trustees
Clint Fancher
Gayle Peveto
Allen Herrington
Thomas E
Gene” Baker
Eddie Foster
Jessie D. “Dee” Leggett
Kendall L. Barrow
Lee College
S. Whiting Baytown
Martha Ellis
Board of Regents
Bill Blake
Keith Coburn
Don Coffey
Wayne Gray
Asae
EU Feo Velos
Susan Moore-Fontenot
Ronald Haddox
Mark Hall
Mark Himset
Jess D. Navarre
Euch
Tucker Hall
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