Bragg Road Ghost Light Legends Through Time
Editor notes a long running Bragg Road Ghost Light tale with Teddy Roosevelt era origins. Reports since 1900s describe a mysterious light on Bragg Road linked to a hunter camp incident and a missing man, drawing National Geographic interest in 1973.
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Bragg Road
Jim Kyle Bragg
Big’ Thicket National Park
Roosevelt
Bragg
Hardin County
Watergate
National Geographic Magazine
Beaumont
National Geographic
Bragg Hotel
Ghost Light - Road
Laur ie Michelle Saunders Birthday Acknowledged
Laur ie Michelle Saunders daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Saunders of 612 Harvey celebrates her fifth birthday on Tuesday. Grand parents are Mrs J D Sanders and Mr and Mrs C Sartor, all of Baytown. Great grandparents include Mrs DeWitt Kornegay of Rockdale and Odell Sartor and Mrs Emma Sartor of Teague, with Mrs Lola Mae Dailey of Dallas.
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Lauri Michelle Saunders
Jack Saunders
Harvey
J. D. Sanders
C. Sartor
Baytown
DeWitt Kornegay
Rockdale
Emma Sartor
Odell Sartor
Teague
Lola Mae Dailey
Dallas
Robin Michelle Moore
Robert F. Moore
Highlands
J. R. Prince
William Moore
J. F. Green
Dayton
J. L. Prince
Today in History highlights for January first year marks
On January 1 1863 Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation and slaves were freed. Rio de Janeiro was established in 1551. Paul Revere was born in 1733. The Homestead Act took effect in 1863. A Union soldier first staked land near Beatrice Nebraska. Australia was proclaimed in 1901. The United Nations joint declaration was signed in 1942. The Cuban revolution led Castro to flee in 1959. US Justice Department considered action against grain companies in 1964. Czechoslovakia gained a new government in 1965. A plane crash in Puerto Rico killed Roberto Clemente in 1972. Birthdays include Barry Goldwater and Xavier Cugat. Thought for today urges restraint on resolutions.
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Associated Press
Abraham Lincoln
Rio de Janeiro
Paul Revere
Boston
Beatrice
U.S
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Oldrich Cernik
Managua
Nicaragua
Puerto Rico
Roberto Clemente
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Xavier Cugat
Baytown and area school lunch menu roundup
Baytown region schools list daily lunch offerings with options for students. Barbers Hill serves fried fish and mac and cheese, Dayton features pizza or tamales, Anahuac offers smothered steaks with peach pie, Deer Park provides beef stew and pineapple cheese salad.
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Baytown
Barbers Hill
Dayton
Deer Park
Kathy Whitworth Wins First Tour Money For 1939
Ladies PGA star Kathy Whitworth earned 1217 dollars in 1939 finishing her first year on the tour. The season marked the start of a long career in women’s golf.
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PGA
Kathy Whitworth
Notable Political Moves And Marital News Across Cities
Rep Wright Patman plans a 24th term for Texas 1st District facing Glen Jones and Fred Hudson in the May 4 Democratic primary. Andre Previn seeks British citizenship, linking a personal move to his London conductor role. Milwaukee ceremony unites Kenneth Schermerhorn and Carol Neblett despite New Year Eve licensing waiver. Patricia Hutar named by Nixon to U N commission on the status of women.
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Texarkana
Tex
Wright Patman
House
Texas
Patman
House Banking and Currency Committee
Joint
House-Senate Committee On Defense Production
House-Senate Economic Committee
Glen Jones
Jacksonville
Fred Hudson
Center
Hudson
London
Andre Previn
London Symphony Orchestra
Previn
Britain
Mia Farrow
Berlin
Carol Neblett
New York
Miss Neblett
Thais
New Orleans
Schermerkorn
Wisconsin
Chicago
Patricia Hutar
Nixon
United States
United Nations Commission On the Status of Women
Postal Service Reports 1973 Loss Drop and Record Mail Volume
The U S Postal Service published its annual report showing net loss fell to 12 million for the year ended June 30 from 175 million, while mail volume rose to a record 89.7 billion pieces. Productivity climbed 6.4 percent as mechanization and improved handling boosted efficiency.
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Washington
U.S. Postal Service
Say
Postal Service
Post Office Department
Department
U.S
Puoru Savours McIe Viag Usany
Thei
Gasoline Station Closed Over Odd Sale Tactics
Federal court shut down the Action Shell Service on Chicago's South Side after an IRS probe found it selling five gallons of gasoline for ten dollars along with a rabbit’s foot and a blank will form. George Levin said the closure will stand until records are handed over, with a court date set for January 9 on a price stabilization violation.
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Chicago
Levin
First-time LPGA winners in 1973 named Bourassa Crocker Skalai Miller
Four golfers earned their first LPGA Tour titles in 1973 Jocelyne Bourassa Mary Lou Crocker Carole Jo Skalai and Sharon Miller, marking inaugural victories for each in that season.
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Jocelyne Bourassa
Mary Lou Crocker
Carole Jo Skalai
Sharon Miller
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Christopher Germaine Mathis
Clarence Frank
Willie James Tezino
N. Mathis
J. Coleman
McNair
Willie Tezino
Barrett Station
Milwaukee, Wis
Kenneth Schermerhorn
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Aland
Ice
Kelly
Grace
Monaco
John Kelly
Philadelphia
National Automobile Dealers Association
Ugh Amulers
Wasmngton OG
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