Mentor Fred Hartman Shaped Baytown Sun Career
A Baytown writer recalls editor and publisher Fred Hartman as the biggest influence in his career. Hartman hired him while he was a senior at Robert E. Lee High, after meeting him at an AEL Press Club event in Europe. He describes Hartman as a local celebrity who gave him early newsroom experience on the switchboard and in classified ads.
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Hartman Earns Place in Newspaper Hall of Fame
The Baytown Sun former editor and publisher Fred Hartman, a lifelong sports and community advocate, is to be inducted into the Texas Newspaper Foundation Hall of Fame at the Texas Press Midwinter Conference in Frisco. Hartman began in printing in 1923 and later built a seven decade career shaping local journalism and civic life.
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City weighs plans for Brunson Theater future
Baytown will accept formal proposals for the abandoned Brunson Theater on Texas Avenue over 90 days. City Manager Bob Leiper said RFP guidelines should publish by February start, with the period ending about May 1 and a May decision possible. POWMAG spoke for a gallery of Texas service personnel portraits.
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Cowboy -N- Texas Country at Chili When It’s Chilly Cookoff
Cowboys and Texas Country performed for visitors at the annual Chili When It’s Chilly Cookoff held behind San Jacinto Mall in Baytown. Photographs accompanying the event appear on page 10A.
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Baytown Considers Drilling Rules At Goose Creek Oil Field
Baytown’s Planning and Zoning Commission proposed amendments to the Unified Land Development Code and Chapter 62 Natural Resources to govern new or expanded drilling and oil or gas operations at Goose Creek Oil Field. Council members and Foothills Resources welcomed the proposal as fair and ready to move forward.
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