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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 2015
Page
4
The piece notes MLK Day closures for schools banks and offices and no mail delivery. It honors King’s civil rights work and quotes his speeches including I Have a Dream and principles from Strength to Love and other writings. It emphasizes equality access to education jobs housing and opportunity.
A reader criticizes placing an industrial transportation center on Gentry Junior School, urges using the Gentry property for new schools as planned since 1967, and warns against portable classrooms, buses, and traffic near the school.
Key historical events marked January 18 across years include a 1943 U S ban on pre sliced bread to curb metal parts demand, John Tyler's 1862 death before Confederate Congress service, Eugene B Ely's 1911 aircraft ship landing, Albert DeSalvo's 1967 Boston Strangler conviction, The Jeffersons premiere in 1975, Marion Barry arrest in 1990, and MLK Day observance becoming nationwide in 1993. Thought for Today quotes Rudyard Kipling.
Wanda Orton recalls how daytime soaps shaped careers from Meg Ryan to Kevin Bacon, praises the genre, notes the disappearance of Guiding Light and As the World Turns, and reflects on soap impact amid modern TV habits and a Baytown Sun perspective.
Jim Finley cautions readers against uncritical trust in television drug commercials. He highlights warnings about serious side effects including life threatening allergic reactions, swelling, dizziness, and blurred vision, urging vigilance and informed choices about medicines. He recalls old remedies and notes how accessible outdated drugs still appear in history and online search.
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