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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 2014
Page
4
The editorial notes MLK Day closures for schools banks and government offices and no mail. It urges reflection on King's life and civil rights work, cites his quotes from I Have a Dream Strength to Love and other speeches, and ties equality to education opportunity and non discrimination.
A letter argues labels like Republican Democrat conservative liberal and others mislead. It urges dropping name calling and fostering true dialogue to understand beliefs and find common ground to address national problems with unity.
Wanda Orton recalls a World War II Liberty ship named the Nicholas D Labadie and the Lance of family links to the Baytown area. The story traces Labadie origins in Chambers County and connects Danny Traversos wartime service aboard Liberty ships with Baytown figures and locals.
Jim Finley recounts a yearly Cemetery Pilgrimage visiting his parents in West Columbia and Bay City, and paying respects to Wife Margie’s relatives. He notes family ties, birthdays, and a quiet day of remembrance capped by Martha Holub’s funeral and a eulogy by Sandy.
Highlights include Pitt becoming Britain’s youngest prime minister in 1783, Miami’s first snow in 1977, and NASA’s New Horizons launch in 2006. Births cited span Poe to Dolly Parton, with Lee’s citizenship restored in 1975 and Notre Dame upsetting UCLA in 1974. Texas uninsured rate stood at 24.6 percent in 2012.
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