Editorial calls for quicker school discipline reform bill
An editorial urges Texas lawmakers to back Rep. Bill Haley’s bill to fix flaws in last summer’s school reform law. It would let teachers suspend disruptive students for firearms drugs or alcohol offenses with principal overview rather than lengthy appeals. It cites Baytown as example of enforcement delays.
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D-Center
Texas Education Agency
Texas
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Haley
Red Cross Worker Charlie Glatzer Remembered
Preston Pendergrass recalls Charlie Glatzer from Boston as a devoted Red Cross field worker with the 320th Infantry. Although not officially sworn, he carried a carbine, aided soldiers with family aid and cash grants, and delivered Red Cross packets. He was affectionately known as Red Cross Charlie and was praised for humanitarian service.
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Charlie Glatzer
Boston
Mass
Charlie
Red Cross
American Red Cross
320Th Infantry Regiment
Stars and Stripes
Army
Ohio
LETTE four for publication names reels reserves it
The Baytown Sun letter to the editor notes reserved names and publication preparations. It discusses submission status and policy considerations for future prints. The item provides a brief glimpse of reader input shaping local discourse.
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Lette Four
Sreserves It
Snow memories from Chicago to Houston
Dave Sorter recalls snow from Chicago blizzards to Houston flurries, sharing childhood thrills of big storms like the January 1967 two day break and the April 1975 four inch snow. He contrasts adult inconvenience with youth excitement including snowball fights, snow baseball, and school holiday memories.
Morris Sanders honored by Jaycees in 1945 Baytown Sun
From The Baytown Sun files 40 years ago Morris J Cuz Morris named outstanding man of the year and L G Sanders honored as outstanding old man of the year by the Tri Cities Jaycees. Also reports wounded in action in France and local schools and clubs activities across Januarys 1945 1955 1965.
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Jaycees
Baytown Sun
J.C
Cuz
Morris
L.G
Prof? Sanders
Tri-Cities
France
Tris Williams
Pfc
Buddy Shook
Rufe Higgins
Set
Huggins
Paul Bill Kern
Roxie Kern
England
Sigma Alpha Chi Sorority
Letters Praise Art Show Judges and School Board Winners
Readers thank Baytown Junior Forum for judging the Ashbel Smith Elementary art show on January 8. Ben R. Gollehon praises district arts support. The Goose Creek campaign thanks supporters and congratulates Richard Heyen and Tom Mayo as new Goose Creek School Board members and notes Baytown Education Association did not endorse a candidate.
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Baytown
Goose Creek
Tom Mayo
Goose Creek Teachers Association
Texas
Richard Heyen
Baytown Education Association
Allan Shivers remembered by UT classmate Al Melinger
Baytown businessman and former journalist Al Melinger recalls Allan Shivers as a campus leader and steadfast conservative. He shares an eyewitness tale of a taunting rival columnist and a late night confrontation that ended with the agitator sustaining a bloody nose.
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Gov
Shivers
University of Texas
Allan Shivers
Allan
Bob Eckhardt
Lynn Ashby
Houston Post
Texas
Simon Legree
Guadalupe Street
Legree
Pk’s
Collegians
Texas Theater
University Ymca
Baytown
Readers propose permanent color coded first class stamp
The Baytown Sun editor Jim Kyle cites a letter from Paul N. Carlin suggesting a permanent unfixed first class stamp. The idea would use color changes to signal price increases, avoiding full redesigns and saving taxpayer money. The writer cites the Reagan era and urges consideration by Postmaster General and congress.
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Paul N. Carlin
Washington, D.C
Paul
Reagan
Baytown Sun
Jack Fields
Jack
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