Gaillard Gardens Proposed to Replace Goose Creek Names
Wanda Orton discusses area naming confusions in Baytown pockets Goose Creek and Cedar Bayou districts, proposes renaming the Goose Creek district to Baytown and dropping Consolidated, suggests Lee College to Baytown, and notes historical ties among Barbers Hill Mont Belvieu Lynchburg and local geography. She urges clearer district boundaries and identities for Lay of the land residents.
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Lee College
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Robert E. Lee High School
Amos Barber
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Z.T. Winfree
Texas
Baytown Sun Top 10 Most Read for Week in 1925
The Baytown Sun’s week highlights include a murder warrant in La Porte a long time Baytown optician’s death and a Baytown doctor reflecting on a lengthy career. Other items cover a wanted man a woman’s arrest a Winnie head injury and a Crosby torture case with local bush regulation debates.
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la Porte
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Lakewood
Chase
Today in History highlights a patent and tragic space accident
On January 27 historical notes mark Thomas Edison receiving a patent for the electric incandescent lamp in 1880, the Nevada desert atomic tests began in 1951 with a one kiloton blast, and the Par- peace accords in 1973. Notable losses include the Apollo fire in 1967 that killed Grissom White and Chaffee, plus Michael Jackson’s 1984 scalp burn during a Pepsi commercial. Thought for Today cites a quote about genius and dunces.
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Nevada Desert
Air Force
Frenchman Flat
Bel Kaufman
New York
Prentice-Hall
Virgil J
Gus” Grissom
Edward H. White
Roger B. Chaffee
Apollo
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Michael Jackson
Shrine Auditorium
Los Angeles
Lassie style dogs rescue and a town’s unlikely hero tale
A 1915 Lyne Regis incident saw a collie named Lassie help revive a man found among bodies in a pub cellar after a life raft wreck. The story’s become a media staple and inspired TV fame. A later Massachusetts tale mirrors the Lassie rescue vibe with Jock and Annabelle guiding an officer to safety.
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Lassie
Hollywood
Timmy
Massachusetts
Annabelle
Jock
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