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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 2020
Page
4
Baytown council voted 5-2 to cancel the Fourth of July fireworks and all related activities in a bid to reduce crowding during the pandemic. The decision cites health risks from close gatherings and references social distancing measures as essential to protecting residents.
A reader condemns Barack Obama as the worst president and attacks Rick Crotts for labeling Trump supporters as white privileged. The letter links anti Trump groups to violence in Seattle CHOP and urges Crotts to seek forgiveness, invoking a biblical admonition about judgment.
A hypothetical compare and contrast uses a rambling uncle named Jim Bob to critique risky political branding. The tale escalates from a loud toast to disruptive behavior, culminating in an annulment and a turn toward traditional values.
Facing a choice between food poisoning and cancer from high temp grilling, U S meat and poultry hotline and National Cancer Institute warn. Enterprising processors offer plant based veggie burgers veggie dogs and soy nuggets that avoid bugs cancer causing compounds while delivering healthier fat and absence of cholesterol in frozen foods.
A Baytown Sun reader reflects on freedom in the United States as Independence Day 2020 approaches. The piece emphasizes acting speaking and thinking without restraint, while urging respect for others and temporary pandemic restrictions. It notes Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the U.S.A. and mentions Ginger Stripling, formerly of Baytown, now in Mont Belvieu.
Dr. Steve Showalter notes Baytown crime has fallen from 6,052 crimes in 1990 to 3,152 last year as population rose from 64,000 to over 80,000. Property crimes and aggravated assaults dropped, homicide remains single digits, sexual assault data is less clear, and broader declines align with national trends aided by policing and technology.
On this date in 1776 the Continental Congress passed a resolution stating that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States. The record notes later events including Garfield's 1881 shooting and Earhart's 1937 aviation milestone.
Navigator Fred Noonan vanished during a Pacific crossing while attempting the first equatorial round the world flight. In 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson signed a sweeping civil rights bill after congressional passage. In 1986 the Supreme Court upheld affirmative action as a remedy for past discrimination. Five years ago BP agreed to pay billions to Gulf Coast states to settle the worst offshore spill. Thought for Today quotes Ernest Hemingway.
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