Question on presidential disability and succession
Editorial recalls James A. Garfield's 1881 assassination and the enduring uncertainty over who decides a president is too disabled to act. It notes Congress has not acted since 1881 and outlines historical succession laws from 1792 1886 and 1947, plus current attempts at a constitutional amendment.
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James A. Garfield
Congress
Garfield
Charles J. Guiteau
Guiteau
Guiteat
Efe
Chester A. Arthur
Arthur
Wilson
White House
Johnson
House
John McCormack
Dwight D. Hisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Senate
Letters To The Editor Advocates JFK High School Name
A Baytown reader urges naming the new high school John F. Kennedy to honor courage and ideals. She argues for honoring educators and avoiding prestige names, contending Baytown Memorial HS should not hinder honoring Robert E. Lee and that both schools can coexist.
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the Sun
Robert E. Lee
John F. Kennedy High School
JFK High School
Board of Trustees
Baytown Memorial HS
Lester L. Lord
Birth announced for Sammy Allen Jr in Baytown
Heirport MASTERS Mr and Mrs Sammy Masters announce the birth of a son Sammy Allen Jr June 30 at Baytown Hospital. He weighed 9 pounds 4 ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs W E Masters and Mr and Mrs Richard Burnett all of Baytown.
Baytown Sun Staff and Publishing Details
Baytown Sun newspaper masthead lists editors and managers including James Hale Preston Pendergrass Beulah Jackson Robert Glimore and John Wadley plus Cortie Laughlin as national manager. Paper published afternoons Monday through Friday and Sundays at Pearce and Ashbel Baytown Texas with subscription rates of 32.46 per month and 17.40 per year.
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Fred Hartman
James H. Hale
Preston Pendergrass
Beulah Mae Jackson
Robert K. Glimorearty
John Wadley
Paul Putman
Everes Retail
Cortie Laughlin
Baytown Texas
Congress
Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Ashbel
Baytown
Texas
Too Many Fingers Pointed- Dallas As Veteran Resident See It
Mary Hartman Brown reviews Warren Leslie’s Dallas Public and Private, noting the city’s power structures and civic tensions. The book critiques the Citizens Council, politics, mob attack era, and Johnson Stevenson coverage, while a Dallas prosecutor links JFK murder theories to the Warren Commission. The piece also reflects local sales and reactions among Dallas residents.
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Dallas
Life Magazine
Warren ‘Leslie
Lesti
Citizens Council
Leslie
Sun Slants on Moving Day and Helpers
The author and Suzanne finish moving from an apartment to a house with help from Leon Brown and Hap Baumann who pitched in to lighten the load. They paint, mow, and edge, then face a stubborn tree and a mistaken recall about mowing a raven. The piece ends noting the move is over and was not harder than pulling teeth with rusty pliers.
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Suzanne
Leon Brown
Hap Baumann
Leon
Hap
Happy
Bing
AMA Doctors Back Goldwater At San Francisco Convention
Washington reports that AMA physicians favored Barry Goldwater over William Scranton, with Minnesota doctors hinting at a switch for Walter Judd. Physicians for Goldwater raised 150000 in 200,000-mail campaign and pressed for anti Medicare stance, while AMA leaders shaped a stop Medicare strategy.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
American Medical Association
San Francisco
Goldwater
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Minnesota
Walter Judd
Judd
AMA
J. Lafe Ludwig
Los Angeles
Ludd
Physicians For Goldwater
Reuben B. Chrisman Jr
Miami
Ludwig
Tom
Chrisman
Florida
American Medical Political Action Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
AMPAC
Kentucky
Texas
Night golf lights spark residents' protest in Nassau County
Cursing golfers prompt 40 East Meadow residents to oppose Salisbury Park course night lighting. They urge Nassau County Executive Nickerson to block the plan, arguing evening noise and language disturb neighbors. The debate highlights tensions over access and tranquility near the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
N.Y
Salisbury Park
East Meadow
Nassau County
Eugene H. Nickerson
Gerald Ball
Today’s Grab Bag: Quiz, Dates, and Word Histories
Quick quiz items cover the youngest vice president elect, the meaning of cattero, the Flatheads, the first US telephone directory, and US mail per capita. Includes a July 5 note on vigilance for detours, a Hawthorne quote, and two date spots: 1776 Declaration adopted and 1945 MacArthur Philippine Islands liberation. Also defines decantary. Spot of Fame shows Guess the Name.
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U.S
Continental Congress
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine Islands
Romanesque cathedral linked to Lindisfarne saints and St Cuthbert
The article traces Romanesque cathedral origins from St Columba on Iona to Lindisfarne and St Cuthbert. It notes Cuthbert’s burial, Viking raids, and the shifting resting place until a stone church was completed in 1998. It also marks the site as a notable early European ribbed stone vault.
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Europe
Cuthbert
Lindisfarne
Namie
Hebridean
Iona
St. Columba
Northumberland
Can You Answer Test On Who's Who In American History
A jumble of trivia questions asks for names of historical figures across naval, theater, architecture, philosophy and medicine. Clue hints point to a famous novelist. the mixed, partial answers reflect a garbled OCR excerpt with several corrupted surnames.
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Seagrans
New York
Brook Fawn
Ater
Washington Square
Jones
John Pan
Abbott
Mies van der Kote
Ige A. Emerson
Roalph Waldo
Sabin
Albert Be
Ames
En Ty
Know Your Bridge Puzzle by B. Jay Becker
A clipped reader quiz of bridge terms and word clues. It lists baseball clubs music characters and chemical symbols while offering crossword style hints like hauls walks slowly and forms a themed puzzle with classical and poetic spellings.
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B. Jay Becker
Masterful Garozzo Brings Home a Brutal Club Coup
In a Spain vs Italy match, Benito Garozzo playing West against Spain advances from a club lead to a complex sequence. Garozzo overruff captures key clubs, defeats declarer’s plan, and preserves the contract with precise finesses and timing, showcasing his elite skill at the World Bridge Olympiad.
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Paris
Garozzo
Spain
Italy
Forguet
South
Declarer
East
West
Pate
Dye
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