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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 2016
Page
4
Baytown Sun's weekly top ten lists the most read articles by page views from July 5 to 11. Featured items include charges dropped in CRCA robbery and a Baytown death still under investigation.
In a letter to the editor, a Sun sports reader chides Doyle and Michael over All Star selections, argues the Derby delivers more excitement, recalls old voting norms, and blasts current fan voting as chaotic. The note also comments on San Jacinto Waste Pits, urging cleanup in Baytown.
Raymond Martin from Mont Belvieu laments police marginalization in a nation he says has shifted under a President he calls a clown. He accuses the White House of fueling racism and praises Black Lives Matter while criticizing media narratives about police shootings and crime.
The Sun explains fast breaking stories should be reported to authorities first, then emailed to sunnews baytownsun.com or called in to 281 425 8026. Non breaking stories go to Managing Editor David Bloom at 281 425 8016 or email david.bloom baytownsun.com. Readers can send photos with name address and phone for consideration. Community calendar items are accepted via sunnews baytownsun.com.
Wanda Orton recalls growing up on Maryland Street in Baytowns Leger Addition, named for Dr Alfred Leger a French medical doctor who funded land for St Joseph Catholic Church. She describes The Point on the waterfront, Isenhours ownership, and memory of a ruined brick line later tied to Dr John Bryans house and Bayland Orphanage, plus the 1875 hurricane nearby.
The film about Newton Knight and his guerrilla resistance in Mississippi Civil War times follows Victoria Bynum’s well researched narrative. Knight deserts the Confederacy, forms a swamp guerrilla force, and clashes with a system where the Twenty Negro Act tied draft exemptions to slaveholding.
On this date events include the 1787 Northwest Ordinance establishing governance for the Northwest Territory, the 1863 New York City draft riots, Kennedy securing the 1960 Democratic nomination in Los Angeles, Johnson’s 1965 Solicitor General pick Thurgood Marshall, and his 1965 Supreme Court rise two years later. The 1990 Ghost release, 1999 Rail road Killer suspect surrender, a 2023 Garner settlement, and Kierkegaard quote conclude the round up.
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