Cheers and Jeers Highlights From Baytown Sun Readers
Readers laud Astrid Guevara for overcoming hardship and pursuing medicine after moving from El Salvador to Baytown. Also praised are Baytown Animal Control for a new 12 000 square foot shelter costing 6 million dollars and Sterling graduates Alyssa Cantu and Madisyn Cates who helped Texas Lutheran win the NCAA Division III softball title. Jeers target the Scripps National Spelling Bee for eight winners and critique past sports moments with humor about Octomom and Bud Selig.
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Madisyn Cates
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City aims to settle lawsuit over demolished hospital
Top read items for May 28 to June 4 on Baytown Sun include a lawsuit over a demolished hospital, a chambers county windfall industrial deal, Goose Creek retiree and teacher gala, a woman driving into a creek, and battleship Texas updates.
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Today in History events and notable births across years
Key moments include the 1794 Neutrality Act prohibiting U S involvement in wars against peaceful nations, 1917 draft registration for 10 million American men, RFK’s 1968 assassination after California primary, Reagan’s death in 2004, and Robert Bales’ 2013 guilty plea for murder at JBLM. Thought for Today cites R Buckminster Fuller.
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Robert Bales
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Murder of Rice estate aide Charlie Jones in Baytown
In 1900 New York City, Charles F. Jones the Baytown oilman and former valet of William Marsh Rice admitted killing the estate holder and later died by own action in 1954. Jones blamed attorney Albert Patrick as instigator, Patrick was sentenced to death but commuted to life, Jones returned to Baytown and died at 80 in 1955.
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Austin
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Patrick
Robert Busch
Houston
Lester Knox
Justice of the Peace
Walter Queen
Sterling High School
Lynn Goodman Fields
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Bonnen Wins Praise in First Session as Speaker
Texas political writer notes Dennis Bonnen's first session as speaker earned broad praise from lawmakers. He steered the House toward reforming underfunded school finance, fostered bipartisanship, and navigated leadership shifts from Laney to Craddick to Straus, then to his own unanimous election.
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Rick Perry
Legislative Redistricting Board
Tom Craddick
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Craddick
Joe Straus
San Antonio
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Strauss
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Dan Patrick
Greg Abbott
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