Local students send care packages to troops and hunger vigil observed
Two Barbers Hill Elementary students with family and teacher help filled dozens of boxes to send to Josh Barnhart and his unit overseas. Locals gathered at Bicentennial Park for National Hunger Awareness Day with a sack lunch picnic and a candlelight vigil organized by the Baytown Resource and Assistance Center. Two area seniors Sew quilts and gowns for children at Shriners Hospital Houston. Dorothy Fobbe and Frances Harris create hospital “kits” with pillowcases and quilts to brighten ill kids’ stays. Eight women graduate from Christian Women's Job Corps gaining computer skills and confidence. Sun invites readers to submit cheers and jeers. published each Monday.
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Baytown Sun Editorial Board Seeks Submissions and Visits
The Baytown Sun invites public input with weekly 2 pm editorial board meetings on Wednesdays. Submit letters or guest columns up to 300 words, include name, address, and phone, and send to Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom or via mail fax or email. photos optional for guest columns.
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Times retracts WMD cover story amid Chalabi inquiry
Gene Lyons argues The New York Times admitted gullibility and bias in its Iraq WMD reporting, linking the retraction to the Ahmad Chalabi raid and Iran-backed manipulation fears. The piece criticizes editors and Judy Miller for shaping prowar narrative and calls for accountability in press coverage.
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Notable events in history on June 7
Highlights include Richard Henry Lee’s 1776 resolution for independence, the British Museum charter in 1753, Daniel Boone’s Kentucky exploration starting in 1769, Gauguin’s birth in 1848, Lincoln’s 1864 nomination, Vatican City’s creation in 1929, the 1948 Czechoslovakia takeover, Dorothy Parker’s 1967 death, Grease opening in 1972, an Iraqi nuclear plant strike in 1981, the 1998 Jasper, Texas murder, Clinton’s 1991 speech on European unity, Vicki Van Meter’s 12 year transatlantic flight, and Osama Bin Laden and James Kopp added to the FBI Ten Most Wanted list.
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Texas top ten percent rule faces criticism and defense
Debate over Texas top ten percent auto admission policy continues as governors seek to curb it. Data show strong minority and rural representation, while critics argue brain drain and unequal access persist. A Princeton study contests major reductions in college choice for Texas students.
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Baytown Humble plant election and war bond drives
A 1937 Baytown Humble Oil election for bargaining council was postponed when a U S Labor Department official could not attend. In 1944 D-Day boosted local war bond sales at Humble Oil and Refining Co plants, with over 100000 dollars bought there.
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