President urged to act now on global warming
The Express Times editorial cites a joint science academy statement from major nations calling for urgent action to cut greenhouse gases. It warns inaction risks severe weather, higher costs, and greater harm to poorer nations, urging tighter emissions limits and more investment in alternatives.
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Educational funding reform a farce in Texas
Keith Cummings of Baytown argues after the last legislative session that Texas legislators and powerful capitalists fail to support an effective public education system. He calls for funded reform, better teacher pay, and expansion of vocational options, condemning the current system as cookie cutter and too focused on TAKS outcomes and tax relief for the wealthy.
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Karl Marx
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Baytown Sun Editorial Board Visits Invite Public Discussion
The Baytown Sun editorial board meets weekly at 2 p.m. every Wednesday and invites community members to visit. To schedule an appointment contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8302. The board includes Wanda Garner Cash, editor and publisher, David Bloom, managing editor, Jim Finley, retired Sun managing editor, and Jane Howard Lee, retired Sun reporter.
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Today in History highlights on June 17 events
On June 17 1775 British win at Bunker Hill on Breed's Hill after costly fighting near Boston. The Republican Party opened its first convention in Philadelphia in 1856. The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York in 1885. Amelia Earhart began her trans Atlantic flight in 1928. France sought surrender terms in 1940. A United DC-6 crash killed 43 in 1948. The Supreme Court struck down school prayer in 1963. Nixon’s Watergate arrests in 1972. Bush and Yeltsin signed a 1992 arms reduction agreement. One year ago a bipartisan report critiqued 9/11 response. Bush disputed Saddam's ties to al Qaida.
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Baytown History Highlights From 1937 to 2003
A retrospective notes key Baytown past events including a 1937 10 week recreation program costing 350 dollars run by the Parent-Teacher Council across nine playgrounds, 1950 national recognition for the Baytown Jaycees civic work, eight locals favoring Julius and Ethel Rosenberg’s execution in 1953, Baytown named a Bicentennial community in 1975, 1990 oil from a wrecked ship off Galveston reaching shore within a day, a 2000 visit by South Korea's YTN-24 crew recording habitat restoration at the Baytown Nature Center, and 2003 local officials’ support for Gov Perry's special session on redistricting.
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YTN-24
Rick Perry
Baytown Sun invites letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun welcomes original letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public interest. Include a signed note with address and phone not for publication. Submit monthly at most, with photo for columns. Editing rights reserved. Send to Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom, P O Box 90 Baytown 77522. Fax 281-427-1880. Email sunnews baytownsun.com.
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Governor Perry urged to apologize and resign
A reader urges Governor Rick Perry to apologize for suggesting gay veterans leave Texas. The letter notes 66,000 gay and lesbian veterans in Texas and argues Perry’s rhetoric harms human dignity, calling for an end to bigotry and a resignation.
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Service Members Legal Defense Network
USDA praised for protecting US food supply amid possible mad cow case
The article argues the US Department of Agriculture has effectively shielded the food supply despite a second cow testing potentially positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy. It notes prior bans on risky feed practices since 1997, recalls a 2003 Canadian-raised infected cow, and cites retesting in 2004. The piece frames the incident as an exception proving the rule and commends USDA performance.
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