Baytown Symphony seeks support for 52nd season
The Baytown Symphony Orchestra thanks supporters and outlines funding efforts that saved the 51st season. A $5,000 matching fund grew to $10,500, plus a $7,000 Schwab Charitable Trust gift, enabling completion of the season. The gala raised $13,000 with 100 attendees. The 52nd season needs more funds, ads, and board volunteers.
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Vote Trump 2020 Stay the course, keep leading
A reader endorses Donald Trump and urges support for a second term. The note defends his border stance and foreign policy, contrasts him with Obama and Clinton, predicts tariff impacts and higher American-made product quality, and urges voters to stay the course with Trump in 2020.
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Today in History Highlights From the Past
On this date 1876 saw Custer and the 7th Cavalry wiped out at Little Bighorn in Montana. In 1973 John W Dean began testifying to the Senate Watergate Committee implicating Nixon aides in the scandal. Ten years ago Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett died, ages 50 and 62 respectively. Thought for Today quotes Maria Edgeworth.
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A Café Stop in Alabama Reveals Racial Boundaries in 1960
In 1960 five soldiers traveling from Memphis to a base in Alabama stop for breakfast. Junior, black but not aloud to enter the cafe, sits with peers who decide to bring him eggs. Old Joe asserts the right to serve colored folks, and the group eats without incident, leaving with a mixed sense of dignity and hurt.
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Texas politics shift as Democrats gain footing nationwide
A historical recap shows Texas’ role in presidential elections, noting 2018 off year turnout for Democrats and Beto O’Rourke’s near miss against Ted Cruz. It highlights fundraising warnings from Lt. Gov Dan Patrick about Democratic gains, and recent polls showing Biden leading among Texas voters with Castro and O’Rourke drawing interest for 2020.
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Texas Primary on Super Tuesday Shapes 12 States
Early state battles list the Texas primary on March 3 as part of Super Tuesday following February contests in Iowa New Hampshire Nevada and South Carolina. It notes California and other states Alabama Arkansas Colorado Maine Massachusetts Minnesota North Carolina Oklahoma Tennessee Utah Vermont Virginia as participants and directs readers to contact Texas political writer Dave McNeely.
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