From Scissors to Screens The Baytown Sun Remembers
Wanda Orton, retired managing editor of The Baytown Sun, recalls newsroom life before computers. She recalls cutting and pasting with real scissors and newsprint end rolls, the Alpha paper Alfie era, and the 1979 fire that ushered in computer terminals and video desks.
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George Ferguson
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Revolutionary mindset quote from Adams to Jefferson
In Congress, July 4, 1776. The Evers saias ome Mla. The Revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected, from 1760 to 1775, in the course of fifteen years before a drop of blood was drawn at Lexington. John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, August 24, 1815.
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Lexington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
British Acts Sparked Colonial Taxation Tensions
Beginning in the early 1760s Britain taxed its American colonies with acts like the Stamp Act and forbade colonial money. The Stamp Act was repealed in 1766, but anger over quartering British soldiers in colonial homes persisted. John Adams wrote to Thomas Jefferson that it would be years before Britain resolved the dispute.
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Great Britain
America
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Chronology of Events 1776 June to July
A chronology outlines June events in Philadelphia where Congress debated independence Led by Richard Henry Lee and a committee including Jefferson Adams Franklin Sherman and Livingston to draft the declaration. Jefferson drafts a fair copy June 12-27, with a committee review. June 28 a fair copy is read in Congress.
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Virginia
Richard Henry Lee
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John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Roger Sherman
Robert R. Livingston
Lake Champlain
Canada
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Library of Congress
Tips on cartridge recycling and budget printers in Baytown
Baytown readers learn cartridge recycling at Cartridge World in the IHOP center. Recycle onsite or send to a center to reduce landfill impact. The piece compares ink costs to miles per gallon, highlighting laser printers as most economical with quick price examples from Office Depot.
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