Withdrawal Pact Canceled in Lebanon Israel Border Talks Ahead
Lebanon’s president canceled the May 17 withdrawal pact with Israel amid Syrian and allied pressure. The government said the agreement is null and void. A March 12 reconciliation talks date was agreed, with clashes ongoing and a French soldier killed in Beirut.
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Lebanon
Amin Gemayel
Israel
Syria
Gemayel
U.S
Israel Radio
Damascus
Baath Party
Assem Kanso
Gemaye
Geneva
Kanso
Abdul Alim Khaddam
Baytown permits show 21.8 percent drop in construction costs
Through February Baytown issued permits totaling 9.2 million in construction costs, down from 11.2 million a year earlier. Commercial activity declined 9.4 percent to about 2.04 million, while single family dwellings rose nearly 4 percent with 48 homes permitted this year.
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Lisa Ocker
Baytown
Meadows Homes
Lakewood
Whispering Pines
EH. Boessling
Tom Hughes
Raccoon Drive
Starrett Homes
Baker Road
Bayway Drive
Angel Brothers Inc
Peace Tabernacle
Garth Road
South Road
San Jacinto Mall
Sun Wins 4 Awards in Gulf Coast Contest
The Baytown Sun won four awards in the Gulf Coast Press Association contest. Winners were announced at a Galveston convention that ended Saturday. Steve Balke said The Sun earned two second place awards and two third place honors including wire editor Dave Sorter for Oct 16 death threats story and Wanda Orton for Aug 24 column on Brownwood death of a subdivision. Ed Campbell received a third for La Porte High football game in the Astrodome on Nov 21. Carrie Pryor and Angie Bracey earned third in photography for Hi-Port fire, Alicia and White visit events on Feb 3 and Aug 19.
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Baytown Sun
Gulf Coast Press Association
Galveston
Steve Balke
Huntsville Item
The
Sun
Dave Sorter
Crosby
Wanda Orton
Brownwood
Ed Campbell
la Porte
Astrodome
Carrie Pryor
Angie Bracey
Hi-Port
Alicia
Mark White
Baytown
Reagan campaign across all thirteen states urged by candidate
President Reagan declares he will campaign nationwide to prove his youth, telling senior citizens that he will run in all 13 states. The remark frames a broad tour plan as part of his presidential bid.
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Reagan
Local Figures Get Applause and Moves Around Town
A round of applause greets Lisa Maeso and Gary Pruess as John Barger continues efforts. Rich and Kathy Roehner move from Crosby to Alaska. Woody Walker oversees construction while Charlie Corbell and Jerry Stewart watch Rebels and players. Viv Sanders delivers a package. Barbara Russell and Katherine Scheffler are hailed as ace crimefighters. Michael Firkins, Texas A&M senior, student teaches at Robert E. Lee High. Joan Linares receives a surprise.
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Lisa Maeso
Gary Pruessing
John Barger
Rich
Kathy Roehner
Crosby
Alaska
Woody Walker
Charlie Corbell
Jerry Stewart
Viv Sanders
Batman
Robin
Barbara Russell
Katherine Scheffler
Flatonia
Michael Firkins
Texas A
Baytown Weather Shifts With Front Bring Rain Likely
A cold front moves through Baytown with a 60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms Monday night and 49 percent Tuesday. Temperatures near 40 Monday night and upper 50s Tuesday. A prefront period from 8 a.m. Sunday to 8 a.m. Monday recorded 50 degrees, 75-degree high, and 0.34 inches of rainfall.
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Baytown
Cold Front Drops Temperatures Here
A cold front swept through the Baytown area early Monday, lowering temperatures by nearly 20 degrees from 68 to 46 degrees at 1 15 a.m. Rain totals varied with up to 5 inches west of Lufkin and less than an inch in Baytown, with most areas at or below half an inch. Widespread chilly, damp weather is expected through Tuesday, then clearing by Wednesday as a high pressure system moves in. Daytime highs projected in the 50s to 60s, with lows in the 40s and a 40 percent rain chance Monday and Tuesday.
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Baytown
US Weather Bureau
Houston
Waller
Lake Livingston
Weather Bureau
Special Olympics Meet Draws 300 Athletes in Baytown
About 300 athletes competed Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Baytown for the annual Special Olympics Track and Field Meet. Baytown Parks and Recreation and the Kiwanis Club of Baytown sponsored the event with awards for all participants. Winners spanned Baytown, La Porte, Channelview, Kilgore, Crosby, Spring, and Houston area schools, with top finishes listed across multiple 50 and 100 meter heats for female and male divisions.
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Lisette Corder
Paul Corder
Baytown
Memorial Stadium
Lisette
George Dearman
Kilgore Center
Sun
Carrie Pryor
Baytown Parks Club of
Michele Guyotle
Channelview
Marsha Brown
JoJuana Gold
Kilgore
Laura Tarver
la Porte
Anita Wehmeyer
Bridgette
Hart Wins Maine Caucuses Boosts His Momentum
Hart swept Maine with 48.9 percent to Mondale's 44.2 percent as caucus results spark talk of a political juggernaut. Mondale vowed to fight back and regain South momentum on March 13 Super Tuesday while Hart eyes further wins in Vermont and Wyoming ahead of Georgia Alabama and Florida contests.
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Maine
Gary Hart
New Hampshire
Walter F. Mondale
Hart
Meine
Mondale
John Glenn
George McGovern
Jesse Jackson
Colorado
New England
Massachusetts
Democratic Party
South
Vermont
Wyoming
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Walter Mondale
Robert Becker
McGovern
Glenn
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