Mont Belvieu bans texting while driving in new city law
The Mont Belvieu City Council enacted penalties for texting, emailing, viewing images, and accessing the internet while driving with the law taking effect today. The editorial urges a statewide hands free rule, citing NHTSA and NSC data on distracted driving deaths and injuries.
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Readers say ties with Russia overblown in survey
Baytown Sun readers respond to this week’s survey indicating the ruckus over ties between the Trump administration and Russia is overblown and does not require further investigation. The survey asks if Texas should ban texting and driving statewide with responses invited at baytownsun.com.
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Today in History Highlights and Notable Dates
On this date in 1980 Chicago jurors found John Wayne Gacy Jr. guilty of 33 murders and he was sentenced to death, later executed in 1994. In 2003 Elizabeth Smart was found alive in a Salt Lake City suburb with captors Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee. Ten years ago Van Halen was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame. Thought for Today by Helen Rowland.
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Roll On Deep Blue Ocean From A Texas Creek
Wanda Orton recalls a Robert E Lee High School speech and drama class in Clare Farrar's second floor room. Students practiced enunciation using Byron and Lina Lamont as examples while quizzing nasal twangs and voice changes.
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Lost art of dialing 411 in Baytown
Retired editor Jim Finley laments phone-number hunts and old times when operators linked people quickly. He recalls asking Dortha Denman to connect him, chasing Boni Villanueva across multiple databases and vendors, and missing the simple ease of 0 to reach an operator.
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