Editorial roundup on Dover coffin photo policy and protests
The piece denounces the Defense Department rule barring media photos of flag-draped caskets at Dover AFB as secrecy. It notes 288 photos were finally released after a FOIA request and cites a contractor firing over such photographs in Kuwait. It argues the policy obscures human cost of war and questions public trust.
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Dover Air Force Base
Delaware
Air Force
Russ Kick
Iraq
Tami Silicio
David Landry
Maytag Aircraft Corp
Kuwait
Arlington
America
Rights of Guantanamo detainees challenged by court case
The Supreme Court heard arguments on the first case this term about detaining foreign prisoners on foreign soil. It argues whether detainees can seek access to U S courts to challenge detention or if wartime military decisions should remain solely executive and military domain.
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Guantanamo
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EU US pact expands cargo container screening ports
The United States and the European Union will increase the number of foreign ports where U S customs inspectors can screen cargo. Currently nine ports host teams, with ten or more to be added by year’s end. The agreement aims to bolster security and efficiency in global trade.
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European Union
E.U
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S
the Times-Picayune
New Orleans
Baytown Sun Editorial Board invites community discussion
The Baytown Sun announces weekly editorial board meetings at 2 p.m. every Wednesday and invites the public to attend. To book a visit contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8302. Board members include Wanda Garner Cash, David Bloom, Joseph Lohan, Dee Anne Navarre, Jim Finley, and Jane Howard Lee.
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Joseph Lohan
Dee Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
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Jane Howard Lee
Baytown Sun invites public letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun seeks original signed letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public interest topics. Include writer’s address and phone not for publication, a photo for guest columns, and limit submissions to one per month. Submissions may be edited or refused. Send to Wanda Garner Cash or David Broom at P O Box 90 Baytown 77522, or by fax 281-427-1880 or email sunnews baytownsun.com.
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Photo of Jesus in 30 AD Tried by Modern Claims
An article recounts an Australian anthropologist claim of a 30 AD Jesus photograph found in a burned trunk. It notes the image shows a bearded man with dark hair and Aramaic inscription on the back, while contrasting with later written descriptions from Pontius Pilate and Gamaliel about Jesus’ look, height, and hair.
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Mayoral Candidate Attends Forum Criticizes Renteria
A reader accuses Councilman Mercedes Renteria III of vague talk and no firm stance at the mayoral forum. The writer claims the candidate merely says what voters want to hear and would support drastic measures if taxpayers supported them.
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Mercedes Renteria III
May Day highlights through history and events
Today's note surveys events tied to May 1 across history. From Mozart's Figaro premiere in 1786 to the 1904 World Fair opening, plus milestones like the Empire State Building dedication in 1931 and Elvis wedding in 1967, with later notes on Amtrak inception and notable deaths.
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Sverdlovsk
Francis Gary Powers
Mozart
Vienna
Chicago
Cleveland
George Dewey
Manila Bay
New York
Empire State Building
Kate Smith
CBS
Orson Welles
Elvis Presley
Priscilla Beaulieu
Las Vegas
Amtrak
Ernest Morial
New Orleans
Eldridge Cleaver
Early voting sites listed for city school district and Lee College
Voters may vote through May 1 at Baytown City Hall Lee College Mont Belvieu Precinct 4 Barbers Hill ISD Beach City Beach City Building and Old River Winfree Community Building. Acceptable ID or voter registration card required. those who mailed by April 15 may vote with ID.
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Goos e Creek oil worker injured in highway crash
In 1937 RL Selph of Sun Oil Goose Creek field healed in Goose Creek hospital after injuries from a car accident near Seabrook. In 1953 Baytown seemed financially steadier than many cities, based on 1951 data for 684 small cities by the International City Managers Association.
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Seabrook
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International City Mangers Association
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