Baytown Officials Inspect Robert E. Lee Vault After Fire
Baytown school district and fire department praised the Robert E. Lee High School vault condition. Investigators reported most records were readable though some pages browned and the vault was damp. Fire investigators and district officials noted relief amid ongoing fire cause probes and slow recovery work.
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Baytown
Robert E. Lee High School
Lu Fulbright
Bill Taylor
Taylor
Bernard Olive
Fulbright
Don Trull Contractors Inc
Fordham's family history revealed
The second week of Joseph Fordham's murder trial opened with defense stressing his claimed mental illness. Grandmother Birdie Meeks detailed a troubled upbringing in Georgia, times with his grandparents, his stepfather Lynn Fordham, and the 1981 murder of her son and daughter‑in‑law. The case concerns the Halloween 1985 slaying of 11‑year‑old Mary Stiles in Baytown.
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Louise Shaw
Joseph Fordham
Jim Leitner
Leitner
Fordham
Roger Bridgewater
Mary Stiles
Baytown
Joseph Guarino
Birdie Meeks
Cochran, Ga
Hawkinsville
Herman
Carol Miller
Joseph
John
Georgia
Florida
Rose
Baytown students unite for first split day at Sterling Lee
Ross S. Sterling High School welcomed Robert E. Lee High School students for a split day amid rain and traffic delays. Principals praised the smooth transition, with students adjusting to the half day schedule and new start times while noting mixed feelings about longer afternoons. the longstanding Ganders and Rangers rivalry gave way to a shared effort as staff and students navigated the day.
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Baytown High School
David Mohlman
Ross S. Sterling High School
RSS
Tony DeRamus
Robert E. Lee High School
Sterling
REL
Henry Armstrong
Lee
Mouston
Wachtel
Prophets of Doom
Rangers
North Main
Garth
David Elmore Jr
Elmore
Brad Walsh
Walsh
Gina Brooks
Leslie Hudson
Young and the Restless
Vincentia Parker
Two-for-one Psychiatrist Billing Split Personality
A psychiatrist, who doubles as an economist, diagnosed a patient with a split personality and issued two separate bills. The item hints at clever billing and the humorous twist of dual roles on Sarce Street Journal.
Baytown Firefighter Recalls Overnight Lee Campus Watch
Weylon Robinson, a Baytown firefighter, recounts babysitting the Robert E. Lee campus all night. Dan Dubiel spends an interesting day in Galveston as Bethany Warren helps a coworker. Mike Repp endures rotten luck on his boat while Johnnie Meiss grills ham burgers. Lu Fulbright offers to return a favor as Maxine Jones seeks an update. Cedar Bayou High School class of 1952 is surprised when a former class sponsor appears at their reunion.
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Weylon Robinson
Baytown
Robert E. Lee
Dan Dubiel
Galveston
Bethany Warren
Mike Repp
Johnnie Meiss
Lu Fulbright
Maxine Jones
Cedar Bayou
Six Die as I 10 Bus and Truck Collide in Rain
A Trailways bus carrying 27 passengers collided with a moving van on a rain slicked East Texas highway near Beaumont on Interstate 10. Six people died and 19 were injured. Authorities worked at the scene while federal investigators opened inquiries into the wreck.
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Beaumont
Trailways
Texas
Houston
Interstate 10
Tranae Chardon
Matthew Sample
Lumberton
National Guard
Tom Kissell
New Orleans
Lake Charles
Weather Outlook And Rain Totals Reported
The forecast shows cloudy skies with a 60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms and a low in the upper 60s for Tuesday night and Wednesday. From early Monday to Tuesday morning, temperatures ranged from 7 degrees to 80 degrees, with about half an inch of rain recorded during that period.
USX plant stays idle as leadership signals cautious outlook
USX chairman David M. Roderick declined to indicate a reopening for the Texas Works Plant near Baytown, saying only that all other mills are operating. He projected profits for USX's steel wing in the second half of 1987 amid an ongoing surplus capacity and a reshaped company structure.
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Bruce Guynn
USX
David M. Roderick
Texas Works
Baytown
Detroit
Roderick
Pittsburgh
United States
USS
Susidiary
U.S. Steel Corp
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Olive
John Adams
Sun
Carrie Pryor
Armstrong
Ed Wachtel
Helen Lopez
Joe Sandoval
Sandoval
Ms. Tillis
Ganders
Sterling-Lee
Lee-Sterling
Sarce Street Journal
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Hechler Ea
Teer Bank
Fror Citizens
Mey Pree
Bayshore Motors
Anironye Aare
Wu Foo
Owetar San Jacinto Ford
Astroworld
Baytown State Bank
Wemnber Ferc
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