Baytown Youth Fair Trailride to Kick Off Event Series
The 27th Baytown Youth Fair opens Friday with the Baytown Trailride at J and J Cowboy Country near I 10. The fair runs May 13–16 at Baytown Fairgrounds with an auction May 16. Trailride events include a midnight ride Friday and a parade Saturday at San Jacinto Mall, led by parade marshal Lindon Williams. Ribbons and trophies await top entries. fees vary. Contact numbers and memberships for the association are listed.
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Baytown
J&j Cowboy Country
Baytown Fairgrounds
Interstate 1
North Main
Cowboy Country
Baytown Youth Fair and Livestock Association
San Jacinto Mall
Harris County
Justice of the Peace
Lindon Williams
Wayne Henscey
Jim Douglas
Trailride
Dobbin Larkin
Billy Ashley
Dimension Markets Movie The Obituaries
Classified brief notes list business items and notices including market listings and local entertainment events. Police beat and school menus are referenced in local notices with sparse details, indicating routine community updates and upcoming deadlines.
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Dimension Markets
REL yearbook sales reopen after high school fire
REL announces reopening of the 1986 87 Lee Traveler yearbook sales at Ross Sterling High School. The 256 page volume costs 35 and includes an eight page color section on the fire with photos and stories. sales run weekdays 1 3 25 p m until year end.
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Henry Armstrong
Robert E. Lee High School
Gylla Headley
Dix
REL
Lee
Ann Soulios
Ross S. Sterling High School
Ms. Soulios
Ms. Souliss
Closing statements in Fordham murder trial edge forward
Attorneys in the 1985 Helloween murder case of Mary Stiles argued closing statements as the jury prepared to deliberate. The defense and prosecution presented mental health assessments from Dr Ninfa Cavazos and psychologist Jerome Sherman, with conflicting views on Fordham's sanity at the time of the crime. The jury, including a Baytown member, will determine guilt or innocence and potential sentences from five to 99 years if convicted.
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Louise Shaw
Joseph Lee Fordham
Baytown
Mary Stiles
Fordham
Texas Department of Corrections
Ninfa Cavazos
Jerome Sherman
Sherman
Jerome Brown
Mary
Woodhollow
Ross
Sterling High School
FBI
Harris County
Regents Approve Human Services Program at LC
Lee College Board of Regents greenlit a human services program to train staff for victims of various dependencies. Dr. Vivian Blevins said current faculty will teach, with few part-timers and library updates needed. First-year costs estimated at 10 000 to 12 000 funded by tuition, though board members seek detailed funding numbers. Regents noted other programs awaiting approval and budget implications while cost containment measures, including staff cuts, loom.
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David Mohlman
Lee College Board of Regents
Coordinating Board of Colleges and Universities
Blevins
Coordinating Board
Board of
Regents
Weaver
Lee College degree wait sparks school pride slogan
Pearce Street Journal notes a reader quips about the long path to degrees, contrasting five years for two Baylor degrees and 40 months for an LLB at Houston Law with an alleged 50 years to qualify at Lee College, ending with a rallying LC pride line.
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Lee College
Baylor
Houston Law School
Around Town Highlights and Local Notes
Mundinger hosts the Y Bears event with Ambrose Rios arranging, Charlie Lintz collecting signatures, and Les Silvey clarifying an explanation. James Bearden updates a relative, Kelly Mitchell scores a first goal, and Mary Buie receives an early Mother's Day grandson. Local figures and small happenings fill the page.
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Dan
Nancy Mundinger
Tort reform bills sent to House in Texas Senate vote
In a daylong Senate debate Wednesday the 70th Legislature advanced tort reform measures to the House. The omnibus bill tightens who may sue and caps damages by fault, with a 40 percent rule for personal injury and 61 percent for product liability. It also revises liability insurance regulation and adds a consumer protection division.
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Austin
House
Senate
Texas
Fugitives linked to purse thefts and forgeries
Baytown police arrested a Baton Rouge man and woman on April 24 suspected in numerous purse thefts and forged checks in Sulphur Webster Spring Rosenberg Baytown Houston Crosby Dickinson League City Humble Pearland Deer Park and Pasadena. They were found with IDs and cards of 15 people and faces charges including forgery with a $5000 bond for 23 year old Terry Lynn Brooks. the other suspect faces no formal charges yet.
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Bruce Guynna
Baton Rouge
Baytown
Gene Sutton
Sulphur
Webster, Spring
Rosenberg
Houston
Crosby, Dickinson
League City
Humble
Pearland
Deer Park
Pasadena
Sutton
Jimmy Cook
Louisiana
Harris County
Terry Lynn Brooks
Garth Road
John Connally
Secord Faces Tough Questions Over Iran Contra Funds
Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard V. Secord faced pointed questioning by Senate and House investigators about personal profit from Iran Contra dealings. Topics included use of Iran sale proceeds to pay Lebanese warlords, buying a Danish freighter for covert operations, and donations from Joseph Coors to Swiss accounts linked to Secord and Albert Hakim.
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Washington
Richard V. Secord
Congress
Secord
Arthur L. Liman
Senate
Iran
U.S
Albert Hakim
Joseph Coors
Colorado
Reagan
Paris
Hakim
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Ray “T” Turner
Billy Wineburger
Shane Goodman
Sun
Carrie Pryor
Souliss
LC Regents OK Plan For Human Services Program
John Adams
Pearce Street Journal
Bank & Trust
Home Owned & Operated
Hechler Twardowski
Crosby, TX
Thif As ‘Ea Ty
Betty
Rattown
Bayshore Motors
CML
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