Today’s Weather Partly Cloudy With Warm Highs
Partly cloudy today with highs near 90 and south winds 15 to 20 mph. Lows dip to the lower 70s with sunrise at 6:27 a.m. and sunset at 8:04 p.m.
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 2003
Page
2
Partly cloudy today with highs near 90 and south winds 15 to 20 mph. Lows dip to the lower 70s with sunrise at 6:27 a.m. and sunset at 8:04 p.m.
On May 14 events include Louis XIV becoming king of France in 1643 at age four after his father’s death, the 1904 St. Louis Olympics opening, Copland’s Lincoln Portrait premiering in 1942, the Women’s Army Corps founding, and the 1988 Carrollton bus crash. Noted later events include Clinton’s 1999 remarks on Yugoslavia, Sinatra’s 1998 death, Seinfeld finale, NATO Russia security pact talks, and Skylab’s 1973 launch.
A quotation attributed to Ring Lardner asserts that a person’s future family matters more than their birth family. It reflects a timeless view on chosen kinship and personal growth over lineage.
A Bible verse from Luke 17 3 to 4 exhorts believers to rebuke a trespasser, forgive if the person repents, and repeat forgiveness even after seven offenses in a day. The teaching emphasizes mercy and repeated forgiveness.
Baytown firefighters found a young pit bull alive after a morning house fire at the 300 block of Greenbriar likely started by cigarette ash. A resident received 11 stitches for a minor laceration as crews evacuated in time. The dog was given oxygen and later was jumping again. The fire caused mainly living room damage with water intrusion. a resident escaped via a bedroom window. Fire officials call the cause accidental.
Sterling High School presents its annual fundraiser pop show titled Summer Beach Party in the auditorium this Thursday through Saturday at 7 p.m. with 72 Student participants performing oldies to Christian music. Tickets are 6 dollars per night or 10 dollars for all three, supporting choir music, risers, equipment, uniforms, and trips. Beth Guillet leads the effort as the current assistant choir director.
Theresa Gupton 76 of Baytown died May 12 2003 after a life in Mississippi Tennessee and Texas. She is survived by son Raybourne Hank Gupton daughter Angie Middleton sister Nita Jones and brother Walter Ricks Jr. Visitation May 14 at Earthman Baytown Funeral Home. Nina Vega 69 of Baytown died May 13 2003 born October 14 1933. She worked at Colorless and Custom Cleaners and was a parishioner of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Visitation May 14 with rosary and funeral mass May 15 at Earthman Baytown Funeral Home and Baytown churches. Memorials to American Diabetes Association.
Willet Edward Laughlin, 91, of Baytown died Tuesday evening May 13, 2003, at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending at Navarre Funeral Home.
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