Justice for Oldest Settlers and Indian Water Rights Bill
The Association on American Indian Affairs reports that central Arizona tribes face worsening aridity as 2,000 years of irrigation erode under 20th century water control. Senate Bill S.3298 proposes Interior land purchases and water rights transfers to five tribes to secure farming and reduce costly white-owned farm desertification and desalinization.
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Arizona
U.S
Association On American Indian Affairs
Association
Department of the Interior
Senate Committee On Interior and Insular Affairs
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Secretary of the Interior
nor-Indian Water
Kennedy
Colorado
Mexico
The
Cleanup Drive Aims to Halt Polio in Baytown Area
Baytown Sun notes a 1936 cleanup drive by Goose Creek City Commission targeting polio prevention across streets alleys and dumps. It lists officials George Casey Jay Placek and others attending a Gulf Coast Firemen convention, with later items on schooling and local civic events.
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Baytown Sun
Harris County Board of Education
Highlands
Crosby
Goose Creek
Fred Lintelman
Crosby School Board
G” Estes Hargrave
REL
Faytene Zumwalt
Texas State College For Women
Denton
First Constitutional Referendum Rejected in Massachusetts
May 16, 1775 report notes Massachusetts voters rejected a state constitution in the first constitutional referendum. The article outlines the defeat as a key moment in colonial governance and early American political development.
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Massachusetts
Baytown Sun Editorial and Publication Details
Baytown Sun masthead lists Preston Pendergrass Jim Finley Wanda Orton Baytown Texas editor and publisher Joan Wadley general manager Fred Hornberger assistant to publisher Fred Hartman executive editor managing editor advertising department staff and policy details for letters to the editor circulation and republication rights under the Associated Press.
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Preston Pendergrass
Jim Finley
Wanda Orton
Leon Brown
Joan Wadley
Fred Hornberger
Fred Hartman
Southern Newspapers, Inc
Baytown
Texas
Mamanas
Gow
General Advertising Service
U.S
Readers' Views on Baytown School Debate and Pasadena Teachers
A Baytown public meeting about a fundamental school provokes strong remarks from parents. The writer praises Dr Myers and criticizes some district staff for rude behavior, urging a more traditional teaching approach. The letter highlights district tensions between curriculum and teacher conduct.
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the Sun
Baytown
Dr. Myers
Pasadena
Calif
Prin
Bo Turner of Baytown Police Heads Honest Force
Bo Turner Baytown assistant police chief recalls a long career rising from dog catcher to top post. He reflects on dangers from a shotgun incident and notes rising crime and drugs while commending his department and urging tougher marijuana laws.
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Bo Turner
R. H
Bo) Turner
Baytown
Turner
Piney Woods
East Texas
Lufkin
Morris Frank
Ba Iatsa
Goose Creek
Sandy
Sears
Ed Hardy
Harris County Sheriff's Office
Chamber of Commerce
Parents Demand Action After Disruptive School Meeting
Readers recount a public meeting where teachers laughed and questioned concerns about education, with calls to give parents choice in schooling. A medical letter explains aplastic anemia, its causes, and treatments including removal of exposure, transfusions, splenectomy, and bone marrow transplant, noting possible thymus tumors.
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Cipal
Dr. Myers
C. H
Buzzy) Mitchell
DR. Lamb
Japan
Miss Baytown Lee College Scholarship Pageant 1976 Thanks Sun
Theresa Moore chairwoman thanks The Sun for coverage and Lynn Hughes for help with the Miss Baytown Lee College Scholarship Pageant. She notes sponsor and volunteer support that raised total scholarships from 500 to 1 20 and commends 15 contestants for their talents.
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the Sun
Baytown-Lee
Lynn Hughes
Theresa Moore
Elmwood
Baytown Lee College
Nuclear waste worry and Rizzo editorial cited in Philadelphia
Excerpted editorial notes 25 years into the nuclear age, criticizing nuclear waste disposal and Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo. The piece recalls biblical verses and quotes MIT professor Henry Kendall, condemning supporters who blocked critics from entering a newspaper office.
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Henry Kendall
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Philadelphia
Frank Rizzo
Philadelphia Magazine
Mayor Rizzo
Tom Isbell
On This Date May 15 Through History
May 15 history highlights include the 1940 Dutch surrender to Germany and events across centuries such as 1571 Moscow burning, 1602 Cape Cod discovery, 1862 USDA establishment, and 1924 immigration quota law. Births include Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and actor James Mason.
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Associated Press
Netherlands
Germany
Moscow
Cape Cod
Bartholomew Gosnold
Genoa
Corsica
France
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Congress
United States
Museum of Modern Art
Milan
Italy
Chicago
Richard Daley
James Mason
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Texas Junior Classical League
P. G. Cater
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
South Texas
Leslie Wiggins
Lynchburg
Parent- Teacher Association
Joe Nelson
Thimble Club
Caryle Wilks
Junior Historian
George Casey
Exxon
Lves
New Caney
C. Ptacek
Carole Wilks
Carole Opryshek
Che Baytown Sun
Vactite
Advertising
Jerry Winton
Pat Staples
Sscsevees
St Hurin EB
Panama Canal
Berrys World
NEA, Inc
Pilate
Supzeme Court
THATS
Sie
Elizabeth Hoisington
Anna Mae Hays
Belgium
NATO
Indochina
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Young Horatis Nelson
West Indies
Hinchinbrook
Nicaragua
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