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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 2017
Page
4
The Baytown Sun lists its top ten most-read articles for May 9 to May 15 by page views. Highlights include Tim Finn named Gander head coach and charges against Baytown animal control officers.
In a May 9 letter Lawrence Krampota argues NASA funding benefits the economy and urges readers to research NASA tech. The writer questions ACA subsidies, cites rising family health costs and deductibles, and critiques employer-based coverage and socialism as a direction for the country.
Sharon L. Thompson credits Scott Sheley of Keep Baytown Beautiful for funding and mentorship in launching the Gator Green Thumbs Garden Club. Local partners from Home Depot and Lee College aid in digging, building, painting, and planting with vegetables planned for harvest and a future farmer's market presence.
On this date in 1961 Fidel Castro proposed exchanging Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers. The prisoners were later released for medical supplies. In 1973 a U S Senate special committee opened televised hearings into the Watergate scandal.
Wanda Orton reviews Goose Creek’s founding by Price Pruett a Dayton cattleman with SU degree and Ross Sterling a self made oil man. Their Goose Creek Realty linked town layout and rail depot. Sterling later built ventures and a Houston paper while Pruett led development and civic service. The old oak tree on Texas Avenue remains a symbol of their legacy.
Amid growing frustration with FBI secrecy lawmakers push for briefings on the Russia inquiry. Grassley and Feinstein insist on answers about whether the investigation targets Trump campaign figures and possibly the president, amid warnings of months of partisan accusations without public clarity. Byron York reports from Capitol Hill.
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