Three Baytown volunteers praised as lifelong community Amigo trio
In a letter to the editor residents thank Billy Barnett, Mike Wilson, and Guido Persiani for over 30 years of service. Billy, a native, loves nature and local parks. Mike pursues improvements for Baytown residents. Guido, from Chicago, impacts Beach City and Chambers County. The writers commend their selfless help and devotion to the community.
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Mike Wilson
Guido Persiani
Billy
Alabama abortion law sparks debate over rights and religion
The article weighs Alabama's Human Life Protection Act and Gov. Kay Ivey's claim that every life is sacred, noting conflicts with religious doctrine, capital punishment, and abortion safety. It questions whether exemptions and enforcement align with First Amendment separation of church and state.
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Today in History highlights notable moments across years
On this date in 1934 Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were killed in a police ambush in Bienville Parish Louisiana. In 1939 the USS Squalus sank off New England, 26 lost, salvaged later as USS Sailfish. In 1984 Surgeon General Koop linked cigarette smoke to disease in non-smokers.
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Bonnie Parker
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C. Everett Koop
Charles Donald Albury
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Japan
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Good and bad news on tariffs for Baytown economy
Steve Showalter of Lee College Baytown outlines mixed tariff impacts. He notes Abbott signing a plastics recycling bill shifting plants to manufacturing status, critiques bans on plastics, and warns of China trade tensions and broader effects on Gulf Coast jobs and energy exports.
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Baytown
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Two Brothers Listen to World Series From Across the Country
Ken Bredehoeft recalls two brothers in the 1960s sharing a transistor radio to hear the St. Louis Cardinals-Yankees World Series while in Navy hospital corps school in San Diego and in study hall at Baytown area, each dodging class while bonded by baseball.
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