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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 2021
Page
4
District and school leaders face criticism over a 2019 pledge to form an anti-bullying committee. Despite promises of accountability and updates, the panel has not materialized, while bullying remains a persistent concern amid calls for action and an upcoming campaign launch.
A reader reports near misses at a roundabout with a horse statue on Independence Blvd near Hunt Road. They claim yield signs are ignored, causing drivers to swing through and request stop signs with blinking lights to improve safety. They avoid the area and advise others to detour via an alternative route near Kroger.
On this date Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were killed in a Louisiana ambush in 1934. The 1939 USS Squalus sank and 33 aboard were saved, later salved as USS Sailfish. In 1944 Allied troops at Anzio pursued a breakout. In 1984 Surgeon General Koop linked secondhand smoke to lung disease. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom released by Paramount.
A Baytown Sun column explores how historical phrases like Read ’em the Riot Act persist in modern usage and how regional speech shapes pronunciation. It links local anecdotes from reporters and editors, including Wanda Orton, to notes on place names such as Burnet Cedar Bayou and San Antonio.
A light humorous column collects jokes and quips from readers and friends including Charlotte Hazelrigg Billie Jo Sanders Wanda Orton Mike Cuthbertson and Richard Whitaker. It features memory gags lawyer jokes autopsy punchlines and riddles then ends with a Palm Sunday joke about a boy missing church and a farewell note from Jim Finley.
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