Hidden 1943 Houston hurricane feared by wartime planners
Wartime secrecy hid a July 27, 1943 hurricane that struck Bolivar and Houston, killing 19 and causing over 16.6 million dollars in damage. Researchers Bill Read and Lew Fincher traced the storm from a July 25 tropical low off Louisiana to Bolivar Island and into Houston, noting records were classified and advisory systems later evolved after the war.
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Gulf
Bill Read
National Weather Service Office
Houston
Read
Lew Fincher
Louisiana
Bolivar
Bay
NWS
Galveston
Read and Fincher
Washington
Weather Service
Patriotism and Persistence Honor War Hero in Baytown
Delia Adlong Harlan leads a long effort to add Pfc. Astor Norman Sanders to the Kiwanis War Memorial in Bicentennial Park. Sanders, who fought at Bataan and Corregidor, died in a Japanese prison camp in 1945, with his sister noting family anguish and enduring pride.
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Bataan
Corregidor
Baytown Sunon
Pfc
Astor Norman Sanders
Kiwanis
Veterans Plaza
Bicentennial Park
Delia Adlong Harlan
Honshu
Humble
Baytown
Astor
Wooster
Woman Reunites With Long Lost Father Before Graduation
Kilgore High School senior Racheal Harrell sought her father Robert Harrell for years. Born November 20, 1983 in Dickinson, she grew up with grandparents while her parents never married. After many moves and missed calls, she finally located him through the newspaper, fulfilling a lifelong hope before graduation.
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Racheal Harrel
Racheal
Kilgore High School
Dickinson
Harrell
Robert Lee Harrell
Elaine Grammar
Robert
Baytown
Laneville
Kilgore
Receal Harrel
Fallen soldiers remembered in Anahuac memorial service
A small but heartfelt ceremony at Anahuac Cemetery honored Chambers County veterans from past wars. Freeman South Post 104 of the American Legion led the observance with remarks by Malcom Modrall and Chambers County Commissioner Judy Edmonds, noting gratitude and the need to remember the fallen.
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Anahuac
Anahuac Cemetery
Chambers County
Freeman South
American Legion
Malcom Modrall
Post 104
Judy Edmonds
Lynchburg Ferry to Close for Long Term Repairs
The Lynchburg Ferry will suspend operations starting 9 am Tuesday for about three months for $830,000 in improvements. The William P Hobby and Ross S. Sterling will be repainted and structurally repaired by Sneed Shipbuilding Inc. While boats are overhauled, NBG Constructors Inc. will repair the north and south landings.
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Lynchburg
Baytown
Harris County
Sylvia R. Garcia
Sneed Shipbuilding Inc
William P Hobby
Ross S. Sterling
NBG Constructors Inc
Texas insurance bill faces another vote
A Texas select committee of House and Senate members is set to meet this week to resolve final details of homeowners and auto insurance reform. The Senate passed its version in April and the House approved its bill last Friday. Both chambers aim to reduce rising homeowners rates by increasing state oversight, though approaches to market control differ.
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Austin
House
Senate
Saytone Sun Readers Question
Inquiries are addressed to ffna's in Charge at The Saytone Sun Baytown Texas. Send questions to P O Box 90 Baytown TX 77520 or visit 1301 Memorial Drive. Fax number appears incomplete.
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Saytone Sun
P.O
Baytown
Memorial Drive
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