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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 2004
Page
4
Baytown police join nationwide Click It or Ticket mobilization over the next two weeks urging drivers and passengers to buckle up. Officials stress life saving benefits and note unrestrained fatalities rise across ages, with teens and young men most at risk.
President Bush and British diplomats proposed a UN Security Council resolution endorsing his five point plan for Iraq. The plan aims to transfer sovereignty by June 30 with security and rebuilding steps, seeking broader international support and self rule by next year while critics doubt cooperation and the president’s willingness to admit mistakes.
The Baytown Sun invites public letters and guest columns up to 300 and 800 words respectively on issues affecting Baytown. Submit signed pieces with return contact details by mail or email to Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom.
Charles E Shaffer frames Baytown politics like a football season with Mayor elect Calvin Mundinger as quarterback. The piece names starters, hints at a Lakewood resident to fill Mundinger’s seat, and argues the first quarter set the budget, taxes, and development pace amid sewer, crime, and growth challenges.
The letter to the editor by David Garcia provokes a debate on Texas parole. A reader objects to claims inmates are unjustly kept in prison and questions research behind parole timing. He defends strict sentence enforcement and criticizes perceived victimless crime ideas and prison privileges.
This date marks the 148th day of Abs with notable events such as the 1937 opening of the Golden Gate Bridge in California and the 1941 sinking of the Bismarck. The list also notes earlier executions, tornadoes, Oscar shorts, and Roosevelt’s emergency declaration, plus violent incidents and arrests in 2001.
Notable dates span 1937 Humble Oil recognizes Employee Federation as sole bargaining agency. 1944 The Sun reports Zamora family of five sons in wartime service with destinations including North Atlantic India Italy and North Africa, youngest recovering from appendix surgery in a California Marine hospital. 1950 Wooster begins a new 312,860 square foot fire station. 1953 Ta City Cafe launches Waco Coffee Day to send proceeds to tomatlo-ravaged Waco. 1975 Baytown bond referendum sees 521 residents voting early on a $13 million plan. 1990 Baytown to operate Pinehurst water and sewer system. 2000 Goose Creek district moves 160 students to Baytown Junior School to reduce Horace Mann Junior School crowding as 951 at Horace Mann and 646 starting 2000-01 year.
The article recalls Memorial Day as a solemn tribute to fallen service members and explains the origin of the bugle call Taps. It recounts Brig. Gen. Butterfield creating the tune in 1862, its use at a Peninsular Campaign funeral, and its evolution as a symbol of duty and sacrifice. Jerry Patterson, Texas Land Commissioner, comments on the meaning and nonreligious, non-lyrics grounded sentiment.
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