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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 2016
Page
4
Our view notes daylight saving ends at 2 a.m. Sunday and urges readers to adjust clocks and change fire alarm batteries. It recalls the history from Franklin to the 1970s and asserts the practice saves energy while prompting chores like battery changes.
The Baytown Sun lists the top stories for October 25 to 31 led by a Baytown woman killed Sunday with suspect in custody, plus a halted Alexander Kroger project and a new facility planned, followed by a found murder weapon, Trunk n Treat, and a human bone discovery near a park.
A reader condemns The Baytown Sun for not endorsing either presidential candidate. The writer calls the paper’s stance lazy and dangerous to undecided voters, accusing the paper of choosing revenue over informing the public and expressing shame at the publication’s decision.
Lowell Herrington, 96, recalls starting as a caddy at a Humble Oil nine hole course near Baytown docks. He recalls barefoot days, 35 cent caddy pay, and riding home without a car, plus a turning moment when Jim Harrop, a Baytown Refinery leader, began hiring him as his caddy and became a friend.
United Ways of Baytown funded home visitation and parent workshops to boost early literacy. Delta Kappa Gamma Educational Foundation grants supported school partnerships, with Capstone matching over 9700 dollars for e books, raising total titles to 485. JoAn Martin notes publishing work.
On this date in history James K Polk born 1795 in Mecklenburg County North Carolina. Warren G Harding born 1865 near Marion Ohio. North Dakota and South Dakota statehood proclaimed by President Harrison in 1889. Howard Hughes H4 Hercules flight in 1947. Truman defeats Dewey in 1948. Paul Hill convicted in 1994 for murders of Dr John Britton and bodyguard. Hill executed in 2003. In 2000 Alpha space station residents begin long term habitation. Thought for Today by Horace ends.
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