SIMH calls for hospital competition in Baytown debate
A Baytown Sun article quotes SIMH supporters urging City Council to limit new hospitals and encourage competition with The Methodist Hospital System. They criticize long ER waits at SIMH, claim patients bypass SIMH, and urge readers to send comments, arguing competition benefits citizens.
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S. Jeffrey Ackerman
Baytown
Baytown Sun
Simh
SIMU
Ackerman
Ramon “Mick” Cantu
Methodist Hospital System
Houston
Simh ER
Wal-Mart
Baytonians
The
Medicare reform stumbles as negotiations stall in Congress
Editorials urge speedier talks on Bush Medicare plan as House and Senate bills push a $400 billion overhaul. Negotiators, excluding Democrats, wrestle over premiums, home care payments, and who bears more cost. The piece cautions the program costs too much and covers too little, needing swift, concrete reform.
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Bush
House
Senate
Tar Tribune
Minneapolis
Wal-Mart raids spotlight illegal immigrant labor across stores
Federal agents arrested about 300 undocumented workers at 60 Wal-Mart locations nationwide, highlighting the pervasiveness of illegal labor in the US economy. The crackdown underscores the need for a workable immigration system addressing both supply and demand in the undocumented labor market.
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United States
Wal-Mart
Mokena
Mexico
Chicago Tribune
Bush team resists full cooperation with 9/11 commission
The Bush administration resists sharing highly classified intelligence with the 9/11 commission, risking a subpoena and courtroom clash to meet the May 27 deadline. Panel member Tim Roemer says the issue isn’t a turf battle but ensuring a thorough understanding of events and safer future responses.
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Federal Commission
Thomas Kean
Commission
White House
Indiana
Tim Roemer
Baytown Sun invites reader letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun editorial board meets weekly at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and invites the public to visit to discuss community issues. To arrange a visit or submit letters up to 300 words or guest columns up to 500 words, include a writer photo, contact info, and a signature.
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Baytown Surf
David Bloom
Wanda Gamer Cash
David Broom
Joseph Lohan
Ety
Dee Annie Navarre
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
Baytown Sun
Subi
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P.O
Baytown
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
Dropped Eagle Pointe membership after year
A Mont Belvieu resident explains ending a one year Eagle Pointe membership due to facility losses and staff issues. The caller cites a nice city facility but blames employees for withdrawing their support.
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Eagle Pointe
Mont Belvieu
Where were the parents when the child was molested
A Baytown reader laments a 7 year old girl molested in a mobile home park. The writer questions parental absence and assigns blame to both the attacker and the child’s guardians, calling for equal punishment and accountability.
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Gul
Sammie
Era M. Cupps
Baytown
Motte family thanks Baytown Sun for daughter in Sunburst pageant
Keith and Camilla Motte express gratitude to The Baytown Sun staff for publishing their daughter's photo and winning status in the Sunburst Beauty pageant in the Monday Sun. They acknowledge not every submission is published but value this special recognition.
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Baytown Sun
Today in History and Local News Snapshots
On November 8, 2003, notable anniversaries include Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch in 1923 and Montana becoming a state in 1889. Other entries recall Roosevelt’s 1932 victory, Torch starting in 1942, Kennedy’s 1960 win, Reagan’s 1966 California governorship, Bush’s 1988 win, and 1994 Republicans seizing the House. The piece also notes UN weapons inspection actions from last year and a tugboat incident on the San Jacinto River. Beach City residents oppose a nearby chemical waste landfill amid contamination concerns about a sole source aquifer. A 1993 ax attack on a Scott Street vehicle is mentioned.
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Adolf Hitler
Munich
Germany
Montana
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
North Africa
Massachusetts
John Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
California
George Bush
Michael Dukakis
Security Council
Iraq
Bush
Coast Guard
Kirby Inland Marine
San Jacinto River
Kirby Marine
Beach City
Guy Matthews
Jim Blackburn
State Office of Administrative Hearings
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Scott Street
Gideons and their Bibles in hotels hospitals and homes
The Gideons International distribute King James Bibles in hotels hospitals and homes. Since 1908 they have delivered a billion Bibles in 179 countries with over 59 million last year and about 1 million placed weekly. The organization has 236,000 members in evangelical churches and operates from Nashville Tennessee.
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Gideon
Wisconsin
John H. Nicholson
Boscobel
Nicholson
Samuel E. Hill
Hull
Hill
Janesville
Wisc
William J. Knights
Knights
Gideons
Las Vegas
Gideon Association
Nashville
Tenn
Iron Mountain
Mont
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