Three’s shadow over luck and a Baytown writer reflects
Chris Buckner, Baytown native and former Houston Public Works Disaster Debris planner, shares a Thanksgiving note on superstition and a trio of mishaps. He recalls Deena’s near nose injury in Baton Rouge, a friend’s facial bruising from a fall, and a plane mishap with a snack of recovery.
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Baton Rouge
Bill
Deena
Tor
Ali
Mike Tyson
Florida
Don
Kilma Lee Riggs
Houston
Abbeville
Rilma Lee
Ronald
Debbie
Jerry
Anahuac
Dr. Bernick
Chris Buckner
Baytown
Public Works Department
Chris
Today in History 2011 Highlights and Births
A compact digest noting Life magazine's first issue in 1936, Dow Jones records after Black Thursday, Milosevic charged by ICTY in 2001, Liberia's Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf chosen in 2005, plus notable birthdays and quick facts on sports, quotes, and the ICJ ruling in 2007. Includes literacy rates and lunar phase context.
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Life Magazine
Dow Jones
U.N. International Criminal Tribunal For
Yugoslavia
Slobodan Milosevic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Liberia
Africa
Franklin Pierce
U.S
Billy the Kid
Boris Karloff
Eric
Paul Celan
Joe Eszterhas
Bruce Vilanch
Miley Cyrus
International Court of Justice
Hague
Netherlands
Serbia
Telephone company heroes shape a Beaumont life story
In a second column of a two part series, J Glenn Cummings recalls his tele phone lineage from General Telephone Co. and mentors like Doug Chesshire, his father Jim Cummings, and fellow workers. He links family memory, work discipline, community barbecues, and dangers faced during long service.
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J. Glenn Cummings
Jim Cummings
General Telephone Co
Robert E. Lee
Glenn
GTE
Doug Chesshire
Dickinson
Stolander Road
Calvin Evans
Monroe
Cedar Bayou Bridge
Cedar Bayou Area
Anne
Sjolander Road
Jim
Myra
Lamar University
Ameripol Synpol Corp
Linda
Beaumont
Stephanie
Jennifer
Texas
Brinkley Bass
Wanda Orton
the Sun
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Dad
Columbus Dispatch
Telephone Company
West Defoe
Texas Avenue
Stimson
Bob Ament
Mr. Barrington
Wanda
Orton
Senate
Sowe-Mail
Ted Poe
Dist
Rep
Eae
Poe
Gene Green
Dear Grey
RES
Angle Pagel
Angle
Baytownsun
Denson
Joshua Hart
Joshua.hart
Baytownsun.com
Newsroom
Baytown Sun
Memorial Drive
P.O
Sun
Adam Vanelli
Sunnews
Fred Hartman
Editorial
Janie Gray
Anglo Pagel Advertising Director
Ector
M.A. Bengtson Community Member
Jay Eshbach
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!