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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 2013
Page
4
Baytown Police Chief Keith Dougherty urges vigilance during holidays, offering tips to protect vehicles and homes. Do not leave valuables in cars, lock doors and windows, park in well lit areas, and use alarms. Seek help if separated from children and arrange neighborly observation during extended leaves.
Baytown readers recall where they were on November 22 1963 and the shock of President John F Kennedy being assassinated. A Baytown commenter recalls hearing the news during middle school as nuns herded students to pray and reflect on a Catholic president leading the nation amid tragedy.
A mother of two recalls hearing over the loudspeaker that JFK had been shot and later announced dead. She describes the numbness at the grocery store and watching Walter Cronkite declare the president's death on television.
A Virginia resident recalls a painful era when saying she was from Texas drew the remark president killer state. Her husband John Hopkins served in the Navy, and the memory marked their family in Norfolk, Virginia.
Jim Finley reflects on childhood Thanksgivings forgotten and later memories in Baytown. He recalls a 1970 solo dinner at Holiday Inn after feeling abandoned, and a 2010 cancer recovery Thanksgiving with 20 relatives, recounting Eddie Cajun Turkey, Ensure meals, and gratitude for life. He notes family near and far, with upcoming gathering in South Carolina.
Today marks November 24 with notable events from history. Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald on live TV in 1963, Zachary Taylor was born in 1784, and other milestones include Civil War progress on Lookout Mountain, WWII air raids on Tokyo, the Hollywood Ten case in 1947, and D B Cooper’s 1971 hijacking.
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