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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 2001
Page
4
The Bapktown Sun traces its origins to 1922 with Wanda Gamer Cash serving as editor and publisher. The brief notice highlights her leadership role and the newspaper’s historic inception in the town’s press landscape.
Federal raids target hawalas and wire services linked to terrorism while urging cooperation to aid impoverished Somali families. Authorities press Dahab Shil and Al Barakaat Minneapolis to cooperate. debate centers on balancing security with humane aid. Cuba optics shift as Castro considers US food and medicine purchases, reopening potential and Cold War tensions easing slightly.
The Bush administration enacted an executive order expanding presidential authority to try noncitizen terror suspects in secret military tribunals inside or outside the United States. Tribunals could hand down sentences, including death, beyond U.S. court review, with little public accountability or disclosure of arrests, charges, evidence, or outcomes.
The passage argues that war tests democracy and rule of law, warning against bending constitutional principles or overreaching to curb liberties. It notes the danger of overreaction, but observes that history shows a pendulum swing back to individual rights due to checks and balances.
The Baytown Sun invites public discussion with weekly 2 pm editorial board meetings on Wednesdays. Submit letters up to 300 words or guest columns up to 500 words with signature, photo, address, and phone. Submissions are edited and may be refused. political content has timing restrictions around elections.
The piece surveys Christian views on the End Time, noting Billy Graham's flexible dating stance, modern evangelical urgency, and the 1844 Millerite prediction. It outlines Miller's calculation leading to the founding of Seventh-day Adventism, contrasts symbolic versus literal Second Coming interpretations, and cites differing church perspectives on the millennium and final judgment.
The Baytown Heritage Society thanks The Baytown Sun for publicity and support for its first annual Heritage Festival. Appreciation goes to Baytown Parks Department for park aesthetics and to underwriters George Chandler Warren Doyle Jay and Kay Eshbach Lewis Food Town. Gratitude is also extended to all volunteers for their time.
A fragmented OCR list shows Texas 2002 and 2004 officials including Governor Rick Perry Lieutenant Governor Bill Ratliff Attorney General John Comyn Comptroller Carole Rylander Land Commissioner David Dewhurst Railroad Commissioner Tony Garza District Clerk Charles Bacarisse District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal County Judge Robert Eckels County Treasurer Jack Cato City of Baytown offices and contacts with numerous phone numbers and district names.
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