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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 2016
Page
4
The Baytown Sun wishes readers health and happiness this holiday season. The message recalls Thanksgiving origins from 1621 and Lincoln's 1863 proclamation urging nationwide observance. It invites families to enjoy turkey, stuffing, football, and time with loved ones.
A Baytown reader J Larry McAdams writes that the cartoonist isn t the only artist who can draw and notes readers are upset by editorial cartoons. He jokes about buying The Sun to check obituaries to avoid being named.
Theresa Cashion of Highland expresses gratitude to Jacquelyn Young for her intelligent and caring efforts that improve area safety.
Tracy Williams commends The Sun for balanced political cartoons that reveal realities of current events, provoke thought, and provide a time capsule of a historic election. She highlights effective space usage, care in illustration, and mention of Rob Rogers.
A Baytown reader lauds the Sun for upholding freedom of the press and speech. The letter defends editorial pages, political cartoons, and reader dialogue while praising the paper for allowing scripture in articles. It notes Ginger Stripling, formerly of Baytown, now living in Mont Belvieu.
A Baytown Sun contributor urges readers to shop with purpose after Thanksgiving. Skip early Black Friday crowds, buy American when possible, support locally owned businesses, and consider charitable gifts. Page-wide call to research, local commerce, and mindful spending.
On this date in 1784 Zachary Taylor future president was born in Orange County Virginia. In 1865 Mississippi enacted Black Codes limiting newly freed Black rights, with other former Confederacy states following. In 1944 US bombers from Saipan struck Tokyo in the first land based raid on the Japanese capital.
A brief history note recalls Jack Ruby's shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963 during a live TV moment, Apollo 12's 1969 Pacific splashdown, the 1971 D B Cooper hijacking and unspecified fate after a $200000 ransom, and the 2012 Ravens coach Harbaugh brothers game.
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