Cooperation urged as Byrd and Reagan seek common ground
The editorial notes Senate Majority Leader Byrd calls for congressional and White House cooperation to avoid stalemate as President Reagan vows vetoes unless policy commitments align. Democrats, buoyed by midterm gains, push economic reform, tax posture changes, and tighter social spending while challenging foreign policy, notably in Central America, Africa, and the Middle East.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Sen. Byrd
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Africa
Middle East
South Africa
Sideline Slants Tragic bulletin recalls Kennedy assassination
Preston Pendergrass reflects on the day JFK died during the 23rd anniversary coverage. He recalls newsroom chaos at The Baytown Sun as AP bullets and wire reports framed the historic tragedy. Notes about Fred Hartman Beulah Mae Jackson and Houston trip with Kennedy are included.
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John F. Kennedy
Associated Press
Baytown Sun
Fred Hartman
Wire
Sue Jones
Bulletin Bell
Dallas
Kennedy
Parkland Hospital
U.S
Beulah Mae Jackson
Sun
Fred
Houston
Jacqueline Kennedy
Texas
Jack Kennedy
United States
the Sun
Hazard Kentucky Homeless Man Chooses Abandoned Car Life
In Hazard Kentucky, Lester Dill lives in an abandoned car beside a carwash, surviving on about $200 a month from odd jobs. He resists rescue and views his state as a throwback to rugged Appalachian times, while locals offer aid but respect his choice to stay.
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Hazard
Lester Dill
Hin
Lester
Kentucky
Hospital leases 2nd floor of Guberman building
From the Baytown Sun files this is the way it was. A 10 room hospital will occupy the entire second story and lobby of the Guberman building at Ashbel and Texas. It is leased for two years with doctors W N Brooks Hawkins Langford Emberton and H H Duke planning an emergency hospital at Pearce and Ashbel. Dental office planned by B F Ammons in Baytown.
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Texas
Pearce
B.F. Ammons
Haskell
Baytown
Houston
Navigation and Canal
Tippen
St. Joseph's Hospital
Goose Creek
Horace Helms
Gadsden Times
Alabama
W. Pearce
Baytown Photos Inc
Tom Gentry
Southern Methodist University
United Press
Gander
Rocky Zierlein
Karl Cooper
Ricky Burch
Donnie Herrington
Fort Polk
Mike Faulk
Korea
Kate Williams
Homer Terrill
Ramon Vasquez
Buenos Aires
Argentina
First Mexican Baptist Church
Grown People Say the Darndest Things No. Jim Kyle Sin feature
Jim Kyle recounts everyday remarks that reveal the humor and misreads of ordinary interactions. He notes moments from traffic to department store clerks and cafe waitresses, highlighting the misinterpretations and witty retorts people share in daily life. Kyle is The Sin feature editor.
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Art Linkletter
Grerr
Jim Kyle
Sin
Backyard battle against fire ants ends with victory
Karen Perry recounts her weekend struggle in the backyard against fire ants and invasive weeds. Wearing heavy clothing and boots, she battled mosquitoes and garden pests near a vacant lot backing her yard, noting a belief that rubber boots help deter bites and ants. She recalls a distant wish about cane pests aboard a South American ship in Mobile.
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Mobile
U.S
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