Safer Bay Area forum focuses on underage drinking
Southeast Harris County Community Coalition and Texans Standing Tall host a regional forum on October 9 at Lee College in Baytown from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The free event offers lunch and CEOs, with registration at tx bacoda regionalforum. Call 800 510 3111 or visit bacoda.org for involvement details.
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Texas
U.S
Harris County
Lee College
Baytown
Bacoda.biz
Bay Area Council On Drugs and Alcohol’s Coalition Department
Bacoda.org
Lawmaker contact addresses and office details
A compilation of lawmakers addresses and phone numbers for Governor Perry U.S. Senate John Cornyn and Ted Cruz U.S. House Steve Stockman Texas Senate Sylvia Garcia and district offices Texas House Wayne Smith with street addresses P.O. boxes and telephone numbers for Austin Houston Baytown and other offices.
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U.S. Senate
John Cornyn
Texas
Hart Senate
Washington, D.C
U.S
House of Representatives
Steve Stockman
Texas Senate
Sylvia Garcia
D—Dist
P.O
Capitol Station
Austin
Polk Street
Suite
Houston
Texas House of Representatives
Wayne Smith
Baytown
P.O. Box
Decker Drive
Memories of Gander track star Robert Floyd and Rockhold era
Robert Floyd, now 91, recalls Galveston 1942 district victory with REL’s Rockhold team. He co captained the 1942 crew that included Drexel Vincent and later served in the Navy. The piece notes his long memory, early grass tracks, and ties to Baytown Lee and REL legends.
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Gander
Beverly Rockhold
Rusty Robert
Robert
Robert W. Floyd
Richard Bain
Rockhold Memorial Group
Rockhold
Baytown Lee
George Walmsley
Ray Holbrook
REL
Elms Field
Richard
U.S. Navy
Galveston
Drexel Vincent
John M. Stuart
Drexel
Rice
San Angelo State University
Donald Williams
R.E. Ferrell
Rodney
Bud” Riley
Mom
Dad
Lillie Duke
Duke
Navy
Navy School
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Norman
Okla
Kurds claim advance as Britain joins Iraq strikes
Kurdish peshmerga fighters say they recaptured the Rabia border crossing from Islamic State militants near Salhiya as Britain joined the U S led air campaign with its first strikes in Iraq. British Tornado jets hit a heavy weapons post and a machine gun vehicle aiding ISIS assaults.
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Iraq
Britain
Salhiyah
Syria
Islamic State Group
Peshmerga
Halgard
Hekmat
Associated Press
Rabia
Salhiya
Nior
Michael Fallon
London
This Day in History Highlights October 1
On October 1, 1964 the Free Speech Movement began at the University of California Berkeley. Other noted events include 1885 mail service, 1908 Ford Model T, 1932 Babe Ruth called shot, 1957 motto on currency, 1961 Roger Maris 61st home run, 1968 Night of the Living Dead premiere, 1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre release, 1987 magnitude 5.9 LA earthquake, Mount St Helens eruption reminder a decade ago, and 200? David Letterman scandal confirmation with Halderman conviction. Thought by Agnes Repplier.
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University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley
Jack Weinberg
Congress of Racial Equality
United States
Henry Ford
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
Chicago
Charlie Root
Wrigley Field
U.S
Roger Maris
Babe
Ruth
Tracy Stallard
Boston Red Sox
Yankees
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Mount St. Helens
Washington State
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48 Hours
Joe Halderman
CBS
Halderman
Agnes Repplier
The
Baytown Sun
Memorial Drive
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AcCoun Circulation
Janie Gray
Jim Finley
Jay Eshbach
M. A. Bengtso
David Bloom
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Sunnew
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