On This Day in History for Baytown Sun Oct 8
Oct 8 highlights recount major events from 1871 Great Chicago Fire to 2006 Baytown Police seeking serial attacker clues. Notable entries include Alvin York in 1918, Bruno Hauptmann in 1934, Larsen perfect game in 1956, and Rita evacuation firings corrected in 2005. Includes local Baytown notes and editor contact.
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Chicago
Peshtigo
Wis
Alvin C. York
Argonne Forest
France
Bruno Hauptmann
Charles A
Bush
John Kerry
Iraq
St. Louis
Martha Stewart
Alderson
West Virginia
Associated Press
Robert E. Lee High School
Lamar High School
Baytown
Titan
Ross S. Sterling High School
Wayne Smith
Harris County
Alison Froehlich-Smith
UTSA reinstates professor amid ethics probe
Alberto Arroyo, one of two tenured UTSA engineering professors suspended over ethics allegations, was reinstated and will return to work this week after the university dropped the case on the eve of a faculty tribunal. Arroyo called the decision life changing and expressed relief.
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SAN Antonio
University of Texas At San Antonio
Alberto Arroyo
Arroyo
San Antonio Express-News
Neiman Marcus unveils extravagant Christmas Book
Neiman Marcus released its Christmas Book amid stock market fears. The retailer pitches luxury splurges such as a limited edition BMW sedan a Jack Nicklaus designed backyard golf course and a collection of top 100 records from 1955 to 1990.
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Dallas
Neiman Marcus
Dior
Wall Street
Main Street
Jack Nicklaus
Neiman
Ginger Reeder
Unsafe Mexican bus crosses border before fatal Texas crash
NTSB investigator said no Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or Texas inspectors were on duty when the Mexican-made bus entered the United States at Laredo Texas in January. The bus overturned near Victoria while returning to Houston from Monterrey killing Pablo Mendez and injuring dozens, with his wife and daughter among the injured. The hearing began Tuesday and continued Wednesday.
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Washington
Texas
U.S
National Transportation Safety Board
Pete Kotowski
United States
Laredo
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Texas Department of Public Safety
Kotowski
NTSB
Fed details auctions for up to 900 billion in loans
The Federal Reserve outlined auction dates for short term cash loans to banks as part of a global effort to ease credit stresses. Up to 900 billion dollars will be provided through 28 day and 84 day loans, with some loans of 13 and 17 days.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Fed
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Three Scientists
Two Japanese physicists Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa and American Yoichiro Nambu share the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics for theoretical advances explaining subatomic particle behavior. Nambu, 87, of the University of Chicago, receives half the prize for work done decades ago. Kobayashi and Maskawa share the other half for a 1972 theory forecasting a new particle family. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences hailed the trio for deeper insight into matter’s smallest building blocks.
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Yoichiro Nambu
University of Chicago
Nambu
Makoto Kobayashi
Toshihide Maskawa
Japan
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Apartment manager charged after theft of resident furniture
Baytown police charged a apartment complex manager with felony theft after she allegedly used her maintenance man to remove a resident’s furniture and then gave or sold it to friends. Police traced the activity to the 600 block of Massey Tompkins Road after a woman reported furniture removal from her brother’s apartment. The manager’s claim of moving items to a storage facility in Spring during hurricane repairs was contradicted by additional belongings left behind and the complex lacking any storage facility.
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Baytown
Massey- Tompkins Road
Spring
Burglary and theft reports across city scope
Police logged multiple thefts from Sunday to Tuesday. A lawn mower vanished from Travis Street residence, items valued at 2900 dollars taken from a North Main vehicle, copper wire worth about 4000 dollars stolen from Decker Drive business, a brown Impala reported stolen on Dorris Street, a shoplifting arrest at Macy’s San Jacinto Mall, a break in at an apartment on Northwood with 370 dollars in valuables stolen, and a computer and firearm taken from a vehicle outside Limelight Club on Highway 146 after keys were left in it.
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Travis Street
North Main
Macy’s
San Jacinto Mall
Decker Drive
Dorris
Northwood
Limelight Club
N. Hwy
Classic 1966 Mustang Stolen From Copper Creek Residence
A 1966 Mustang was stolen from a residence in the 4200 block of Copper Creek along with electronics and computer equipment valued at about $8,000, according to a Monday police report.
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Copper Creek
Baytown Police Log Reports 44 Offense Incidents
Between 6 am Monday and 6 am Tuesday Baytown police filed 44 offense reports and handled cases including one traffic fatality five other traffic accidents four assaults two auto thefts nine burglaries four thefts and 12 miscellaneous cases. Crime Stoppers pays cash for tips and callers remain anonymous. Call 281-427-TIPS. Full report available on the City of Baytown website.
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Baytown
City of
Bay Area Community Calendar Highlights Activities and Contacts
Bay Area groups meet at 7:30 a.m. at E F Green Center with line dancing at Highlands Center and ceramics at 9 a.m. Precinct2gether hosts activities at J D Walker Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Various clubs meet around Baytown including Toastmasters, Rotary, and VFW bingo. Grace’s Kitchen serves 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church. behavioral support groups meet at Texas Child and Family Institute in the evening.
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Bay Area
B.A.N.G
E. F. Green Center
West Baker Road
Sterling High School
Highlands Community Center
J.D. Walker
Wade Road
TOPS
Market
Baytown
Decker Dr
Sterling Municipal Library
Baytown Rotary Club
Goose Creek Country Club
ExxonMobil Baytown Toastmasters Club
ExxonMobil
Ralph Matthews
St. John’s United Methodist Church
S. Alexander Drive
Max Bowl Easton Ward Rd
Baytown Community Center
Grace’s Kitchen
Grace United Methodist Church
N. Pruett
Texas Child and Family Institute
Independence Blvd
Call
VFW
N. Main
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SUN History
Elizabeth
Nahum
Baytown Sun
Luke Hales
Luke.hales
Baytownsun.com
State News
UTSA
World Briefs
Apt. Manager
Calvary Temple
Breda
Cedar Bayou Baptist Church
N. Alexander Dr
the Promise Center
Kentucky
Make Over In Christ Inc
Riley Chambers Community Center
Barrett Station
Garth Rd
Highland Woods Drive
Nicki Evans
Fred Hartman
Stearman
Houston
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