Today in History Highlights for October eighth
On this date in 1871 the Great Chicago Fire erupted. A Peshtigo blaze also claimed lives in Wisconsin. Notable events include Alvin C. York’s 1918 actions in the Argonne and Bruno Hauptmann’s 1934 indictment for the Lindbergh baby’s death.
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Chicago
Peshtigo
Wis
Alvin C. York
Argonne Forest
France
Bruno Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ozzie and Harriet
CBS Radio
Truman
Britain
Canada
Don Larsen
New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Poland
Solidarity
Bush
John Kerry
Iraq
St. Louis
Martha Stewart
Alderson
West Virginia
Associated Press
Baytown Through the Years A Mixed Local Timeline
A compact Baytown chronicle notes events from 1949 to 2006 including a 0 0 high school tie in rain, air mail boxes repurposed in 1975, two missing offshore workers after the Titan rig incident, 25th anniversary year for Ross S Sterling High, Wayne Smith’s 128 state representative bid, 11 firings over Rita evacuation with one suspension and eventual reversals, and a serial attacker inquiry in 2006 plus a note on Baytown Sun corrections policy.
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Robert E. Lee High School
Lamar High School
Wade
Baytown
Titan
Ross S. Sterling High School
Wayne Smith
Harris County
Alison Froehlich-Smith
UTSA reinstates professor Alberto Arroyo after ethics dispute
One of two tenured UTSA engineering professors suspended over ethics policy claims reinstatement and return to work this week after a tribunal about to hear the case was dropped. Arroyo told the San Antonio Express-News he feels revived and that the system initially targeted an innocent man.
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SAN Antonio
University of Texas At San Antonio
Alberto Arroyo
Iam
Arroyo
San Antonio Express-News
Neiman Marcus Unveils Extravagant Christmas Book
In Dallas the retailer presented its Christmas Book amid fears of recession. It showcases luxury gifts from a limited-edition BMW sedan to a Jack Nicklaus designed backyard golf course and a complete set 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
Bus crossing border lacked safety inspection before fatal crash
Federal investigator says no safety officers were on duty when the Mexican made bus entered the United States at Laredo Texas. NTSB hearing opened into January crash near Victoria Texas that killed one and injured dozens among 47 passengers returning to Houston from Monterrey Mexico. Pablo Mendez died. his wife and daughter were among the injured.
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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 rolls out 900 billion in short term bank loans
The Federal Reserve announced details on auctions to supply up to 900 billion dollars in cash loans to banks this year. Most loans run 28 and 84 days with some as short as 13 or 17 days. Central banks coordinate with international peers to ease credit stress.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Fed
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Three Scientists
Two Japanese scientists Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa and American Yoichiro Nambu win the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics for theoretical advances explaining subatomic particle behavior. Nambu, 87, of the University of Chicago, receives half the $1.4 million prize for work dating back nearly 50 years. The other half honors Kobayashi and Maskawa for a 1972 theory predicting a new family of particles, with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences lauding their insights into matter’s tiniest building blocks.
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Yoichiro Nambu
University of Chicago
Nambu
Makoto Kobayashi
Toshihide Maskawa
Japan
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Baytown manager charged in felony theft case
Police charged an apartment complex manager with felony theft after she allegedly used her maintenance man to remove furniture from a resident’s unit and then gave or sold it to friends. Investigators traced the furniture to the manager despite her claim the items were moved to a storage facility during hurricane repairs.
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Baytown
Massey- Tompkins Road
Spring
Burglary and theft incidents reported in local area
Police logged multiple thefts and burglaries over two days. A lawn mower vanished from Travis Street, $2900 in valuables stolen from a North Main vehicle, copper wire worth about $4000 taken from Decker Drive, a brown Impala reported stolen on Dorris Street, and rentals including a computer and firearm from a vehicle outside Limelight Club. A Macy’s shoplifter was arrested at San Jacinto Mall. An apartment burglary on Northwood yielded about $370 in goods. The Crim may have involved unlocked vehicle access.
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Travis Street
North Main
Macy’s
San Jacinto Mall
Decker Drive
Dorris
Northwood
Limelight Club
N. Hwy
Stolen 1966 Mustang From Copper Creek Residence
Police report: a 1966 Mustang was stolen from a residence in the 4200 block of Copper Creek. Electronics and computer gear valued about 8000 dollars were also taken.
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Copper Creek
Baytown Police Log Reports 44 Offense Cases
Between 6 am Monday and 6 am Tuesday Baytown police filed 44 offense reports and handled a traffic fatality five other traffic accidents four assaults two auto thefts nine burglaries four thefts and 12 miscellaneous cases. Police Beat is from Baytown PD. Crime Stoppers pays cash for tips at 281-427-TIPS. Full report on baytown.org.
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Baytown
City of
Bay Area Groups and Activities Calendar in Baytown
Bay Area networking groups meet at 7 30 a m at E F Green Center 607 West Baker Road near Sterling High School. Seniors at Highlands Community Center offer line dancing mornings ceramics and bridge with several contact numbers. Precinct2gether runs 9 a m to 1 p m at J D Walker Community Center. TOPS TX No 594 meets 9 11 a m at the Community Center. Genealogy Library hours and library contact. Sterling Municipal Library Spanish Story Time. Baytown Rotary Club meets at Goose Creek Country Club and ExxonMobil Toastmasters at Noon. The Over 42 Club meets 1 p m at St John s United Methodist Church. 9 pin No Taps bowling at Max Bowl Easton Ward Rd. Community Center bingo 1 3 p m. Grace s Kitchen food ministry 5 6 30 p m at Grace United Methodist Church. Bipolar support and other groups meet in Baytown with various contact numbers. Calvary Temple Bible Study 7 30 p m. Free Homework Help at Cedar Bayou Baptist Church and free English classes at Promise Center. Make Over in Christ class 6 8 p m at Riley Chambers Community Center. Chick fil A Toddler Time 10 a m to noon. Ceramics and Spanish classes at Community Center 604 Highland Woods Drive.
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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
Cedar Bayou Baptist Church
N. Alexander Dr
the Promise Center
Kentucky
Make Over In Christ Inc
Garth Rd
Highland Woods Drive
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SUN History
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Baytown Sun
Luke Hales
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Baytownsun.com
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UTSA
World Briefs
THE
Apt. Manager
Calvary Temple
Breda
Riley Chambers Community Center
Barrett Station
Nicki Evans
Fred Hartman
Stearman
Houston
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