History snapshot for October 10 in Baytown archive
Highlights include the 1845 establishment of the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis and notable events across years such as Verdi’s birth in 1813 and Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess Broadway debut in 1935. The day marks a 1967 Outer Space Treaty entry into force and 1982 canonization of Maximilian Kolbe. Baytown items reference 1944 fire marshal Pierson, 1950 oil rights wrangles, 1975 drainage plans, and 1990 film screening debates.
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U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Giuseppe Verdi
le Roncole
Italy
Guy Williams
ABC
Maximilian Kolbe
Auschwitz
John Paul I
House
Bush
Saddam Hussein
U.N
North Korea
Charles Pierson
Baytown
Renna Vetter
Sam Houston
Bush Hutchison and Associates
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Baytown Sun
Luke Hales
Luke.hales
Baytown
UT Allows Political Signs in Dorm Rooms After Uproar
University of Texas halted sanctions against Connor and Blake Kincaid who refused to remove Obama signs from their residence hall windows. President Bill Powers suspended the sign ban effective immediately and said a committee will study the policy while the policy now explicitly permits signs and posters in dorm windows.
Texas offers $100 million bid for Bio Defense Lab
Gov. Perry announced Texas will provide 100 million to entice the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility to San Antonio. State leaders seek 56 million from the Legislature with other funds already pledged. San Antonio is a finalist among six sites for the 451 million facility studying deadly diseases. DHS aims to select a site by year end.
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San Antonio
Texas
Rick Perry
Department of Homeland Security
Immigrant allowed to stay after detention in San Antonio
Alexis Nguitte-Bekongo, 44, once held after an August arrest for defying a 2001 deportation order, is released after the federal reversal. He came to the U.S. for a foreign soldier training in 1996, faced threats at home in the Central African Republic, and rejoins his wife and four children.
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San Antonio
Alexis “Alex” Nguitte-Bekongo
Nguitte-Bekongo
U.S
Central African Republic
Jamie
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
San Antonio Express-News
Wall Street plunges as Dow sheds seven percent
Stocks tumbled on Thursday with the Dow down 679 points to its lowest in five years after a major rating agency warned it might cut GM and Ford. The S&P 500 also dropped over seven percent as GM and GMAC faced rating reviews and Ford was placed on credit watch negative. GM fell to 4.76 while Ford slid to 2.08, marking a sharp, wide market rout.
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New York
General Motors
Ford
Standard & Poor
Dow
S&p
U.S
America
Standard & Poor's
General Motors Corp
Gmac LLC
Gm’s
GMAC
North America
Ford Motor Co
Free 3 bedroom 1910 bungalow offered in Kaysville
Jacquie Jones offers a three bedroom brick bungalow from 1910 for free to anyone who will haul it away. The house, once featured in a Benji movie and an episode of Touched By An Angel, stands on a lot slated for new construction. Removal costs cal l at least 18,000 dollars plus haul distance.
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Jacquie Jones
Kaysville
Utah
Benji
Houston pair caught after Sears shoplifting attempt
Two Houston women tried to steal $600 worth of clothing from San Jacinto Mall Sears but were nabbed by loss prevention and jailed on shoplifting charges. A Baytown man fled a Wednesday traffic crash but police located the fleeing vehicle in the 4600 block of Quail Hollow and charged him with failing to stop and give information. A maroon 1999 Ford Windstar was stolen from West Cleveland and Best Cleaners on Garth Road was broken into Wednesday night with details unavailable.
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Houston
San Jacinto Mall
Sears
Baytown
Quail Hollow
West
Cleveland
Best Cleaners
Garth Road
Baytown police report thefts and arrests in midweek
A Baytown woman reported a $1000 loss from an unauthorized ATM withdrawal. A $700 computer was stolen from the 600 block of North Jones. Power tools were taken from the 100 block of West Circle Wednesday. Two men were arrested in the 300 block of South Alexander with marijuana and crack cocaine, charged with delivery of a controlled substance.
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Baytown
North Jones
West Circle
South Alexander
Community Calendar highlights in Baytown
Baytown community listings include the 26th annual Business Expo at the chamber 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with $5 admission, seniors activities at Highlands Community Center, free country dancing at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, and multiple classes and events across local centers including line dancing at Highlands Woods Drive and J.D. Walker Center. Also featured are art sessions, senior games, TOPS nutrition class, toddler story time, computer classes, youth bowling, theater auditions for Mame, and fall turkey shoots at VFW Post 912 along with park yard sale, youth leagues, senior softball, Calvary Temple services, and more.
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Baytown
Highlands Community Center
Highland Woods Drive
Baytown Art League
Senior Citizen Bridge
Baytown Community Center
Market St
Call
Crosby Community Center
West Chambers
Suellyn Meldher
Sterling Municipal Library
Go Getters
Lone Star Room
VFW
North Main
Breda
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Porgy and Bess
Eisenhower
Ghana
Komla Agbeli Gbdemah
Dover, del
The
Associated Press
SUN History
Oscar Wilde
David
Jerusalem
Zechariah
Sun.com
State News
Bio Lab
Feds
Kaysville, Utah
City of
J.D. Walker Community Center
Wade Road
Ward Road
Kaci & Co
2715
N. Alexander Baytown, Texas
Johnson & Son Tree Service
Kevin Summers
Garth Rd
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