Mystery golf trophy tale from Lee College lore
In the 1953 Lee Lantern issue Edmond LaFonte and Walter Choate won two trophies and six medals at the Texas Junior College Athletic Conference for golf. The Baytown course on Humble Oil property near Bayway Drive hosted events. Larry LaFonte, aka Bubba, recalled players including Marti and Marr, while Larry and friends also played bridge in the student lounge.
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Edmond LaFonte
Walter Choate
Texas Junior College Athletic Conference
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Bubba
Walter
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Larry
Alton Laird
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Jimmy Rutter
Conroe
Texaco Country Club
Galveston
Baytown Top Stories Weekly Trend Oct 4 10
The list highlights Bay Town Sun readers most viewed items from Oct 4 to Oct 10. Top stories include a Baytown entrepreneur launching a delivery service and a Highlands murder suspect still free on bond, with other notable pieces on a subway suspect and local authorities.
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Goose Creek
Northwood Drive
Texas urged to release data on rising maternal deaths
The Dallas Morning News calls for publicly releasing case level data on pregnancy related deaths in Texas. It cites a doubling of the maternal mortality rate to 35.8 per 100000 births and racial disparities. The paper questions a 2011 AG ruling that keeps data secret to prevent fraud.
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Department of State Health Services
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Texas Public Information Act
Greg Abbott
Centers For Disease Control
Twenty-First Century Miracle of Surrogate Families
A child learns to map a modern family including two moms and a surrogate. The article explains egg donation and surrogacy, the screening of donors, compensation, and the collaboration of doctors, psychologists, and attorneys to help infertile or LGBT couples become parents, ending with JoAn Martin’s note and contact.
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Susie
Nancy
This Day In History Highlights From 1810 To 2000
Key events include the 1810 first Oktoberfest in Munich to mark the Bavarian royal wedding, Lee's 1870 death in Virginia, Roosevelt’s 1915 critique of hyphenated Americans, Dillinger’s 1933 jail escape with a sheriff’s death, 1942 Cape Esperance victory, the 1986 Reykjavik stalemate, John Denver’s 1997 death, and the 2000 USS Cole bombing.
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Virginia
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Ohio
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Gorbachev
United States
John Denver
Monterey Bay
California
Yemen
Minna Antrim
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Jim Finley
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Mike Wilson
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Pittsburgh
Gazete
Trump
JoAn Martin
Joshook
Mindspring.com
Josbooks.com
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