Today in History highlights and events for October 21
On this date in history many events are noted including Nelson's Trafalgar victory and his death, the christening of Old Ironsides, Edison's light, the Aachen capture in World War II, the Guggenheim opening, Kennedy and Nixon debate, Vietnam protests, Saul Bellow's Nobel Prize, Lebanese kidnappings, Jesse Turner’s release, and Clinton's DADT policy surviving a Supreme Court test.
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Horatio Nelson
Trafalgar
Nelson
Constitution
Boston
Thomas Edison
John Steinbeck
Lebanon
Edward Tracy
Jesse Turner
Clinton
Associated Press
Baytown council weighs Humble Oil tax plan 1949
The 1949 Baytown City Council reviewed a plan to tax Humble Oil property and conferred with the company's plant officers. Subsequent notes mention parade preparations and downtown improvements in later years. The item reflects civic fiscal planning and municipal collaboration with industry leaders.
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Humble Oil
Baytown
Texas Avenue
Mother of death row inmate arrested for smuggling phone
Lorraine Tabler, 60, of Blackshear Georgia, was arrested at Austin airport on charges she provided a prohibited item to an inmate. Richard Tabler, on death row for a 2004 Bell County shooting spree, shared the smuggled cell phone with nine other inmates who made 2800 calls in 30 days. Prison officials seized the device. Governor ordered a systemwide contraband crackdown and further arrests are anticipated.
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Houston
Texas
Richard Tabler
Tabler
Lorraine Tabler
Austin-Bergstrom International
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Bell County
Blackshear
Polansky
Livingston
Travis County
John Moriarty
Moriarty
Indicted South Texas sheriff resigns
Starr County commissioners accepted the resignation of Sheriff Reymundo Guerra who was indicted on a drug trafficking conspiracy. A federal judge ordered him held without bond after his Rio Grande City arrest, with his attorney seeking bond. The 19 count indictment names Guerra and 14 others in a drug smuggling scheme.
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Mcallen
Starr County
South Texas
Reymundo Guerra
FBI
Rio Grande
Philip Hilder
U.S
Dorina Ramos
Guerra
Hilder
Local TV anchor Anne Pressly stabbed in Little Rock
Anne Pressly, a 26 year old KATV anchor known for a small role in the Bush film W, was found stabbed and beaten in her home in Little Rock. Police probe possible motives including robbery as investigators question co workers. Her purse was missing and the incident is under investigation.
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Little Rock, Ark
Katy
Anne Pressly
Little Rock
Cassandra Davis
Davis
Pressly
Nebraska lawmakers narrow safe-haven age limit to 3 days
In Lincoln, lawmakers agreed to restrict Nebraska's safe-haven law to infants up to 3 days old to shield parents from prosecution. The change redefines "child" after 18-year-old abandonments, with 18 cases cited since the law took effect last July.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Mike Flood
Baytown Police Stop Leads to Drug and Theft Arrests
At 2:20 p.m. Saturday, Baytown police stopped a car at East James Street and North Seventh Street. The driver fled, leaving a passenger with 38.2 grams of crack cocaine and warrants for failing to vaccinate animals. The driver faces a drug charge. A Baytown man arrested twice in one day at a woman's West Morrill residence was jailed again for attempted jewelry theft worth about $4,500 after prior public intoxication.
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Baytown
East James
North Seventh Streets
West Morrill
Burglaries Target Vehicles in Local Neighborhoods
Police report two vehicle burglaries over the weekend. In the 1400 block of Yupon a car was broken into Saturday and about $200 in property stolen. Sunday morning a purse was taken from a vehicle parked at a fitness club in the 3500 block of Garth Road.
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Yupon
Garth Road
Baytown Police Log Shows 59 Offense Reports Over Weekend
During the 48 hour period from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Monday, Baytown police filed 59 offense reports and handled cases including four assaults three burglaries one criminal mischief two driving while intoxicated two forgeries twelve thefts and ten other cases. Officers arrested 25 people and responded to six traffic accidents with three injuries.
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Baytown
Community Calendar highlights Baytown programs and services
Baytown listings include pumpkin patch sales at First Church of the Nazarene from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. through Nov 1, Highlands Community Center game day at 9 a.m., free English classes at Promise Center, childcare, Precinc together event at J D Walker Center, Ladies Bowling League at Max Bowl East, Happy Quilters, senior fellowship, Crosby Library Toddler Time and Story Time, Sterling Library Preschool Storytime, King s Table Bible Study and free lunch, Baytown Lions Club noon meeting, Baytown Duplicate Bridge Club, Sterling Library Computer Basic class, Celebrate Recovery at First Baptist, Bay Area Shooting Club safety orientation, with notes and contacts for each event.
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Baytown First Church of the Nazarene
N. Main
Highlands Community Center
Highland Woods Drive
Promise Center
Kentucky
J.D. Walker Community Center
Wade Road
Max Bowl
Ward Rd
Crosby Library
Sterling Municipal Library
King’s Table
Church of New Beginnings
Baytown Lions Club
Golden Corral
Quincy Allen
Txdot
Baytown
JoAnn
Elaine
Bay Area Shooting Club
VFW
North Main
Basctx
Wednesday pumpkins at their Pumpkin Patch until Nov 1
Community event listings show a pumpkin patch operating through November 1 with contact number 281-422-6818 for directions or hours. Bay Area Networking Groups meets 7:30 a.m. at E F Green Center near Ross S. Sterling High School.
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Baytown
Highlands Community Center
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