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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 2006
Page
3
National summary warns Ernesto may bring heavy rain and possible flooding to the mid-Atlantic today. Strong thunderstorms possible in parts of the central and northern Plains. Much of the Rockies and West Coast expect no rain.
Coordinated blasts in eastern Baghdad killed at least 47 people and wounded more than 200 within half an hour, many bodies still unrecovered. The violence struck Shiite neighborhoods as U S forces and Iraqi troops reposition for security handover, amid Bush and Maliki statements.
The San Jacinto Monument and Museum resume public hours after a decade long, $14 million renovation begun in 1996. Upgrades include a sprinkler and fire alarm system, elevator safety improvements, and a sealed shaft to limit smoke travel. The grand reopening is 10 a.m. Thursday with officials and reenactors present. Admission to the park remains $1 for adults, free for children 12 and under.
Valero Energy near completion on a 75,000 barrel per day Port Arthur expansion but labor and material delays push September finish by two months and costs up 20 percent. Tesoro cancels a 25,000 barrel per day Anacortes expansion as resources tighten. Motiva plots a 4.5 billion Port Arthur project to lift capacity from 275,000 to 600,000 bpd, amid housing and labor shortages and competition for workers nationwide.
ExxonBaytown complex spans 2400 acres with 1500 full time and 700 contract staff refining up to 557000 billion pounds of crude daily into jet fuel diesel gasoline propane heating oil and feedstocks. Baytown facilities include the 640 acre Baytown Chemical Plant and the Baytown Olefins Plant along with the 66 acre Baytown Technology and Engineering Complex. The company and its employees donated 2.7 million to area nonprofits including 1.3 million to United Way. In 2005 Exxon Mobil paid 83.8 million in taxes to local districts and Lee College.
Between Sunday and Wednesday multiple thefts and burglaries were reported in Baytown and surroundings. Items stolen include a blue Sprint cell phone, beige check book from an unlocked vehicle at a truck stop on Thompson Road, an Astros bag with a fanny pack, a truck burglary at a restaurant on Interstate 10, a stolen stereo system from a Park Street home, and a 3 CD changer worth 90 dollars. The Harris County DA accepted a theft charge. Baytown Police logged 152 calls in 24 hours with alarms, assaults, burglaries, mischief, forgeries, robberies, thefts and accidents.
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