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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 2016
Page
4
Anahuac hosts Gatorfest 2016 featuring the Great Texas Alligator Roundup opening its 30 day season. Fest activities include carnival rides crafts food from Cajun to seafood, airboat river trips, and live music. Proceeds benefit civic groups and area businesses as thousands visit for a weekend of family fun.
A poll shows 71 percent support government action on global warming and 57 percent would pay $1 extra monthly on electricity. Support falls as fees rise to $10, $20, or $50 monthly, with 39 percent, 23 percent, and 20 percent in favor respectively. Most respondents believe climate change is happening.
On this date 1789 the Department of Foreign Affairs was renamed the Department of State. In 1950 United Nations forces landed at Incheon and moved toward Seoul. In 1972 a federal grand jury indicted seven men in the Watergate break in. Ford Motor Co cut jobs and closed plants a decade ago. Five years ago Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to Sgt Dakota Meyer for saving 36 lives in Afghanistan. Thought for Today by Robert Penn Warren reflects on millennialism and societal hopes.
Jane Howard Lee reports on a mass butterfly swarm in the Hill Country near Bandera that coats windshields with tiny dead butterflies. The writer compares the annual event to East Texas lovebug swarms and advises avoiding trips until the bull-nose butterflies pass. She notes windshield cleanup challenges and jokes about power washing the car.
The NBC forum aboard the USS Intrepid in New York highlighted a potential edge for Trump he lacks a government record but showed Clinton’s experience as a weakness to critics. Clinton argued steadiness and decision making while Trump’s lack of national office was framed as a possible benefit in a matchup that could hinge on experience. Byron York of The Washington Examiner notes that in past non incumbents, less government experience has sometimes favored the challenger.
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