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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 2008
Page
2
Texas energy regulators at the Railroad Commission voted unanimously to transfer up to 750000 from the Oil Field Cleanup Fund to reduce a backlog of well permit requests and expand drilling amid the current oil boom. Commissioner Victor Carrillo called the move extraordinary for extraordinary times.
Schleicher County officials say five new felony indictments are issued against three individuals, bringing the total to 16 since the Yearning For Zion Ranch raid in April. In El Paso, nine people linked to a cross border drug ring were jailed as part of a yearlong investigation and face conspiracy to import and money laundering charges.
Gulf Coast lawmakers seek swift federal funds with minimal red tape as Ike damages escalate. Texas reports 11.4 billion in damages with 16 million in Houston and 2 billion in Galveston. Louisiana faces 1 billion, while New Orleans cites 40 million in evacuation costs. Texas evacuees remain in San Antonio shelter as Perry commends response.
Michele Cossey, 46, pleaded guilty to child endangerment for buying a rifle with a laser scope and gunpowder for her 14 year old son who investigators say used them to build grenades. The case arose in Norristown Pennsylvania.
Baytown groups list weekly meetups and events across venues including Wismer Distributing 600 S Main Rotary meetings on Wednesdays Outback catered meals BAYT Rotary Bay Area Networking Groups at 7 30 a m E F Green Center 607 West Baker Road and multiple senior activities at Highlands Community Center and Baytown Community Center with classes dances games and religious studies plus library hours and volunteer offerings.
On September 25 in history events include the 12 amendments sent to the states for ratification by the first United States Congress in 1789, Ethan Allen captured in 1775, Wilson's 1919 stroke, the first trans Atlantic telephone cable in 1956, nine Black students escorted to class in Little Rock in 1957, Skylab 2 splashdown in 1973, and PSA 727 collision in 1978.
The record spans Goose Creek and Pelly charter talks in 1944, a 1950 Baytown rice crop boom, the 1975 100000 square foot Woodcreek Center project, Bank One Texas buying Empire Federal Savings Bank Texas holdings in 1990, a 2000 Christmas Festival on Texas Avenue, and a 2005 Baytown curfew after Hurricane Rita. It closes with a Mahatma Gandhi quote and a biblical verse.
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