Ganders of 1941 recall Port Arthur upset for Baytown growth
Editorial honors the 1941 Ganders football team of Baytown Goose Creek and Port Arthur, noting their 21 to 20 comeback victory over Port Arthur and signaling the start of Baytown’s rise toward unity and industrial development. Seventeen players from that game are celebrated as city founders. details to follow.
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Baytown
Robert E. Lee
Port Arthur
Ganders
Tri- Cities
Goose Creek Independent School District
Jacket Stadium
Goose Creek
Pelly
Wooster
Highlands
Mites
Dan Stallworth
Fred
Jackets
Lon
John Kubik
George Walmsley
Readers urge teamwork and fair funding for city services
Letters to the Editor praise city employees and elected leaders, urge broader tax bases for better funding, and stress open communication to resolve disagreements. A Baytown Little Theater note thanks The Sun for publicity, and a reader recalls Baytown’s 25th anniversary sports thrill, the Ganders versus Jackets, with vivid personal reflections.
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Baytown
the Sun
The
Baytown Little Theater
Sun
Dottie Tickner
Preventing Kidney Stones Through Diet and Supplements
Medical column advises stone-prone individuals to limit milk and oxalate rich foods such as spinach potatoes tomatoes endive rhubarb figs and strawberries while increasing fluids. Orthophosphate and daily magnesium oxide may help keep calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate in solution to reduce recurrence.
AMA Plans National Upgrade of Emergency Medical Care
The American Medical Association announced a program to upgrade emergency medical care nationwide with a focus on ambulance services and the training of ambulance personnel. The initiative aims to improve pre hospital care and response across communities nationwide.
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Chicago
The
American Medical Association
AMA
Quiz Q and A on states and cabinet history
A set of quick trivia facts: states that never were territories include Texas Vermont Maine West Virginia and California. Frances Perkins was the first woman Cabinet member as secretary of labor in 1933. Mrs Elizabeth Ballou Garfield was the first president’s mother to live at the White House while witnessing her son’s inauguration.
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Texas
Vermont
Maine
West Virginia
California
United States
Frances Perkins
Labor
U.S
Elizabeth Ballou Garfield
White House
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Katzenbach
Hoover
Justice Department
Johnson
A Good Man For The Job
Henry McLemore humorously weighs a bid to become intellectual in residence at the White House after Dr. Eric Goldman resigns. He jokes about domestic debates at home, imagining life at Pennsylvania Avenue, helicopter hops, and mismatched tastes, questioning fit and appetite for public life.
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Henry McLemore
New York
Eric Goldman
Princeton
White House
Mary
Megan
Washington
Lfe
Pennsylvania Avenue
Texas
George Hamilton
Dr. Goldman
Spy cases raise questions on FBI arrests and hoover era strategy
Washington column outlines the sudden wave of spy arrests led by J Edgar Hoover, noting the John Huminik double agent affair, wider wire tapping disclosures at the Sheraton Carlton Hotel, and the internal debates over surveillance, arrests, and how to handle Russian agents like Valentin Revin and others.
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Urew Pearson Ami
Jack Anderson
Washington
FBI
United States
John Huminik
Valentin
Kevin
J. Edgar Hoover
Valentin A. Revin
FSI
G-men
William Whalen
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Sheraton Carlton Hotel
Fred Black
Nicholas Katzenbach
Thurgood Marshall
Black
Katzenbach
Hoover
Katzenbalch
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sheraton Hotel
Cole Whaten
Marshall
Jiri Opatrny
Zdenek Pisk
Frank J. Mrkva
State Department
Mrkva
Huminik
Valentin Revin
Vladimir P. Boutenko
Vladimir M. Zo Tov
Baytown Sun Staff and Publication Details
The Baytown Sun lists editorial and managerial staff including Fred Hartman Bill Hartman John Wadley Preston Pendergrass Beulah Mae Jackson Paul Putman and Corrie Laughlin. It notes positions such as Editor Publisher General Manager and Advertising roles. The paper is published afternoons Monday through Friday and Sundays from 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas with a mailing address Box 90 Baytown 77520 and subscription rates.
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Fred Hartman
Bill Hartman
John Wadley
Preston Pendergrass
Beulah Mae Jackson
Paul Putman
Ann B. Pritchett
Wadley
Eniec
Corrie Laughlin
Baytown
Texas
Baytown Sun, Inc
Memorial Drive
Texas Newspaper Representatives, Inc
Associated Press
Try Your Word Power NEA Feature
Puzzle and word power fill from a bygone NEA page with scattered clues across across and down entries. Answers include references to animals foods and places with several archaic spellings and mixed abbreviations. The fragment hints at a broad vocabulary exercise common in late era Sunday newspaper features.
Biblical Verse Reflection on Unclean Righteousness
A verse echoes Isaiah 64 6 noting that all people are unclean and their deeds are like filthy rags. It emphasizes human frailty as righteousness fades like a leaf and iniquities carry us away like the wind.
WIN AT BRIDGE COUNTS TRICKS ALL TOO QUICKLY
West passes over Souths one spade, South reaches three spades, West doubles spade game. West holds two spade tricks and king queen hearts, but South aims to salvage value. South ruffs a heart and leads the eight spot as the momentum shifts in a tense grand slam avoidance.
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West
South
Dummiy
West Nines and Diamonds Dictate a Bridge Decline
The 34 in West refused to rise with an honor and the defense could not beat the contract. South finessed, ruffed a heart, and led another diamond. When the second lead yielded the king, South ruffed, then played ace and another spade. West collected five spades but was forced to lead a club, allowing South to claim the club king and the four spade contract.
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West
South
Dummy
Bridge Quiz: What now after two no trump and three clubs
In a sample auction West opens and East overcalls with two no trump. West later invites, and the opponent doubles. With partner lacking support for your long suits and no clear fit, the question asks for the correct pass or bid sequence. The puzzle promises tomorrow's answer.
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West
Wariner
Barbs on bosses and bloopers amid work discontent
A sharp monologue on workplace tension hints at longing for clarity and purpose. The speaker suggests employees fear notice while wrestling with unclear goals, using biting humor about personal life to underline strain.
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Goose Creek Country Club
Gander Sports
Wayne G. Brandstadt
M.D. Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
Communist National Liberation Front
Viet Nam
Nguyen Huu Tho
Front
Wilfred Burchett
the Front
Viet Cong
South Viet Nam
Valenta
Che Baytown Sun
Torme
Thailand
Colk
Malian
Arabian Gulf
Oswald
James Jacoby
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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la Pass
West North East
Walter C. Parkes
Gerry
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