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A PAT ON THE BACK...
...to the Horace Mann Junior School students who brought home four
trophies, including a second place overall award in the Engineering
Field Day competition, sponsored by the Gulf Coast Alliance of
Minorities in Engineering. Congratulations!
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The Baytown Sun is published Monday through Friday and Sunday at
1301 Memorial Drive in Baytown.
Gary Dobbs David Eldridge
Editor and Publisher Managing Editor
Mark Kramer
Asst. Managing Editor
Communily salutes
Baytown’s finest
■ t Baytown’s San Jacinto Mall today, local and area law enforcement
11 officers, their families, friends and supporters were set to gather in
nt honor of those faUen comrades who gave their lives to protect all of us.
The ceremony, set to take place at about noon today, culminates a week of
activities commemorating National Police Week — and, while it’s appropriate
to set aside a time to acknowledge the debt society owes these dedicated public
servants, we would all do well to remember this week’s message year around.
The men and women in blue in Baytown and in the rest of the country take
their lives into their own hands every day.
They do it so that the rest of us can work, play and live in a safer and more
humane society.
They don’t hear thank you often enough.
Please take the time to join us and the rest of the community in saluting Bay-
town’s finest.
Today in histoiy
Today is Friday, May 17, the 138th day of 1996. There are 228 days left in the
year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 17,1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark Brown vs. Board
of Education ruling that declared that racially segregated public schools were inher-
ently unequal.
On this date:
In 1792, the New York Stock Exchange was founded by brokers meeting under a
tree located on what is now Wall Street.
In 1814, Norway’s constitution was signed, providing for a limited monarchy.
In 1875, the first Kentucky Derby was run at Churchill Downs in Louisville. The
winner was Aristides.
In 1938, the radio quiz show “Information, Please! ” made its debut on the NBC
Blue Network
In 1938, Congress passed the Vinson Naval Act, providing funds for a two-ocean
navy.
In 1940, the Nazis occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War H.
In 1946,50 years ago, President Truman seized control of the nation’s railroads,
delaying a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.
In 1948, the Soviet Union recognized the new state of Israel.
In 1973, the Senate opened its hearings into the Watergate scandal.
In 1980, rioting that claimed 18 lives erupted in Miami’s Liberty City neighbor-
hood after ah all-white jury in Tampa acquitted four former Miami police officers
of fatally beating black insurance executive Arthur McDuffie.
In 1987,37 American sailors were killed when an Iraqi warplane attacked the
U.S. Navy frigate Stark in the Persian Gulf. Iraq and the United States characterized
the attack as a mistake.
Ten years ago: Friends and relatives gathered in Oregon for the funerals of two of
the nine climbers who died during a school outing on Mount Hood.
Five years ago: The Commerce Department reported the U.S. trade deficit had
narrowed sharply in March 1991 to $4.05 billion, the lowest level in nearly eight
years.
One year ago: The Senate Ethics Committee concluded that Sen. Bob Packwood,
R-Ore., had to face a full-scale Senate investigation of charges that included mak-
ing improper advances toward women. Jacques Chirac was sworn in as president of
France, ending the 14-year tenure of Socialist Francois Mitterrand.
Today’s Birthdays: Actress Maureen O’Sullivan is 85. Former Watergate special
prosecutor Archibald Cox is 84. Opera singer Birgit Nilsson is 78. Actor-director
Dennis Hopper is 60. Energy Secretary Hazel O’Leary is 59. Nebraska Governor*
Ben Nelson is 55. Singer Taj Mahal is 54, Actress Debra Winger is 41. Actor Bill
Paxton is 41. Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard is 40. Actor-comedian Bob Saget is 40.
Singer Trent Reznor is 31.
— The Associated Press
Bible verse:
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound
the language of all the earth. — Genesis 11:9
______
Standing at the crossroads
“I’m from Washington and I’m here to help
you” wasn’t always a gag line.
Back in 1936, Americans were asked
“Which do you favor—concentration of
power in the federal government or in the
state government?”
By a 56 percent to 44 percent margin, they
favored the federal government (Gallup). A
1995 poll shows respondents voting 69 per-
cent to 27 percent that state government does
a “better job of running things” than do the
feds (ABC NewsIWashington Post).
And so, the issue of “devolution” will be
tested in the 1996 election in a way that may
permanently change the American political
landscape, and perhaps the American way of
life.
One presidential candidate says he wants to
“reinvent government” and that “the era of
big government is over.” That’s Bill Clinton,
the candidate of the Democratic Party, the
very party that in recent decades has support-
ed centralized federal government.
Republican candidate Bob Dole waves a
card upon which is printed the devolutionist’s
dream, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitu-
tion, which says that all powers not assigned
to the federal government by the Constitution
are to be reserved to the states or to the peo-
ple. Dole says, “The debate today is not
whether power should be shifted out of Wash-
ington, it’s how fast we should do it “
Could an unprecedented decentralization of
federal power actually happen? Signs indicate
the answer is yes.
The Congress recently voted to abandon
federal speed limits on interstate highways.
Power to the states!
The Republicans are demanding medical
savings accounts in the health-care bill. Power
to the people!
On a broader scale, the elimination of
“unfunded mandates” by the Gingrich Con-
gress also showed the trend. ,
If the Feds have to pay for what they do,
they will do less.
The root of the argument is about liberty.
Devolutionists say a strong central govern-
ment imposes heavy-handed restrictions on
citizens. \
The states, they say, would be more tuned-
in. Better yet, let people do things for them-
selves.
Opponents say only the Feds can vouchsafe
for individual liberty and for a humane safety
net
Ten score and seven years ago our forefa-
thers brought forth on this continent a roaring
and perpetual argument, conceived in liberty
and dedicated to ambiguity. Now we are
engaged in a great civic dialogue, testing
whether the prior, ongoing resolution of that
argument will long endure.
We are met on a great peaceful battlefield
of that argument. It is called the election of
1996.
Ben Wattenberg is a senior fellow at the
American Enterprise Institute. (
Banquet notes
Thanks to The Baytown
Sun for the wonderful cover-
age our recent Scholarship
and Awards Banquet
received. We have heard
many very positive com-
ments regarding the publicity.
We are gratefirl for your
company’s continued support
of and participation in our
Chamber.
—Ruben DeHoyos, chair-
man, Hispanic Chamber; Ed
Santos, president, Hispanic
Chamber; and Tavita Lopez,
chairman, scholarship and
awards banquet
Thanks, Crockett
We are proud of the quality
education our three sons have
received at Crockett Elemen-
■LETTERS A lovely evening
tary. The professionalism the
administrators, teachers and
staff demonstrated was
exceptional.
They nurtured our sons’
basic skills, inspired them to
search for greater knowledge
and instilled habits which
will remain with them
always.
They built a foundation for ‘
a lifetime of success. We
would like to express our
heartfelt thanks and gratitude 4
to everyone involved these
past 12 years. You made our
jobs as parents easier with
your concern for their futures.
—Robert and Janine Schrock
Baytown
, I would like to thank all
those who attended and
donated to the Baytown
Symphony “Moonlight and
Roses” Gala held at Sylvan
Beach Pavilion onMay 3,
1996.
A special thanks to Gary
Dobbs and David Eldridge
for the wonderful coverage
by The Baytown Sun.
The Gala Committee is to
be commended on providing
all the amenities that made
this a memorable and suc-
cessful evening.
My sincere thanks to each
Of you.
—Martha Jane Huddle,
events chair,
Baytown Symphony Board
SUN FILES
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from...
Barrios shows
market steer
Becky Barrios, a sophomore
at Sterling High School,
shows off her market steer
“Bubbles,” the reserve cham-
pion of the Baytown Youth
Fair and Livestock Associa-
tion.
Dan Listiak, a student at
Horace Mann Junior School,
has been named a U.S.
National Award winner in
speech and drama. He is the
student of Nan Tiller.
Dickey wins
speaking contest
Roger Dickey, 17, shows the
regional plaque award he won
in a public speaking contest
sponsored by the Knights of
Pythias.
• ••
The Robert E. Lee Gander
baseball team ended the regu-
lar season with a 5-0 shutout
over the La Marque Tigers.
Mrs. John Kubitz, recently
elected president of the Gulf
Coast Hospital Women’s Aux-
iliary, has lunch with some of
the other new officers of the
“Pink Lady” organization.
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