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    March 11, 2010
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    ’49 Rocket 88 a perfect gift
    When Baytown resident Bill Going, 81, talked to his children about the good old days, he invariably brought up his favorite car — a 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket 88.
    Baytown man killed in 7-car pileup on 146
    A 54-year-old Baytown man died Wednesday morning in a head-on collision that turned into a seven-car pileup and tied up traffic on Highway 146.
    Barge worker’s mishap investigated as man recovers
    A barge worker who was knocked into Mitchell Bay and nearly drowned could be released from the hospital today, a company official said Wednesday.

    By Jane Howard Lee
    Present from past
    Bill Going and his wife, Joy, get ready for a ride in the new Rocket 88. Going’s son, daughter and his children’s spouses surprised him with the car that is almost exactly the same as the one he drove in 1949.
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