Channelview Man Kidnapping Case Reported
Police traced a kidnapping plot beginning with a Channelview man and involved a home trailer stakeout in South Houston. After a late night call, three suspects arrived with Jerry Don to collect ransom, triggering a police shootout that wounded the vehicle and led to multiple arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vereen Pooall
Hedrick
Regalang
South Houston
Ipoliee
Jerry Don
Paul Brookover
Leonard Toups
Regal Street
Baytonian 18 Wins Eagle Scout Award in Court of Honor
Dennis Bryan Rudder aged 18, son of Mr and Mrs William Rudder of 5412 Louise, received his Eagle Scout Award on January 26 in a Court of Honor conducted by Troop 134 sponsored by Wooster Baptist Church. The text notes arrangements for a van for Mont Belvieu senior citizens, with services and federal funding details, including monthly amounts and a December outreach count of nearly 1,400 served and 3,400 below poverty level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Bryan Rudder
William Rudder
Louise
Wooster Baptist Church
Moma
Mont Belview
Senior Citizens Project
Sterling senior earns music education clinician honor
A Sterling High senior and longtime scout from Rudder District 10 Texas earned a clinician award at a Loop area music meeting. Quane Lowe, district 10 scoutmaster, presented the honor in a workshop at Lamar University in Beaumont. About 15 to 20 public school music teachers attended the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling, Rudder
Grace Friench
Loop
Belvedere
Quane
Texas Music Educa
Boy Scout
Rancho Cina
San Marcos
Stench
Harlent Elementary
Pup of Thespian Free Puppy Club at Sterling
A six month old male collie named STAN WALLACE with a sousaphone joins the Ross Sterling group. The pup is brown and white and planned to study televi mixed pup fusion and film communications at the University of Houston after receiving shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Stan Wallace
Ross Sterling
Televi
Give Away
Ite
University of Houston
Funeral Notices from Adams Canales and Oliver Father Warms Baytown
Funeral notices list Franklin Marion Adama 77 with graveside services at Cedar Crest Cemetery Baytown for a retired farmer. Also listed are Will Newt Oliver 88 of Baytown with burial at Memorial Park, and Brooklyn Thomas Corbin 67 of Old River with services at Little Rock Baptist Church Mont Belvieu. Recipients include several relatives and survivors. arrangements handled by Earthman Funeral Home and Paul A. Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams Canales
Franklin Marion Adama
Lloyd
John Canales
Ednesday
Idm
Baytown
Vincent Oppital
Canales
Idlewood
Wert
O'Sullivan
Louise Hounds
of Bayioun
Mrx
Neda
Adame
Raytown
Ignacio L. Canal Tala
Datlon
Mrs Grease
John Machines
Sean
Redias
Bedias Baptist Cemetery
Earthman Funeral Home
Will Newt Oliver
Streich
Mee
Larr Penraany
Tigbert Oliver
Will Newt Oliver Jr
Reytown
J.D. Oliver
San Antonio
Old River
Hater
Sarah Sam
Beaumont
Arther Corbin
Cleveland Corbin
Milwauker
Wis
Alan
Walker Funeral
Barrett Station
Ford Cemetery
American Legion
Becamonh
Huffman Man Indicted on Murder Count
Harris County grand jury indicts Huffman service station attendant Benjamin Joseph Harville on capital murder charges for the strangling of Mildred Roberts 56 after a tavern closing early April. Indictment alleges rape and robbery. Roberts found inside the tavern fire scene. Harville, 22, has a prior Mississippi drug sentence and is detained in Harris County Rehabilitation Center since April 12.
Bailiff In Chambers Gets 150 Percent Pay Raise
Emmitt C. Cooley, bailiff for Chambers County, was granted a 150 percent pay raise to 450 dollars a month by the Commissioners Court. Cooley, 72, had requested 450 to maintain Social Security benefits. a Social Security spokesman noted eligibility remains unchanged after age 72. Judge Oscar F. Nelson supported the raise, citing rising caseload and Cooley’s solid record. The raise becomes effective February 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anahuac
Spi
Chambers County
Emmitt C. Coaley
Commissioners Court
Colley
Oscar F. Nelson
Social Security Administration
Nelson
Cooley
Baytown Jail Prisoner Found Hanged In Cell
Charles Tomas Randolph a 36 year old from 207 Bayshore was found hanging by a trouser leg in an individual confinement cell during a routine jail check. He had been arrested for assault and disorderly conduct after beating a family member and was pronounced dead at 7 00 a m. The death marks the second suicide in the city jail since it opened three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Pam
Alvin Soileau
Charles
Tomas Randolph
Bayshore
Emory Eads
Eads
Soileau
Randolph
J. Ausley
Ausley
Jallers
Race On For Casey's Seat and 2 State Posts
In a February 28 special election, candidates vie for the Houston area Texas House seats left by former representative Gene Jones and for the former governor’s district. The field includes Casey relatives, Houston attorneys, salesmen, and local officials, with Republicans and Democrats each fielding multiple contenders for District 97 and other state posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
Austin
Houston
Bob Casey
Erich John Hrann
Bob Gammage
J. Charles Whitfield
Pasadena
Roy Ybarra
Williams
John
Brun
Texas
Dr. Ron
Jones
Paul
Lake Jackson
Garvey Beck
Joe W.houston
Brisco
Gammage
Harts
Lil
Texas House
Dist
Pentony
Houston School Board
Alberty
Burglars And Thieves Have Busy Wednesday
Multiple thefts and burglaries reported in Baytown on a Wednesday. A 1974 pickup’s tape player valued at 346 dollars was stolen along with two batteries and a carburetor from a Chevrolet dealership. A Chrysler Tolgenhee was found with a stolen radio combination and a tire and rim missing. Items worth about 146 dollars were also reported stolen from another vehicle. Police connected the incidents to activity around local businesses and residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
James H. Griffis
Haytown
Bob Hamric
Robert A. Kerr
Chevrolet
Page-Dittman Motors
Griffis
Warren J. Lisenbee
Welferson
Frank Helms
Chrysler Tolgenhee
Horace Mann
Pruett
Houston
Bination
Armco head forecasts steel supply and rising prices
Armco Steel Corp president says American industry can buy all the steel it needs in 1976 but prices are likely to edge higher during the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Armco Steel Corp
General Telephone Sees $1.5 Million Baytown Expansion
General Telephone announces 1971 Baytown Division improvements with over 1.5 million in budget. Claude Jackson, division manager, notes plans to expand service across Baytown area including Highlands Beach City Mont Belvieu Crosby Huffman and Willbeslow with 890000 for switching centers and 753000 for outside facilities. The program aims to add 3200 telephones in the Baytown Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Claude Jackson
Harry Holiday
Bay
Town
Highlands
Beach City
Beslow
Mont Belvieu
Crosby and
Huffman
Jackson
General
Lee College Stiches Thanks From Retired Marine Student
Ex Marine Spt Ronald vd Burton USMC Ret thanked Lee College after vocational classes, noting his salary more than doubled since starting work in November 1979. He praised training and encouraged continued effort, while officials comment on progress and costs affecting staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee College
Spt
Ronald Vd. Burton
USMC
Also Mentioned on This Page
Channelview Man
Chambers
Dennis Bryan Nuddec
Baytonian
Swinging Club
Dick” Moagle
Mgr
Aepeas
Trans Medical Center
Roman Stearn Dowel
Contoniant Hi
Eva Klon
Zeo
Fabra
Britton Cravens Lumber CO
San
Saue
U.S.G. Batt Insulation
Sale
Shee
Armstrong
A. O'Neal
W. L. Feed
Hisdhee
Bromsheft
A.B. Lee
W. Hl. Sergent
Cort Pitts
E. D. Johanen
J. Ta
F. Frage
HL. Feshargh
C. W. Clark
Mackrom
Ire
MT. Peery
D. G. Langston
R H. Hobinton
D. W. Lewis
H. C, Mayfield
B. F, Hewitt
J. V, Gradmey
E.R, Dunigan
C. J, Greenie
C. R, Ekired
Burial Way
San Facinto
Memorial Park
Pearson
Falter Smith Jr
Leighton
Oliver
Charles Young
Buster McAlister
Pete
Paul A. Lee
Arooklyn Corbin
Hng
America
Kbrz 1460
KAS
ORNL
Sat
Sun
KULP
Kgol-Fm
Kine 1330
Houston Natural Gas
Frank. Joubert
Harris County
Houston Area
Holiday
Marine Corps
National Association of
Dee Wheatley
Stue and Energy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!