Burnet Man Guilty of Voluntary Manslaughter in Barton Slaying
A Burnet County jury found two brothers Lee Don and Frankie Ray Houston guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the September 20 1975 killing of David Lee Barton. Both were given prison terms of ten and five years respectively, probationary on condition. Barton was shot outside his home near Burnet while talking with two sheriff’s deputies. The case centered on a dispute with Barton’s wife Eula Jean Barton over a common law marriage and child custody.
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Lee Don Houston
Texas
Frankie Ray Houston
David Lee Barton
J.W. Hammond
Judicial District of Texas
Burnet County
P.A. Lewis
Danielle Meredith
W.P Matthews
J.T. Hasty
Theresa Lewis
Jess Hall
Sam McHam
Silas Lemuel Black
Juanita Simmons
Frances M. Reed
Melvin Campbell
Keith Clark
Barton
Lewis Crump
San Saba
Edith Roberts
Austin
Lee
David Barton
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FE Marble
Elgin Shelburn
Weldon Buck
Shelburn
Houston
Lee Don
Brackenridge
Albert Lalonde
Lampasas
Porterfield
Frankie
Eula Jean Barton
Barton's
Eula Jean
Aretha Barton
Crump
Burnet Stadium
Aretha
Norma Jean Mosee
Mosee
Sheriff names new deputy for Burnet County
Sheriff Wallace Riddell hires Bob Kennedy of Silver Creek to fill a deputy vacancy. Kennedy, a Silver Creek resident with prior roles at U Hual and as assistant chief of police in Marlin, will patrol Silver Creek Council Creek Cassie and Inks State Park and may become certified under the grand father clause. The sheriff had earlier announced hiring George Humphrey of Houston for the post, but Humphrey did not take the job and remains employed in Houston.
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Burnet
Burnet County
Wallace Riddell
Silver Creek
Bob Kennedy
Kennedy
Peggy
Riddell
U-Haul
Marlin
Council Creek
Cassie and
Inks State Park
George Humphrey
Houston
Jim Parker
Humphrey
Burnet Wins PUC Ruling Lowering Continental Rates
The Public Utilities Commission reduced Continental Telephone charges in Burnet marking a $1.75 cut for one party residential lines and a $0.50 rise for one party business lines while setting a 7.98 percent fair rate of return. Burnet City Manager Jack Tippit praised the outcome though cautioned against higher overall rates as Continental must fix service deficiencies and rewrite tariffs within 20 to 30 days.
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Jack Tippit
Continental
Public Utilities Commission
PUC
Southwestern Bell
Tippit
Bertram
Buchanan Dam
Lake Victor
Commission
Continental Telephone Corp
Barnet
Bell
Jim Arnold
Burnet Continental
Arnold
Marble Falls man dies by self-inflicted gunshot near Austin
Funeral services were held for 62 year old Clarence Braziel of Marble Falls. He was found in a 1975 Buick along Texas Hwy 71 West near the AR 3238 intersection with a .22 pistol and died of a chest wound. Authorities say no note was found and Ill health may have been a motive. Braziel was a retiree from the Lower Colorado River Authority and is survived by his wife, two daughters, a mother, a father, a brother, a sister, and three grandchildren.
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Clements Funeral
Cllarance Braziel
Braziel
Travis County Sheriff's Department
Jim Collier
Travis County
Texas
Collier
Brazier
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Alvena Braziel
Sandra Trussell
Linda E. True
Jonesville
Essie Braziel
Dallas
William Braziel
Goldwaithe
Bob Braziel
Austin
Margaret Pumphrey
Burnet Trustees OK Track Bid and Set 1977 School Election
Burnet School Board accepted a 4570.74 bid from CEJ Construction for track curbs and jumps, ordered the 1977 school board election for April 2, renewed Superintendent Wilkin’s contract with one-year extension, and hired Jerrilyn Baker and Laurie Walker. The board also approved a short term loan of 60,000 to cover teacher salaries after December school closures.
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Burnet
Robert Wilkin
Sally Williams
Jerrilyn Baker
Laurie Walker
Gene Taylor
Williams
Wilkin
Taylor
First State Bank of Barnet
Witkin
Library Bids Deadline Extended in Burnet County
Burnet County Commissioners meet in special session at the courthouse to extend the bid deadline for new library furnishings to 1 p.m. Feb. 1 with bids opened Feb. 2 and awarded Feb. 7. They also accepted the bond of Precinct 2 Commissioner Hardy Willis.
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Burnet County
Library
Semenee Wr Ge
Hardy Willis
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