Evins assails Postal Service and urges Post Office Department return
Rep Joe L Evins Tenn criticizes USPS performance citing late medicine from Lebanon to Watertown a 15 mile distance as example. He urges drastic reform including restoring the Post Office Department, halting staff cuts and freezes and ending bonus incentives that hollow out management experience. Congress should act in the public interest.
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Joe L. Evins
Tenn
Pony Express
Watertown
Lebanon
Postal Service
Con4gress
Post Office Department
U.S. Post Office Department
Congress
Crump Attacks Public Fallout From Postal Stamp Change
Crump condemns harsh criticisms of Postal Service workers amid service issues beyond their control. Patrons upset as Home Town cancelling stamp replaced by a Section number, seen as a PR failure.
National Bank Organizing Petition for Silsbee Texas
A group applies to the Comptroller of the Currency to organize a national bank in Silsbee Texas with main office at 403 Highway 9 South Hardin County. They seek 20 000 shares totaling 120 000 dollars and name Walter Francis Davis as exclusive agent.
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National Bank Act
National Bank
Highway 9 South
Silsbee
New Neches National Bank of Silsbee
New Hardin County National Bank of Silsbee
Said
Walter Francis Davis
P. O
City of
Groves
County of Jefferson
State of Texas
Nelson Lang Richard Jones
Highway 96
South Silsbee
Texas
Vo. Co
James R. Perlitz
Earl B. Stover
North 5Th Silabee
Insurance rate changes and open meetings reforms debated in Texas
Prominent Texas officials promoted lower rates for auto and homeowners insurance through board approved deviations from standard rates. Governor Briscoe backed a bill to allow auto rate deviations and new property insurance rules were pledged to curb costs. Open meetings reform HB 3 was signed with stronger penalties, while privacy and lobbying provisions faced criticism. A state employment survey noted minority representation but ongoing pay gaps, with lawmakers scheduling meetings to address discriminatory practices. Court actions included a Tyler youth reversal on a nude swimming case and a Dallas editor’s overturned conviction.
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Austin
Dolph Briscoe
State Board of Insurance
House
Senate
Briscoe
Price Daniel Jr
People's Lobby
Daniels
Texas Legislative Council
Department of Public Safety
Tyler
Court of Criminal Appeals
Dallas
Texas Court Decisions and Appointments Highlight 1970s News
Summary of court rulings awarding damages for tornado loss to a Silverton man. a Third Court of Civil Appeals order to reinstate a dismissed Temple ISD teacher. a Dallas defendant granted a new trial in a fatal shooting case. ARMCO pollution penalties in Houston. numerous state appointments by Governor Briscoe. pollution and consumer protection bills advancing. funding allocations for manpower and public service programs. varying tax and tuition policy notes. constitutional and health care measures moving forward.
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Supreme Court
Silverton
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Temple Independent
J. W. Edgar
Court of Criminal Appeals
Dallas
Houston
Armco Steel Corporation
Houston Works
Ann Chappell
Fort Worth
Constitutional Revision Commission
Briscoe
O. T. Moore Jr
Lockhart
Joseph Patrick Kelly
Victoria
John C. Taylor
Seguin
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority
Frank Douthitt
Henrietta
Midwestern University
Henry
Nancy) Ewald l
Commission On
Texas
Air Control Board
John Hill
House
Senate
Attorney General
U.S. Labor Department For Public Employment Program
PEP
Silsbee Marine Letter Seeks Crime-Free Home Town Image
Sgt Berryman serves overseas and writes that Silsbee’s front page dwells on crime. He urges residents to curb lawbreaking to keep the town welcoming and safe for returning servicemen, warning crime shapes the town’s future.
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Sgt
Berryman
Silsbee Bee
Silsbee
Bee
Othe
Garden of Eden
Kountze VFW Post Seeks Membership Drive
Kountze VFW Post 8574 seeks eligible veterans for membership. Meetings are the second and fourth Thursdays at 7 30 p m in IOOF Hall Kountze. A ladies auxiliary is being formed and 1 754 Hardin County veterans qualify. Contact H R Holzapfel or J P McKinney for details.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8574
Kountze
H. R
Mike) Holzapfel
IOOF
Hardin County
VFW
Holzapfel
J. P. McKinney
William D. Gardner
Bennie Smith Jr
A. D. Boyette
Billy Paine
Don Merrill
Something New in All-Americans
A spoof All-American Recruiting Team with named fictional recruiters from various colleges. The piece lampoons college football recruiting, naming characters such as Moe Cavinu, Lamont Larue, Diogenes Loman, Clem Arms, and Honest Arnie Wither in exaggerated roles and quotes.
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New York
CBF
Moe “the Elephant
Cavinu
Ohio State Sandhog College
Bronko Nagurski
Indiana
Ronald Reagan
Lamont
Larue
North Dakota
Buster Stones Breaker
Stonebreaker
Diogenes
Slick” Loman
Brooklyn Donut
Blintz Makers Tech
Loman
Art
D-B Tech
Carrithers
Green Bay Packers
Tech
Clem
Octopus
Arms
Georgia-Wyoming Cooperative A&i
Wladisylaw Muskie
Poland
Las Vegas Chorus
Arnie Wither
Sumac College of Arboriculture
HE Club To Tour Nursery On April 24
The North Silsbee Home Extension Club meets April 24 at 9 30 a m at Mrs Thomas E Clark home and travels to Bettys Bloomers Nursery on FR 418 at 10 a m for a hanging baskets demo by Mrs Betty Hinkie. Members may invite a guest per president Mrs Lorraine Paine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Silsbee Home Extension Club
Thomas E. Clark
Betty’s Bloomers Nursery
Betty Hinkie
Lorraine Paine
Holy Week Services at St John’s Episcopal Church
St John’s Episcopal Church at 2215 Roosevelt Drive Extension lists Holy Week events. April 19 7:30 p.m. Holy Communion. April 20 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. meditations on the Last Seven Words. April 22 10:00 a.m. Easter service with 11:00 a.m. children’s service and flowering of the cross. Vicar Donald Sheffield invites the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Roosevelt Drive
Donald Sheffield
Lovin Memories to Revert Powell
Memoriam note from Helen honoring Powell on birthday April 1 as a gentle, beloved friend. She recalls kind words and patient care, and says Powell is not forgotten and will be remembered. The message expresses lasting love and tribute.
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Powell
Caer
Emilr
Jong Ae Lite
Mary
Helen
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Jasper
Tyler Jefferson
R. L. Read
Mrs. Leona Whitman Lee Kelly
Society and Personal Editor
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Fern McAdams
Harold Leigh
Mrs. Johns. Basye
James Johnson
Billy Joe Williams
Michael Minton
By Joe Crump
EVINS
U.S. Postal Service
Congressional Record Daily
A & IL Club
Now
David Whitman
Nippy Morgan and
The
Reflections
Larry Gordon and
Country Souls
Crump
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Tyler Counties
U. S
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Africa
Kountze Vfw Post
Hongry
Hartman
Watergate Investigation
Ralph Novak
Holy Week
H. E. Munden
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