County Wins Decision In Pipeline Case
Hardin County officials hail a Fifth Circuit ruling in Trunkline Gas vs Hardin County as a landmark decision. The court voided Texas Senate legislation aimed at making taxpayers cover pipeline relocation costs, signaling possible $200000 savings if upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Hardin County
United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Trunkline Gas
United States Supreme Court
Fletcher Richardson
Court of Appeals
Texas
Tion
Richardson
Harding County
Emmett Lack
Beaumont
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
District Court
Silsbee Trustees Call $1.5 Million School Bond Election
Silsbee school trustees voted unanimously Wednesday night to call an election for 1.5 million dollars in school bonds. The vote sets a May 23 election at the Silsbee Fire Hall. A petition with 100 signatures urged funds to build two new high schools in the district.
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Silsbee
Major Taxpayers Quiet On Proposed Silsbee High Schools
Silsbee school trustees met with representatives from major local industries to explain the plan to build two new high school units. Supt Don L Hough outlined eight months of study showing 1.5 million dollars as the affordable bond threshold and the best long term solution to overcrowding.
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Silsbee
L. A. Yankie
Herbert Elmore
Newton Hopkins
Board of Equalization
L. D. Self
Dudley O. Stone
Kirby Lumber Corp
Owen L. Bergman
Bill Bledsoe
Sinclair Oil and Gas Co
Phillip W. King
Trunkline Gas Co
Warren G. Nevins
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Bob Underwood
Atlantic Refining Co
Gilbert Wallis
Humble Oil and Refining Co
James Culver
James A. Hall
LeRoy Poole
Southwestern Bell Telephone
M. A. Malone
Houston Natural Gas and Houston Pipeline
L Knox
Sam Houston Electric Cooperative
Roy L. Hester
Gulf States Utilities Co
D. C Kenerly
Southern Pine Lumber Co
E. J. Eddy
Glen L. Kirby
East Texas Pulp and Paper Co
G. E. Schuler
Santa Fe Railway Co
Alf Fullingim
Supt
Don L. Hough
Hough
Campaign expense reports filed in Hardin County races
Hardin County candidates filed their first campaign expense reports with County Clerk Clarence McNeely by April 24. Totals listed include Dwayne Overstreet 1715.00 for County Attorney and multiple amounts for Tax Assessor, Commissioner, Sheriff, and other offices. McNeely noted 575 absentee ballots had been cast by 5 p.m. Tuesday April 28.
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Hardin County
Clarence McNeely
Secretary of State
Dwayne Overstreet
Willie Bean
Nick W. Mitchell
Milton R. McKinney
I. T Odom
Virgil L. Caraway
Frank S. Payne
R. L. Taylor
Houston Fields
Joe D. Hunt
Clint Walston
E. F E. Cotton
Olan H. Davis
Don L. Hawthorne
Tommie D. Easles
Ira W. Moore
FE. W. Coleman
O. P Roden
Henry Overstreet
Howard Hargrove
McNeely
Junior College Proposal Faces Ill-Timed Hurdle
Local officials from Kountze and Silsbee gathered with the Kountze Chamber of Commerce committee to hear Dr Strahan of the University of Houston advocate a Hardin County junior college. They warned the plan may be ill timed as Silsbee schools seek funds for new high school facilities and existing junior college needs are pressed.
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Kountze
Hardin County
Silsbee
C. R. Baker
Chamber of Commerce
H. C. Hopkins
Warren Bower
Horace Whittington
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bruce Watts
Weeks Crawford
Virgil Caraway
L. J. Garner
Chance-Loeb
Garner
Parking Meters To End Free Saturday Parking In Lilsbee
City Manager Kirby Lilljedahl says starting Saturday May 2 downtown Lilsbee will end free Saturday parking. City council approved the change two weeks earlier amid long plans to curb unrestricted parking and enforcement will begin with fines for cars in front of meters marked with red flags. Meter rates are one cent per 12 minutes with a 110 cent two hour maximum and accept pennies nickels and dimes.
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Lilsbee
Kirby Lilljedahl
Parkers
Lilljedahl
Grady Tarver
Silsbee
Panther Trackmen Take Third State AA Meet Finish
Panther track team earns third among 48 Negro class AA schools at Prairie View A&M. Carver Amarillo wins with 86 points, Gross Victoria runner-up with 62. Silsbee sent 15 qualifiers. Panthers notch two seconds one third four fourths and one fifth with Iaa Jones Joyce Gilmore Brody Turk Wesley Thomas among place-winners.
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Waldo Mathews
Panthers
Carver
Amarillo
Gross High
Victoria
Prairie View A&m
Silsbee
Iaa Jones
Yuard Dash
Joyce Gilmore
Brody Turk
Wesley Thomas
Republicans to Hold First Primary in Hardin County
Hardin County voters will cast ballots in a Republican primary at the Silsbee fire hall from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Judge Frank Grote oversees this polling site for the contest on United States Senator with four candidates George Bush Milton W. Davis Jack Cox and Robert Morris. A separate Republican primary will occur at Allen's TV in the Chance Loeb box with a presidential preferential ballot featuring Goldwater Rockefeller Smith and Stassen.
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Hardin County
Wade Parker
Silsbee Fire Hall
Frank Grote
Allen
T. V
Parker
United States
George Bush
Milton W. Davis
Jack Cox
Robert Morris
Barry M. Goldwater
Nelson Rockefeller
Margaret Chase Smith
Harold Stassen
Neches National Bank names Nelson O Long Jr president in Silsbee
Nelson O Long Jr former vice president of Sharpstown State Bank Houston is named president of Neches National Bank Silsbee He plans to move to 415 North Sixth Street with wife Jan and children Cheryl Vicki and Nelson The appointment awaits Comptroller of the Currency approval and an early directors meeting set for May 2 with officers likely chosen by mid May 1323
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Neches National Bank of
Silsbee
Hardin County
Nelson O. Long Jr
Sharpstown State Bank
Houston
Kountze
Long
the Bee
Jan
Cheryl
Vicki
Nelson
North Sixth Street
Sam Houston State College
Huntsville
Sharpstown Rotary Club
PTA
Chamber of Commerce
First National Bank
Conroe
Oak Forest Bank
Earl Wills
Bank
Heavy Vote Expected In Saturday's Primary
Local and state campaigns in Texas build to a fever pitch as voters head to polls Saturday. Silsbee election at the Junior High School cafeteria will have 33 election workers, with John Connally and Don Yarborough among gubernatorial contenders and many races statewide including lieutenant governor and railroad commissioner drawing attention.
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Texas
The
BEE
Silsbee
Richard Jones
Includ
C. W. McGinty
Democratic Executive Committee
John Connally
Don Yarborough
Johnnie Mae Hackworthe
M. T. Banks
Preston Smith
Albert Fuentes Jr
Gordon McClendon
Ralph Yarborough
Joe Pool
Bill Elkins
Robert W. Baker
Dan Sullivan
Bob Looney
John C White
Millard Shivers
Jim C Langdon
Jesse Owens
State Supreme Court
Jack Pope
Sears McGee
Ninth Court of Civil Appeals
Hardin County
James F. Parker
W.G. Walley
Beaumont
Hardin, Polk
San Jacinto
Emmett Lack
Kountze
Henry M. Donelson Jr
George P Kirkpatrick Jr
Gordon Dickinson Sanity Trial Set For Rusk June 22
Gordon B. Dickinson 40, a patient at the state mental hospital in Rusk, is set for a sanity trial June 22 in Cherokee County Court at Rusk. The defense seeks to prove sanity after his 1961 murder of Robert I. Parks. trial date set by County Judge J. W. Chandler on petition by Dickinson’s mother.
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Gordon B. Dickinson
State Mental Hospital
Rusk
Hardin County
Robert I. Parks
Cherokee County
Dwayne Overstreet
the Bee
Bessie Dickinson
J. W Chandler
Silsbee
Houston Thompson
Overstreet I
Dickinson
Overstreet
Paul 8. Cox
Leo Hickman
Jerry Clark Af Silsbee
Hickman
Parks
Ira W. Moore
Gordon
Precinct Convention Set For 7 30 Here Saturday Night
The Democratic precinct convention will be held Saturday night at 7 30 at the Junior High School. Delegates chosen here will attend the county convention on May 9. Haskell Wilson of Village Mills is the County Democratic Chairman.
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Earnest Nerren
Haskell Wilson
Village Mills
Election Results To Be Posted At Bee Office Sat
The Silsbee Bee will post Har din County contest results starting at 7 p m Saturday night. A lighted board will hang on the Bee office and election judges are to telephone results as counts finish. Larger boxes may report twice at closing and later with a full tally using a public address system for statewide races.
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Silsbee Bee
Hardin County
Bee
County To Pay Hospital Insurance For Employees
Hardin County will pay the entire premium for its employees under the Blue Cross Blue Shield hospitalization and medical plan. Coverage applies to employees only. dependents may be covered only if employees pay for them. The court also renewed a surplus commodity contract with the State Department of Public Welfare and discussed library and health service matters.
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Hardin County
Commissioners Court
Fletcher Richardson
State Department of Public Welfare
Two Men Held On Aggressive Assault of Officers
Don Miller of Rountze and Roy Blount of Silsbee, both about 25, were arrested on separate charges of aggravated assault on officers. Miller allegedly attacked Highway Patrolman Leo Hickman about midnight Saturday five miles east of Silsbee after a drunk check. Miller posted bonds of 1000 and 500 for the two charges. Miller had not yet been booked at the jail.
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Don Miller
Rountze
Roy Blount
Silsbee
Dave Rountree
Miller
Leo Hickman
Rountree
Silsbee High Junior Wins Berth To State TIL Finals
Silsbee High students earned honors at the Texas Interscholastic League regional meet in Houston. Judy Jones, a junior, placed second in shorthand and qualified for state finals. Joy Hopkins, another junior, was second in feature writing but cannot advance. Leon Stokesbury, a senior, finished fourth in poetry interpretation. Only first and second places advance to state. The regional meet was held last Saturday in Houston.
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Silsbee High
Houston
Weeks Crawford
Judy Jones
Silsbee
Joy Hopkins
Leon Stokesbury
Jaycees Plan Seat Belt Campaign In Silsbee Saturday
The Silsbee Jaycees launch a non profit seat belt drive starting Saturday May 2 at 9 a m to install belts in cars at Silsbee Auto Co. service department. Warren Bower says newer cars mostly need belts and colors will match interiors. A factory rep and auto staff supervise. The city council approved belts for police cars. Installation takes about 15 minutes.
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Silsbee
Chamber of Commerce
Warren Bower
Silsbee Jaycees
Bower
Jaycees
Horace Whittington
Jaycee
City Council OKs Tax Attorney Contract and New Inspector
City council renewed the contract with delinquent tax collection specialist Cr. Chance, who has collected over $12,000 in past due taxes. Cesar Dominguez says Chance has improved the back tax roll. J. W. Kirkendall was approved as the city’s new electrical inspector at $180 monthly plus gas allowances. Council added that he should not perform city electrical work after pending jobs.
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Cr. Chance
Silsbee
Cesar Dominguez
Dominguez
Chance
J. W. Kirkendall
John Fordinal
Kirkendall
Council
Injuries Slight In Friday Collision
T. J. Tucker 32 of 645 Dar din Drive sustained a scalp cut about 12 45 pm in a collision with a transport truck driven by Charles Edward Paris 36 of Fort Worth at the Highway 327 and 96 South intersection in Silsbee. Tucker a Santa Fe fireman was taken to Hardin County Hospital by a Farmer ambulance but his injuries were not serious. The truck owned by Rider Tank Lines of West Virginia was northbound as Tucker traveled west. Skid marks showed brakes applied 101 feet before stopping. Police Chief G C Tarver said the truck driver paid a fine for running a red light.
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T. J. Tucker
Dardin Drive
Priday
Iate
Charles Edward Paris
Fort Worth
Silsbee
Tucker
Santa Fe
Hardin County Hospital
Rider Tank Lines
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Bulletin
Panther
Neches National Names
Nelson Long
Robert Stanley Coe
R. A. Richardson
Willis Bean
Tommie D. Easley
E. W. Coleman
O. P. Rode
E. E. Cotton
Saratoga
L. R. Taylor
Gordon Dickinson
Bee Office
Hardin-Polk
Hardin-Jas County
Newton
Tri-County Healthvice
Jaycees Plan
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