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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1975
Page
2
The roster lists Leona Whitman and Lee Kelly with Mrs titles, plus Fern McAdams Linda Nolen and Richard Weathersby as editor and staff. It includes roles for society and personal editor reporter photographer secretary receptionist controller and mechanical department foreman operator linotype operator printer pressman.
Rep Geo E Danielson proposes 18 U S C amendments to impose fines equal to illegal corporate or contractor campaign contributions. A list shows top offenders with penalties totaling millions, yet fines remain modest with many counts at the $5,000 cap.
In a fairness note the speaker suggests a candidate may be unaware the unlawful contribution was accepted by their campaign committee. The quote references Rep Danielson urging no foot-dragging in amending the code.
One woman art show by Jenny Miller opens at the First National Bank on Sunday February 23 from 2 to 5 pm. Miller, a Silsbee artist and vice president of the Silsbee Arts League, teaches acrylics at home and works mainly in oils. Her nature scenes are shown year round at the Silsbee Public Library and the bank display runs through February 28 during banking hours.
Robert Joseph Howard Sr., 75, died Monday at St Elizabeth Hospital. Funeral services were held in Lena Mississippi at 11 a.m. February 19. He lived in Silsbee the past four years. Survivors include his wife Effie Slay Howard, son Robert J. Howard Jr. of Jackson Mississippi, daughters Cornelia Wayne Gray of Silsbee and Ann Osborne of Denver.
Silsbee Volunteer Firemen fought four incidents between February 13 and 18 led by Fire Chief Russell Busby. A woods fire near Forest Hills north of Silsbee prompted Texas Forest Service involvement at 1 30 p.m. February 18. A grass fire at the Hardin County dump west of Silsbee occurred February 16 at 5 23 p.m. An under hood blaze on an auto near Cara way Motor Co. caused by a leaking gas line was reported February 16 at 7 35 p.m. A mattress fire inside a truck sleeping compartment at Cara way Motor Co. was extinguished February 13 at 10 50 a.m.
Lawmakers report spending about a million dollars daily in January with emergency measures totaling 314.8 million and a push on the 1976 77 budget. Key items include 93 million for state employee raises and 80 million for school districts as well as 18 million for junior colleges. President Ford frees 2 billion in highway funds to aid jobs, while state court actions and new appointments populate state politics.
Funeral services for Ernest C. White, 55, were held at 2 p.m. February 15 at Rock Hill Baptist Church with Rev. B. M. Kenebrew officiating. Burial followed in Zion Hill Cemetery. White died after arriving at Doctors Hospital on February 10. He was a Jasper County native and World War II veteran. Survivors include son Robert Charles White of Fort Worth and sister Velma Sutton of Silsbee.
Evangelist Richard Vaughn will be guest speaker at the Batson revival at First Baptist Church Batson from March 16 to 23 at 7 30 nightly. Pastor Rev. Robert Capps will lead the singing assisted by J W Clard.
University of Chicago ombudsman Joel Levin handled 65 complaints from bike security to housing and rest rooms. He cites frequent indifference in large bureaucracies and notes how small petty obstacles worsen the problem before higher offices intervene.
Ancient civilizations hoarded gold but the total likely equals only the annual yield from South Africa's Witwatersrand region.
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