Two youths arrested after police chase in Silsbee
Two brothers aged 14 and 16 led officers through Silsbee in a stolen 1969 car, spotted on Second Street. After a high speed pursuit ending in a ditch, they were captured and turned over to a judge. Police say the theft fits a pattern of 11 joyride thefts in recent months with keys left in late model cars.
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Silsbee
Morris Cole
Don Merrill
Ruby Lee Walker
North Fourth
Second Street
Britton - Cravens Lumber Co
Avenue H
Waldo Mathews
Edgar Blood
Chief Blood
Walker
H. A. Coe
Richard Collier
North Fourth Street
Collier
North Lee Miller Road
Beaumont Boys Charged In Silsbee Service Station Hold Up
Two Beaumont youths 18 and 17 plus a 16 year old juvenile are held in Hardin County jail on $15,000 bonds each for armed robbery at Texgas Service Station 885 North Fifth Street Silsbee. A passerby’s tip led to quick arrest within 30 minutes as the suspects fled in a 1961 car. A .22 pistol and most of the cash were recovered.
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Beaumont
Silsbee
Hardin County
Kountze
Edgar Blood
Paul Wayne McCarthy
Pollard
Emery Alfred Harvey
Pine
Texgas
North Fifth Street
J. D. Westbrook
Westbrook
Jefferson County Sheriffs Department
Highway 69
Jefferson County
McCarthy
Harvey
Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
Preston Smith Takes Oath As Governor
Preston Smith was inaugurated as governor and Ben Barnes as lieutenant governor before about 5,000 people in West Texas style. The crowd heard promises on law enforcement and water development as the new administration prepared for a 140 day legislative session.
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Preston Smith
Ben Barnes
West Texas
Dallas
Smith
Lubbock
Barnes
de Leon
Texas
Rabies Vaccination Clinic Set For January 24
The City of Silsbee sponsors a yearly rabies clinic with Dr. N G Ferrell at Ferrell Veterinary Clinic near Highway 327. Vaccinations run 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., pets including dogs and cats qualify, and city license tags can be purchased at the clinic.
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Silsbee
N. G. Ferrell
Ferrell Veterinary Clinic
Highway 327
Kountze Man Charged After Shooting Silsbee Officer
Timothy Lacy, 24, of Kountze, was charged with assault with intent to murder after a confrontation at Donalson Motor Co in Silsbee. Lacy allegedly swung at patrolman James Martin, fired four times, injuring Martin and wounding a customer. Donalson and Martin were treated for injuries.
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Kountze
Silsbee
Timothy Clarence Lacy
Court of Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore
Lacy
Donalson Motor Co
Jerry Donalson
Donelson
Donalson
Jerald D. Donalson
Jerald Donalson
Charles
J. D. Donalson
Martin
James Martin
W. W. Pullen
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Register to vote now for Texas elections
Deadline for voter registration is Friday January 31. All voters must register with the county tax assessor-collector or deputy. No charge for registration as poll tax is outlawed. Silsbee voters face city election with mayor and three council members, school board trustees, and possible special elections.
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Texas
Silsbee
Four burglaries keep Hardin County deputies busy
Investigations into two Lumberton vacation homes and two Kountze weekend houses led to the arrest of Lemial Arline within 30 minutes of a burglary report. Items missing include a rifle, shotgun, stereo, cash and other goods. prints found, Eason home burglary under ongoing inquiry.
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Village Creek
Neches River
Lumberton
Hardin County Sheriffs
Glen Cove Estates
Joe Rameros
Beaumont
Cowart
Kountze
Newsom Center
Herbert Hargraves
Lemial Arline
Hargraves
Arline
Court of Silsbee
I. C Eason
Evergreen Acres
Silsbee
Burglary at Read-Turrentine Elementary Files $970 Missing
Read-Turrentine Elementary School reports equipment valued at about $970 stolen last weekend. Principal P. G. Ellis found the loss Monday morning after entering his office. Entry was through a broken classroom window. Items stolen include a 16 millimeter Bell and Howell projector a Wollensak tape recorder and a 3 M office copier. Silsbee Police Department investigations ongoing.
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Read-Turrentine
P. G. Ellis
Don L Hough
Silsbee Police Department
Callaway Family Visited Tyler Over Weekend
Rev and Mrs A A Callaway and their children from Tyler visited over the weekend in the home of her parents Rev and Mrs F C Drake.
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A. A. Callaway
Tyler
F. C. Drake
Public Meetings Set By Lumberton Water District
Steering Committee members and local leaders announce upcoming public meetings to discuss a combined water supply and sanitary sewer system along with a waste disposal plant for Lumberton. Rose Hill and Lions Club groups show support, while exact sites and dates are to be determined. Residents urged to express interest and provide a head count to assess demand and loan repayment capability.
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Lumberton Water Supply Co
Bee
Eugene Fitzwater
Rose Hill
Lumberton
Wilson Green
Lumberton Lions Club
Lions Club
Green
State of
Texas
Lumberton Independent School
Fred Anlders
Leon Armstrong
Eugene Fitywater
J. C. Dorrell
No Settlement Yet as OCAW Sinclair Talks Continue
Negotiations between the National Committee of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union and Sinclair Oil remained unsettled in Kansas City on Wednesday afternoon. Wendell Jones of Silsbee, secretary and treasurer of Local 4-592, reported he was in Kansas City for bargaining. About 2000 Silsbee-area workers are affected by the oil industry strike that began January 3, with some unions back at work after partial agreements.
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National Committee of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Sinclair Oil
Kansas City
OCAW
Silsbee
Wendell Jones
Nixon Is Inaugurated as 37th President of United States
Richard Nixon took office on a gray wintry day pledging unity and a peacemaker role. He urged Americans to lower their voices and spoke of reduces rhetoric while vowing to cool divisions and build national cohesion. Chief Justice Earl Warren administered the oath at the Capitol, with Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey among the onlookers as Nixon and his wife rode to the White House amid cheering crowds.
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Earl Warren
California
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Chicago
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Airport zoning delay halts federal aid in Hardin County
Hardin County airport faces a funding halt as FAA records list non compliance over a missing airport zoning board. Dr. N. G. Ferrell says two county commissioners must be appointed to the zoning panel, with Kountze and Silsbee already seated. County leaders have yet to act, delaying grants and project eligibility. Expansion work on 4.6 acres near Highway 327 continues, with a highway sign planned to guide traffic to the airport turnoff. Use of the new facility has risen, but federal funds await county action.
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Hardin County
N. G. Ferrell
Federal Aviation Authority
Ferrell
Dale Smith
FAA
Kountze
Silsbee
Emmett Lack
Virgil Caraway
Smith
County Commission
Texas Highway Department
Ferre
Arson Charges Filed Against Two Fred Men
Two men from Fred are charged with arson for setting woods fires on January 5 and 6 in southeast Tyler County. Earnest Ray Craward, 25, and Robert Wayne Watts, 20, were arraigned before Justice of the Peace Joe Loge visi Woodville. Bail was set at 1000 dollars each. The investigation, led by Texas Ranger Billy F. Eaves and Ranger Everett Smith, remains ongoing with more arrests anticipated.
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Tyler County
Earnest Ray Craward
Robert Wayne Watts
Fred
Justice of Peace
Joe Loge
Everett Smith
Jasper
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C. R. Castle
Nederland
Flying Red Horse Club
Lumberton Water District
Richard Nixon
America
Piro Agnew
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