Silsbee Police Beat Quiet Amid Several Minor Incidents
Silsbee police logged seven arrests including five for public intoxication and two thefts this week. Cpl. Tommy Robinson investigated a theft of a barber pole at 1000 block of South 3rd Street and the burglary at 440 Bonner reported by Earnest Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee
A. L. Burelson
Tommy Robinson
South 3Rd Street
James Beddie
Bonner
Earnest Thomas
Boddie
Fast Ave. N
South 4Th Street
North Otl
Ave. H
South 96
Highway $27
Ave. R
Beaumont
Man Found With Victim's Stolen Car
Hardin County deputies say Dallas police arrested Arthur White 23 on assault and drug charges after finding the abducted victim Donald Snodgrass’s 1975 car in White’s possession with Snodgrass’s luggage inside and Connecticut plates replacing Missouri plates. Snodgrass of Florissant Mo was abducted July 12 from Beaumont Holiday Inn and beaten and robbed at a Sour Lake motel. About $60 in cash and several credit cards were taken. White will be questioned in the Snodgrass case in Teveden County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Dallas
Donald R. Snodgrass
Arthur White
CIA
Snodgrass
Snoderas
Missouri
Connecticut
Florissant
Beaumont Holiday Inn
Sour Lake
Hardin County
Billy FE. Paine
White
Teveden County
Charges Dropped for Judge Lack and Houston Thompson
Hardin County Judge Lack and Silsbee attorney Houston Thompson had all charges dropped when Judge Miron A. Love granted a motion to quash the indictments. The case involved three counts of official misconduct tied to three dated incidents in 1976 and revolved around indictment clarity and grand jury secrecy issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miron Love
Hardin County
Emmett Lack
Houston Thompson
Thompson
Buddy Moore
Silsbee
Miron A. Love
Houston
Lack
Stanley Coe
Zeke Zbranek
Zbranck
Zbranek
Neal Duvall
July Sales Tax Rebates Hit Texas Cities Totals
Comptroller Bob Bullock mailed 5385 checks totaling 13.4 million to Texas cities including Silsbee which received 10292.21. The first quarter 1976 gross retail sales statewide hit 98.3 billion, up 13.8 percent from 1975 and 28.2 percent from 1974, with out of state firms adding 50.6 billion in Texas sales. City rebates through July total 158.8 million, up about 13 percent from 1975. Beaumont received 225474.70, Jasper 15801.28, Sour Lake 736.75, and Kountze 1660.01.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Bob Bullock
Texas
Silsbee
Bullock
Waller County
3Eaumont
Jasper
Sour Lake
Kountze
Hardin County Doctor Arrested On Drug Charges
Dr. Yandel Fults, 33, a osteopathic physician in Lumberton and Spear Lake, freed on two $10,000 bonds after Jefferson County indictments for fraud in obtaining controlled substances. A five month probe by Beau mont PD special services, the State Board of Medical Examiners, and Hardin County Sheriff led to a Hardin County grand jury charging him with delivery of controlled substances. He appeared before Lumberton Justice of the Peace Ray Martin for arraignment as warrants were served by Charles Laird and Ralph Oborne. Offenses include writing prescriptions for demeral and for audidaries his dispensing certification for schedule I drugs suspended by DE A and Texas DPS. Indictments cite dates May 24 and June 7 at Lucas Lav-U Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yandel Fults
Lumberton
Spear Lake
Hardin County
Fults
Jefferson County
Special Services
Beaumont Police Department
State Board of Medical Examiners
Trardin County
Services Held For C W McGinty 82 in Silsbee
Funeral services for Charles Walter McGinty 82 a Silsbee businessman were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Farmer Funeral Chapel with pastors R E Barclay and R E Jonte presiding. Burial followed at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Beaumont. McGinty died Monday at his residence 505 North Sixth Street after an illness. He had worked in the office of the Silsbee Klee the Co and grew up in Waco later living in Tyler Beaumont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsboe
Charles Walter McGinty
Farmer
R E. Barclay
R&r.e. Jonte
Iterating
Bunal
Forest Lawn
Beaumont
North Sixth Street
Silsbee Klee the Co
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
McGinty
Waco
Tyler
Welt
Firemen Record Four Runs In Week For Silsbee
Silsbee Fire Chief Russell Busby reports four fire runs for the week. On July 18 an apartment fire at 440 South 11th Street damaged the bed and wall from a mattress fuel, apartment owned by Robert Dill and rented by Harry Mitchell. A subsequent call involved Atlantic Richfield at 6:16 am Monday for a pump shaft gasket packing failure.
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Silsbee
Russell Busby
Silsbee Fire Department
South 11Th Street
Harry Mitchel
Robert Dill
Atlantic Richfield
Atlantic Richfields Company
Attorney General Requests Transcript in Lack-Thompson Case
The state attorney general seeks a transcript of last Friday's Lack-Thompson proceedings. District Attorney Cov says he has not heard of the request and will contact AG Hill for details. Local observers wonder if the state plans to appeal Judge Love’s ruling quashing three official misconduct indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Cov
State Attorney General
Lack-Thompson
Coe
Hill
John Hill
Love
Thompson
Houston
Juege Kinnett Lark
Thompsen
Docket of 88th District Court Sets Aug 9 Trials
Civil docket lists trials for Monday August 9 at 9 am with cases including Bill Warren v Tim Elred dba Hardin County Auto Sales and George Robinson v DeWitt Air Conditioning Co. plus multiple school district and corporate cases. Additional trials scheduled Aug 16 Aug 23 Sept 7 and Sept 20 with numerous parties and firms. District Clerk Aline Harper oversees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
88Th District Court
Aline Harper
Bill Warren
Tim Elred
Dba
Hardin County Auto Sales
George Robinson
DeWitt Air Conditioning
Shannon Malone
Charles Samuel Patet
Billy Bob Charlton
Shirene Barge Lumberton
Crestview Mobile Sales Lumberton
D. B. Sebull Lumberton
Hugh
Eva Prudhome
Texas
Ins
Ass'n
Creola Andrews
Crosby & Heaton
U-Wash-N-Dry
Theda van Brocklin
Kansas City Fire & Marine Ins. Co
Fort Shaver
At & A.m
Jin Seymour
RL Gillespie
Claude Thompson
Tin City of Silsbee Rouad
Scarborough
Fred Anders 58 County Tax Assessor Dies On Wednesday
Fred Anders longtime Har din County tax assessor collector died Wednesday at St Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont at 58 after illness. He served since 1969 and was active in church and local Masonic groups. Funeral Friday at First Baptist Church Silsbee with burial Resthaven Cemetery graveside rites. memorials to cancer research fund at M D Anderson Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Anders
Hardin County
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont
Anders
First Baptist Church
Silsbee
J. A. Hendrix
R. B. Barclay
W. F. Lescallette
Duirial
Resthaven
TAAQ
Mae Bertie Anders
Michael Anders
A. P
San Augustine
Joe
Kountue
Aubrey
Clinton
Okla
Gladys Alford
San Aupoistine
FEM Simimonskr
Phappatel Broussard
Rasimonad Bartiness
Robert Neyland
Bully Paine
Loral Vaught
Village Creek Estates
First Assembly of God Church
Senior All Stars Keep On Winning
The Silsbee Little League senior division reached the district quarterfinals led by catcher El Ray Rush batting .444 in playoffs and pitcher Benton McDonald who threw a one hitter and a three hitter for two wins. Eddings started on the mound with five clean innings before McDonald finished, as Silsbee beat North Beaumont 7-3. Stutts, Rush and McDonald led the offense with timely hits and run production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lattte Leeaue
Jeff Knighten
Rusty Taylor
Benton McDonald
Tommy Jordan
Joe Lee Prince
Kent Muskgrove
Derrell Ferguson
Dobie Dear
Michael Laird
Allen Stutts
Jerry Eddings
Rudy Jr
Laber
Perry Williams
Caouard
R. We Rush Sr
David Green
Pat Ratliff
Silsbee
el Ray Rush
Liberty
North Beaumont Pood
All Stars
North Benaumont
Deris Eddings
McDonald
Boig
Benton M Donald
Davie
Toons
Tyler County
Rattis
Mal Tal
Tyler
David
Tite
Silk Frame
Lihert
Bente
Jorex Eddines
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Duvall
U.S
Argu
Ments
Zbraneck
Court of Criminal Appeals
Crand
Tov
Zbhranek
Gertrude Fields
Gladys Williams
Lucas Lav-U
E. LuCas
C. W. McGinty
oSee McGinty
Sushee
Gerald J. Havel
Dessie
Ione Havel
Florine Thomas
Rub
Dabney
Estate of Pleas
King
E. E. Hutto Jr
Anna B. Hutto
Anglean Howard Vs
O'Ban
Nions’ Inc
Georgia
Bee
Jimmy Earl Mosey Et al
Albert Lee Roberts
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Co
Venora Reynolds Hampton Et al
RC. Williams
Ax Lloyd M
Feland
Evelyn Rati
James McCullough
George Relinson
Travelers Ins. Co
Lucy Smith
al H
Moran
James Dunin
State of Texas
Kenneth Willis
David Tson
Knupple
Gerald Byron
Kansas City Fire & Marine
James Wil
Western Auto
Earl Shaver Store
Jurl R. Laird
First National Bank of
Brandine Fund For Cancer Research
M.D. Anderson Hospital
el Hav Bich
Kent Muskerme
J. W. Banks
Thei Boys
Rosedown Plantation
Gardeny
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