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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1963
Page
2
A page from The Silsbee Bee notes a paperback evaluative study titled Tornadoes Over Texas, detailing the Waco and San Angelo tornadoes of 19538, available free from the State Civil Defense Office with a limit of one per request. The item mentions staffers and printing details.
Local items report visits by J A Black to Kirbyville and Victor, Ralls of Manuel, and gatherings with nieces, nephews, and friends. Overseas service for George Vertis Jones noted, singing events attended, weddings, hospital trips, and travel to Dry Creek La. Added are family updates on illness, amputation, and a new baby for David Lee Murphy.
Martin Van Buren is identified as the first president born in the United States. The note places historical significance on his birthplace within the young nation. It highlights the milestone of an American born leader leading the country.
The cradle of American liberty is identified as Faneuil Hall in Boston, a historic meeting place closely tied to colonial gathering and public discourse.
The Sam Houston Shrine, former home of Texas founder Sam Houston, draws thousands yearly. Open 9 am to 5 pm daily except Thanksgiving and Christmas, it displays Houston relics including Santa Anna gear, Houston’s leopard skin vest, rocking chair, and cane. The adjacent museum covers Texas Revolution history and the Alamo, with the steamboat house statue of Houston’s death nearby and grave on a Huntsville side road. Huntsville State Park offers year round fishing boating camping and water skiing six miles south. Houston is about 76 miles north via several highways including Interstates 45 US 75 and 190.
Congressman Jack Brooks introduces a House bill to name the $60 million McGee Bend dam and reservoir on the Angelina River in Jasper County the Sam Rayburn Dam and Reservoir. Brooks cites Rayburn’s conservation work and notes funding actions since 1955 with closure targeted for 1964 and $10.45 million requested to push completion within about ten percent of total.
The 24th Annual Nacogdoches Horse Show runs August 1 to 3 with 7 30 p m performances and a free jumper and hunter exhibition Saturday at 9 a m Local entries include Miss Jan Wright riding Walkaway Dark Shadow and Dan Mize s Stonewall Premier among others from Texas Louisiana Arkansas and beyond Box seats through the Nacogdoches Altrusa Club and grandstand tickets available at the arena.
A news feature outlines how federal law and some 8 900 treaties govern Indian nations. It notes shifts from wards to self rule, cases like In Re Crow Dog, tribal tribunals taxing traders, and recent federal court rulings affecting murder trials and tribal divorces.
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