Mobile Home Beset by Shotgun Fire Near Old Spurger Highway
Five 12-gauge blasts struck the Powell Hoke trailer on Old Spurger Highway at 10:20 p.m. Monday June 1 as James Powell and Connie Hoke Powell were away at a movie. Mrs Hoke described a light car and a brief spotlight prior to the attack. Deputy Dale Smith collected shell pellets and wadding as he began the investigation.
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James Powell
Spurger Highway
Powell
Connie Hoke Powell
Ray Hoke
Horace Hoke
Sheriff's Department
The
BEE
Connie
Horace Edward Hoke
Smith
Wayne Robinson to head Eastex pollution control division
Evadale based Eastex Incorporated created a new division in its technical department naming Wayne E. Robinson as director of environmental control. The four person unit will coordinate ongoing pollution programs and seek improved abatement methods across the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastex Incorporated
Wayne E. Robinson
Eastex
Robinston
R. M. Buckley
Robinson
Houstonians Charged In Two County Burglary Cases
Four Houston residents including a 16 year old deceased, Amanda Villarreal III, faced burglary charges for May 17 at Kountze Pharmacy and May 25 at Saratoga Ready To Wear in Hardin County. Other suspects included Robert Trahan 17 and John Shiffield 17. Villarreal was killed May 26 in a sheriff vehicle incident.
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Houston
Kountze
Saratoga
Justice of the Peace
C. A. Kimball
Villarreal
Sheriff’s Department
Kimball
Shiffield
John Michael Kelley
Eaton
Paratrooper Larry Williams Visiting Family in Georgia
Larry Williams, stationed at Fort Benning 16a with the U S Army, is visiting his mother Mrs Ray Robinson and family. After June 22 he will be bound for Vietnam where he serves as a paratrooper.
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Larry Williams
Fort Benning
U.S. Army
Ray Robinson
Vietnam
Whitman Visit Connects Merryville Women
Mrs. Leona Whitman and her daughter Lillian visited Mrs. Ellen Whitman in Merryville Louisiana, sharing a family gathering and social call.
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Leona Whitman
Lillian
Ellen Whitman
Merryville, la
Autopsy Fails To Determine Cause In Deputy Car Death
Amanda Villarreal III, 16, of Houston, was hit on May 26 by Deputy Dale Smith’s patrol car near Saratoga. Autopsy cites massive trauma but cannot decide if death occurred before or from the collision. Deputy Smith says the youth was struck while in the road. he died at the scene per Judge Kimball.
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Dale Smith
Amanda Villarreal III
Houston
Smith
Kountze
Justice of the Peace
C. A. Kimball
Howard R. Wilcox
Beaumont
Kimball
The
BEE
Saratoga
Hugh Bevil Means
Texas Department of Correction
Means
Villarreal
Theft and Burglary Probed by Silsbee Police
Silsbee police investigated a May 27 burglary at a garage on 310 W Avenue J where a car battery was taken. Patrolman O Barbo investigated that case. Separately Lewis Bendy of 530 Avenue H reported several items, including shoes, stolen from his home. Both cases under department review at press time.
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Silsbee
James L. Martin
Lamar O'Barbo
Annette Ebarb
W. Avenue J
O’barbo
Lewis Bendy
Avenue H
Skydiving Show and Plane Rides At Hardin County Airport
This weekend residents can enjoy plane rides and a skydiving display at the Hardin County Airport between Silsbee and Kountze. The event, a Hardin County Civil Air Patrol fundraiser, starts about 1 30 p m each afternoon with rides in private planes and gas donated by local distributors. Parachuting begins Sunday with CAP emergency services equipment on display and donations collected to support operations and equipment maintenance.
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Hardin County
Silsbee
Kountze
Beaumont
Hardin County Civil Air Patrol
Lee Sheffield
Beaumont Municipal
Silsbee Oil Company
Parace Huting
City Police Arrest Soldier Alleged To Be AWOL
Silsbee police report arrest of Larry Lightfoot 24 reportedly of Silsbee for being absent without official leave from the U S Army. Lightfoot had been AWOL from Fort Dix New Jersey for about a year and a half and was held at Hardin County Jail in Kountze awaiting military action.
Mr and Mrs E J Dietrich Visit Susan Dietrich in Houston
Mr and Mrs E J Dietrich plan a weekend trip to Houston to visit his mother Mrs Susan Dietrich. The family gathering centers on the Houston visit with no other events noted.
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Mrs
E. J. Dietrich
Susan Dietrich
Houston
Runoff Primary Shapes Hardin County Elections
Hardin County voters face a pivotal runoff Saturday with a Democratic candidate to be named for sheriff and county treasurer. Precinct 2, including Lumberton and Kountze, will pick a county commissioner as polls open at 8 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. in 13 boxes, with Silsbee polls noted.
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Tommy Read
Hardin County
Lumberton
Kountze
Silsbee
O’neil
Caney Head
Wiley Mae
BEE
Sheriff's Office
Billy E. Paine
Tommie D. Easley
Easley
Commissioners Court
Henry Overstreet
Paine
Eassley
Howard Barrington
Oscar “Red” Adams
Barrington
Lumberton and
Adams
Sheriff Named In Damage Suit Against Easley and others
Two brothers from Silsbee file a $7,000 damage suit in district court naming Sheriff Tom Easley and two private citizens as defendants. They allege illegal seizure of their 1966 Corvair on April 11 from Lot 26 in Mitigwa Estates and towing to Gibson's Garage in Kountze caused $36.83 in damages. The suit seeks damages for repairs, deprivation of use, trespass, mental distress, and punitive damages for alleged willful, malicious conduct.
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Tom Easley
Auto
Jimmy R. Doven, Jr
Silsbee
Grady T. D. Doven
Lake Charles
Easley
Don Pitts
Beaumont
Robert Neal
Fred B. Doyen
Mitigwa Estates
Jimmy Doyen
Sheriff's Department
Doyens
Petitton
Gibson
Kountze
Silsbee Man Draws Charge of DWI In Beaumont
Three persons faced justice court charges in Beaumont on Tuesday for driving while intoxicated. Roland Francis Melancon 41 of Port Arthur was arrested May 27 at a Port Neches intersection and charged in Justice of the Peace Wallace McCasland court. James Edward Rice 61 of Silsbee was also charged before Justice J. Paul McNeill.
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Beaumont
Justice Courts
Roland Francis Melancon
Port Arthur
Port Neches
Court of Justice of the Peace
Wallace McCasland
Justice of the Peace
J. Paul McNeill
James Edward Rice
Silsbee
DWI
Silsbee ISD Reinstated in Civil Rights Compliance
The Department of Health Education and Welfare reversed an earlier finding and declared Silsbee Independent School District in full compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 regarding school integration. Funds blocked under Title II and III were to be reconsidered, with Robinson Elementary to operate as integrated next September and 116 Negro students to be reassigned to desegregated schools by Sept 1970.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Silsbee Independent
SISD
Don L. Hough
Hough
HEW
Examiner
Frank Robinson
Texas Education Agency
Robinson
Anthony J. Iacobo
Hearings Set Friday In Suits Against IBEW
A 9 a.m. Friday hearing in 88th District Court in Kountze cases to stop alleged vandalism by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Locals 2286 Beaumont and 390 Port Arthur. Suits filed May 28 by Southwest Electric Utility Construction Co. and R D Cooper Construction Co. name L D Whitmire Boyd Frazier Walter Overstreet Jr Maurice Garcia and Wayne Davis as implicated parties.
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Kountze
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Beaumont
Port Ar
Thur
Gulf States Utilities Co
Aline Harper
Southwest Electric Utility Construction Co
Houston
R D. Cooper Construction Co
Zachary
Cooper
L. D. Whitmire
Victor, Boyd
Milton Frazier
Sour Lake
Walter Ray Overstreet Jr
Maurice Garcia
Wayne Davis
Burglars Hit Carl Milstead Service Station on FM 92
The Carl G. Milstead service station two and a half miles north of Silsbee on FM 92 was burglarized Monday night with about 113 dollars in goods and damages. Deputy Sheriff Iva Moore reported the case under investigation Tuesday morning finding entry by prying hinges. Thieves took cigarettes fishing gear keys to locks and to gasoline pumps.
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Carl G. Milstead
Silsbee
Iva Moore
Moore
Miltead
Youth Injured When Motorcycle Swerves To Avoid Truck Crash
A Silsbee youth was slightly injured Thursday when his motorcycle left the roadway to avoid a collision with an automobile. Silsbee police reported. Patrolman M. D. Merrill and Sgt. James Martin noted the incident.
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Silsbee
M. D. Merrill
James Martin
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Wayne Robinson
Houstonians
Sheriff
Henry M. Donelson Jr
Versie Flowers
Clyde Haynes
Donelson
Flowers
IBEW
John Busby
Carl Milstead
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