Grand Jury Called Over Beating of County Official
Hardin County foreman Lenox Hawthorne called a special Grand Jury session for May 6 to probe the April 25 beating of Buddy Moore, admin assistant to County Judge Emmett Lack and publisher of the Kountze News, amid allegations involving Commissioner Hugh Means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy Moore
Lenox Hawthorne
Silsbee
Hardin County Grand Jury
Emmett Lack
Kountze News
Pet. 3
Hugh Bevil Means
Hawthorne
the Bee
Moore
Texas A&m University
Carson Watt
Comm. Means
Talmadge Combs
Lack
Means
Kountze
Silsbee Bee
Lee Kelly
Billy Paine
L. C. Kirk
Texas
Haskell Taylor
The
BEE
Commissioners Court
Combs
Southland Paper Co
Loftin
Justice of the Peace
Grand Jury
Rex Moore
Comm
Paine
Hugh Bevil
Judge Lack
Stanley Coe
County Court Votes to Move Ambulance Control to Commissioners
Hardin County Commissioners Court by 3 to 2 vote transfers a 1971 Ford station wagon from Sheriff Billy Paine to the Court. The move, argued as preventing fund diversion, follows claims the vehicle was used as a patrol car despite its ambulance origins to transport indigent patients to Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Barrington
Emmett Lack
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Hardin County
Billy Paine
Judge Lack
J. L. Loftin
Barrington
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Rex Moore
Hugh Bevil Means
Silsbee Auto Co
Lack
Lofting
M. A. Frazier
Commissioners Court
Moore
John Sealey
Oscar Yellot
Lumberton
Frazier
County Awarded Manpower Funds For Hardin County
Hardin County and its cities secured 142,692 in South East Texas Comprehensive Manpower Program funds. Title I workers will remain employed 12 months. allocations include a bulldozer operator and two truck drivers for 12 months. In Silsbee three positions funded after reductions. Funds support landfill operation and training programs under a regional consortium with Baytown Jefferson and TEC, Goodwill, and the Economic Opportunity Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
Silsbee
Baymont
Jefferson
Hardin
Orange Counties
Texas Employment Commission
Texas Rehabilitation Commission
Goodwill Industries of
South East Texas
Economic Opportunity Commission of
South East
South East Texas Regional Planning Commission
Emmett Lack
Setrpc
Council of Governments
Don Kelly
West Hardin High School
Charles Parks Arrested on Assault and Escape Charges
Charles Ray Parks, 23, of Silsbee, was arrested by Officer Dennis Allen at 8 04 p m on warrants charging assault and escape from custody. The assault alleged involves his wife Emma Jean Parks and Lucille Smith in early 1975, with the escape tied to an office incident on March 15. Bond set at 2200 dollars after arraignment before JP B L Comp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ray Parks
Silsbee
Dennis Allen
SPD
A. L. Burleson
Park
Emma Jean Parks
Lucille Smith
Parks
Burleson
Justice of the Peace B. L. Comp
Jefferson County
Charles Shutter
Ronald L. Eaves Given Probation After Burglary Conviction
Ronald Louis Eaves, 27, of Silsbee, was found guilty by a Tyler County jury of burglarizing a building and received 10 years probation in Hardin County. The trial began last week amid defense claims of mistreatment by Silsbee Police Chief Bob Ogden and Hardin County deputies. Judge Clyde E. Smith Jr. oversaw the case with attorney Houston Thompson for the defense and District Attorney R. S. Coe plus Cecil Tebbs for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler County
Ronald Louis Eaves
Silsibee
Hardin County
Billy Paine
The
BEE
Eaves
Paine
Silsbee
Bob Ogden
Silsbee Police Department
City Of Silsbee Receives $70,760 Revenue Sharing
The City of Silsbee will receive 70 760 in Federal Revenue Sharing payments for Entitlement Period 6 from July 1 1975 to June 30 1976, per City Finance Director Cesar Dominguez. Adjustments of 588 from prior periods raise total for period six to 71 348. Period 5 payments totaled 69 292.
Burglars Hit Ruggles Grocery in Silsbee
Silsbee police said burglars broke into Ruggles Cash Store at 510 West Avenue N before 6 35 am on April 30. They escaped with about 3 to 5 in change a portable television set and several cartons of cigarettes after smashing windows to gain entry. Mrs Essie Ruggles reported the break in at 6 35 am. Officer B M Anding led the investigation with Sgt A L Burleson assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruggles Cash
West Avenue N
Silsbee
A. L. Burleson
The
BEE
Essie Ruggles
Burleson
B. M. Anding
Woman charged with murder in Eddie Howard Sr shooting
Eddie Howard Sr. 28 was found shot to death near his Silsbee home on April 27. His wife Georgia Mae Howard 28 was arrested on murder charges after being linked to the scene. A brother-in-law, James Richardson, conveyed news of the killing to officers. Autopsy ordered and bond set at 20000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee City
C. E. Landolt Jr
Frank Grote
John Fordinal
Eddie van Winkie
David Shows
Eddie Howard Sr
Fresenius Road
Sils‘bee
Hardin County
Mike Holzapfel
the Bee
Howard
Georgia Mae Howard
Silsbee
Holzapfel
Ronald Barnes
James Richardson
Ed Thedford
Kountze
Justice of the Peace
Bennie L. Como
Billy Paine
Clean Up Campaign In Silsbee Planned May 10 31
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce and the City sponsor a Clean Up Silsbee campaign from May 10 through May 31. Farley Bowers urges all citizens to dress up areas around homes vacant lots and rental property. An inspection before May 10 will locate locations needing mowing and clearing with reminders issued by May 26. The City will send trucks to pick up trash and brush upon notification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
Silsbee
Farley Bowers
Chamber of Commerce
Bowers
County Receives Remaining 92 000 Flood Disaster Funds
Hardin County ready to receive about 92 000 dollars within 30 to 45 days from HUD and Texas disaster office reviews. Auditors visited Kountze April 16 17 to assess funding requests by the County Commissioners. The total 217 000 dollar claim was approved with about 125 000 already received from a 1973 Southeast Texas flood relief program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
Horace Moye
Hardin County
Criminal Justice Council
CJC
Moye
The
BEE
Rex Moore
Housing and Urban Development Office
Dallas
Texas
Department of Public Safety Disaster Office
Kountze
Richard M. Nixon
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R. W. McDonnell Construction Co
Sweatt Road
2St Street
Hays- Eldredge Real Estate Co
Hallanquist Realty Co
Houston
James L. Hays
I. F. Eldredge
van Winkle
Hays-Eldredge l Firm
Ronald Hickerson
Hickerson
Shows
Landolt
Leonard Karnes
McDonnell
Hallanquist
Hays-Eldredge
Karnes
Texas State Department of Health
21St and
Grote
Silsbee Nursing Home
T. S. Hooks
Hooks
Emmett
Woodville
Ronald Lewis Eaves
Norman Corley
Corley
Commissioners
Beaumont Enterprise
Pete Trest
Coe
Buddy
Hugh Bevis
Indica
Sheriff's Department
Tom Easley
Easley
Grady Tarver
Silsbee Department
Clyde Drake
Tyler
Polk
Trinity
San Jacinto
Texas Criminal Justice Council
Epenen
Ted
Taylor
Sheriff Paine
J.P
Cecil) Overstreet
Overstreet
Charles Parks
Ronald L. Eaves
City of
Ruggles
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