Nineteen Named by Pacific Finance in Amarillo Suit
A $4.3 million civil suit filed in federal court in Amarillo alleges Billie Sol Estes and associates conspired to defraud Pacific Finance Corp. of Los Angeles. The suit names Estes Enterprises Pecos Superior Manufacturing Amarillo Lester Stone Plainview Gillette McCamey and 19 individuals. It seeks at least $2 million in damages plus attorney fees and a receiver. A hearing is set for April 9 in Amarillo.
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M. R. Irion
Dallas
U.S. District Court
Billie Sol Estes
Mark Sullivan
Time Magazine
Harry McCormick
Dallas Morning News
Pacific Finance Corporation of
Los Angeles
Calif
Amarillo
Billie Sol Estes Enterprises
Pecos
Superior Manufacturing Company
Lester Stone Co
Plainview
Gillette Pipe Supply Co
McCamey
Pacific Finance
Estes, McSpadden
Orr, Alexander
A. B. Foster
Billie Sol Enterprises
McSpadden, Estes, and Superior Manufacturing Company
It All Began in a Bicycle Shop
J Laurance Martin who died at 71 marked the start of Amarillo’s radio history. In his rear bicycle shop the National Cycle Co first hosted WDAG on 1440 kilocycles, later joining with E B Gish’s KGRS on the same frequency. By 1935 both stations merged into KGNC under Globe-News ownership, laying groundwork for modern radio.
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J. Laurence Martin
Martin
National Cycle Co
E. 4Th
Amarillo
WDAG
E. B. Gish
E. 8Th
KGRS
The
Globe-News
KGNC
J. Laurance Martin
Travel Talk ad promotes Soviet travel in The New Yorker
The New Yorker features an Intourist page ad touting European trips to the Soviet Union with lines about Moscow shops and the Bolshoi Ballet. It asks if entry visas are easier to obtain than past exit visas and mentions questions about Moscow hotels. Also notes golfer Bob Clements and Phil Harris event winner Alice Faye.
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NEW Yorker
Intourist
Lexington Ave
New York
Eifel Tower
Moscow
Austria
Kremlin
Red Square
Bob Clements
Amarillo
Las Vegas
Phoenix
McSpadden Free on Bond in Lubbock Case
Coleman D. McSpadden of Lubbock a director of Superior Manufacturing Co. of Amarillo was freed from Lubbock County jail at 9 p m Friday on a 25000 bond after day long efforts by attorneys to secure bond reduction from 250000 McSpadden was held with Billie Sol Estes of Pecos Harold E Orr and Ruel W Alexander both of Amarillo in connection Bond on Page 9
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Harold F. Orr
Ruel W. Alexander
Amarillo
Coleman D. McSpadden
Lubbock
Superior Manufacturing Co
McSpadden
Billie Sol Estes
Pecos
Harold E. Orr
Probe Opens Into Estes Farm Program Activities
The House Government Operations Council will initiate an informal inquiry into Billie Sol Estes and his farm program activities. The move follows a Friday announcement of two investigations and a Senate records review request, amid removal efforts from an appointive post linked to the Pecos agricultural tycoon.
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Washington
Billie Sol Estes
Pecos
House
Government Operations Council
Estes
National Cotton
Weather Report From U S Weather Bureau Amarillo
Weather update covers Amarillo and region with cloudy to partly cloudy conditions, and cooler to warmer transitions. Includes New Mexico temperatures, daily highs 45 to 63, and a detailed 24 hour precipitation summary. Mentions grain storage probe links and Estes removal from cotton advisory council.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Yoneda
Kennedy appoints Byron White to Supreme Court
President Kennedy named Deputy Attorney General Byron R. White as associate justice to replace the retiring Charles Evans Whittaker. White, 44, former football star at Colorado and later NFL halfback, has served as No. 2 in the Justice Department under Robert F. Kennedy. The announcement followed Kennedy meeting reporters in his office.
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Atty
Byron R. White
Supreme Court
White
Charles Evans Whittaker
Fred M
University of Colorado
Detroit Lions
Pittsburgh Steelers
National
Citizens For Kennedy
Denver
Justice Department
Robert F. Kennedy
City Banks Show Gain in Amarillo Deposits
Amarillo five banks reported total deposits of 210 676 548 on March 26 1962 up 24 million from a year ago. The figure marks the second highest in local history, with earlier peaks over 200 million in 1961 and a record 219 596 809 reached in December 1961. Loans totaled 105 13 087 for the five banks, up from 92 977 993 a year earlier.
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Amarillo
Weather snapshot from Amarillo and other cities in 1962
Weather data shows Amarillo with 84 days of sun out of 8? in 1962. Comparative readings at 3 p.m. Friday note wind, visibility and sky conditions. Ammonium readings list cloudy conditions for Houston Dallas Oklahoma City with speeds around 12 to 19 MPH and fog.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
United States to seek UN army at disarmament conference
Geneva reports said the United States will propose eliminating national armies within nine years and replacing them with a United Nations force. The plan aims to counter a Soviet draft for general disarmament within four years. Secretary Rusk and Arms Control chief Foster were meeting in Washington as UN Army discussed.
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Geneva
UPI
United States
United Nations
Dean Rusk
William C. Foster
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Washington
Billie Sol Estes Rumors Sweep Pecos Coffeehouses
In Pecos on March 30 rumors swirl about Billie Sol Estes as locals discuss his vast agri business empire. Estes, 37, remains jailed in Reeves County on the courthouse’s third floor, while chatter brushes across tanks and deals.
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Pecos
Bille Sol Estes
Texas Agriculture
Reeves County
Morrie Ryskind Visits Amarillo in Editorial Column
A recent guest in Amarillo Morrie Ryskind discusses his visit today in the editorial columns on Page 6.
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Amarillo
Morrie Ryskind
Parade of Beauty Blacked Out at Burgess Hill Factory
London March 36 AP workers at Deri Engineering Works Burgess Hill halted production after management whitewashed the factory window to block view of passersby. Workers demanded daylight and returned to work after a meeting. manager said the cover was for safety with high speed machinery.
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London
Deri Engineering
Burgess Hill
Geoffrey Batchelor
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United Grain Co
Wilson
Pacific Finance Corporation
Orr
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Gishes
Travel
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Soviet Union
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Fifth Avenue
Lenin
Bolshoi Ballet
U.S
Alaska
Grandpa
Wes Izzard
Bond
Byron
Whizzer) White
By Vernon Louviere
Daily News
U.S. Weather Bureau
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StLoraze Ang Couwson Aclivilies
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Department of Agriculture
John Tower
Agriculture Department
National Cotton Advisory Committee
William Morris
Morris
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Ralph
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ASC
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Freeman
National Cotton Advisory Council
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Yale Law
JFK
Daily News Index
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Billie Sol
Clyde Walter
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