Estes Favored Claims He Has Proof
Washington reports Agriculture Department employee N. Battle Hales plans to tell Senate Investigations subcommittee on Capitol Hill that he can prove Billie Sol Estes received favored government treatment. Other witnesses include Carl Miller and William E. Morris as the panel probes Estes multi million dollar empire tied to grain storage fertilizer plants and cotton holdings.
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P— N. Battle Hales
Agriculture Department
Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Capitol Hill
Hales
Senate Investigations
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Estes
Congressional
McClellan Group
Carl Miller
William E. Morris
Department
Senate
Guido Now To Govern Under Dictatorship
In Buenos Aires President Jose Maria Guido faces accusations of restoring dictatorship by suspending Congress and outlawing parties to purge Peronists. Backed by military chiefs who installed him, he will rule by decree for at least a year as rail workers strike over salary and pension delays.
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Jose Maria Gi&ido
Argentina
Congress
Arturo Frondizi
Guido
Lightning Blamed In Historic West Liberty Fire
A weekend blaze destroyed a 147 year old brick landmark in West Liberty, home to Farmer's Supply Co, with damage estimated at 40000 dollars. Officials say lightning sparked the fire. In other notes, Princess Margaret's husband earns freedom to roam Mt Snowden from his title.
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West Liberty
Farmer’s Supply Co
London
Margaret
Mt. Snowden
Vance Named To Lead Army Post By Kennedy
Cyrus Roberts Vance, 45, hard working general counsel for the Defense Department, named to succeed Elvis J. Stahr Jr. as secretary of the Army. Announcement in New York. Senate confirmation pending. Stahr resigns June 30 to head the University of Indiana. Vance is a former naval officer and Yale-educated attorney who entered government service in 1957.
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Department of Defense
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
Army
Kennedy
Senate
New York
Stahr
University of Indiana
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Wall Street
Lyndon B. Johnson
Prisoners Escape From Galli polis Honor Camp in Frigid Morning
Two inmates fled the London Correctional Institution at 5 15 a m Sunday and remained at large. Kenneth R. Smith 33 of Lawrence County and George Nelson 24 of Hocking County are the escapees. Nelson faces a 120 year term for auto theft and breaking and entering while Smith is serving a 10 year to life for second degree murder. Kennedy cites the nation faces a push to raise overall output so more can be shared.
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Gallipolis State Institute
London Correctional Institution
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Lawrence County
George Nelson
Hocking County
Nelson
Smith
Freeman Leads Rally On Aged Medical Aid Bill In Cincinnati
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman spoke at a Cincinnati rally for a medical aid to the aged bill. Dr. Martin Cherkasky of Montefiore Hospital contrasted views, saying the King Anderson measure helps doctors while the American Medical Association opposed it. The 700-person audience included senior citizens and labor delegates.
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Agriculture
Orville Freeman
New York
Martin Cherkasky
Montefiore Hospital
Labor
Freeman
King Anderson
Mercury Aurora 7 Launch On Track For Thursday
Cape Canaveral technicians probe Aurora 7 capsule and Atlas rocket aboard. If no more bugs and weather cooperates the launch window runs from 7 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. EST next Thursday. Carpenter aims a three orbit 100 mile high flight with new experiments, following Glenn’s February flight. NASA Medicare campaign rolling.
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Cape Canaveral
John H. Glenn Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Carpenter's Ride Hinges On Bugs And Atlas Delay
The Kennedy administration pushes medical care for the aged with rallies and a TV push by AMA counters. President Kennedy predicts passage soon, while AMA rails against King Anderson plan and urges Kerr Mills alternative. Atlas launch delay due to a suspected electrical defect shifts Carpenter’s schedule. Cmdr Walter M Schirra Jr. remains backup pilot.
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Carpenter
Cmdr
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Dutch Evacuate Women and Children From New Guinea
Dutch authorities in Hollandia West New Guinea plan to move 120 women and children from Teminabuan to Vogelkop’s east coast and Biak after a Indonesian paratroop landing. The garrison rushed reinforcements as some paratroopers withdrew under attack.
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Hollandia
West New Guinea
P. J. Platteel
Teminabuan
Vogelkop
Biak
Eisenhower Urges Positive GOP Campaign Message
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower pressed Republicans to adopt a positive approach in the race for the House in November. He met with 10 GOP senators and representatives at his Gettysburg office to discuss a forthcoming statement of Republican principles and sought to sharpen its impact while trimming a 3200 word draft.
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Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House
Eisenhower
GOP
Senate
House Committee
Mass Flight From Algeria as Terror Fear Grows
Algiers reports a wave of departures driven by fear of reprisals from a secret army organization. About 2600 Europeans left by air over the weekend, with some 2000 more in the prior five days not intending to return. Ship passages also surged at the Algiers docks.
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Algiers
Algeria
Judge rules AFL not entitled to damages in NFL expansion case
U S District Judge Roszel C Thomson ruled that the American Football League cannot claim damages after the National Football League expanded from 12 to 14 teams. The decision centers on the league’s status and the impact of NFL expansion.
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Baltimore
Roszel C., Thomson
Ex Citizen Hopes To Undo The Wrong He Did
Robert Webster, 33, former plastics technician who defected to the Soviet Union in 1959, returns to Zelienople Pennsylvania after leaving his wife and two children. He seeks work and rest while considering reconciliation with his ex wife Martha, with Rand Corp president James Rand III saying he may help find employment. The U S Embassy in Moscow says he left a Russian girlfriend and her baby behind in Leningrad.
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Soviet Union
Webster
Cleveland
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New York
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Zelienople
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Moscow
James Rand III
Rand Corp
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Martha
U.S
Leningrad
America
Mansfield Signals Push for Kennedy Farm Proposals
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said an all-out fight is expected over President Kennedy's new farm proposals to cut multibillion-dollar costs and surpluses. He warned the legislation may take most of the week as GOP member Sen. George D. Aiken noted a dispute likely to echo into the elections.
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Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
Kennedy
George D. Aiken
Rvt
GOP
Senate Agriculture Committee
Nationalists To Accept Red Refugees From Hong Kong
Nationalist China says it will accept refugees fleeing Red China and Hong Kong overcrowding. Cabinet allocates 1000 tons of rice for immediate relief and seeks help from other nations to handle arriving refugees. The forecast notes seasonably warm temperatures with light rainfall varying by location.
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China
Red China
Hong Kong
Alsk
Brazil
Railroad Unions Fight Inflationary Pay Demands
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen seeks 25 cent hourly raise plus fully paid health plans and life insurance for survivors. Union aims to extend benefits to all 210,000 U S rail workers with a June 21 effective date as management calls the package inflationary. Basic craft wages range from 2.85 to 3.12 dollars per hour.
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Brotherhood of Railroad
Erhood
Brotherhood
United States
James A. Wolfe
Chicago
Association of American Railroads
Washington
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Union
Red Bloc warns of trouble Thai happy with U S
In Bangkok the United States signals SEATO support may go beyond Thailand as Gen Paul D Harkins says border forces have the situation well in hand. Troop buildup from Hawaii aims for 5000 troops while Ambassador Young pledges US presence as long as Communist threat endures. Prince Souvanna Phouma says American troops pose no Laos threat.
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Bangkok
Thailand
United States
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Laos
Paul D. Harkins
U.S
Southeast Asia
Hawai
Kenneth Young
France
Souvanna Phouma
Tulips Wilt Festival Down Poor Weather and Illness
In Holland Michigan the annual tulip festival struggled as sweltering heat and illness marred celebrations. Miss Michigan Karen Jean Southway was kept away by a chicken pox scare while Gov John B Swainson canceled due to weather. Ninety degree temperatures sent 35 people to hospitals as tulips wilted under the heat.
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Holland
Mich
Michigan
Karen Jean Southway
John B. Swainson
Supreme Court overturns six contempt convictions
The Supreme Court overturned the contempt convictions of six individuals who refused to answer questions from congressional committees probing Communist activity. In Toledo a 15 year old injured teen recovers from decompression chamber treatment after four hours underwater. In Saigon a Japanese engineer kidnapped by Communist guerrillas last month has been freed.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Toledo
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Democrats Highlight Record of Accomplishment in Conference
Democratic National Chairman John M. Bailey declared Republicans intellectually bankrupt while Democrats offer good issues and a real record of achievement. Bailey opened a campaign conference for Democratic women as the Columbus group pushes space research to create jobs. The stock market edged lower in slow trading in New York.
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Washington
John M. Bailey
Bailey
Columbus
Ohio
New York
Six Drown In State As Weekend Toll Rises
The Ohio weekend death toll reached 22 with six youths drowning in swimming accidents across the state during a 54 hour period from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. Three additional mishaps were reported, keeping the toll among the year's highest.
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Associated Press
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