Estes Tales of a Texas Kingpin Collapse and Probes
The 37 year old dubbed a West Texas wonder faced multiple investigations into fertilizer distribution cotton land deals grain storage and ties to federal officials. A federal grand jury has indicted him for fraud and eight indictments for felonious theft accompany ongoing suits. Mortgages totaling 34.5 million on 33500 storage tanks across 11 counties raise questions as the FBI seeks empty tanks and the case broadens across Pecos Amarillo and other areas.
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West Texas
Lour
Department of Agriculture
Pecos
Tex
Amarillo
Estes
Texas
West
FBI
Embarrassing Prisoner Escape Involving Dallas Officials
A muddled report describes an FBI probe touching Texas officials over alleged cotton allotment transfers. Estes and associates face investigations by Senate committees into potential improper meetings, with West Texas agriculture and lending firms affected. A separate jail escape tale from Brunswick, Georgia ends with a prisoner stuck in a small hole and freed by jail staff.
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Brunswick
Grady Hopkings Jr
Hopkins
Billie Sol Estes empire collapses amid charges
By Robert E Ford in Dallas Estes said last year he was worth 50 million dollars. Now his financial empire collapses as criminal and civil charges mount. National finance companies the federal government and Texas farmers contend with the fallout and claims.
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Robert E. Ford
Dallas
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
National Finance Companies
Texas
Pravda's 50th Anniversary Under Communist Rule
Pravda marks its 50th anniversary in Moscow as the official voice of the party. The paper circulates widely, prints what the party wants the people to know, and suppresses information it does not wish disclosed. It carries no advertising or comic strips and seldom reports on accidents.
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Moscow
Pravda
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