Testimony by Estes Reopens Slaying Probe
FRANKLIN Texas AP testimony by Deron Estes opened new avenues for investigation into the death of Agriculture Department official Henry H. Marshall. Robertson County grand jury plans to subpoena additional witnesses. Texas Attorney General Will Wilson noted questions and potential self incrimination by Estes.
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Estes
Russ
Robertson County Grand Jury
Henry H. Marshall
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Texas Atty
Will Wilson
Marshall
Cofer
Here
Agriculture Department
Justice of the Peace
J. A Jachimczyk
Houston
Way of a Wizard Gilbert Milks Millions, Flees to Brazil
Edward M. Gilbert, once a Wall Street wizard and head of a firm, admitted unauthorized withdrawals totaling almost $2 million. He fled to Brazil, arriving after a Varig Air flight as authorities pursue extradition.
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Gilbert
Rio
New York
Wall Street
Edward M. Gilbert
Brazil
Varig Air
E. L. Bruce
E. L. Bruce Jr
Bruce
Bennington Graded Action Sets Board Size Pattern
Bennington voters at the June 26 annual meeting will be asked to nominate two candidates for the new union school district board from the Bennington Graded School District. Trustees plan a floor motion to limit nominations to two, with a district wide vote possible if more than two candidates are chosen. Other districts may follow, and the July organizational meeting would ratify two nominees per district. Some details include term rules and potential voting methods. Also covered are private concerns about whether two nominees suffice for each district and the process to select them.
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Bennington
New Union School District Board
Union School Board
Union Board
Graded
Union
Extra Dividend Gift for Couples in East Greenbush
In East Greenbush New York couples applying for marriage licenses receive a small extra dividend. Town Clerk Virginia Ochs presents a gift box with samples of soaps cosmetics aspirin and other household items donated by manufacturers.
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East Greenbush
N.Y
Rensselaer County
Virginia Ochs
Musicians Ban Live Pre Recorded Music at Shows
AFL-CIO union members cannot perform live when pre recorded music is used with exceptions by local unions. The ban was adopted at the sixth annual convention after a vote and directs members also to avoid recording music when combined with live performances.
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Pittsburgh
American Federation of Musicians
Afl-Cio
Stock Market Hovers Near 1962 Low Amid Turbulent Session
The market remained near the 1962 low as the Dow Jones average slid to 574.04 and the broader AP and S P 500 indices held around May 28 levels. Analysts debate what constitutes a true low while seat prices on the NYSE fell to 115000 dollars, the lowest since 1959.
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New York
Associated Press
Standard & Poor
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Senate Finance Committee
New York Stock Exchange
Come Home Dearborn Postman Finds Crayon Letter
A Detroit suburb mail carrier discovered a stampedless note in a mailbox. The note on ruled paper reads Dear Mommie Come home love Jerry and is decorated with purple crayon flowers. The item was intended as a message to Mommie from a child named Jerry.
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Dearborn
Mich
Kenneth Butler
Detroit
Mommie
Jerry
First Baptist Church Fund Nears Top Goal
Members of the First Baptist Church of Bennington met for a victory meeting toward a 90000 dollar education building drive. Campaign director D Ralph Nichols reported 85000 in gifts and pledges and pledged more to be counted. Lester H Nichols contributed 200000 filling the 290000 needed. Pastor H Glenn Payne praised the 500-member congregation. Final report meetings are set for June 24 and July 1.
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First Baptist Church of
Bennington
D. Ralph Nichols
American Baptist Home Mission Society
Lester H. Nichols
First Baptist Church
H. Glenn Payne
Payne
Nichols
Senate approves massive defense bill and RS70 battle
The Senate approved an 88 to 0 vote a defense bill worth 48.5 billion dollars. Debate centered on funding for the RS70 jet reconnaissance strike aircraft with proposals to cut 320 million and 280 million for a Navy aircraft carrier. Kennedy and McNamara signaled limits on extra RS70 spending despite private hints from McNamara.
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Washington
Senate
House
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate Appropriations Committee
Kennedy
Robert S. McNamara
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Robertson
McNamara
Proxmire
Laos Crisis: US Pushes Neutral Leader to Head Geneva Talks
Washington moves to prevent pro Communist Prince Souphanouvong from assuming control of Laos' new coalition as two other regime members leave the country. U.S. officials urge Premier-designate Prince Sovanna Phouma to lead Laos' delegation to a 14 nation Geneva conference later this month to preserve neutrality.
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Washington
United States
Souphanouvong
Laos
Red Prince
U.S
Sovuanna Phouma
Geneva
Three Big Airlines Face Deadlock in Looming Strike
Negotiators for Trans World Airlines Pan American World Airways and Eastern Air Lines meet with Labor Secretary Goldbert and government mediators after a 21 hour deadlock over wages and crew size. The dispute centers on reducing cockpit staff from four to three by reassigning duties to a flight engineer. A 1,700 engineers strike could idle 62,000 workers.
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Arthur J. Goldbert
Trans World Airlines
Pan American World Airways
Eastern Air Lines
Alcatraz Escapees Likely Aided By Outside Help
The three Alcatraz inmates John Anglin Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris may have had outside assistance to reach the mainland. FBI investigators check recent visitors as 200 armed agents sweep Angel Island while authorities suspect a driftwood raft aided their escape from Alcatraz 1.5 miles offshore.
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Alcatraz
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Examiner
FBI
John Anglin
Clarence
Frank Morris
Angel Island
San Francisco
Allen Clayton
Atlanta’ Ga
Anglin Brothers
Morris
Two U S Officers Fined and Suspended for Beating
At Camp Howze Korea a nine member court martial fined 600 dollars and suspended two officers for six months for unlawfully detaining assaulting and giving false testimony in a case involving a Korean. Lieutenants David W Swanson and Thomas M Wilde admitted guilt. The ruling sparked Korean demands for jurisdiction over off duty offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Howze
Korea
David W. Swanson
Galsburg
Ill
Thomas M. Wilde
Wordsworth
U S Sergeant Killed in Action Near Saigon Area
A U S Army sergeant was killed and two American crew wounded in a combat operation with Vietnamese troops near the Laotian frontier about 360 miles north of Saigon. The wounded, a captain and a sergeant, were taken to a field hospital at Nha Trang. Names withheld pending next of kin notification. The action occurred in central Viet Nam where U S special forces train local units to defend villages against Viet Cong. A separate air assault destroyed a Communist depot 40 miles north of Saigon with 25 tons of rice and 3,000 gallons of gasoline captured.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nha Trang
Viet Nam
U.S. Army
U.S
United States
Ngo Dinh Diem
D Zone
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Manhattan
Frank S. Hogan
First Baptist Church Fund
Franklin A. Riley
Senate House Conference Committee
Sen
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
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Alan B. Shepard Jr
America
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Fred Wilkinson
Federal Director of Prisons
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