Estes Probers Tie GOP Aid to Estes Case and Farm Bill Battle
House investigators heard that Commercial Solvents Corp received favorable treatment from a Republican Agriculture Department in 1959 and aided GOP leaders in 1961 to block the Democrats’ farm bill. Maynard C. Wheeler denied the charges as baseless while subcommittee records linked the firm to top Republicans and lobbyists in efforts against the farm bill.
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Commercial Solvents Corp
Department of Agriculture
GOP
Subrosa
House
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Maynard C. Wheeler
Commercial Solvents
Subcommittee
Ross Bass
Dtenn
James Naughton
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Naughton
Martin Sorkin
Washington
Sorkin
Bass
Wheeler
Ezra Taft Benson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Estes
Texan
Tennesseean
Agriculture Department
Labor Relabors West Lothian Vote Upsets British Politics
Britain’s opposition Labour wins the West Lothian special election, with the Conservative candidate finishing third and losing his deposit. The Liberal and Communist also failed to poll. a Scottish Nationalist runner-up, and Labour extends its longstanding hold on the district despite a national Tory slide.
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London
Britain
Labor
West Lothian
Scotland
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
House of Commons
Sign on church door warns burglars in Springfield
The Rev. Charles V. Bergstrom at Bethesda Evangelical Lutheran Church posted a sign to deter burglars. Addressed to unrepentant thieves, it warns guardians of church funds, urges generosity, notes the building is for God's glory, and promises eventual capture after recent break ins and a forced safe.
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Springfield
Mass
Charles V. Bergstrom
Bethesda Evangelical Lutheran Church
Bergstrom
Stock Market Ends Slump With Rally Near Closing
The stock market snapped a four session loss with a late rally led by funds and institutions. The AP average rose to 214.10, Dow to 578.18, and the S and P to 55.89, with heavy volume of 71 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange. Major gainers included IBM, Litton, Xerox, Chrysler, AT&T, Eastman Kodak, Du Pont, GE, and Pfizer.
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New York
Associated Press
Indus
Standard & Poor
New York Stock Exchange
International Business Machines
Litton Industries
Xerox
Chrysler
American Telephone
Eastman Kodak
DuPont
General Electric
Pfizer
Lodge Curtis Claim Victory In Bay State Senate Race
Republican delegates edge toward the party convention as George Lodge and Laurence Curtis claim wins in Massachusetts Senate balloting. Eisenhower says he is not taking sides in Gettysburg while Edward Kennedy seeks renomination amid a contested primary and Governor Volpe faces re nomination by acclamation.
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George Cabot Lodge
United Nations
Henry Cabot Lodge
Rep
Laurence Curtis
R-Mass
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Curtis
Lodge
Curtis - Lodge
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Edward J. McCormack Jr
Massachusetts
John A. Volpe
Ruins Pledged as Secret Army Attacks Algiers
Algiers and Oran shattered as European secret army demolitions hit hospital and City Hall. Six dead at the City Hall pileup, dozens injured. Secret army vows scorched earth destruction and aims to deny the land to enemies.
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Algiers
European Secret Army Organization
Algeria
Secret Army
Bone
Oran
Fou
Mustapha Hospital
Algerian Gas & Electric Co
Darguina
Strike Looms as Flight Engineers Rebuke Kennedy
Flight engineers reject Kennedy's plea to arbitrate key dispute with Pan American Eastern and Trans World Airways. A walkout could idle 4 percent of U S air service, affecting 60 000 domestic 20 000 overseas passengers daily. The union demands maintain cockpit roles for four crew members and signals a 1 30 p m Saturday deadline.
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Washington
Kennedy
Flight
Flight Engineers International Association
Pan American
Eastern Air Lines
Trans World Airways
Cial
Ronald A. Brown
Afl-Cio Union
Eastern
TWA
Adenauer visit to West Berlin faces East German protest
East Germany delivered formal notes to the Western Allies protesting West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's planned appearance at a Sunday rally marking the ninth anniversary of the East German uprising against communism. West Berlin youths call for sitdowns to block beach traffic as East German guards' latest shooting raises tensions.
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Berlin
East Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Berlin
Wansee Lake
Communist Wall
Wall
Adenauer
Northeast Gets CAB Authority To Skip Newport
The Civil Aeronautics Board authorized Northeast Airlines to suspend service at Newport VI within a tentative June 11 ruling affecting Newport and three New England points. Interested parties have 14 days to comment. Northeast notes Newport is a seasonal stop with service starting June 15 each year and cites only 10 reservations in and eight out for the June 15 to July 10 window. It plans ground transport for passengers to Montpelier Barre VT at a cost not exceeding the extra air fare.
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Northeast Airlines
Newport
New England
Northeast
Montpelier-Barre
U S Detonates 19th Nuclear Atmosphere Shot
The United States conducted its 19th atmospheric nuclear test as adevice dropped from an aircraft exploded near Christmas Island in the Pacific around 11 a.m. EST. The joint AEC-DOD release confirmed the detonation and timing of the shot.
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U.S
Washington
Joint Atomic Energy Commission-Defense Department
Christmas Island
Pacific
Glen Lake seniors may meet Kennedy after charity trip
The 33 Glen Lake High School graduates who raised funds for a Washington trip may still go if transportation costs of 900 are raised. President Kennedy invited them to the White House to honor their aid to a cancer-stricken classmate, Duane Richardson, who may accompany them.
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Glen Lake
Mich
Glen Lake High School
Kennedy
Washington
White House
Harold E. Sweeny
Sweeny
Duane Richardson
Duane
WWDC
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Whih
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E. L. Bruce
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