Murder Verdict Emerges In Billie Sol Estes Case
Franklin Texas AP A Texas grand jury subpoenaed an agriculture department official to seek cotton allotment records tied to Billie Sol Estes as motive in Henry Marshalls death An incomplete autopsy indicated Marshall was murdered not died by own action with five bullets in his back found near his farm home eight miles from Franklin
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Texas
Agriculture Department
Henry Marshall
Bryan Russ
Texas Atty
Will Wilson
Agriculture
Freeman
William Elliott
Department
Dallas
Billie Sol Estes
Wilson
Elliott
Marshall
J. A. Jachimczyk
Houston
Harris County
Atty
Jachimczyk
Justice of the Peace
Lee Farmer
Jachimzyk
Farmer
Howard Stegall
Stegall
Russ
Asset Tally Is Promised By June 15
Billie Sol Estes invoked the Fifth Amendment six times in federal court as creditors met. Estes and his lawyers pledged to file detailed asset schedules by June 15, while he refused to answer questions about offices, books, and assets citing potential self incrimination. The judge noted constitutional concerns as creditors filed claims.
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Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Agriculture, Inc
Allan Poage
U.S
R. E. Thomason
John Coffer
Federal
Solvents Official Dies in Suspected Suicide at Chicago Branch
CHICAGO AP The Chicago office manager of Commercial Solvents Corp Howard Pratt 31 was found dead by carbon monoxide poisoning from a hose in his car. Police say the death appears suicide with an unsigned note blaming no one and the firm denying ties to Estes investigations. Pratt was married with three children.
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Chicago
Commercial Solvents Corp
Commercial Solvents
Billie Sol Estes
C. R. Sutton
Howard Pratt
Sutton
Pratt
Independence store owner foils robbery at Davis paint
Mrs. B W Jones thwarted a would be robber at the Davis paint store by grabbing $46 from his hand and his coat. Police later arrested J G Roberts of St Petersburg Fla after finding $2000 in cash and $2000 in merchandise in his car. Roberts admitted attempted robbery.
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B. W. Jones
Davis
Buchanan County
J. G. Roberts
St. Petersburg
Fla
Roberts
Violent Iowa storm kills West Branch man
Violent thunderstorms swept Eastern Iowa killing Frank Bohac 82 in West Branch and injuring one man. Bohac found dead in a creek after winds reportedly blew him into water while he walked from town to his farm. A wide swath of damage followed, with roofs ripped off, trees down, and phones out as winds reached about 90 mph.
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West Branch
Frank Bohac
Bohac
Dunlop
Clayton Shalla
Iowa City
Burge Hall
Mary McAreavy
Francis Sueppel
Independence
Laurent Miller
Highway 20
Cedar Rapids Man Threatens Death Leap From Hospital Window
Seward W. Longerbeam, 52, of route 3 Cedar Rapids, climbed to an eight inch ledge on the fifth floor of St Luke hospital at 8 41 a m Wednesday and crawled back inside about six minutes later after a fireman talked him down from the ledge.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Seward W. Longerbeam
Route 3
Norman Young
Longerbeam
Young
McAllen
U.S. Considers Emergency Entry For Hong Kong Refugees
Reports from Hong Kong indicate Chinese border guards are restraining refugee flow as the Kennedy administration weighs an emergency action to admit Hong Kong refugees to the United States. Officials say the parole option could apply to about 1,000 to several thousand people, with Canada already agreeing to take 100 families. The move follows U.S. goals to maximize resettlement abroad and may use existing laws to bypass quotas for Chinese origin.
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The
Frontier
Washington
U.S
Kennedy
China
Canada
State
Justice Department
U. S
Dutch Removing 145 From Port FAKFAK Evacuation Underway
AP reports authorities began evacuating 145 Dutch women and children from the port city of Fakfak in West New Guinea as part of efforts related to Indonesian attempts to infiltrate the territory.
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Fakfak
West New Guinea
Continental jet crashes near Slowa Border kills 45
A Continental Airlines jet, valued at 5 million, crashed near Slowa Border in Big Storm Unionville Missouri. All 45 aboard were killed as violent storms lashed southern Iowa. Investigators reported debris not belonging to the jet and speculated a second plane may have been involved.
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Continental Airlines
Missouri
Lown Line
Centerville
Ottumwa, la
UPI
Ottumwa
Slowa
Unionville
Iowa
Kirksville
Smoke Haze May Delay Carpenter Space Flight
Cape Canaveral reports smoke from Florida fires could restrict visibility during the launch window for Malcolm Scott Carpenter aboard the Aurora 7 capsule on a potential three orbit mission. Officials require three hours of daylight for recovery and may cut orbits to two or one if dawn glow or weather shifts hinder tracking. Carpenter will perform new experiments including releasing a colored balloon and tracking float behavior of a glass sphere inside his capsule.
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Project Mercury
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Here
Everglades
Carpenter
John
Glenn
Evonwins
Bhut
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