Texas murder finding ties motive to cotton records
A Texas grand jury subpoenaed an agriculture department official as motive is sought in the death of Henry Marshall. An autopsy later indicated Marshall was murdered, shot while checking cotton allotments linked to Billie Sol Estes.
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Franklin
Texas
Agriculture Department
Henry Marshall
Bryan Russ
Texas Atty
Will Wilson
Agriculture
Freeman
William Elliott
Department
Dallas
Billie Sol Estes
Wilson
Elliott
Marshall
Br. J. A. Jachimczyk
Houston
Harris County
Prand
Atty
Asset Tally Is Promised By June 15
Billie Sol Estes invoked the Fifth Amendment six times in federal court as creditors pressed for asset schedules. Estes and his lawyers pledged to file detailed asset lists by June 15 while refusing to answer questions about offices books and accounts and his holdings including Agiculture Inc. Judge Thomason noted constitutional concerns as Allan Poage urged testimony under the bankruptcy act. More than a dozen creditors filed claims as Estes sat at a table with three companions and assisted a fallen cameraman before remaining silent to reporters.
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EL Paso
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Agriculture, Inc
Allan Poage
U.S
R. E Thomason
John Coffer
Federal
Thomason
Orward
Solvents Official Dies in Apparent Suicide
CHICAGO AP The Chicago office manager for Commercial Solvents Corp Howard Pratt 31 was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in his car officials say the death was self inflicted A note left behind blamed no one Pratt who was married and father of three children had no major responsibilities in the Chicago branch and the firm says its finances at issue are unrelated to the chapter under scrutiny
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Jachimczyk
Marshall
Franklin
Justice of the Peace
Lee Farmer
Jachimzyk
Farmer
Howard Stegall
Stegal
Russ
Chicago
Commercial Solvents Corp
Commercial
Sutton
Pratt
Bratt
Slather
Independence Store Owner Foils Robber in Iowa Store
Violent thunderstorms hit Eastern Iowa killing a West Branch farmer Frank Bohac found drowned in a creek. In Independence Mrs. JB Jones thwarted awould be robber at the Davis paint store grabbing $46 and catching the thief as police arrived. Roberts faces larceny charges. Wind damaged roofs, knocked out lines, and injured a child in Iowa City area with widespread property damage and one roof collapse at the armory.
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Iowa
West Branch
Frank Bohac
Bohac
the Gazette
Independence
JB. W. Jones
Davis i Paint
Buchanan County
J. G. Roberts
St. Petersburg
Fla
Roberts
Bery
Davis
Jones
Waukon
Des
Maines
Waterloo
Mason
Joan Waitman
National Goard Armory
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids Man Threatens Jump From Hospital Window
Cedar Rapids resident Seward Longerbeam 52 climbed the fifth floor ledge of St. Luke's Hospital on A avenue and threatened to jump. Fireman Seward Longerbeam was talked back inside after about six minutes with Asst. Fire Chief W. T. McAllen and detectives reporting he was hospitalized as a medical case.
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Radar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Seward W. Longerbeam
Route 3
Asst
W. T. McAllen
Norman Young
Longerbeam
Young
McAllen
U S Entry For Refugees From China
Hong Kong reports say Red Chinese border guards curb refugee flow to Hong Kong while Kennedy administration considers emergency action to admit Chinese refugees under parole. Officials cite possible quota ranging from 1 060 to several thousand and aim to resettle refugees abroad.
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Hong Kong
The
Frontier
Washington
Ikennedy
Kennedy
China
Formosa
U.S
Canada
State
Justice Department
Continental jet crashes in Missouri storm kills 45
A Continental Airlines jetliner bound Chicago to Los Angeles with 37 passengers and 8 crew reportedly broke up in a violent storm near Centerville Pennsylvania and was found on four Iowa farms. One survivor later died. Authorities investigated radar readings and debris distribution, with reports of a possible second plane and a temporary morgue in Unionville Iowa.
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Waled Press
Continental Airlines
Missouri
Lowa Line
Centerville
Unionville
Town
Kirksville
Ottumwa
Chicago
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Terry Bonnell
Dewey E. Ballard
Federal Aviation Agency
Dutch Evacuation of 145 Women and Children from Por
Indonesian port of West New Guinea begins evacuation of 145 Dutch women and children amid infiltration attempts. Authorities coordinate transport as Dutch residents evacuated from the center of the territory.
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Fakfak
West New Guinea
Countdown Begins For Carpenter Triple Orbit Mission
CAPE CANAVERAL AP Engineers completed the first countdown phase for Malcolm Scott Carpenter’s planned triple orbit flight. Launch time was set between 6:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. CST with possible adjustments if smoke or daylight conditions hindered visibility for tracking cameras. Carpenter will perform new experiments and aim to release a color balloon and confetti to test human perception in space.
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Raymond Crowley
Cape Canaveral
Project Mercury
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Sor
Carpenter
John
Menu Prices Prompt Quirky Date Remark
A young man surveys restaurant prices and asks his date what she will have, using a playful nickname. The moment captures a lighthearted exchange over meals and costs.
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Ozark
Dunlop
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Burge Hall
Mary McaAreavy
Francis Sueppel
Lauren Miller
Highway 2
Ralph Sweeney
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Evanston
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