Crop Storage System Chaotic and Wasteful in Estes Probe
Congressional probes into Billie Sol Estes grain storage reveal chaotic and wasteful practices. Reports show vast government storage fees, improper moisture adjustments, and plastic tent storage leading to spoilage. Senate and House committees seek uniform costs and better administration amid rising storage outlays and big earnings by storage firms.
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Billie Sol. Estes
Washington
NEA
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Senate
Arkansas
John McClellan
Fountain Committee
Texas
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Ilinois
Estes’ Enterprises
Department of Agriculture
Houseman
United States
House
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Stuart Symington
Missouri
General Accounting Office
Symington
Agriculture Department
Fountain
Symington Committee
McClellan and
Congress
Hart
Tex
Second Indus trial Revolution and labor struggles after the Civil War
The period after the Civil War saw vast industrial growth and powerful trusts. Labor unrest rose across America and Europe with strikes, riots, and movements like the Haymarket affair, Coxey’s Army, and the Populist rise, while reformers favored democracy over Marxist revolution.
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America
Europe
William Jennings Bryan
Coxey
Washington
Meditation and Prayer Reflect On Faithful Law and Hope
A devotional text praises the Law of the Lord as perfect and guiding. It thanks the Father for statutes and liberty, recalling the sacrifice of Christ and the hope of an everlasting place. It asks for steadfastness in love and the keeping of souls. Amen.
Markets in Fort Worth and New York Run Mixed Week
Weekly grain trading slowed as buyers waited on new crop wheat with No. 1 hard winter at 2.43 to 2.55. Yellow corn eased while white corn held at 1.59 to 1.61. Cotton futures in New York fluctuated amid stock volatility with spot prices rising ahead of season end.
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Fort Worth
UPI
USDA
Texas
Oklahoma
Mid-West
New York
Wall Street
Accountant recounts actions after Estes arrest
Jackson testifies that he rewrote and torn up audit sheets prepared from Estes figures. He says he destroyed records at his own discretion in his accounting office and had no communication with Estes after the arrest.
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Jackson
Estes
Billie Sol
Agriculture Department
Subcommittee
James R., Naughton
The Childress Index Publication Details
The Childress Index announces publication staff and mailing rates with legible historical context. It notes editors, management, and a 1930 launch date, and provides subscription prices for local and distant counties. The notice preserves archival details about post office classification and copyright.
Dow Jones Averages Close Week With Mixed Moves
Dow Jones week ended June 1 shows gains in utilities and stocks as the index totals rise while industrials and rails fall. The American National Red Cross holds a 1960 membership of 44,600,000.
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New York
UPI
American National Red Cross
Robberies Solved in Alvin Houston Area
Police Chief Glen Sheppherd said nearly 20 robberies in the Alvin Houston area are cleared with five arrests in Alvin. Billy Mack Sage 23 an Alvin construction worker a 21 year old woman a 16 year old boy and two other men were charged with robbery.
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ALVIN
UPI
Glen. Sheppherd
Alvin-Houston
Billy Mack Sage
Two Die in Head-On Crash Near Centerville
A head on collision on U S 75 four miles east of Centerville left two dead and six injured early Saturday. The Texas Department of Public Safety identified the deceased as William Crump, 34, of Fort Sill Oklahoma, and Loretta Delores Castilow, of Houston.
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Centerville
UPI
U. S. 75
Texas Department of Public Safety
William Crump
Fort Sill
Okla
Ag Loretta Delores Castilow
Houston
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Oak
Sims
Singer
Snser Sewins Centers
Singer Sewing Machine CO
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Search For Freedom
the Pulsebeat OF
Henry George
Edward Bellamy
Haymarket Square
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
Homestead
Pullman
Ill
Cincinnati
Don Oakley
John Lane
Sokeys
Tes
Morris Higley _ Tom Hi
J. Huddleston
Glen Stiner
The
Childress Index, Inc
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Eubank
Park Drug
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