Estes balks at grand jury questions in Marshall death probe
Billie Sol Estes spent 45 minutes before Robertson County grand jury and later refused to answer many questions. Judge Barron ruled he could answer some without incriminating himself. others he may withhold. The case investigates Henry H. Marshall’s death at his ranch near Franklin in 1961 amid Estes cotton allotment probes.
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Matthews
Barron
John Cofer
Grand Jury
Will Wilson
Marshall
Here
Commercial Solvents Corp
Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Switzerland
Brazil
Maynard C. Wheeler
New York
Frank Cain
Dallas
Wheeler
House
Pecos
Fair Warm Weather Continues in Jefferson City
Fair and warmer conditions expected through Friday in Jefferson City and central Missouri. High near 80, low around 60 with clear skies. Historical records note yesterday's high 76 and low 55, with monthly totals and barometric readings included.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
News-Tribune Weather Bureau
Memorial Airport
Iver
Sefferson City
NASA plans two Mercury orbital flights and Venus mission
NASA told the Senate Space Committee it will conduct two more Mercury orbital flights this year and in October attempt a moon bound rocket mission to televise the journey. The agency plans a Mariner R Venus flyby and future Venus and Mars flights in 1964, with decisions guided by analysis of Carpenter’s current flight.
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Washington
Space Agency
Mercury
Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Senate Space Committee
Venus
Mars
Robert C. Seamans Jr
NASA
John H. Glenn Jr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Pacific
Midway Island
Atlantic
Glenn
Carpenter
Congress
United States
Soviet Union
Webb
Defense and Atomic Energy
Three States Join Search For Robbers
Kansas, Connecticut and Missouri join a manhunt for three suspects in a $38,000 Chicago Transit Authority terminal robbery. The men Fleming, Davis and Wilson are named by eight informants who helped plan or supplied weapons. Fleming left Chicago Sunday night to visit his father in Manhattan Kansas.
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Chicago
Kansas
Connecticut
Missouri
CTA
West Side
Samuel R. Fleming
Ladd Davis
Aaron Wilson
Fleming
Manhattan
Kaw
Davis
Hartford
Two Men Hurt In Cedar City Auto Wreck
Jefferson City men James M. Greenway and Wayne Walquist sustained minor injuries in a Highway 63 crash at Turkey Creek bridge on Cedar City’s northern edge. Greenway attempted to pass a truck, struck a road marker, hit Walquist’s car, then the bridge. Walquist’s car skidded to the shoulder. Greenway faces charges of careless and reckless driving.
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Jefferson City
Turkey Creek
Cedar City
Highway Patrol
James M. Greenway
Main St
Wayne Walquist
Payne Dr
Walquist
Greenway
Laclede Crash Kills Two Teens in Rural County
In Laclede County near Lebanon three teens were in a one car wreck on route YY at about 12:45 a.m. Earl Ray Pender, 16, died at Wallace Hospital from head injuries. Cecil Lee McKevey, 15, died on arrival. Jerry Dale Nutter, 16, sustained minor injuries and was not hospitalized. The car skidded in gravel and overturned after Pender allegedly hit the curve at high speed. All three were ejected.
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Lebanon
Laclede
Earl Ray Pender
Rt. 3
Wallace Hospital
Cecil Lee McKevey
Jerry Dale Nutter
Pender
Highway Patrol
Jury Adjourns Until Tuesday in City Election Probe
Cole county grand jury adjourned about 6 p.m. Wednesday after hearing eight witnesses. Sheriff H. O. Debo said the jury will convene again at 9 a.m. Tuesday with no new subpoenas. Appearing were John Hearne Lon Stone James Schrivner Mary Lutkewitte James K. Rowland Joseph G. Majersky Jack Jones Tim Renken. Grand jurors probe irregularities of the April 3 city election and related controversy.
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Cole County
H. O. Debo
John Hearne
Lon Stone
James Schrivner
Mary Lutkewitte
James K. Rowland
News- Tribune
Joseph G. Majersky
News-Tribune
Jack Jones
Tim Renken
Polio Victim Dies After Brave Struggle
Keith Lane Shockley 19, a Parkview high school football player who lost use of both arms to polio in 1959 died Wednesday after arriving at a Springfield hospital. He had completed high school and one year of college since his illness.
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Springfield
Keith Lane Shockley
Parkview
Stock Market Takes Third Sharp Loss
New York stocks ended a session marked by late selling with the Dow Jones average down to 574.04, its lowest since 1960, as the AP composite and S and P indices also fell to new lows. Trading volume reached 5.85 million shares with 953 declines and 196 advances.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Standard & Poor
U.S. Steel
Ford Motor
American Telephone
Union Carbide
International Business Machines
Polaroid
Xerox
Reynolds Tobacco
Boeing
Kemper Denounces Missouri Senators On Foreign Aid Vote
Crosby Kemper a Kansas City banker and Senate hopeful accused Senators Edward V. Long and Stuart Symington of switching positions to oppose Foreign Aid cuts. He spoke to Republican leaders in Wards 11 13 and 15 after the roll call showed the administration unable to win.
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Kansas. City
Crosby Kemper
Kansas City
U.S. Senate
Missouri
Kemper
Edward V. Long
Stuart Symington
Democrats Plan Strategy Session for Democratic Senate Wins
Missouri Democrats held a party strategy session led by national chair John M. Bailey and vice chair Mrs. Marty Price to head off challenges in upcoming elections. The group aimed to keep the party in the winning column as they assess the spending bill and defense strategy with top national leaders offering guidance.
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Missouri
Diplomats Seek To Free Captives Of Pathet Lao
Western diplomats press for freeing British and American captives held by the Pathet Lao as a Laotian unity government forms. U S Ambassador Winthrop Brown will raise the issue with Prince Souvanna Phouma. Britons seized in southern Laos remain a concern for British Ambassador John Addis.
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Pathet Lao
Vientiane
Laos
Souphanouvong
U.S
Winthrop Brown
Souvanna Phouma
Red Prince
Lawrence R. Bailey
Laurel
Gerald M. Bider
Orville R. Ballenger
Columbus
Ohio
NBC
Grant Wolfkill
Shelton
Wash
John Shore
Gallaway
Tenn
John McMorrow
Brooklyn
N.Y
McMorrow
John Addis
Addis
Alcatraz Escape Attributed to Erosion and Age
Warden Olin G. Blackwell and Fred T. Wilkinson said Alcatraz cuts in concrete and aging infrastructure aided the Monday escape by bank robbers John Anglin Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris. They warned the island prison would require about 5 million dollars to meet security standards and noted a remote possibility the escapees remain on the 12 acre site in San Francisco Bay.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Federal Prison
San Francisco Bay
Olin G. Blackwell
Fred T. Wilkinson
Bureau of Prisons
Washington, D.C
the Rock
Alcatraz
Wilkinson
Blackwell
John Anglin
Clarence
Frank ‘Lee Morris
Wall Street figure Gilbert flees after 2 million withdrawals
Edward M. Gilbert, head of E. L. Bruce, admits unauthorized withdrawals totaling about 1.95 million dollars. He leaves New York and is reported in Brazil. Stock suspensions follow as authorities investigate and a company audit is ordered.
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Wall Street
Brazil
New York
Edward M. Gilbert
E. L. Bruce
Gilbert
Rio de Janeiro
Dist. Attv
Frank S. Hogan
U.S. Justice
E. L. Bruce Jr
Bruce Company
Bruce
American Stock Exchange
Securities and Exchange Commission
Empire Millwork Corp
Bruce-Empire
Mor
East German Workers Tunnel to West Berlin During Whitsun Escape
Three East German factory hands aged 19 to 20 escaped to West Berlin through a tunnel dug with soup spoons and small shovels during the Whitsun holiday. They surfaced after 72 hours underground with no food, using a compass to stay on course. Another mass breakout was reported as authorities kept details hushed.
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West Berlin
French Assembly Walkout Over Unity Vote
Paris AP report notes more than half the National Assembly walked out amid protest at the government's refusal to allow a vote on European unity. Premier Pompidou warned against silence as debate. France and its Common Market partners seek a political union, with de Gaulle backing a fatherlands stance and others supporting supranational authority.
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Paris
National Assembly
Georges Pompidou
France
Charles de Gaulle
Baseball Scores League Showdowns Across Cities
American League results Kansas City 4 Chicago 3 Los Angeles 2 Minnesota 1 (4) Boston 4 Baltimore 0 Washington 4 1 Cleveland 2 Detroit at New York postponed due to rain National League St Louis 6 Philadelphia 1 Los Angeles 2 Milwaukee 1 Cincinnati 5 San Francisco 0 Pittsburgh 6 Chicago 4 New York at Houston postponed raw
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New York
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Houston
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