Estes Set To Meet Creditors
Estes, the Pecos financier once tied to cotton, grain storage and fertilizer sales, is to appear in El Paso U S District Court for another creditors meeting. The receiver’s committee will report to Judge Thomason, with a partial debt payment plan expected. The case draws a grand jury reconvening next week as additional claims are filed and Estes faces anti trust and theft charges.
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EL Paso
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
U.S. District Court
U.S. Dist
R. E. Thomason
Estes
Harry Moore
Thomason
Texas Atty
Will Wilson
Estes and Estes
United Elevators
Lester Stone Co
Pecos
Early Gains Again Turn Into Losses On Wall Street
New York led stocks lower as an early rally faded under selling pressure. The AP 60 stock average fell to 208.30, the Dow 2.26 to 560.74, with many issues reversing gains and only a few showing fractional increases.
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New York
Associated Press
Tears Of Joy Greet Arrivals From Cuba
Tears of joy welcomed Cuban arrivals at Pryor Field Airport as families reunite. Mrs Gabriel Gramatges and three children Maria 10 Gabriel 8 Alex 3 were brought from Cuba last fall by Dr and Mrs Eugene Chenault. Mr Gramatges and Tomas Gonzales with parents also arrived last night. The Gleasons brought the Gonzales family from Miami earlier. The Gramatges and Gonzales relatives hope to find work in Decatur.
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Gabriel Gramatges
Maria
Gabriel
Alex
Cuba
Eugene Chenault
Athens College
Gramatges
Tomas
Maria Gonzales
Miami
Robert Gleason
Tomas Gonzales
Gleasons
Gramatgeses
Mr. Gramatges
Gonzales
CPA
Decatur
Gonzaleses
North American convention attendance plans and local notices
Miss Mona Ray Kelly will attend the North American Convention of Medical Laboratory Technologists in Washington, D.C., June 17 to 22. Auburn University students Beverly L. Mallory and Thomas N. Taylor qualify for the spring quarter dean's list. The WCTU meets Tuesday at 3 p.m. Decatur Curb Market opens Saturday 6 to 11 a.m. with ham, bacon, poultry, vegetables, baked goods, dairy, and eggs for sale. Police reported a missing brown shepherd dog from William Stewart of 315 13th Ave. NW. See DIARY On Page 2.
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Mona Ray Kelly
Gordon Dr. SE
Medical Laboratory Technologists
Washington, D.C
Beverly L. Mallory
Thomas N. Taylor
Decatur
Auburn University
Decatur Curb Market
William Stewart
13Th Ave
Defrocked minister tests faith and church unity
The minister's defrocking for alleged immorality shakes the congregation, prompting members to depart. The reply urges loyalty to Christ over fallen leaders, calling for deeper consecration and unity to counter loss of faith and rebuild trust in Jesus as the infallible anchor.
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Jesus Christ
Kennedy urges GOP support for major proposals at news conference
President Kennedy urged Republicans to vote for key Democratic proposals while asking for a nonpartisan stance on national matters. He cited past bipartisan actions with Eisenhower on debt limits and aid to Poland and Yugoslavia, pressed for the farm bill pairing production controls with price supports, and urged airline workers to abandon strike threats and pursue arbitration. He did not rule out possible seizure authority if strikes continued.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Poland
Yugoslavia
Senate
Pan American
Trans World
Eastern Airlines
Senator Bill Gets Favorable Committee Vote
In Montgomery AP A 67 senator reapportionment bill moved past a quorum concern as the Constitution Committee approved it. A second reading sets up a potential floor vote next week in the special session. House action favored a four day week but rejected returning to committee one administration plan.
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Bill
Montgomery
State Senate
Constitution Committee
Senate
John Patterson
Ira Pruitt
Sumter County
House
Pruitt
Judiciary Committee
Jefferson County
Mobile
22 Teamsters to be freed on $5,000 bonds in Alabama
In Birmingham, 22 Teamsters Union members were set to leave Jefferson County jail today after the Supreme Court set individual bonds at $5,000 each. They had been jailed since April 12 for failing to post $200,000 in lieu of bond tied to a strike against Bowman Transportation Co. in Gadsden. The court also ordered liability limited to individual actions while reviewing the union's appeal.
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Birmingham
Teamsters Union
Supreme Court
Jefferson County
Teamsters
Bowman Transportation Co
Gadsden
Ala
Robert Giles
Bowman
Alabama Court of Appeals
Giles
High Court
Third Candidate For City Post In Race
Troy O. Martin Jr. collection manager for the Credit Bureau of Decatur filed qualification papers for the City Commission election making him the third candidate for the three man post vacated by Wilson Morgan. Martin, 28, lives at 1212 Grant St SE with his wife and three sons and pledged to work for growth and prosperity of Decatur.
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Troy O. Martin Jr
Credit Bureau of
Decatur
Commission
Wilson Morgan
J. Gilmer Blackburn
John McKean
NASA
Martin
Bettye D. Smith
Chattanooga
Tenn
Grant St. SE
Graham Service Aides Sought at Redstone Arsenal
Lt Col J E Batterson appeals for volunteers to form a Billy Graham Revival team at Redstone Arsenal Air Strip on August 26. He seeks 2000 choir members 500 counsellors and 100 ushers contacting the Arsenal Post Chapel. Grady Wilson and W G Haymaker to meet June 22 with local ministers to plan the event.
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Redstone Arsenal
J. E. Batterson
Batterson
Arsenal Post Chapel
Grady Wilson
W. G. Haymaker
Arsenal
Solvents Corp Denies Three Way Collusion Charge
Washington AP Maynard C Wheeler president of Commercial Solvents Corp called a House investigation charge of a three way collusion with Billie Sol Estes and the Agriculture Department preposterous and unfounded. He said a cursory inquiry would show the claim false. The hearing concerned Estes grain storage deals and a loan to Estes secured by government grain storage payments. Wheeler noted Estes first storage contract in 1959 and timing of payments assignment. Wheeler spoke as committee chair L H Fountain cautioned on member statements. Bass was absent at first but joined later without comment.
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Washington
Commercial Solvents Corp
Ross Bass
D-Tenn
House
Estes
Bass
Wheeler
Dallas
Tex
L. H Fountain
D-N.c
Young appointee leads Michigan aging panel
Gary Hansen, 25, was named director of Michigan’s commission on the aging. The appointment sets a young tone for state aging policy as he assumes leadership responsibilities. A separate ad notes a Frigidaire freezer, 389 pounds, model UFD-11, priced at $188 at Robinson’s on 2nd Ave.
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Lansing, Mich
Gary Hansen Thursday
Michigan
Commission On the
Robinson’s
2Nd Ave
Union Gives Views On Airline Strike Today
Washington AP reports flight engineers debated whether to heed President Kennedy's plea for arbitration over claims against Pan American Eastern and TWA. A news conference was set for 2 pm to present the union's stance, with uncertainty about a walkout before Saturday. Kennedy warned that a strike could cripple the economy and hinted at possible government action if talks fail.
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Washington
Kennedy
Flight Engineers International Association
Pan American World Airways
Eastern Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
Kansas City
H. S. Dietrich
TWA
Dietrich
Sid Ron Brown
Congress
Halt To Strike Urged By JFK
President Kennedy orders the Justice Department to seek a court injunction to halt a strike by 9,000 workers at Republic Aviation, supplier of F105 jets. He warns the walkout, started April 2 over job security and severance pay, could imperil national safety as 7,600 more may be laid off in two years.
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Washington
Kennedy
Justice Department
Republic Aviation
National Safety
Republic
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