The Famous Ballad Of Billie Sol Estes Reach On Limb
West Texas readers recall Billie Sol Estes famed sayings as a measure of ambition and downfall. The Pecos figure built a vast financial pyramid before collapse triggered FBI probes and national speculation. The text profiles his beliefs, rise, and the broad impact across courts and Congress.
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Billie Sol Estes
Jules Loh
Pecos
Tex
Billie Sol
Potomac
FBI
Congressional
Church of Christ
Duke To Admit Negro Students At College Level
Duke University will admit qualified Negro students to undergraduate colleges, becoming the third North Carolina major college to end racial barriers in a month. Trustees emphasized high standards and impartial administration while noting prior graduate and professional school integration met with strong support.
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Durham
N. C
Duke University
North Carolina
Methodist University
Wake Forest
Baptist
Davidson
Presbyterian
Duke
B. S. Womble
Winston-Salem
Womble
Deryl Hart
Keppel to lead Piedmont University Center in Winston-Salem
Dr. A R Keppel, longtime president of Catawba College in Salisbury, is named the first executive director of the Piedmont University Center. He will leave Catawba after 20 years and assume duties March 1 1963 with offices to be in Winston Salem.
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Greensboro
A. R. Keppel
Catawba College
Salisbury
Piedmont University Center
Catawba
Keppel
Center
Winston-Salem
Greensboro College
Harold H. Hutson
DR. Keppel
Connally Leads In Texas Governor Race
Dallas AP Connally leads Don Yarborough for the Democratic nomination in Texas as returns come in. With 94 complete counties, Connally trails Yarborough by about 4 000 votes among a one million vote total, amid sharp personal attacks over New Frontier stances and out-of-state influence.
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Dallas
John Connally
Kennedy
Don Yarborough
Texas
Connally
Yardborough
Connnally
Yarborough
U.S
Yarrborough
Americans For Democratic Action
Weather delays Johnston Island high altitude test
High clouds and a northward moving thunderstorm prompted a two hour hold on the first Pacific high altitude nuclear explosion. The shot was postponed from 10 pm to 1 am EST as weather worsened over the mid Pacific. Officials offered no formal reason for the postponement.
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Honolulu
Johnston Island
United States
Joint Task Force 8
mid-Pacific
Johnston
Venezuelan Marines Rebelling At Puerto Cabello Crackdown
Leftist led Marines seized key base at Puerto Cabello in predawn revolt. Loyalist forces retook the base with naval air and ground support while ongoing street fighting left casualties and prisoners reported. The uprising mirrors a prior Marine revolt in Carupano a month earlier.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Puerto Cabello
Carlos Andres Perez
Perez
Romulo Betancourt
Defense Ministry
Jradio
Curacao
National Guard
Navy
Carupano
Chief Justice Denny Hospitalized After Health Incident
North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice E B Denny, 69, was admitted to Rex Hospital after a slight vascular event not a heart attack. Doctors hoped for a diagnosis within two days as his wife noted vertigo and high blood pressure. He arrived at 9 10 a m and was reported resting comfortably with fairly good condition.
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Raleigh
E. B. Denny
North Carolina Supreme Court
Rex Hospital
W. L. Long
China Faces Major Food Shortage Says U S Dept
Washington AP report notes Agriculture Department states Communist China endures a food shortage of major proportions. The article notes limited detailed information and hints at broad supply constraints.
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Red
China
Washington
Profit-Squeeze Myth Says AFL-CIO Economists
AFL-CIO analysts in the American Federationist challenge the profit squeeze idea saying it misstates corporate health. They argue cash-flow, not profits after taxes, shows strength and that depreciation write-offs are spendable cash. They cite 1953 1961 changes and forecast more disparity amid new depreciation rules.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
American Federationist
Union
Treasury
Department of Commerce
Windsors Observe Silver Anniversary on Atlantic
King Edward VIII and the Duchess of Windsor mark 25 years of marriage aboard the liner United States during a mid ocean celebration en route from New York to Le Havre. They dismiss predictions of a short union and plan a Paris mansion birthday season while maintaining a globe trotting royal pattern.
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London
Britain
Edward, VIII
United States
New York
le Havre
Windsors
Paris
French Riviera
Biarritz
Atlantic
Florida
France
Edward
Tours
Accountant Says Estes Tally False
Texas accountant Winn P. Jackson testified that Bil lie Estes paid a year's retainer to copy a two page balance sheet claiming Estes was worth 13.7 million. He tore up the sheets as false and warned he would face bad publicity. Estes is bankrupt and charged with fraud.
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Washington
Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Winn P. Jackson
Fof
Lubbock
Tex
Jackson
House Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee
Agriculture Department
Ross Bass
D-Tenn
Goodman's Tour Delivers Sold Out Soviet Concert Run
Benny Goodman and his orchestra arrived in Sochi for the second stop of their Soviet jazz tour. They will perform four open air shows in a 1,600 seat Greek theater before heading to Tbilisi, with all Moscow seats previously sold out. Sochi, a famed Black Sea resort, sits at the foothills of snow capped mountains.
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Sochi
U.S.S.R
Benny Goodman
Black Sea
Soviet Union
Tiblisi
Moscow
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