Freeman Testifies on Estes Case Acknowledges Errors
Secretary of Agriculture Freeman defended his agency’s handling of the Billie Sol Estes matter while admitting “some errors and shortcomings” and taking responsibility. He told the Senate subcommittee Estes received no special favors and that the government has lost no money through its dealings with Estes. The 50 page statement contends Undersecretary Murphy acted in good faith, and that Estes’ appointment to the National Cotton Advisory Committee was a mistake.
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Washington
Orville L. Freeman
Billie Sol Estes
Freeman
Senate
Estes
John L. McClellan
Pecos
Tex
Musou
Jictialien
Salttes
National Cotton Advisory Committee
Charles S
Murphy
See Freeman
Department of Agriculture
Russian Spy Soblen Arrested in Tel Aviv
Dr. Robert A. Soblen, a life term U.S. federal convict and Soviet spy, was arrested in Tel Aviv on charges of illegal entry with false papers. He arrived from New York via Paris with a Canadian passport in another name and was held for formal charges within 10 days.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Robert A. Soblen
United States
Soblen
New York
Paris
Beras Soble
Idlewild
Washington
FBI
State Department
Soviet Union
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Dist
William B. Herlands
Herlands
Russia
Sign companies paid Kidd Brewer commissions in NC case
Federal official testifies that two Newark sign companies paid about 94000 in commissions to Kidd Brewer on North Carolina sales. The evidence ties to the influence peddling trial of Robert A. Burch and company officials, with cross and court disruptions noted during proceedings.
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Raleigh
Newark, M. J
Kidd
North Carolina
Wake Superior Court
George F. Fenton
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Pfaff & Kendall and
Traffic and Street Sign Co
Fenton
James Nance
Brewer
New Jersey
Sanford
Neer
Robert A. Burch
Burch
Robert M. Burch
Bureau of Public Roads
Raymond Mallard
Lester V. Chalmers
Lutherans Merge to Form One United Church in America
In Detroit at Cobo Hall about 7,000 Lutherans gathered as four denominations united to form the Lutheran Church in America. Leaders including Rev. Franklin Clark Fry and Rev. Dr. P. C. Bersell led the merger with 1,000 delegates present and a ceremony featuring fused candles symbolizing unity. The move ends long standing divisions rooted in language and nationality.
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George W. Cornell
Associated Press
Detroit
America
Lutheran Church In America
Cobo Hall
Franklin Clark Fry
New York
P. C. Bersell
Minneapolis
Churchill Suffers Hip Fracture After Monte Carlo Fall
Sir Winston Churchill, 88, fractured the neck of his left femur in a hotel fall in Monte Carlo. He is to be flown to London for recuperation, with decision on hospitalization pending X rays and Bring doctor consultations.
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Churchill
Monte Carlo
Winston Churchill
Anthony Montague Browne
Winston
Lady Churchill
Chartwell
London
Sir Winston
Hyde Park Gate
Montague Browne
Monaco
Princess Grace Hospital
Charles Chatelain
Andre Fissore
Riviera
Chatelain
Col de Femur
Hotel de Paris
Macmillan
Lord Moran
Oxford
Britain
House of Commons
North Carolina Rules Highway Authority Can Acquire Grandfather Mountain Right of Way
North Carolina Attorney General's Office ruled the State Highway Commission may buy or condemn a right of way across Grandfather Mountain for a Blue Ridge Parkway link. Chairman Merrill Evans appointed a five member committee to study the issue. Hugh Morton opposes the parkway high route near his attraction as the Park Service fights to finish the link.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina Attorney General’s Office
Highway Commission
Grandfather Mountain
Blue Ridge Parkway
Commission
Merrill Evans
Harrison Lewis
Lewis
Park Service
State Highway Commission
Hugh Morton
U. S. Park Service
Conrad Wirth
Morton
Kennedy warns Chiang against attacks on Formosa
President Kennedy approves defensive policy for Formosa and Quemoy Matsu warning Peiping to avoid force. U S would defend Nationalist China if mainland attack escalates, while excluding direct promises of action. Message carried to Taipei via Alan G Kirk as envoy.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Kennedy
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
China
Quemoy
Matsu
Peiping
Pescadores
U.S
Taipei
Quemoy and
Kennedy Arrival Sparks Mexico City Welcome Parade
Mexico City braces for President Kennedy arrival with posters banners and signs along the parade route from the International Airport to Los Pinos. About one million people expected. schools close federal workers released and unions mobilize. Weather expected warm sun with possible afternoon showers during the rainy season.
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Jack Rutledge
Mexico City
Kennedy
Mexico
International
Los Pinos
White House
Weather Bureau
Washington
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U. S. Navy
Atlantic
Willow Grove
Neptune
Unite
Robert M. Morganthau Sai
Morgenthau
al States
Dina Soble
Cuba
West 91St St
Federal
Highway Authority
Chiang
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