Federal Official Says Estes Received Favors
Senate investigations hear N Battle Hales claim Agriculture Department superiors gave Billy Sol Estes extreme favored treatment. Hales, a 21 year veteran, says officials resist needed abuses precautions while Freeman Murp hy and Godfrey deny Estes favors. Estes was arrested March 29 on federal fraud charges over mortgages on non existent fertilizer tanks.
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Washington (Ap
N. Battle Hales
Agriculture Department
Billy Sol Estes
Hales
Department
Senate Investigations
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Charles S. Murphy
Horace D. Godfrey
Estes
Senate
John Dennison
Rep
J. T. Rutherford
D-Tex
Rutherford
Dennison
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Pecos
Tex
Shades Of Don Quixote Knight Clashes With Taxi Dragon
Bronx youth Edward Hess in a modern Sir Lancelot fantasy rides his white charger Nancy through Manhattan advertising for St. George Hotel. A taxi driven by Philip Viceconti blocks his path and Hess’s lance pierces the grill. The knight departs with a bill for 60 dollars on the radiator.
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Andrew Meisels
NEW York
Edward Hess
Hess
The
Bronx
Manhattan
Nancy
City of New York
Brooklyn
St. George Hotel
St. George and the
First Avenue
44Th
45Th Streets
United Nations
Philip Viceconti
Viceconti
Milord
Arthur
Kennedy seeks authority to mobilize 150000 reservists
President Kennedy asked Congress for power to call up 150000 reservists to active duty amid Cuban buildup and broader Cold War tensions. The plan sets cap and service limits and would run from adjournment to February 28 with possible 12 month extensions by the Defense Secretary.
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Washington
Kennedy
Cuba
White House
Congress
Senate
House
Defense
Berlin
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Soblen's Condition Worsens as Unconscious Spy Remains Hospitalized
Doctors report Robert Soblen's heart flagging and condition unchanged after barbiturate overdose. Security guards monitor the 61 year old fugitive in Hillingdon Hospital while Home Office officials await further developments before arranging transport to the United States.
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London
Robert A. Soblen
Soblen
United States
Hillingdon Hospital
Hospital
Home Office
New York
Soviet Union
Britain
Brixton
Republicans Urge Congress Action on Cuba Troop Use
Senate and House GOP leaders pressed Congress to authorize the president to use troops if needed to counter the Communist military buildup in Cuba. Dirksen and Halleck said a bipartisan resolution, modeled on 1955 Formosa authority, should be drafted and sent to Johnson and McCormack for committee action.
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Washington
Senate House
Kennedy
Cuba
Congress
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Formosa
Pescadores Islands
Dirksen
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
House
Lyndon B. John
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Senate Foreign Relations
House Foreign Affairs
Gas Filled House Claims Two Deaths In Parkview
Winston-Salem AP report states Mrs. Martha Berger and her daughter Mrs. Laura Deese died in a Parkview home while son J. T. Berger was hospitalized after a gas leak from an extinguished water heater pilot light. Deputies say bottled gas caused the fatalities as investigation continues.
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Winston-Salem
Parkview
Winston- Salem
Martha Berger
Laura Deese
Charlotte
J. T. Berger
Air Crash Survivor Tot Recounts Mountain Ordeal
Six year old Julie Clark told how she and her eight year old sister Laurie endured three days on a pine slope beside the wreckage of a light plane that killed their parents William and Jacqueline Clark. The girls, rescued and taken to St Bernardine Hospital, described searching for water and warmth while fending off the cold and exposure.
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San Bernardino
Calif
St. Bernardine Hospital
Julie Clark
Julie
Mrs. Scott King
Mrs. King
William Clark
Laurie
Travelodge Motels Inc
Jacqueline
Mommy
Air Force
Daniel Ball
Boycott Spreads To 2nd School In Englewood
In Englewood New Jersey the three day boycott of Lincoln School expanded to Liberty School with 241 of 380 pupils present. Liberty enrollment is about 63 percent Negro and no picketing occurred there while Lincoln continued with placard protests. The Lincoln and Liberty boycotts aim to pressure integration of Engle Street School for fifth and sixth graders and were to end by Monday. Thea Gargagliano led Liberty parents to city hall to present a statement to Mayor Austin Volk.
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Englewood
N.J
Lincoln School
Liberty School
Liberty
Lincoln
Englewood Movement
Lincoln Parent- Teachers Association
Engle Street School
Engle Street
City Board of Education
Thea Gargagliano
Rapist Is Given Life Sentences
Judge Walter Johnston sentenced James Edward Sligh of Thomasville to two life terms after guilty pleas to rape and first degree burglary. Testimony from a 11 year old rape victim and the suspect entering homes on June 6 and August 18 preceded the verdict.
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Asheboro
Walter Johnston
James Edward Sligh
Thomasville
Sligh
Zeb Morris
Johnston
David Carter
Melvin Carter
Archdale
Nancy Finch
Morris
Archie Smith
Germany
Randolph
Marshall Approved As Judge
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Thurgood Marshall’s nomination to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by 11 to 4. Four Southern Democrats voted against. Marshall previously served under a recess appointment and Kennedy submitted the nomination in September with later resubmission in January.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Thurgood Marshall
Senate
National Association ‘For the Advancement of Colored ‘People
Marshall
U.S
Circuit Court of Appeals
Kennedy
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Congress
Mansfield
Jacob K. Javits
R- i
N.Y
Javits
Recess Taken In Arms Talks
The 17 nation disarmament conference began a two month recess after adopting a no progress report to the United Nations Assembly in New York. After six months the conferees produced a wordy preamble to a general disarmament treaty with little progress on other items. Co chairmen Arthur H. Dean and Vasily Kuznetsov drafted the report detailing proceedings since March 14. Dean warned that action must come soon to halt the arms race before will to act degenerates into despair.
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Dorian Falk
Geneva
United Nations Assembly
New York
Assembly
Arthur H. Dean
United States
Vasily
Prayers and Bible Readings Stance by North Carolina Official
Raleigh AP reports North Carolina State Superintendent Dr. Charles F. Carroll says local officials decide prayers and Bible readings in schools, with no state directive. He warns courts could object to mandatory devotionals and doubts principals or teachers have legal authority to require them.
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North Carolina
Charles F. Carroll
Supreme Court
Carroll
New York
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