Al Capp Sums Up Estes Bust and Texas Cash Empire
The essay recalls Billie Sol Estes, the Pecos boy millionaire whose credit empire collapsed after demands for honest proof of loans. It notes his rise via not raising cotton, purchases financed by fertilizer tanks, and a coal mine with no coal, ending with the investigator Marshall’s suicide on the Texas desert and Texas style.
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Pecos
Texas
Kennedy
Billie Sol Esteses
United States
Billie Sol
New York
Park Avenue
Waldorf - Astoria
Hell
Department of Agriculture
Billie Sel
Billie 860l
Henry H. Marshall
Marshall
All America
Quotes from Leaders and Citizens Across the Nation
CAPE CANAVERAL Mrs Scott Carpenter hopes to witness her husband’s orbital launch from the beach and voices the crowd’s prayerful mood. Jackson Gov Barnett stresses training as the backbone of defense against the Freedom Riders. New York police quote 16 year old Kevin Heimer after a church organist’s fatal shooting. Washington AFL CIO chief Meany rails against legalized larceny in corporate profits if jobs aren’t created. Humphrey dismisses Republican tricks as aged care bill faces vote. Chicago professor Sver begins remarks in ongoing coverage.
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Press International
Cape Canaveral
Scott Carpenter
New York
Kevin Heimer
Calories Do Count In Dieting Not Quick Fixes
Readers debate dieting myths and the fallacy of calorie free plans. The writer stresses that calories count, urges learning personal metabolism and steady eating habits, and warns against gimmick diets that over promise and under deliver.
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DuPont
Paradise
O.K
Paradox of Indian American ties and funding cuts
Max Lerner notes that despite top level goodwill, U S aid to India faces Senate cuts. Krishna Menon’s influence on Nehru shapes Kashmir Goa and MIG purchases, complicating nonalignment and U.S. strategic interests. The piece argues politics, not pure reason, drives policy.
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Pr.cnt Kennedy
Sen. Fulbright
Krishna Menon
Goa
Kashmir
India
Menon
Nehru
Galbraith
Senate Committee
Syengali
Russia
U.S
America
Great Lakes Region Foreseen as Global Industrial Core
Petterssen, chair of the University of Chicago geophysical sciences department, stresses the Great Lakes area due to abundant fresh water. He forecasts the region will become the world’s largest industrial hub, transforming economic geography.
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Petterssen
University of Chicago Department of Geophysical Sciences
Great Lakes
Editorial Stake: Gripe Over Interlands Cartoon Letter
A reader from Cedar City objects to a May 18 editorial cartoon suggesting a White Citizens Committee in New Orleans gives Negroes free bus tickets. He calls the caption a insult to bus drivers and edges toward naively endorsing integration based on his experiences in New Mexico. He signs as WM J Sturdivant.
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Interlands
White Citizens Committee of
New Orleans
Chicago
New York
Greyhound
Continental
Union Pacific
South
New Mexico
New Or White Citizens Committee
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Shore
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Ross Barnett
Civil Defense Conference
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Washington
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D-Minn
Sver
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Reser
Keely Smith
Keely Smith Enterprises, Inc
Ernie Richman
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Bobby
Bob
Smith Brothers
Monica
Kay Stevens
Johnny
Scat’ Davis
Deana Conte
Twin Tunes
Marty Heim
Viera HO Tet
Igt
Max Lerner
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Symington
WM. J. Sturdivant
Lunt Hotel
Cedar City
Carson
Mr. Kirkman
G. T
Bud” Kirkman
Campbell Realty Company
Las Vegas
California Finance Corporation
Kirkman
Nevada
Lake Tahoe
South Lake Tahoe
Realtors
Dudley
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