Estes hearing marks first public probe of Ballou era grain storage
Rep. Langen pressed Ballou on Estes storage claims while Rep. Dwyer urged Will Wilson to testify. Bass noted Estes began grain storage under Eisenhower and that former GOP officials now work for Estes creditors. Ballou said 33 million bushels were stored and the government paid Estes over 7 million dollars with no losses.
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Eisenhower
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Parks Principal Ruby Thomas Retires After 31 Years
Retired after 31 years with the Clark County School District Mrs Ruby Thomas began teaching in December 1931 at Fifth Street School She helped the district grow from three schools to 28 during her career Parents at John S Parks School honored her with a watch at a testimonial dinner in Las Vegas last night
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Clark County
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Fifth Street
Las Vegas
John S. Parks
John S Parks School
School Fraud Case Delayed to August Hearing
Judge Myron Leavitt postponed the gross mis demeanor complaint hearing and plea to August at the defense attorney Milton Keefer's request. District Attorney cited two checks of 269 and 956 dollars. Howard, free on recognizance, was told to resign by the district last January amid an inquiry into district purchasing procedures. They are charged with grafting by a public official.
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Milton Keefer
Howard
Japanese Bomber Gifts Samurai Sword to Oregon Residents
Nobuo Fujita, the sole World War II bomber over Oregon, visits Brookings with his wife and son for the Azalea Festival and will donate his 600 to 700 year old heirloom sword at a banquet. He previously bombed the region in 1942 and later piloted a submarine plane over the same targets.
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NSW Audit Finds Routine Error Behind City Transit Fees
The North Las Vegas City Council approved paying 667.50 to the auditing firm Rudd Rollins and Sargo for a special audit on a 1200 error tied to Phelps Pump and Equipment contracts. The panel also favored two development districts, including Cibola Park and East Vegas Tract, while deferring salary talks to June 14.
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East Vegas Tract
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U.S. Details High Altitude Nuclear Tests Effects
The Defense Department says detonations will not damage the Van Allen belts and that radio communications may be briefly interrupted. Visible flares could appear from Hawaii to the Samoan Islands, with some eye risk from optical devices outside the test area. The Johnston Island tests follow the Christmas Island phase, echoing the Teak test of 1958.
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U.S
Christmas Island
Pacific
Japanese fishing fleet sails for Japan amid reporting dispute
A six-ship Japanese fishing fleet, tied to a clash among state, federal and Japanese authorities, was reported sailing for Japan. Governor William A. Egan said Coast Guard authorities relayed that fleet commander Hisao Yamaki asked to stop daily position reports as the fleet left for Japan.
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Marshall Death Probe Ties to Estes Fiends Lie Tests
Four Marshall relatives volunteered lie detector tests to prove their accounts in the fatal shooting of Henry H. Marshall, a federal official linked to Billie Sol Estes. Marshall’s death had been ruled a suicide but investigators now suspect murder. The article also covers a separate Idlewild Airport incident, stock market turmoil, and political fallout over Kennedy’s economic policies.
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Franklin, Tex
UPD
Henry H. Marshall
Marshall
Billie Sol Estes
Market dips but holds from 1929 lows at brokerage
The public brokerage room, crowded with 40 to 50 daily patrons, saw stocks slide to their lowest since 1929. Gravett noted the drop, about 5 to 6 percent from above 600, was milder than 1929’s 10 percent fall, and the market closed above its nadir helped by advance limit orders. Gravett has led the Las Vegas office since 1956 while earlier in the securities business there.
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Senate
Everett N. Dirksen
R-Ill
Kennedy
Charles Halleck
House
America
Eisenhower
Gravett
Gravitt
Las Vegas
A. W. Zelenek
International Statistical Bureau
Walter Heller
Bache & Co
Wall Street
Market Crash Deepens As Dow Falls To 1960 Low
Trading resumed with 9.35 million shares, the heaviest since 1933, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid to 576.93, a fall of 34.95 amid broad declines. Major rails and utilities led losses, with American Telephone Du Pont IBM and Sears Roebuck dropping sharply while exchanges reported intense overtime and no official comments from the exchange.
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Banor
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Sears Roebuck
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C&o
Norfolk and Western
American Electric Power
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Stock Exchange
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New York
Midwest Exchange
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Senate clash over embezzlement bill and unemployment spending
Sen Robert Kerr accuses Bush of partisan politics as the final bill authorizes 750 million for next year and 750 million standby for the following year starting July 1 1963 to counter a downturn. The compromise retreats from a larger 2 billion standby authority proposal. Democrats hail the move as a direct attack on unemployment.
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Kerr
Dekla
Bush
Senate
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