Appeal Is Refused By Court In Estes Case
Billie Sol Estes, a bankrupt West Texas financier, was arrested after the U S Supreme Court refused to act on his appeal from a 15 year sentence for mail fraud. Estes was jailed in Abilene after bond revocation and a warrant was issued. He could appeal the ruling within 25 days.
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Bilene
Billie Sol A
Estes
West Texas
U.S. Supreme Court
R. Ewing Thomason
Supreme Court
Abilene
U.S
William C. Black
FBI
Fl Paso
FBI Paso
Texas
el Paso
U.S. Asst. Dist. Atty
Fred Morton
Thomason
Brazil
el Paseo
Texas Aamp Ms Shot Putter Out Of Lubbock Meet
Texas A M famed shot putter is ruled out of the Lubbock Indoor Meet on January 30. The paper notes Lubbock's economy for 1965 and other national items including Democrats gaining full House committee control, a doctors and nurses strike in Mexico, and a shooting in Italy during a wedding dance.
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Italy
Bec. A
Legislature debates liquor by the drink and redistricting
The Texas Senate moved bills on liquor by the drink and congressional redistricting. Sen Abraham Kazen proposed plan A for redistricting with Sen Louis Crump offering plan C as a shell. A liquor bill backed by the Texas Restaurant Assn would allow premixed drinks in labeled bottles. A $45 monthly teacher pay hike was proposed by multiple senators.
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Bv United Presa International
USTIN
Asth
Abraham Kazen
Laredo
Texas Legislative Council
Study Committee
Louis Crump
San
Crump
Dallas County
Harris County
Senate Committee
Jim Bates
Edinburg
Texas
G. Roy Harrington
Port Arthur
A. M. Aikin Jr
Paris
J.P. Ward
Meridian
Dorsey Hardeman
San Angelo
Bates
Home Loan Double Contracting Bill Pushed by Parsley
Lubbock attorney Bill Parsley proposed a measure making false home loan papers a misdemeanor on first offense and a felony on second offense to curb double contracting in conventional real estate loans. Grand juries in Lubbock cited widespread inflated valuations and purposed loan amounts, urging tighter state law protections.
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Austin
Lubbock
Parsley
Churchill Dies After Cerebral Thrombosis At Hyde Park Gate
Lord Moran, Churchill’s physician, was called at 2 10 am as rumors swirled about the statesman’s condition. Churchill 90 had suffered a cerebral thrombosis and entered a final decline. police dispersed reporters as crowds gathered outside 28 Hyde Park Gate and officials prepared for formal notices to Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Wilson.
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Ondon
Sir Winston Churchill
Lord Moran
Churchill
Sir Winston
Moran
Hyde Park Gate
Lord
Queen Elizabeth II
Harold Wilson
Rights Demonstrators Warned By High Court
The Supreme Court said peaceful protest rights do not authorize all conduct and laws must warn what is illegal. It reversed Rev. B Elton Cox's 1961 Baton Rouge conviction for a protest near the courthouse leading 2000 demonstrators, amid dissents.
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Ashington
Supreme Court
Arthur J. Goldberg
B. Elton Cox
Congress of Racial Equality
Baton Rouge
Cox
Gala Star Studded Cast Salutes LBJ Before Inauguration
The gala at the National Guard Armory featured an international cast applauding President Johnson on the eve of his inauguration. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson entered at 9 17 p.m. amid security and a standing ovation as Hubert Humphrey and family followed behind Secret Service agents. The two hour program included a chorus promising a grand sendoff while crowds filed in and officials urged seating.
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Relman Morin Yyrlington
Johnson
National Guard
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Secret Service
Powers Multiplied Bolstered Polaris Bared By Johnson
President Johnson told Congress of plans to boost peacetime defenses with stronger weapons. He cited Polaris missiles with larger warheads and greater firepower, plus a budget proposal of 49 billion dollars for the coming year. He noted existing forces include 850 land based ICBMs and 300 Polaris missiles with submarines and 900 strategic bombers ready for action.
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Ashington
Johnson
Congress
United States
Prayer for understanding and patience amid war news
A prayer asks for understanding of others and strength to help the unhappy. The report notes a $300 million plan to upgrade B A2 heavy bombers while eliminating two B 52B squadrons, totaling about 20 aircraft. The R series B d2 planes are at Biggs AFB Texas and March AFB California. See WEAPONS Page 6.
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Rota Whittenburg
Biges Air Force Base
Tex
March Afb
Calif
Viet Nam Premier Reshuffles Cabinet
Premier Tran Van Huong reshuffled his cabinet to appease the military and Buddhist opposition and the United States. Four generals were named to key posts after two ministers who faced Buddhist opposition were dropped. A U S Embassy spokesman welcomed the changes as positive for military support and government participation.
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Saigon
VPI
Tran van Huong
United States
Huong
U. S
King Attacked in Selma as Bus Boycott Campaigns
Dr Martin Luther King Jr was struck in the head during a peaceful voting registration march in Selma Alabama. Police arrested Jim my Robinson 26 Birmingham a National States Rights Party member for assault and disturbing the peace as King and about 12 other Negroes registered at the Hotel Atherton.
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Blma
Ala
Moist
Martin Luther King Jr
Selma
King
Hotel Athert
Neeroes
Wilson Baker
Jimmy Robinson
Birmingham
National States Rights Party
Selma del
Tints Cafe
Alabama
Arctic freeze nips Florida crops and snows hit Midwest
An arctic blast damaged Florida salad crops around Lake Okeechobee as coldest readings dipped to 15 in Tallahassee and 30 in Tampa. Snow storms bury northern towns from Buffalo to Cleveland while broader cold spreads from the mountains to the Atlantic.
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United Press
Florida
Lake Erie
Buffalo
N Y
la Porte
Ind
Ohio
Tallahassee
Daytona Beach
Tampa
Miami
Miami Beach
Lake Okeechobee
Weather Woes Hit Southern Crops Across Regions
The Homestead area in South Florida reported heavy damage to sugar cane while winter strawberries also suffered. Cit rus crop damage was minor. Cold gripped the Eastern Seaboard from Maine to southern Florida with temperatures down to 6 below zero reaching Salisbury Maryland. The East and South faced severe conditions as southern Californians felt the chill.
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Homestead
Florida
Seaboard
Maine
Salisbury
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