Testify In Probe Shows Orr's Bank Fraud Ties Across Firms
Testimony in the West Texas inquiry centers on Orr naming Estes and Superior executives including Ruel Alexander and Claude Lewsader. He details bogus loans 1960 1962 financing, and the role of several executives, with references to Clements Turiff McConnell and Graham, plus a PACIFIC Finance probe and a plea from Commercial Solvents against the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Den
Ruel Alexander
Superior
Claude Douglas Lewsader
Estes
W. M. Duns
Alty
Will Wilson
Baughman
Orr
Robert E. Clements
Jim Turiff
CIT Corp
Dallas
Massey McConnell
Commercial Solvents
Louisiana
W. K. Graham
General Leasing
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Jed Clements
Clements
McSpadden
John W. Simmons
Wilderado
R. W. Davis
Fowler
Cole
Alexander
Davis
Simmons
West Texas
Western Cottonoil Co
CIT
Turiff
Tariff
Commission
Billie Sol Estes
Walter E. Heller Co
Chicago
Graham
Heller
Coleman Wade
Wade Construction Co
Altus
Okla
Lubbock Certified Public
Winn P. Jackson
State Board of Publc. Ac
Joans
Heller Company
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pecos
Pacific Finance Co
Amarillo
Lubbock
G. H
Funeral Home
Estes’ Funeral Home
Plainview
McConnell
William) Leonhardt
Walter Berger
New York
Solvents
Texas Attorney General
Asst
Jack Price
Wilson
Richard A. Wells
Wells
National Christian Institute of Nashville
Mary Lou Robinson
Commercial Solvents Corp
Chemical Company
Robinson
Court of Inquiry
Cou
City approves zoning and post office substation plans
City commissioners approve two zoning changes in one block while denying another, granting C-4 on Ave R S for a printing warehouse and altering adjacent parcels. They also deny a R-2 to R-3 request on 40th Street and vote on Meeks property changes including a post office substation. Additional actions include water line bids, park rules, and new board appointments.
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Ave. R
Ave. S
Hester
O'Mara
Rolan Simpson
Bob Burr
Meeks
Billy Meeks
Gene Blackburn
Avenue Q North Drive
Harvard
Grinnell Sts
Planning and Zoning Commission
Marvin McLarty Jr
Blackburn
40Th Street
Avenue W
Burr
McLarty
Gene Alderson
Simpson
Alderson
Zoning Board
John Hickerson
Public Works
Commission
Panhandle Construction Co
Lubbock
4Th Street
Slide Road
Elkhart Avenue
College Avenue
Avenue Q
Clifton
Bureau of Reclamation
Amarillo
Authority
Bureau
CRMWA
Mackenzie State Park
22Nd St
Ave. W
Guava Ave
E. Broadway
J. Ray Dickey
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
Robert J. Walker
Airport Board
Roger Kuykendall
Auditorium Coliseum
Don Jones
Harmon Jenkins
Herbert Brasher
Dick Richards
Charles Signor
Jack Stone
Jerry Hall
Dorrance Guy
Carlton Dodson
Child Welfare Board
South Plains Drug Co., Inc
Sandhills
25Th St
Southeast Drive
Lubbock Rebekah’ Lodge No. 321
53Rd St
34Th Street
Avenue X
Akron Avenue
College
Robert A. Porter
Jarea
Porter
J. A. Mullins
C. N. Land
Ave. Q North Drive
Grinnell and
Harvard Sts
Odell Malone
Itasca
E. P. McGee
McGee
Thurman Holly
D. N. Morgan
Gary Ave
Strong
Ed Young
Jack Creel
50Th St
Roy Bass
Planex Corp
Helen Penney
G&g Construction Co
4Th St
Quirt Ave
Tornado alerts and heavy rains sweep West Texas
Lamesa police logged over 600 calls after a 10 a.m. siren as tornadoes were sighted at 2:20 p.m. 14 miles west of Welch and 2:50 p.m. 15 miles south of Brownfield, touching down in a pasture. Reports continued of a tornado near Gaines County toward Seagraves at 3 p.m. and moving east of Throckmorton by 6 p.m. Rainfalls varied across the region with several counties reporting inch totals and locals noting no flooding.
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Lamesa
Welch
Brownfield
Gaines County
Seagraves
Throckmorton
Slaton
Shallowater
Flevanna
Fluvanna
Scurry County
Snyder
Lake Thomas
Terry County
Gomez
E. R. Haskins
Wolfforth
Seminole
Lubbock
Plains m
Post
Brazos
Palo Pinto
Albany
Fort Worth
Dallas
Wichita Falls
Autopsy Next For Boxer's Fatal Phoenix Fight
Authorities said they will await an autopsy before deciding on an inquest into the death of 22 year old boxer Sonny Nunez after a four round featherweight bout at Madison Square Garden Phoenix. Opponent Rodrigo Contreras 19 made his pro debut with a single punch ending the match. Nunez collapsed after the count and died from brain damage with heavy hemorrhaging. The bout was witnessed by Letty Mofford and Fred Woodward of the Arizona Athletic Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Sonny Nunez
Carmen
Phoenix Madison Square Garden
Rodrigo Contreras
Tucson
Benny
Kid) Paret
Emile Griffith
New York City
Nunez
Contreras
Billy Sparks
Estes Cotton Allotment Deal Ties to Public Projects
A House subcommittee examined Estes grain storage to explain funding of his alleged fertilizer-field invasion and later fraud indictments. The Agriculture Department faced sharp questioning over delays in financial checks and possible favoritism as testimony described contract papers and suspected coverups involving cotton allotments and two Oklahoma farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Estes
Agriculture Department
Department
L. H. Fountain
D-Nc
Donald Campbell
Odin Langen
R-Minn
Washington
Ken
Nnedy
Langen
Campbell
R. E. Turner
FBI
Turner
Oklahoma
Jimmy Work
Max Brandt
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Texas
ASC
Defense Budget Votes Maintain National Guard and Reserves
Defense bill aims to hold National Guard strength at 400000 and Army Reserves at 300000 while funding RS-70 and B 52 programs. Vinson praises added RS 70 funds though McNamara not bound to spend them. Navy gets 15127 million, Air Force 19390 million, Army 11574 million. Defense Department total 2043.786 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fense Department
National Guard
McNamara
Rep
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House
Armed Services Committee
Vinson
Department of Defense
Vin Ison
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Army
Defense Department
Tibet's Puppet Ruler Ends China Visit
The Panchen Lama, described as Communist China’s Tibet ruler, returns to Lhasa after a 10 month stay in China. He left Peiping after a farewell by Peng Chen and had planned to return after China’s national day events.
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Tokyo
UPI
Panchen Lama
China
Tibet
New China News Agency
Peiping
Peng Chen
Lhasa
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State Court of Civil Appeals At
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Billy Weaver
Frd! &T
St. Mary's Hospital
Brown Showcase and Fixture Co
Sammy Huckabee
McMillan Trucking Co
E.L. Green
E. 4Th St
Methodist Hospital
Brown-McKee, Inc
Billy Wayne Nix
New Deal
West Texas Electronics
Richam Jarrell
Bates
Office of City Planning
Hipolito Ceniceros
Smyer
Laut Clinic
Erasmo Flores
Rt 4
Lauf Clinic
Gordon Logan
Ave
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Robert Heath Produce & Grain Co
Walter E. Brown
Loren
Melton Cantu
Rt 1
Idatou
Porter Clinic-Hospital
Mike Ortez
Abernathy
Porter Clinic
Malone
40Th St
U. S. Patent Office
Abernathy Trace
Cotton Center
Trace
Crosbyton Ster
Idalou
Lamesa Levelland
Littlefield Trace
Lorenzo
Meadow Trace
Morton Wees
Boxer
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Donna Horbury
Arlington
Button Bay
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