Estes Threatened to Appeal If Cotton Rules Blocked
A long secret Agriculture Department report details Billie Sol Estes threatening to appeal to Secretary Freeman and President Kennedy if cotton allotment rules were altered. The 140 page 1961 document cites Estes praising his lawyers and ASCS officials while claiming transfers of allotments were lawful.
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Billie Sol Estes
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Orville Freeman
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Sam Rayburn
Texas
Henry Marshall
John P. Dennison
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Connally and Yarborough Lead in Texas Governor Runoff
The Democratic runoff pits John Connally and Lloyd Yarborough in a decisive Texas nominating race for governor with major campaigns in Waco Corpus Christi San Antonio Fort Worth Wichita Falls and Austin. Connally cites broad victory reports while Yarborough stresses independence and progress as Kennedy New Frontier backing is noted.
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Austin
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Lyndon Johnson
Kennedy
New Frontier
Pioneer Church Leader Litt Sanders Dies at 90 in Lubbock
Litt Sanders 90 retired Church of Christ minister who helped found the Broadway Church of Christ on the South Plains died Friday at his home 1627 15th St. in Lubbock. He arrived in 1898 when the town had 300 residents and preached in Canyon School and area services before organizing the first Church of Christ in 1903. Services Sunday at Broadway Church of Christ with burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. He is survived by three sons a daughter eight grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Pallbearers include family members and church elders. Burial under Sanders Funeral Home direction.
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Broadway Church of Christ
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Childress
Price
Las Cruces
N.M
Loree Hinds
Holyoke
Colo
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J. L. Sanders
B. D. Sanders
Durwood Sanders
Jerry Fredricks
Canyon School
Lockney
O'Donnell approves school integration in key vote
O'Donnell residents pass abolition of dual public school system by 112 to 87 with 25 vote margin in light turnout. The school board meets Tuesday to act on the integration proposal after a petition filed May 14 sparked the election.
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Scholarships Awarded at Lubbock High School Graduation
The Lubbock High Class of 439 received diplomas in a Friday night ceremony led by speaker insights on opportunity and perseverance. John Christmann, board of education member, distributed the diplomas in Municipal Coliseum with about 3,500 attendees. Earlier ceremonies announced 519 Monterey and 57 Dunbar seniors earning diplomas, totaling 1,015 graduates for 1962.
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valanche-Journal
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Volume Eases as New Selling Slows Stocks
Profit taking cooled the stock market after a volatile week. The Dow fell 2.31 to 611.05 as late selling reversed an afternoon rally. Volume totaled 3.76 million shares, light compared with prior days, with high priced issues hit hardest.
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AREA RAINS DELIVER RELIEF ACROSS SOUTH PLAINS
Showers brought welcome moisture to Dickens Crosby and Motley counties as 1.20 inches were reported near Motely County and Matador saw 0.52 inches. Farther southeast Spur Dickens area received up to an inch with Spur at 0.38 inches, easing drought for farmers.
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Eisenhower defends Humphrey in stockpile probe
Former President Eisenhower said he would be willing to be nailed to the cross if his former treasury secretary did a crooked thing. The remark followed Sen. Symington’s claim that taxpayers may lose over 1 billion in stockpile operations tied to contracts with nickel firms led by George M. Humphrey.
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Eisenhower
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Symington
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Seminole Couple Dies In Wreck
A head on collision near Mount V e Friday afternoon killed four people including a Seminole couple returning from a business trip in Arkansas. Victims named were Mr William C Fuller Jr of Seminole Mrs Fuller Jr Marvin Wilhite 78 of Mount Pleasant and Marvin Wilhite 538 of Arlington. The report notes three Wilhite children James Robetts and Clif- are among the deceased.
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M. F
Ben) Wilhite
Mount Pleasant
Marvin Wilhite
Arlington
James
Robetts
Clif
Pessimist: A Man of Endless Worry, Not So Easily Reassured
Comic dictionary style note defines a pessimist as someone who finds it as easy to worry as an optimist is to be told not to. The item presents a light, witty quote in a columnish tone typical of a newspaper page.
Prayer for guidance toward a Christlike world
A brief anonymous devotion asks for divine insight to learn from past and present to build a future aligned with the Kingdom on earth. It seeks wisdom, humility, and steadfast effort in spiritual growth and social good.
Balloon Up Down Runaway Spooks Two Balloonists
A 70 foot advertising balloon tore loose in Ashville Tennessee sending two men to about 11000 feet before descent. They carried parachutes and planned to jump at 15000 feet but fixed a faulty heater valve and landed safely after passing through a cloud bank. It was rented from Cal Young of Nashville used for promotion at events in Augusta and the Indianapolis 500.
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Star Writers Rally Voters for Runoff Elections
The Star Writers note Democrats face four runoff races today with polls from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. In the South Plains more than 75,000 voters are expected to cast ballots amid a heated governor’s race between John Connally and Don Yarborough and campaigns for lieutenant governor and attorney general led by Breston Smith and Waggoner Carr.
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Don Yarborough
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South Plains
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