Estes To Fight For Third Trial Postponement Today
Billie Sol Estes, bankrupt but claiming public opinion has already convicted him, seeks a third trial for theft and swindling in Tyler. His lawyers John and Hume Cofer may request another trial due to publicity and could ask to move proceedings to an impartial venue. State prosecutors include Dist. Atty. R. B. McGowen and Weldon Holcomb.
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Estes
Avelanche-Journal News Service
Tyler
Billie Sol Estes
John and
Hume Cofer
Austin
Kennedy
East
Texas
Rose
McGowen
Atty
R. B. McGowen
Pecos
Weldon Holcomb
Frank Maloney
West Texas
Amimonia
San Antonio Discount House
Morris Jaffe
Case
Senate Investigations
Agriculture Department
John McClellan
D-Ark
Amarillo
Commodity Credit Corp
Dist
Otis Dunagan
Tax cut may lift lagging economy Kennedy aide says
Sterling Green reports in Hot Springs Virginia that President Kennedy's chief economist Walter Heller told 100 industrialists the 1963 tax cut could spark a second wind for the faltering expansion. Eisenhower urged businessmen to enter politics to influence policy. He warned taxes and federal spending hinder investment.
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Hot Springs
Kennedy
The
Business Council
Walter W. Heller
Eisenhower
Heller
Council
Congress
America
Youth Council head entreats Jaycees for delinquency aid
Dr. James A. Turman urged Texas Junior Chambers of Commerce to back community delinquency programs. At the Texas Youth Council meeting in Austin he and Clinton Kersey outlined training, industry cooperation, and new Gatesville School for Boys facilities to expand and improve juvenile rehabilitation efforts.
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Texas Youth Council
Jaycees
James A. Turman
Clinton Kersey
Texas Junior Chambers of Commerce
Lubbock
Fair Park Coliseum
Lewis Timberlake
Stamford
Pioneer Hotel
General Assembly
Austin
Dr. Turman
Turman
Gatesville School For
Kersey
Avalanche-Journal
Gatesville
Dedication of $2 Million Tech Library Set Today
A dedication ceremony for a new Texas Tech Library building valued at two million dollars unfolds with a program led by Dr. W M Pearce and Marshall Pennington. Rep George Mahon will dedicate the Lloyd Croslin Room as a Tulane official speaks, and a Texas Tech Choir concert closes the day.
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TECH
Texas Tech
Lloyd Croslin
The
Tech Board of Directors
W. M. Pearce
Marshall Pennington
George Mahon
Dedi
Cate
Croslin
Tech Ex-Students Association
Carol Lewis
al Hardin
Paul Benningfield
David Watkins
Tulane
Robert M. Lumiansky
Tulane University
Union Building
R. C. Goodwin
W. B. Gates
Lumiansky
Southwest
Army
Air Force
Britisher Henry Nolan Faces Annual Bedford Prison Stay
Henry Nolan, 60, a wintering wanderer, was remanded in Bedford Prison after a Friday court appearance for attempting to break into a shop with a pen knife. He told the judge he would return next autumn, prompting a six month sentence and a warning not to return for summer months.
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Bedford
England
Henry Nolan
Bedford Prison
Henry
Charles Henderson
Centenarian undergoes major abdominal surgery in Laredo
Sotero Ochoa, 102, says he fought with Pancho Villa in the Mexican Revolution and recently had major abdominal surgery, with about half of his large intestine removed. Doctors call the operation a rarity for his age as he recovers well three months later. He is described as alert and lively.
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Ochoa
Webb County
Celaya
Guanajuato
Pancho Villa
Alvaro Obregon
Villa
San Francisco Examiner backs Gov Edmund Brown for reelection
The San Francisco Examiner endorses Gov Edmund G Brown for another term, noting he has done a solid job in California and contrasting Nixon's bid with Brown's qualifications. The editorial cites Brown's major accomplishments and urges voters to reelect him.
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San Francisco
Gov. Brown
San Francisco Examiner
Richard M. Nixon
Edmund G. Brown
Nixon
Brown
California
Reese Ceremony Urges Grads to Lead by Example
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean retired Army hero addressed 32 members of Class 63 C at Reese AFB graduation. He pressed integrity loyalty and teamwork noting leaders rise when duties meet responsibility and that heroes earn respect by example. Col. James A. Gunn III introduced Dean and Maj. George R. Adams led ceremonies.
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William F. Dean
Reese Afb
U. S
Dean
America
Gen. Dean
James A. Gunn III
Reese
George R. Adams
Navy Marine CaribbeAn Maneuver Near Vieques Amid Cuba Tensions
Vice Admiral Horacio Rivera directed a large Navy Marine drill off Vieques Puerto Rico with over 40 ships and 20 000 personnel rehearsing a mock amphibious assault by 6 000 Marines. The exercise drew attention amid strained US Cuba relations and was denied as linked to emergency actions against Fidel Castro.
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Washington
UPI
Adm
Horacio Rivera
Caribbean
U.S
Cuba
Vieques
Puerto Rico
Navy
Defense Department
Fidel Castro
Lockney Coeds Set for Southern States Student Council Meet
Three Lockney High School coeds Sharon Edwards Jonita Ferguson and Donna Record travel from Lubbock to Richmond Virginia for the Southern Association of Student Councils annual convention. Sponsor Mrs Harleen McAda leads the group with aims to present Junior International Good Neighbor Council membership and participate in seminars and group discussions.
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Avalanche Journal
Lockney High School
Lubbock
Richmond
Southern Assn
Sharon Edwards
H. G. Edwards
Jonita Ferguson
Leslie Ferguson
Donna Lyn Record
C. L Record
Harleen McAda
Lockney
SASC
Peabody Demonstration School
Nashville
U. S
Texas
Texas Assn
Sharon
Lockney High
Donna
McAda
Lockney Rotary Club
Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
LHS
Oklahoma City
Camp Cheley
Colo
Amarillo
San Antonio
United States
San Gabriel
Calif
University of Houston
Camp iCheley
Panhandle - Plains
Wayland College
Ann Arbor
Mich
Washington
Virginia
South Plains
George Mahon
White House
Sandra Smith
Robert Lee Smith
Louise Jones
Sam Jones
Judy Roberts
W. D. Roberts
Sandra
Conductor Chases Lost Subway Train In Footrace
New York subway conductor Raymond Mercier, 65, chased a runaway train seven blocks after doors failed to close at a station. He sprinted on foot yelling wait for me and regained control at the next stop. Passengers cheered the veteran with 35 years on the underground.
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New York
Subway
Raymond Mercier
Underground
Mercier
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