Kefauver Dies After Aortic Aneurysm Surgery
Sen Estes Kefauver of Tennessee died after a burst aneurysm in the aorta following a mild heart attack. He had been hospitalized near Washington for evaluation and possible surgery. Kennedy and Stevenson led tributes as the Senate planned a brief adjournment and eulogies. He leaves a widow Nancy Patterson Piggott and three daughters and a son.
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Washington
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Senate
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Kefauver
Madisonville
Tenn
Husky
Nancy Patterson Piggott
U S reshapes Berlin Brigade into tougher battalions
The U S Army announces a reorganization of the Berlin garrison into three battalions with more and better tanks and firepower. The plan, effective Sept. 1, includes over 30 M60 tanks and six 106mm howitzers, replacing older units to improve rapid task forces against local Communist actions or riots. Brig. Gen. Frederick O. Hartel will command the reorganized brigade as it shifts from two battle groups to three battalions rotating between West Berlin and West Germany.
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John 0. Koehler
Berlin
U.S
U.S. Army
West Germany
East Germany
West Berlin
U.S. Berlin
3Rd
Berlin Wall
West ‘Berlin
Frederick O. Hartel
Certified's Status Poor in U S District Court
Trustees for Certified Credit Corp and five subsidiaries filed with the U S District Court a report calling the group’s financial condition very poor and urged a deadline of August 28 to file reorganization plans. The balance sheet shows assets over 5 million and a deficit exceeding 7.5 million as of June 30. The firm seeks permission to reorganize under the federal bankruptcy act.
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Columbus, Ohio
U. S. District Court
Certified Credit Corp
Crash Victim Dies In Fremont Two-Car Collision
A 15 year old Vickery boy died at Fremont Memorial after injuries from a two car crash Friday night. Gary Brian Klinck was a passenger in a car driven by Donald Wilbur 22 of nearby Vic kery.
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Fremont
Shot hits window of Estes home in Pecos Texas
Billie Sol Estes, ex promoter, was in his Pecos residence with guests when a pistol shot pierced the outer window pane but did not reach the inner pane. No one was injured. Estes faces fraud-related prison sentences and additional trials.
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Pecos
Tex
Billie Lo] Estes
Estes
Ed Hersha
Bobby Frank Estes
Billie Sol Estes
Bond Issue's A Big Fraud
ZANESVILLE Ohio AP State Democratic Chairman William Coleman accuses Gov Rhodes administration of a back door taxation plan tied to a $250 million bond issue to be voted in November. He calls the move the greatest fraud and says it aims to fool the public into believing current taxes are not rising.
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Zanesville, Ohio
William L. Coleman
James A. Rhodes
Coleman
Ohio
Muskingum County
Young Democrats Club
Barber in Yellow Springs Refuses Negro Haircuts
Lewis Gegner runs the town's only shop not serving Negroes resisting pressure from Antioch College and residents. Court battles and multiple arrests followed, with Judge Young initially ruling public accommodations unconstitutional for barber shops, while sit ins and protests continued as Gegner defended his principle.
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Jim Bryant
Yellow Springs, Ohio
Lewis Gegner
Gegner
Yellow Springs
OE Canoe
Ohio College
Dayton
Harry Kyle
Xenia
Supreme Court
Antioch College
Antioch
Phillip Adams
Ohio
Adams
al Stewart
Mr. Inman
W. C. Young
Warren County
Greene County
Tennessee Valley Authority
Barber
David C. Jackson
Central State College
Retired minister loses life savings in San Francisco
The Rev. David Bickham, 75, says $13,600 in cashier’s checks vanished after cashing them into small bills. He suspects the loss occurred on a bus as he and wife Pearl, 73, planned to buy a home in Hammond, Louisiana. He notes few would return such money. He moved to San Francisco in 1945 after twenty-five years in Louisiana Baptist work.
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San Francisco
David Bickham
Pearl
Hammond
Bickham
Louisiana
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