Estes investigation faults cotton allotment abuses and officials
A Senate subcommittee report criticizes the cotton allotment system as inequitable and opaque. It highlights large transfers benefiting Billie Sol Estes, cites Texas Reeves and Pecos counties, and notes bureaucratic inefficiency across Agriculture Department divisions. Estes faces trial in Texas for theft charges while other inquiries continue.
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McClellan
United States
Texas
Reeves
Pecos
Billie Sol Estes
Karl E. Mundt
South Dakota
Estes
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
Mundt
Billie Sol. Estes
Kamerick
Battle Over School Funds Shapes Louisiana Budget Debate
The House jousted over the general appropriation bill as lawmakers clashed on a 60,000 pool for the State Board of Education and parish by parish school allocations. Amendments trimmed and expanded funds for Pineville Angola retarded-education programs and hospital centers while leaders pressed for central control over fiscal moves during the year.
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Shelby Jackson
Jackson
House
State Board of Education
T. T. Fields
Farmerville
House Appropriations Committee
Davis
Pineville
Angola
Lehmann
Fields
Triche
Mike John Jr
Monroe
John
James S. Reily
Floyd
Syllvester
Elmer Bernard
West Baton Rouge Parish
Sylvester
Ting
Washington School
Ose
Lawrence Gibbs
Peck Jr
Sicily Island
Louisiana
Rep
John Schwegmann
Jefferson Parish
Congress
Sanity Report Due July 17 On Accused Slayer
New Orleans reports a lunacy commission will deliver a report at a July 17 sanity hearing for Frank Chisesi, alleged to have killed another boy in 1960. Chisesi, then 16, was found psychotic and unfit for trial in May 1960 and sent to East Louisiana State Hospital. He was returned to St Bernard Parish custody last March as three psychiatrists joined the commission amid differing findings from 1960.
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New Orleans
API
Frank Chisesi
Chisesi
East Louisiana State Hospital
Jackson
St. Bernard Parish
Clothing Theft Cleared Up By Youths Arrest
Monroe police arrested an 18 year old, Larry N Causey of 317 Hudson Lane, on theft charges tied to a May 12 incident and released him on $300 bond. Two separate thefts at Swayze Natatorium in Forsythe Park also involved $13 and $12 taken from lockers. Also, sheriff deputies booked two men for aggravated obstruction after objects aimed at a vehicle. Earlier, West Monroe youths faced game law violations and were released on bonds.
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Monroe
Larry N. Causey
Hudson Lane
Causey
Swayze Natatorium
Forsythe Park
Flora Roye
North Sixth Street
West Monroe
Louis Bernhardt
South Ninth Street
Ouachita Parish
Jimmy Baker
Union Parish
Thomas Moreno
North 12Th Street
Cline Avgerett, Jr
Swiss Street
Estes Lawyers Seek Trial Delay in Estes Case
Estes 37-year-old West Texas promoter faces trial for defrauding a Reeves County farmer of 162144 in a fertilizer tanks deal. Defense seeks two to three terms of delay citing prejudicial publicity and juror familiarity with Estes activities. Judge to rule as veniremen are questioned on media exposure.
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Pecos
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
West Texas
Reeves County
John Cofer
Estes
Cofer
Dist
J.H. Starley
Veniremen
Home Cofer
Tenced
Reeves County Grand Jury
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Texas Court of Inquiry
Manwaring
Texas Agriculture Stabilization Commit
Earl Norris
United Dollar
McLemore
Bernard J. Tanenbaum
Dumas
Ark
Monroyan
J. Tanenbaum Jr
J. H. Slager
Dudley Gee
Stephen Dupuis
St. Landry ‘Parish
State Sovereignty Commission
Paul Foshee
Natchitoches Parish
Sovereignty Commission
Chester Floyd
Jena
W. K. Brown
Grant Parish
Pineville Institution
Dupuis
Lake Providence
Frank Voelker Jr
John Rau
Alvin Dyson
Cameron Parish
Sanity
Electric Light
Electric
Electric Company
Investor-Owned
Electric Light and Power Companies of
Louisians Power & Light Co
Southwestern Electric Power Co
Central Louisiana Electric Co
Gulf States Utilities Co
Ice Inc
Louisiane
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Thomas A. Bell
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