Estes Probers Hassle Over Whether to Fire Attorney
A House subcommittee delayed resuming hearings on the Billie Sol Estes case to argue over firing staff attorney Robert E. Manuel. Democrats accused Manuel of leaking an Agriculture Department report to the New York Herald Tribune. Chairman Fountain and members held an executive session while Bass pressed for Manuel's dismissal.
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House
Billie Sol Estes
Robert E. Manuel
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Agriculture Department
Estes
New York Herald Tribune
L. Fr. Fountain
Dn.c
Fountain
Whale Committee
Ross Buss
Tennessee
Nesl Smith
Town
Florence Dwyer
New Jersey
Odlin Langen
Minnesota
Bass
Deeper Trouble Seen for Tax Revision Bill
Washington. President Kennedy's tax revision bill faces sharper criticism after a Democratic Senate closed meeting. Opponents expect possible withdrawal while Republicans press floor action. Senator Byrd signals ongoing Finance Committee review despite opposition to key provisions. House approved the measure March 29, keeping most Kennedy proposals.
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Washington
Kennerdy
Harry F. Byrd
Kennedy
House
Fire Marshal Herron Resigns in Iowa Move
Des Moines reports Edward J ervon of Cotlay Rapids resigns as state fire marshal after seven years. He will become special agent in a new department at Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co. of Grinnell to work on loss prevention, effective July 16.
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Des Moines
Edward Jervon
Cotlay Rapids
Herron
Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co
Grinnell
Spelling Bee Ends in Draw Crowned Two National Winners
Officials called the national spelling bee a draw after a grueling heads-up contest. Michael Day of Hardin Texas and Nettie Crawford of Roswell New Mexico were named co champions after 70 competitors were whittled to two following a long round of challenging words. Each winner receives a $1000 prize and a sightseeing trip to New York City.
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Washington
Michael Day
Hardin
Net‘Vie Crawford
Roswell
N. M
Winger
Nettie
New Mexico
Michael
New York City
Conditional OK on Lake Plan Near Davenport
Des Moines area officials announced conditional approval from the Town Conservation Commission for a 100 acre lake and dam in Glynn's Creek Park north of Davenport. The project remains entangled in a dispute over the lake’s size as the dam would create the water body.
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Des Moines
Scott County
Town Conservation Commission
Glynn's Creek Park
Davenport
U S Helicopter Crashes in South Vietnam near Kon Tum
A U S Army helicopter crashed near Kon Tum about 260 miles northeast of Saigon today. The craft burned after the accident and there were no reported casualties though the official sources gave no further details.
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Ban Me Thuoi
South
Viet Nam
Konlum
Saigon
Edmond Jouhaud
Secret Army
Paris
de Gaulle
Jouhaud
Father and five children die in Palmyra house fire
In Palmyra, Pennsylvania a father Charles Franklin Neiswender 27 and his five children Natalie 6 Kathleen 5 Charles 4 Karl 3 and Terry 1 perished in a blaze at their five room frame cottage north of Lebanon. Neiswender’s wife Percy survived with injuries and shock after escaping with help from neighbors.
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Palmyra
Lebanon County
Charles Franklin Nels Wender
Natalie
Kathleen
Charles
Karl
Terry
Neiswonder
Percy
Lebanon
Good Samaritan Hospital
McCormack Kennedy Fight for Senate Nomination Peaks at State Convention
In Springfield Massachusetts the Democratic state convention opens with Ted Kennedy and Edward J. McCormack Jr. battling for the U.S. Senate nomination. Kennedy claims over 1 000 delegates secured while McCormack asserts 800 plus supporting delegates. Balloting for the endorsement continues into the second day as affidavits of attempted delegate switching are cited but not used.
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Springfield
Mass
Kennédy
McCormack
U.S
Massachusetts
Edward. M
Ted) Kennedy
Edward 7. McCormack Jr
Sparker
U. S. House
John W.mccormack
Kennedy
Lime
Ball Blasts Proposed Action Denying Aid to Red Nations
Washington. Undersecretary of state W. George W. Ball denounces the Senate amendment barring aid to Communist nations as a no win policy. He argues aiding Yugoslavia and Poland could loosen Soviet influence and stresses time is on the West's side. The Lausche amendment passed 23 to 3, potentially blocking $10 million in development loans and food shipments next fiscal year if House action supports the measure.
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W. George W. Ball
Ball
Senate
Yugoslavia
Poland
Senate Armed Services
Uecord
Sen. Strom Thurgond
D-S.c
Kremlin
West
Soviet Union
House-ix
U.S
White House
House
Rival Laotian Princes Meet in Rebel Plaines Des Jarras
Three rival Laotian princes met in Plaines Des Jarras and Souvanna Phouma said a coalition government agreement could be reached Friday. Western diplomats fear failure to agree could trigger a Pathet Lao military move. Souvanna is backed by the United States, the Soviet Union, and other Geneva conference powers.
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Khang Khay
Laos
Plaines Des Jarras
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna
United States
Soviet Union
Baptist Faction Pushes for Tighter Reins on Seminaries
At the Southern Baptist Convention a push to ease doctrinal tight reins on seminaries and denominational agencies emerged. A proposal to ban Ralph Elliott’s Genesis book was debated amid charges of liberal theology. Rev Dr Gwen White of Houston led a resolution opposing alleged dissemination of non literal views in seminaries.
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San Francisco
Southern Baptist Convention
Iat Sor
K. Gwen White
Houston
Ralph Powell
Kansas
Senate Republicans Offer Speed Reader Policy Memo
Washington and Senate Republicans mocked the White House cancellation of its New York Herald Tribune subscription. They proposed providing the White House press section with a Senate Republican Policy Memo, a weekly factual summary for speed readers, adopted unanimously after a group meeting led by Sen. Bourke Hickenlooper.
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Washington
Senate
White House
New York Herald Tribune
Sen. Bourke G. Hickenloopes
ReTown
GOP
Ex Gov Lodge Upset in Conn Senator Race
Horace Seely Brown Jr a plain talking apple growing congressman won the Republican nomination for U S senator in Connecticut at a dramatic state convention Seely Brown 34 scored a stunning upset over former Gov John Davis Lodge on the first ballot John Alsop of Avon won the gubernatorial nomination after a record eight roll calls that began Tuesday afternoon
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Conn
Hartford
Horace Seely-Brown Jr
U. S
Connecticut
Seely-Brown
John Davis Lodge
John Alsop
Avon
Murder suspect Gayne Smith in Keokuk County case
Step mother of 24 year old Gayne G Smith remains missing amid murder charges against him for killing five relatives at their Martinsburg area farm. Sheriff says Gayne confessed to shooting uncle and aunt and three teen children while investigation links to family tensions and a California trip rumor. State investigators say they are pursuing circumstances of the disappearance.
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Gayne G. Smith
Keokuk County
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Martinsburg
WMT
Irene Brown
Robins
Town
Linn County
Juanita Marcella Smith
Indi
John Wallerich
Gayne Smith
Andrew McBeth
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Fat Sigourney
Brown
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Eriction
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