Dallas mystery widens as shooting trails court witness
In Dallas AP report a principal scheduled to testify at a court of inquiry into the disappearances of investor Robert L. Roberts 85 his aunt Jessie Forsythe 89 and Mrs Anna Farley 72 was found dead from an apparent self inflicted gunshot at his apartment just hours before he would have appeared. Police noted powder burns near the wound and a .25 caliber pistol found nearby while unfinished notes and late night activity suggested no bed sleep. The inquiry already involves Horton 42 and others over Roberts estate and power of attorney. Evidence included questioned signatures and bank dealings tied to Roberts and Horton with witnesses ordered to appear Monday.
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Pear
Seanor
Jack Davis
Jessie I. Forsythe
Farley
Roberts
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Bergeron
Big
Sessions
Paul Edward Hayward
Horton
Hayward
John W. Stevens
Western National Bank
Amarillo
Stevens
Oscar Fields
Robert L. Roberts
Amarillo Bank
Heritage National Property Movement Co
Forsythe
Heritage National Property Management Co
Leon C. Horton
Paul P. Riley
Hortton
Mitchell D. Stevens
Houston
Record heroin haul sets world seizure milestone
U S narcotics agents and Spanish police seized 249 pounds of heroin in Valencia Spain, a world record with an estimated street value of 35 to 40 million dollars. The car carrying the drugs originated in Barcelona and was headed for Vera Cruz Mexico. Two French nationals were arrested. the seizure adds to over 600 pounds seized for the United States in the past week. The heroin is traced to clandestine labs in France.
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Valencia
Spain
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Mitchell
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France
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Ingersoll
United States
Amex Prices Climb A Bit in Slow Friday Trade
American Stock Exchange prices edged higher in a slow session. The Amex composite gained .05 to 26.07 amid volume of 3.91 million shares as 442 advances and 403 declines were seen among 1,121 issues. Levitz Furniture rose 3 percent on May sales growth, while AMREP fell modestly. Guardian Mortgage Investors climbed on higher earnings and a dividend increase.
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Syntex
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Total Petroleum North America
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Big Point Gainer
AMREP
Guardian Mortgage
Grain futures swing then close with modest changes
Chicago Board of Trade prices moved widely through the week after Memorial Day. By Friday’s close corn futures were modestly higher, wheat and oats showed mixed or minimal moves, and soybeans edged down or up slightly. Early week selling pressure dominated in the main pits as moisture remained adequate in key growing regions. Losses totaled a few cents in wheat and corn and about four cents in beans over the first two sessions.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Flight Crew Talks Man Out Of Hijacking At Dulles
At Washington Dulles a United Airlines plane landed under hijack with a pistol strapped man demanding a Tel Aviv flight. Pilot crew freed passengers, kept pilots hostage. hijacker Glen Elmo Riggs, 58, of Ashford West Virginia, surrendered after three hours and handed over his pistol. FBI confirmed details. Riggs an Army veteran and divorced. Boone County sheriff noted prior warning ahead of departure.
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United Airlines
Israel
Dulles
Tel Aviv
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Riggs
Sheriff's Office
Boone County
W.va
Theft Probed in City County Losses of Tractors Trailer
Two tractors and related equipment valued over 1203 dollars plus a 300 dollar rental trailer were stolen in two incidents investigated by sheriff and city police. Cletus Leverett Engine Service reported two small tractors mower plow planter and cultivator missing from his yard at 2909 East Highway 80. A 5 by 12 foot U Haul trailer was stolen from the Phillips 66 Service Station at Eighth and Grandview.
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Cletus Leverett Engine Service
East Highway 80
Phillips 66
Eighth
Grandview
New York Market Posts Fifth Advance In Row
New York stocks rose on Friday marking a fifth straight advance as the Dow gained 0.85 to 922.15. Volume cooled on the Big Board with 14.4 million shares traded. News highlighted gains for Natomas Xerox University Computing and IBM while airlines and rubber fell.
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New York Stock Exchange
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Xerox
University Computing
IBM
Dow
Associated Press
Honeywell
Cotton quiet as profits trim demand and LVs mixed
New York reports a quiet cotton market with active deliveries 1 to 1.80 dollars under day’s best. Spot price up 2 points to 26.99, late prices up 1.05 to 3 dollars a bale. Livestock markets across Chicago Amarillo and Kansas City show mixed results with cattle and hogs mostly steady to lower and occasional high grades trading firm in places.
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