Jury weighs Estes fraud conspiracy in loan scandal
Jurors in El Paso federal court asked to define fraud and conspiracy as they deliberate the Billie Sol Estes trial. The panel of 10 men and 2 women began at 11:15 am to consider government charges amid a case involving Estes and buyers of mythical farmer financing. The note to Judge Thomason mentioned election of a Negro foreman and referenced the race context in the historic Texas trial.
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EL Paso
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Estes
Thomason
Pecos
Tex
Federal Court House
Huntington
W.va
Fort Sill
Oklo
State Liquor Election Debates In Texas House Panel
In Austin a partisan liquor election debate unfolds as House Constitutional Amendments Committee hears over two hours of testimony on proposals to let Texans vote on statewide prohibition or a fully wet state. Proponents like Rep. Berry and Rev. McWilliams argue for the right to decide. opponents urge local option and caution against forced wet or dry outcomes.
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Austin
Texas
House
W. E. Berry
San Antonio
George McWilliams
First Baptist Church
Boerne
Albert Orozco Jr
San Antonio Beer Dealers Association
Torneys
Robert Hausman
Bexar County
R._ Glassenck
Bill Hollowell
Grand Saline
McWil
Henderson
Ruth Horner Godbey
Houston
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
CIA
GOP
Frank C. Osmers Jr
New Jersey
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Labor
Bas
Wife Admits Firing Pistol in Monahans
In Monahans, 29-year-old Lois Rogers confessed to shooting her ex-husband Bobby Lee Rogers, 30, outside the Red Ball Cafe on U S Highway 80 after a heated argument. He died at Ward County Memorial Hospital after surgery. Lois is jailed on a pending murder charge. The couple, parents of three, had a history of reports of threats and beatings.
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Monahans
Bobby Lee Rogers
Ward County Memorial Hospital
Lois Rogers
W. B
Blackie) McNerlin
John Ashcraft
R. B. McGown
Rogers
Colorado
Soviet protest over U S attack on Russian ship in Cuba
Moscow cable Tass reports the Soviet Union lodged a protest with the United States over a March 17 attack on the Russian ship Lgov at Isabella-la-Sagua Cuba. Moscow says Cuban counter-revolutionaries fired on the vessel and accuses the United States of material support enabling provocation.
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Moscow
UPS
Soviet Union
United States
Tass
Lgov
Isabella-la- Sagua
U. S
U.S.S.R
U.S
Caribbean
Hearing on Kennedy tax cut plan faces 31 witnesses
Washington UPI reports the House Ways and Means Committee aimed to hear 31 witnesses as it closes public hearings on President Kennedy's proposed 10.3 billion tax cut amid opposition from governors and oil industry spokesmen. Also covered are calls for a congressional inquiry into anonymous corruption charges and new probes into U S ideological efforts.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways & Means Committee
Kennedy
Matthew E. Welsh
Indiana
Clifford P. Hansen
Wyoming
Henry Bellman
Oklahoma
Tim Babcock
Mon
Lucius D. Clay
Dante B. Fascell
D-Fla
Congressional
Edward R. Murrow
U.S. Information Agency
Fascell
U.S
Reds Seek Court Order to Hold Rally in Rio de Janeiro
Interoi Brazil report says Communist backed “hate America” convention seeks court order and possible federal troops to force local authorities to permit meetings in Rio de Janeiro. Gov. Lacerda bans sessions in Guanabara state, police arrest 53 attempting to travel from Rio to the convention’s HQ in Rio’s vicinity. Delegates guarded at ferry landing. convention meets in Niteroi, with hopes for a court order to open formally in Rio Thursday.
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Interoi
Brazil
UPI
Rio de Janeiro
Carlos Lacerda
Guanabara
Rio
Niteroi
Lacerda
Luis Conzaga Letie
Gotham News Strike Ends With Papers On Street
New York publishers and striking photoengravers reached a peace pact ending a 110 day newspaper shutdown. Ratification by 320 union members was expected today, with all major papers poised to publish tonight. Losses totaled over 330 million dollars in city commerce and 28.7 million in Canada’s print sector.
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New York
UPI
City Hall
Robert F. Wagner
Photoengravers Union
Frank McGowan
Photoengravers Local 1
Walter N. Thayer
The
Herald Tribune
Times
Mirror
the News
Journal - American
World Telegram and Sun
Long Island Star Journal
Long Island Press
Unity Committee
F. M. Flynn
Daily News
Thayer
Jon
Canada
Lighthouse Association For the Blind
Philadelphia
Bos
Senate loan shark bill draws cool reception in House
In Austin UPI reports a Senate loan bill with up to 1040 percent yearly rates drew a cool House reaction. Rep. Ben Jarvis and Rep. John Allen urged a tighter measure while the Senate plan reworks three bills and caps loans at 1500 dollars. Provisions set complex payback terms and varying rates, with critics warning of exorbitant charges. Also noted is Rep. Berry's bid for constitutional amendments to decide if Texas is wet or dry.
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Allen
Senate
Bruce Reagan
Corpus Christi
Frank Owen
el Paso
Owen
Sen
Galloway Calhoun
Tyler
V. E
Red
Berry
San Antonio
Texas
House
Suit Against Bataan Veteran Is Suspended
An Onarga Illinois couple celebrates after the State Department suspended collection efforts for World War II relief owed by Noble Frank Smith and others. The department cites about 2000 debtors, with Smith contending government claims are unfounded and that no repayment is due. The Smiths married before Pearl Harbor era service in Shanghai.
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Onarga
Ill
Bataan
State Department
Noble
Frank Smith
Viola Smith
Carl
Far East
Smith
Washington
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Smiths
Shanghai
General Motors Corp
Pilot and companion endure 48 days on snowbound Yukon peak
A pilot and a 21-year-old woman survived 48 days stranded on a snow covered Yukon mountain. The woman faces frostbite that may cost five toes and gangrene. The pilot plans to write about the ordeal.
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Yukon
West Berlin
Bali volcano death toll hits 1600 in Jakarta report
Indonesian Red Cross chief said the Bali eruption death toll reached 1600 in Jakarta. Tens of thousands of refugees crowded emergency feeding stations as relief supplies were distributed by the International Red Cross. About 200 hospitalized and 75,000 evacuated to safer areas.
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Bali
UPI
Red Cross
Jakarta
B. Abdul Rahman
International Red Cross
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