Estes Aid Boasted of Political Pull
A 1960s Agriculture Department report describes Bilie Sol Estes aides claiming Estes was highly influential in politics and could bend outcomes. It details transfers of cotton allotments, disputed sales, and threats to appeal to Secretary Freeman and President Kennedy amid ongoing fraud indictments and a fatal prior inquiry.
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Washington
UPI
Bilie Sol Estes
Estes
Agriculture
Ztexan
P. E. Biggerstaff
Bonhauy, Tex
Biggerstaff
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Henry Marshall
Agriculture Department
Orville J. Freeman
Kennedy
Secretary of Agriculture
John Dennison
Dennison
Judge Sterilization Case Rocks Ohio Civil Liberties Union
Cleveland report says Muskingum County Probate Judge Meiland Gary ordered sterilizations of two feeble minded girls in February citing court power. Civil Liberties Union denounces the orders as violating bodily integrity and procreation rights. State health officials note these were the first such court ordered sterilizations and say they could be reversed. Gary says Ohio code grants broad power to act for feeble minded persons and vows to continue in similar cases.
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Cleveland
UPHK
Zanesville
Ohie Civil “Liberties Union
Muskingum County
Meiland Gary
Gary
Guryz
Legal Committee of the Civil Liberties Union
Gacy
Mother Gets 30 Days for Doping Children
Cleveland judge sentencing Mrs. Lilian Fratantonio to 30 days in the workhouse for secretly feeding barbiturates to her two sleeping beauty daughters Venia now 2 and Bernadette now 5 more than 16 months after the abuse. The punishment begins Saturdays and Sundays a week from today with the possibility of serving the remainder of a one year sentence if required. Witnesses describe the near death coma and a tense courtroom scene as Fratantonio and family attempted to flee photographers and assault on a WJW TV camera operator. Assistant County Prosecutor called for a public apology from the mother while Waldman noted the defendant’s guilt for mis- abuse of her children.
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Cleveland
Lillian Fratansonio
Sia
Bernadette
Albert A. Waldman
Ali
Prosentor
Thomas L. Osborne
Fratantonio
Waldman
Liverpool bus map renamed after tax office protest
The Liverpool Bus Co plans to alter a city map after the income tax office raised objections. The map had labeled Seafield House in Seaforth as "an Institution for mental defectives," a description linked to the local facility.
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Tax Office
Liverpool
Eng
Liverpool Bus Co
Seafield House
Seaforth
Khrushchev vows no shift from defense to farming
Premier Nikita Khrushchev says the Soviet Union will not divert defense funds to agriculture despite price rises in butter and meat. He spoke at a Kremlin rally for Cuban student graduates, noting 5,000 young men and a thousand Cubans attended and promising continued Soviet support to Cuba.
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Moscow
Nikita S. Khtushchev
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Khtushchev
TASS
Waren
Studets
Khrushchev
Ussr
Cuba
Peace Bid by Algeria Terrorists
Europeans in Algiers weigh the Evian cease-fire while Algeria faces renewed violence. EU representatives shuttle between Algiers and Rocher Noit to seek stronger guarantees for Europeans and to push for a political party in the July 1 self determination referendum. Two Europeans were killed in suburbs amid ongoing unrest.
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France
Algeria
Coun Jity
Algiers
Rocher Noit
Evian
Macha
Start Peace March Without Food and Money
Two young followers of Mohantal K Gandhi embark on a 44 year peace march to Moscow and Washington carrying posters and no cash. FE Menon, 27, and Satish Kumar, 26, rely on public generosity for sustenance along their route.
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New Delhi
India
Mohantal K_ Gandhi
Moscow
Washington
FE. P. Menon
Satish Kumar
High Level A Blast Delayed Till Tonight
A high altitude nuclear blast was postponed with scientists aiming to test a possible electronic smoke screen by radio blackout at extreme height. The event drew Honolulu residents who used the fireworks display as a party excuse while beachside hotels reported sellouts despite cloudy skies.
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Radio
Madar
Honolulu
Youth Seized in Slaying of Family of 3
A 16 year old from Richmond area is in custody after a triple homicide in Ches terfield County Virginia. The Hofers, a 31 year old man a 49 year old wife and their 15 year old daughter were found shot to death at their farm. The suspect allegedly admitted the shootings while being held by state police on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Roanoke after driving the Hofers’ sedan from the scene. The couple had taken the youth in months earlier for chores. No motive disclosed.
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Hubert Templeman
Fred Hofer
Lusius
Susan
Seattier
Hofers
Richmond
Templeman
Blue Ridge Parkway
Roanoke
Hofer
Fairy Farm
Hofurs
G. P. Phipps
Templemman
Riofers
Chesterfield County
Three Generations to Receive Sheepskins at Mundesta High
Modesto area graduates mark a milestone as Mrs. Alvin Gardiner of Grass Valley and Mrs. Edyuard Prohaska of Ceres prepare to receive diplomas at Mundesta Evening High School. Prohaska quit at senior year to marry, Janet plans beauty college this summer, while Mrs. Gardiner may pursue further studies after work as a technician.
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Alvin Gardiner
Grass Valley
Edyuard Prohaska
Ceres
Mundesta Evening High School
Flood Rolls Into Wichita Scores Flee
Floods spread across a wide area from Newton Kansas to southern Texas with tornado sightings reported. Five people were killed by flying glass as storms unleashed high winds and nearly seven inches of rain soaked Tulsa Oklahoma in six hours. Two inches fell at Miles City Montana Sewart Air Force Base near Nashville Tennessee and at nearby regions.
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Newton
Kan
Sothern
Texas
Tulsa
Olela
Miles City
Mont
Sewart Air Force Base
Nashville
Tetin
Monkey barred from bar in Culross for drinking alcohol
A monkey named Tiki, kept at the Red Lion Hotel bar, was banished after repeatedly climbing the counter and drinking customers' beer and whisky. Owner Findley Sinclair said the animal had begun to show alcohol cravings and needed removal.
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Culross
Scotland
Tiki
Findley Sinclair
Age
Red Lion
Reds Lure Two Girls in Berlin
An American spokesman denounces East German guards as callous while discussing the disappearance of two girls in Berlin. The report notes police posts at the border and quieting chatter from American military police. Karin is referenced as a missing individual.
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Berlin
Karin
Wall
Man Killed With Ax in Alley Clash Over Lost Dog
In a deadly home confrontation, Deal says he armed with an ax after arguing with Waite and Holmes over his missing St Bernard. The assailants Bartels and Holmes allegedly attacked him outside his Maine Avenue home before he fought back and police arrived. Investigators describe the incident as ongoing.
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Bartels
Ae Hee
Tome
Shispital
Rosemary
Deal
St. Hernard
Cherry Avenue
4Th Street
Maine Avenue
Waite
Holmes
Animal Shelter
Pam
Aij Fe Wen
West
Ursula
Karin
Desi
Plane crash near Flagler leaves four dead
Wreckage of a single engine plane found near Flagler Colorado killed four aboard including pilot Mrs Ardrey Casper 42 of Chariton Iowa and passengers her daughter Juanita 12 two nieces and a sister Mrs De lares Vartaza 38 of Alhambra California The craft disappeared in heavy rain while returning from Trinidad after departing Memorial Day Civil Air Patrol conducted searches after failing to appear at La Junta scheduled stop The group had traveled from California to pick up Mrs Vartaza before resuming their trip home.
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Flagler
Colo
Colorado Highway Patrol
Ardrey Casper
Chariton
Town
Juanita
Cathey Cooper
Alhambra
Calif
State GOP Governor Contest Waxes Hot
A Nixon spokesman acknowledges Shell could poll 10 to 40 percent but will not win the GOP governor race. In Los Angeles, Shell denies backing extremist groups. Democrats hold one state office with little opposition. Republicans mount three main contests including Nixon-Shell for governor and Christoper and McCarthy for lieutenant governor.
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Shell
Los Angeles
Glenn M. Anderson
Atty William McKessen
Los Anseres County
Nixon-Shell
George Christopher
San Francisco
John F. McCarthy
San Rafael
Bruce Allen
Los Gatos
Superior Court
Thomas Coakley
Mariposa
Richard J. Colwig
Redwood City
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Modesto
Auburn
Ivon High School
Wichita
Vomer
Police Post
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J Cme
Preven
Maine Ave
Tnvernor
Fast
West Berlin
Prese-Telegram
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Jenni
Mall
Dany
Audio Bureau of Circuistion
Nt 8Th St
Fine Ave
Long Beach
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GOP
Anaheim
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Orange Ave
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Idaho
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East Ocean Blvd
Cutifaraia
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