Wheeler Defends Indictment as Political Tactics
Maynard Wheeler, president of Commercial Solvents Corp, faces a Texas anti trust indictment tied to Billie Sol Estes. He calls the charges a shocking piece of politics and says they will collapse. Wheeler, 62, surrendered and was arraigned in felony court and paroled to await a Sept. 6 hearing.
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New York
Maynard Wheeler
Commercial Solvents Corp
Billie Lo Estes
Wheeler
Criminal Courts
Whitman Knapp
Magistrat
David Malbin
Texas
Marilyn Monroe Die Mystery Ends in Suspected Overdose
Hollywood reports say Marilyn Monroe died at 36 from an apparent sleeping-pill overdose. A doctor forced entry found her in a locked Brentwood bedroom with an empty Nembutal bottle nearby and a telephone in her hand. Coroner and police seek mood and calls history to determine if it was accident or suicide.
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Hollywood
Marilyn Monroe
Lire
Norma Jean Baker
Ralph Greenson
Eunice Murray
World Reacts to Marilyn Monroe Death Across Nations
News from London Paris Moscow and beyond follows the death of Marilyn Monroe at age 36. Tass cites an accidental overdose while colleagues like Billy Wilder Laurence Olivier and Jean Cocteau offer mixed reflections on her career and public image. Monroe's former husbands James Dougherty Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller respond with brief comments as details of the tragedy unfold.
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Hollywood
London
Paris
Marilyn Monroe
Moscow
Tass
Los Angeles
Billy Wilder
Laurence Olivier
Olivier
Jean Cocteau
Marilyn
James EB. Dougherty
First Open Bolls of 1962 Displayed in County Office
First open bolls of the 1962 Scurry County cotton crop were shown in the office of County Agent Billy Roach. Jim Stirling brought them from his farm three miles north of Ira. Growth has been rapid due to recent heat and humidity, aiding boll weevil control efforts but damp conditions hinder poison effectiveness. Most cotton in the county is in excellent condition aside from insect pressure.
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Scurry County
Billy Roach
Jim Stirling
Ira
Roach
Ernest Lee Cogdell Dies at Home in Cogdell Center
Funeral arrangements were pending at Bolger Funeral Home for Ernest Lee Cogdell who was found dead at his Cogdell Center residence about 9 am. Authorities said he appeared to have died of a heart attack several hours before discovery with no indication of foul play. He was brother of D M Cogdell Sr and Willard A Cogdell, both of Snyder. coroner W C Davidson noted the death.
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Bolger Funeral
Ernest Lee Cogdell
Cogdell
Cogdell Center
D. M. Cogdell Sr
Willard A. Cogdell
Snyder
Justice of the Peace
W. C. Davidson
Davidson
Brush Fires Controlled in San Antonio Area
Two fast moving blazes in Bexar County burned a truck and machinery firm building and an auto salvage shop while threatening other property. The Acker man Ranch blaze spanned an estimated 3000 to 5000 acres and was briefly re ignited after initial containment. No injuries reported and no damage estimate yet.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
Ackerman Ranch
Auto Salvage Company
Easterly Wave Probed By Plane 1500 Miles East Of Lesser Antilles
A hurricane hunter airplane probed an easterly wave today in the tropical Atlantic about 1,500 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. Easterly waves are weather formations that sometimes develop into tropical storms.
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Miami
Atlantic
Lesser Antilles
Weather summary for Texas regions this weekend
Readings show hot and clear to partly cloudy conditions across North Central and Northeast Texas today with high near 101 and low around 71. Southeast and Southwest Texas remain hot with highs around 92 to 106 and lows from the mid 60s to mid 70s.
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Snyder
North Central
Texas
Plans for Snyder School Year 1962 63
Snyder public schools outline opening procedures for 1962 63 with Aug 20 as the first full activity day. Superintendent T F McCollum announces registration for all elementary grades at 1 pm and a morning faculty meeting at 8 am. Pre school for first graders is set for Aug 30 31 with classes starting Sept 4.
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Snyder
T. F. McCollum
McCollum
Guy Newman
Howard Payne College
Investors Bid on Estes Assets in Dallas Auction
Three investor groups prepared to bid on Billie Sol Estes assets including grain storage fertilizer sales cotton farming and other ventures. Court receiver Harry Moore and creditors' committee members welcomed offers with estimated asset values ranging from 6.5 to 13.5 million dollars. Bids from Morris Jaffe of Fed Mart Irvin Kaplan's Houston syndicate and Eddie V Gray's Baytown interests signaled broad competition.
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Dallas
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Harry Moore
el Paso
Estes
Robert Greenberg
Chicago
T. E. Mitchell
Plainview
M. R. Ir
Houston
Irvin F. Kaplan
United Foods, Inc
Kaplan
E. J. Gray
Eddie V. Gray
Baytown
Patterson Service Set Here Tuesday
James Roy Patterson Sr 72 longtime West Texas resident died at his home in Snyder at 12 20 a m today He lived in Pyron Fluvanna Hermleigh Cross Plains and Sweetwater He was a farmer rural mail carrier banker employee and former Snyder city secretary Funeral services will be at 430 p m Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church burial in Pyron Cemetery Bolger Funeral Home in charge Pallbearers named
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James Roy Patterson Sr
Scurry County
West Texas
Twentyninth Street
Mr. Patterson
Capeville
Tex
Pyron
Snyder
Fluvanna
Hermleigh
Cross Plains
Sweetwater
James R. Patterson Jr
Patterson
Jamaica Becomes New West Nation
Jamaica proclaimed itself a new nation in a midnight ceremony at National Stadium Kingston attended by British Princess Margaret and U S Vice President Lyndon B Johnson. Prime minister Sir William Bustamante led a pro American anti communist government as Jamaica joins the British Commonwealth with independence plans and seeks OAS and UN entry.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Western Hemisphere
Margaret
U.S
Lyndon B
Lord Snowdon
Johnson
Kennedy
British Commonwealth
William Alexander Bustamante
Norman Manley
Bustamante
Organization of American States
United Nations
Dallas District Becomes Nation's Most Populous Soon
The 4th Congressional District of Texas Dallas County is now the country’s most populous after redistricting. California’s 28th District drops from 1,014,460 to 588,933, while Michigan's 12th is the least populous at 177,441.
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Washington
Texas
Dallas County
California
Census Bureau
Michigan
Upper
Michigan Peninsula
Murrow urges low satellite rates for USIA funding USLA
Edward R. Murrow told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the US Information Agency may need low rates to use a communications satellite system. He warned seven circuits costing billions annually could exceed last year’s USIA budget, as the bill faces further study and a late night hearing.
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Washington
Edward R. Murrow
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
US Information Agency
Murrow
USIA
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Naonal Inter
Est
Globe
Latin America
Middle East
Far East
Southeast Asia
South Asia
Dean Rusk
Rusk
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Wheeler and Estes
Connecticut
Estes and Clements
Potter County
Las Vegas
Barry Sullivan
Desiree Samara Pose
Gladys Baker
Joe Dimaggio
James E. Dougherty
la Crescenta
Dimaggio
San Francisco
Santa Monica
Arthur Miller
Miller
Miss Monroe
Theodore J. Curphey
Roxbury
Conn
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Empire
National Stadium
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USLA
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
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