Panel to Question 100 Witnesses in Estes Inquiry
The Senate investigations subcommittee plans public hearings with at least 100 witnesses from Kennedy and Eisenhower administrations. It probes Billie Sol Estes influence in Washington and the fertilizer and grain storage empire linked to Estes. McClellan says hearings may air and could stretch into fall with June start unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Kennedy
Fisenhower
Billie Sol
Estes
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
N. Battle Hales
Agriculture Department
Department
Walter C. Berger
Eisenhower
Berger
Commercial Solvents Corp. of
New York
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Barnes
Senate
Hisenhower
Government to move 42 million bushels grain linked to Estes
The Agriculture Department will relocate about 42 million bushels of grain from Billie Sol Estes linked elevators over 18 months at an estimated cost of 2 million dollars. The move aims to protect public policy interests while Estes faces fraud charges and a Senate probe looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
George A. Barnes
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Barnes
Department
Kennedy Eyes Help for Elderly as AMA Attacks Plan
President Kennedy told Democratic leaders he believes AMA critics misrepresent his health plan. Senate and House leaders voiced optimism for action this session, while some allies doubt enactment this year. Kerr Mills coverage remains limited to six states with 90 000 beneficiaries nationwide.
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Washington
Kennedy
American Medical Association
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Senate
Democratic
White House
AMA
Humphrey
Rep
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
House
Congress
Ment
Tallahassee
Fla
George A. Smathers
Florida
Democratic Policy Committee
Albert
Ways and Means
Theodore C. S Gram Kennedy
Kerr-Mills
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Sen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Pierre Salinger
Mansfield
Navy Transport Plane Crashes Near Markt Schwaben Germany
A four engine U S Navy Constellation crashed near Ebersberg ten miles east of Munich. At least 20 people were killed with reports of up to 26 aboard. The aircraft, based in Rota Spain, was on a routine Frankfurt Germany to Spain flight when it went down after exploding in the air and losing its tail section. Firefighters and Army personnel worked to control the blaze and identify victims.
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Ebersberg
Germany
US. Army
Munich
US Air Force European
Wiesbaden
Rota
Spain
Frankfurt
Air Force
Markt Schwaben
Mathias Wolf
U.S. Army
Amazing
Threats Fading as Carpenter Readies Mercury Orbit
Cape Canaveral reports weather and forest fire smoke easing, raising optimism for Malcolm Carpenter to launch on Thursday. Forecasters expect some haze but no interference with tracking as NASA notes a 6 to 40 percent chance of a Thursday launch barring new issues.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Project Mercury
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Atlas
Everglades
Cape
Midwest
Florida
Atlantic
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Virgil I. Grissom
John H. Glenn Jr
Carpenter
Air Force
Bonn Ideas Submitted On West Berlin Access Authority
Bonn government submitted ideas to the United States for an international authority to govern land routes to West Berlin and oversee decisions. The plan preserves four powers United States Britain France and the Soviet Union in overall control while the authority carries out rulings. Western air corridors stay under Western control with an observer in the Berlin air safety center. Soviet authorities currently check overland traffic and East Germans handle nonmilitary traffic. The Soviets threaten to transfer all controls to East Germany.
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Bonn
Germany
United States
West Berlin
West Germany
U.S
Washington
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Berlin Air Safety Center
North Dallas Wife Shot Husband in Domestic Tragedy
Priscilla Holmes, 20, told investigators her husband William Bryant Holmes III, 40, was killed by a .45 revolver blast as he prepared to leave her. She said she pleaded with him and then retrieved the pistol from a bookcase before the shooting. Police found him dead in the bathroom area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
North Dallas
William Bryant Holmes III
Priscilla Holmes
Trade Plan Clears House Committee Vote on Kennedy Tariff Plan
The Ways and Means Committee backed a Kennedy tariff-cutting bill. It authorizes tariff elimination or cuts, retraining aid for workers, and loans and tax benefits for firms hit by imports. Debate centers on unemployment support levels and potential two system benefits.
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Washington
Kennedy
House
Ways and Means Committee
U.S
Weather reading shows mixed conditions across Texas
The report outlines varied forecasts for North Central, Northeast, Northwest, South Central, Southeast, Southwest Texas with temperatures ranging from lows in the 30s to highs near 88 95 degrees. Expect partly cloudy skies, scattered thunderstorms in the east and north, and cooler nights especially into Wednesday. Winds shift from southerly to northerly.
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Snyder
Texas
Tealth
Lew Ten
Miller Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Frank Miller age 76 are set for 3 p.m. Wednesday at Bell Funeral Home Chapel. He died Monday at Snyder Hospital after a long Scurry County residency. Burial will be Hillcrest Cemetery. nephews will be pallbearers. He leaves four nephews and eight nieces. He was a Baptist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Miller
Miller
Snyder Hospital
Liano
Scurry County
Bell Funeral Home
Harry Vanderpool
Hillcrest Cemetery
Connally and Yarborough Campaign Across Texas
The Associated Press reports Texas gubernatorial candidates John Connally and Don Yarborough campaigning on opposite sides of the state. Connally emphasizes leadership and growth in West and South Texas while Yarborough mobilizes East Texas votes and endorses Kennedy administration policies for 1964. Reavie attacks Carr over Jeff erson County investigations as Carr tours the Panhandle promising tougher crime laws.
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Connally, Yarborough
Associated Press
John Connally
Texas
Bay City
West
Don Yarborough
Yarborough
Kennedy
John Kennedy
Connally
Democratic Party
West Texas
Lubbock Levelland
Littlefield Plainview
Amarillo
Fort Worth
East Texas
Texarkana
Lufkin
Longview
Gladewater
Tyler
Palestine
Tom Reaviey
Waggoner Carr
Jefferson County
Carr
Panhandle
Keip
Cold Front Dims Texas Heat With Cooler Air
A southerly advance of a cold front lowered Texas temperatures Tuesday as the edge of cooler air stretched from Midland to Gage Oklahoma. Scattered showers appeared in Northeast Texas, while Vernon and Electra reported tornadoes hail and heavy rain Sunday night causing about 300000 to 350000 dollars in crop damage. Forecasts predict clear weather elsewhere with isolated thunderstorms possible in the northeast and south central regions.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Texas
Midland
Gage Okla
Weather Bureau
Red River Valley
Vernon
Electra
Robert H
Dama
Wilbarger Ceam
Cury
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