Officials Hint High Officials Tied to Estes Case
Investigators say evidence points to influential figures in Washington across both Kennedy and Eisenhower administrations in the Billie Sol Estes case. A related probe questions the death of Agri Department agent Henry Marshall, found shot in 1961 and initially ruled suicide, with autopsy findings suggesting possible murder and a review underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Milton Kelly Washington
Billie Sol Estes
Washington
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Sparks
Franklin
Tex
Culture Department
Estes
Harris County
Joseph Jachimczyk
Marshall
Texas Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Agriculture Department
Dist. Atty
Bryan Russ
Russ
Continentals Flight 11 Crashes Killing 45 in Iowa Storm
A Continental Airlines Boeing 707 carrying 45 people is reported to have broken up over Centerville Iowa amid severe storms. A sole survivor died later, and authorities suspect a second aircraft may have been involved. Debris and a fuselage section were found near Kirksville and Unionville as investigators weigh tornado or extreme turbulence as causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unionville
Continental Airlines
Iowa
Kirksville
Takehiko Nakano
Oak Park
Ill
Los Angeles
Continental
Chicago
Kansas City
Centerville
Here
Terry Bunnell
Dewey FE. Ballard
Federal Aviation Agency
Ballard
Jerry Hoshner
Joyce Rush
M. L. Fletcher
Odessa
Tex
Fred Gray
Dallas
Jack Alexander
Navy Airman
James Austin
Flatonia
Cmdr
Charles Patschke
Lexington
Nakano
St. Joseph's Hos
Pital
Cific
Junior Rollins
Weather Bureau
Jack Morris
Leo Craver
Highway 60
Snyder School Board awards ag facility contract
The Snyder School Board awarded the three building contract for the agricultural facility to T. E. Shelburne & Son at 25900 dollars, with rival bids from Leon Burk Construction Plains Steel Buildings and J. L. Wadleigh Construction. Start within 10 days and complete in 90 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
T. E. Shelburne & Son
Leon Burk
Plains Steel
J. L. Wadleigh
Inland Steel
Estes Faces His Creditors in El Paso
Billie Sol Estes and three companions arrived at the Federal building for a creditors meeting in El Paso. Judge Thomason presided as creditors lined up to file claims while Estes sat with lawyers John Cofer and son Hume Cofer awaiting the hearing.
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Estes
el Paso
Raymond Holbrook
Billie Sol Estes
Federal Building
U.S
Hume Cofer
Austin
Weather snapshot for Texas regions with warm temperatures
United weather bulletin reports warm conditions across Texas today and Thursday. North Central Texas expects partly cloudy skies with temperatures near 70s to 90s and a few thunderstorms in spots. Southeast and Southwest Texas show partly cloudy to clear skies with isolated showers and highs generally in the 80s to mid 90s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Texas
Cow Tower
Towas
Northwest
Southeast
Bis
Countdown to three orbit launch of Atlas Aurora 7
Cape Canaveral officials report the first countdown phase for astronaut Malcolm Carpenter’s three orbit mission is go. Smoke from Florida fires threatens visibility, possibly reducing orbits if launch is delayed past 9 30 am EST. Carpenter, 37, conducts experiments and tests aboard the Aurora 7 capsule.
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Raymond J. Crowley
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Earth
Here
Everglades
Carpenter
United States
John H. Glenn Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Gulf of Mexico
Hangary
Glenn
Navy
Soviet Interception Delays U.S. Convoy to Grafenwoehr
A U.S. Army convoy bound for Grafenwoehr was halted for nearly six hours by Soviet checkpoints in Berlin marking the first traffic interference since tensions eased. The delay prompted a U.S. protest to Maj. Gen. Andrei Solovyev while a subsequent supply convoy passed without delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hartman
Berlin
U.S
Grafenwoehr
West Germany
Andrei I. Solovyev
Co. F
Six Dams Sought on Upper Colorado River Region
At a hearing led by Col. R P West district Army engineer several communities and towns on the upper Colorado and its tributaries asked for flood control dams. Menard San Saba Johnson City and others sought projects along the Llano Pedernales and Concho rivers with multiple dam lakes proposed near Robert Lee Lometa and nearby settlements.
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Ballinger
Tex
Colorado
Col
R. P. West
Llano
San Saba
Pedernales
Concho
Austin
Menard
Johnson City
Robert Lee
Lometa
Runnessee
Guard Status Discussed In Session Here
An informational team of National Guard officers led by Col. Jim Moreland spoke at the National Guard Armory. He outlined the proposed 30,000 member strength cut, congressional push to revisit it, and risks to U S security if guards are reduced. He noted federal equipment shifts and urged maintaining at least 65 percent strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Billy Joe Brown
Basil Swim
Col
Jim Moreland
Abilene
J. Ray Martin
Congressional Record
Department of Defense
Guard
Col. Moreland
Department
Congress
Defense Department
U. S
SEATO
NATO
Daniel
Kennedy
Korea
Feeble Front Edges Eastward Toward Texas
A weak cool front stalled overnight then drifted northwest by Wednesday. Its edge stretched from Wichita Falls to Abilene and Del Rio at dawn. West Texas skies were mostly clear, while the rest of the state was partly cloudy. Isolated showers possible in parts of Northeast and Southeast Texas with coolings expected to be limited. Temperatures ranged from 48 in Dalhart to 76 in Brownsville and coastal cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Texas
Wichita Falls
Abilene
del Rio
West Texas
Weather Bureau
Dalhart
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Palacios
Major Kimzey Dies At Home In Hermleigh
Robert Major Kimzey aged 73 and lifelong Hermleigh resident died at Codger Hospital at 11 30 am after being taken from his home by ambulance. Services are pending at Bolger Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Major Kimzey
Hermleigh
Codger Hospital
Major Kimzey
Bolger Funeral Home
Kennedy considers emergency action to admit Chinese refugees
Washington officials report the Kennedy administration weighs emergency immigration to admit Chinese refugees from Hong Kong. The potential quota could range from 1,000 to several thousand as authorities seek routes to help Britain manage overcrowded Hong Kong camps and amid ongoing refugee appeals and inquiries.
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Washington
Kennedy
Hong Kong
United States
China
White House
State Department
United
Britain
T Trenis
Tnt Abana
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Henry Marshall
Agri
Joe D. Camp
Bill Schiebel
Schiebel
Lincoln School
Thomas Mulhaney
Mulhaney
Jim Shaugnessy
Bob Manhart
Chicago Sun-Times
Soviet Union
France
Upper
United States Committee For Refugees
Capitol Hi
Senate
Toronto
John Diefenbaker
Canada
Hong A
Formosa
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