Wheeler Denies Collusion With Ag Department Over Grain Deals
Rep. Ross Bass accused a triangle of interest linking Estes, Commercial Solvents, and Agriculture Department officials in 1959 when Estes first won a government grain storage contract. Wheeler denied any collusion and said statements by committee members could vary.
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Wheeler
Estes
Agriculture Department
Eisenhower
Commercial Solvents
James A. McConnell
Walter C. Berger
Berger
McConnell
Commodity Credit Corp
Ross Bass
D-Tenn
Politician McConnell Worked as Consultant on Farm Trends
Wheeler testifies McConnell acted only as consultant on general farm trends and did not speak with Berger while he headed the Commodty Credit Corp. Berger resigned in 1961 and became a director of Commercial Scientists. Letters from McConnell in 1960 61 discuss likely changes in government grain programs and note Texas sorghum planting concerns linked to Lyndon B. Johnson.
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McConnell
General Farm
Berger
Commody Credit Corp
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Subcommittee
James Naughton
Washington
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Moment of truth at Riverside Showdown among Plymouth Chevrolet Ford
The Showdown at Riverside tested standard V-8 models Chevrolet Impala Ford Galaxie 500 and Plymouth Fury. The U S Testing Co judged the event and Plymouth won eight of ten events signaling the Greatest Plymouth Ever Built is at dealers now.
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Chevrolet
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Riverside
U.S
School Solons Plan Meeting To Award Bids
Dunbar Peter A. Farmer Paul D Haas William G Kessel Wil liam Diehl Ralph S Mc Hargue lead a meeting to award bids for Otter Creek Junior High School furniture equipment and supplies. Bids will be opened June 11 for Gerstmeyer High School vocational offset printing equipment and library furniture and equipment from State Prison Industries. Additional bids include library magazines and installation of driveways walks and parking areas at Otter Creek.
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State Prison Industries
Otter Creek
Paul Humphrey
Virgil Morris
A. Dale Meighen
Raymond Beeshaw
Ray Hahn
Austin Manhart
Postal Groups Launch State Meeting Here
The first vice president is viewed as the likely successor to Robert Schelhase of Evansville as state president. Evansville’s Jessie Lee Wilder is 1962 Auxiliary president with Lafay ette’s Lucille Singley as first vice president, per convention chairman Max Whitaker. Dignitaries include W T Cottingham Cincinnati, Miklzek Postmaster, George Burge Indianapolis, Mike Chipin Washington, C A L Burrows Terre Haute, John Tanner Columbia, Eugene Pinson Cincinnati, and Loren Gard Cincinnati.
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Robert Schelhase
Evansville
Jessie Lee Wilder
Lucille Singley
Lafayette
Max Whitaker
Terre Haute
Washington, D. C
C. A. L. Burrows
John Tanner
Columbia, Mo
NAPS
Eugene Pinson
Cincinnati
Loren Gard
Plot to murder de Gaulle foiled in Veloul area
President Charles de Gaulle toured east-central France under heavy guard after police uncovered a Secret Army Organization plot to assassinate him before the Algeria referendum. Six suspects, four men and two women, were arrested in the case.
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France
Charles de Gaulle
Interior Ministry
de Gaulle
Algeria
Kennedy seeks GOP help on bills and economy
Kennedy urged Republicans outside Congress to abandon old positions and focus on real U.S. problems, coupling farm support bills with production controls while avoiding strikes in aviation. He warned against political games and pressed for arbitration, tax savings, and voluntary solutions in a free economy.
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Moscow
Southeast Asia
U. S
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Montana
Pentagon
Space Agency
Handcuffed hiker puzzles Franklin police
A 33 year old man with handcuffs on his wrists was found walking along a highway in Franklin Indiana. He claimed Hot Springs North Carolina as his hometown and provided a questionable badge marked BAFB AP. Authorities checked for a missing prisoner and Bakalar Air Force Base said no claim.
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Bafb—Ap
Bakalar Air Force Base
Columbus
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