European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes  therein a " dearth of sound Atid fury As Eri Tufey winds up its Primar Campaign for  senator.,the reason " is simple. Thev i air idea candidates Isle publican Seik Thruston of Tutor ton and Zenuk Aizic let gov Wilso Wyett consider their respective nominations clinched with Only Token opposition in tuesdays Pri Mary " Forlan is seeking a second1 term. "5-the to  a re r Mark ing time with occasional Low keyed utterances presumably reserving their High powered ammunition Lor a pitched Battle in november. Has pull backing s a Wyatt " elected lieutenant  in ls59, runs with the full fledged backing of gov. Bert comb state administration. Of i the democrats and republicans expect to add a splash of prestige for their nominees by in listing 1 president Kennedy and former president Dwight d. Eisen Hower As Campaign speakers Morton contends his experience in National and International affairs entitles him to a second six year term Wyatt espouses the theme thata democratic senator can work more"1 harmoniously with a demo crat a administration. Although Kentucky consistently elects democrats for governor and Congress iivl956 it sent two re Hubli cans Morton hand John Sher Man Cooper to the Senate in the landslide for or Eisenhower doling Tex. Newspaper editor s Spad Ewd toppled Estes Empire. A by James t. Young Pecos where Estes Hada palatial $150,000. Home with a private swimming Pool Tennis courts and a Barbecue pit  to roast 10 steers at a time to become editor of the Pecos Independent. And Estes was giving his paper trouble. Last year Estes ran for a Posi Tion on the Pecos school Board but lost to a write in candidate. The Independent opposed him. After his defeat Estes set up the Pecos daily news when Estes opened his daily newspaper aug. 1, 3961, it soon forced the Independent locate just two doors away to Cut its editorial staff from five to  started investigating. To made trips through count after county in the Panhandle and West Texas id King to farm ers who might have a non Deal with Estes. He spent weeks collecting in formation about hundreds of individual deals Estes made with Farmers. Then he had a talk with Ala Propp general manager of the Independent. They decided to pub Lish a series of four articles on what Griffin had  first article appeared on feb. 12. It gave no names but listed Case after Case of Farmers who had made certain business deals for phantom fertilizer tanks. The Farmers did not know that anything was wrong with the deals. They thought the business was on the up and up even though they never actually too Possession of the tanks. I started writing them Beau set concerned so Many people in Reeves county Griffin said. On March is shortly after the third article appeared a police Man noticed a fire at the Backof Ajjie Independent newspaper building. It was quickly extinguished and caused Only minor damage. It looks definitely like arson an investigating officer said. The arson Case still is unsolved. Then the roof fell in on the Pecos millionaire and his reputed Fortune vanished almost overnight the finance companies were Leader in no Hurr to adopt a new medicare baby ,.-., tight dipped Estes onetime boy wonder Bithie sol tight hoped with newsmen in Elpaso Tex., As he faced a receivership hearing before creditors. He also was tight lipped court taking the fifth amendment six times. Estes is under endict rent for fraud. His father is at right especially interested in the articles. After the articles investigators came to Pecos from finance companies Estes had borrowed Money from on the strength of Mort gages from Farmers. Then the Fri started checking and on March 29, Estes was arrested by the Fri on charges of fraud. Griffin and Propp got out an extra edition of the paper the night Estes was arrested. They sent their wives and Chil Dren out of town and got out the fee 6mo per cent of the Pip Rice in effect something nothing. " / he explained that he was Sof working capital and a loaded Shotgun pistols stuck in their by Harry Ferguson last of two articles Washington up chair Man Wilbur " t Mills of the House ways and Means committee is in the Posl Loii of a Man who Joves this child but is being urged to j disown it and adopt another one. J the Arkansas Democrat presides Over the committee which for a year has been considering presi Dent Kennedy s program for medi Eal Are for the aged. A " he also is coauthor of the Kerr mugs. Medical health Bill which became Law in october 1960. Until the Stilb committee takes som action on the administration s Bill there cannot be � vote on it by Congress the chairman appears to be Njie hurry to toss his own baby out the door and adopt another the King Anderson Bill being urged upon Congress by or. Ken Nedy would finance medical Ca re for Llie aged by increasing. Social Security taxes " r a a211113 Lias a consistent record of voting against any medical Cabeje Susla on Wimch is tied to socialsecjumy.of j -.". The a he helped write pro vide Federal state funds " the fed eral share runs from 50f to pm her ,.,.v i a Adon tit. I a we uuwi1i rules for medical care for the aged. In  financing  Mills is in agr a Ament with the american medical last week Theam Erinani or ologies association Jiray j up against the Ken drop Salt a. T i. I i?,4 of i but fee most dramatic oppose Tiona to Lliel Kennedy medical care Tiona from a Man who scribes ,?h&i861fasr just a Littie h1-rep. Wilbur Mills. Has own i Rotas country doctor in Point pleasant . " he is or. J. Bruch Henriksen 54 year old surgeon who believes the Kennedy administration is trying to Lorce socialized Medicine on the american people. He wrote out a petition which read we. Refuse to participate in the care of patients under the provisions of the King Ander son Bill or similar legislation. We will continue to care for the medi Cally indigent Young or old As we have in  forty four doctors on the staff 0,-Lhe Point pleasant Hospital signed the petition. Additional Sig natures came from doctors in Toms Hiverneptune, Orange and new Ark until there was a total of 200 names on the  would be erroneous to imply j that All doctors and All medical organizations Are against the Ken Nedy program. The american medical association does not speak for even body. One Hundred and forty physicians on the Columbia University medical faculty voted to support the King Anderson Bill. So did the american nurses association under the present medical care Tor the aged program the Kerr Mills Law persons who do no qualify for old age assistance and cannot afford to pay medical Bill sire entitled to help but they have to prove they Are unable to Payind a person whose income exceeds $1,800 a year $2,800 for married couple is not eligible. Each state controls the details fits program but so far Only 23 states have passed the legislation necessary 1o qualify. In the first nine months of the operation of the Kerr Mills Law the Federal government spent $21 Mil Ion the states $14 million and ocal communities $7 million. When the Law was passed it was Esti mated the Federal expenditure would be $142 my lion annually and that a Little More him 2 million persons would Benefit. Critics of the present program out that it forces people to become paupers in order to qualify for medical Aid. No matter where the argument starts about the Kennedy pro Gram it always comes Back to socialized  the Ken Ned supporters answer by saying hat the plan does not Call for the government to pay doctors salaries and that it could be carried out Ike the e Blue Cross plan without meddling in Hospital  paper wit nearby and belts. The Story that Griffin uncovered was one in which Estes raised Money on none intent anhydrous ammonia storage tanks to expand his Grain storage Empire. Working with Superior manufacturing co. Of Amarilio which manufactured the tanks Este persuaded tin Farmers to go through the motions of buying the tanks Worth about $1,000 each from Sti prior on credit inking out mortals on them Ulm then leasing them Buck to Esles made the lease payments equal to the mortgage payments so the Farmers would Root have to pay out any Money and offered them a wanted to use the Farmer s credit to obtain the tanks. He used Tiff mortgages then to borrow $22 million from commercial Nance companies. Griffin was born in Liberty and graduated from the universe few of Texas. On june 1, he is Leav Hythe Independent to become a copy editor on the Houston  town he leaves will Bast Tong time in recovering. I Learned to accept the but  among Inthout Silt in sol e tis Stilt Tine. \ the newspaper owned. By Este eliminated two of its editions after his arrest cutting Back to a five Flay paper. The Semi weekly Ami Griffin Are generally praised  Are still those who critic Lre. One of the attacks that has Bee launched is that the John Birdt society owns and supports the in dependent. It resulted in Marj Carpenter woman s editor writing about picture in her Home of two Birc Trees. These Are the Only Bircher know about she said. No ext. To of european edition these army air Force cot Ridgway p. Smut Orusa.  it col John j Caulfield. Usan ,._ Label. 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