European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stapes am 26, 1 ton u v has taken front Page headlines through the us months coloured As it has been by implications o f political Aivar in High places and suggestions that at least one investigator into the tangled Estes affairs was Natur Dereu far the threatened political scandal has not materialized., p1wed,murd%c7aofflci/1tc wed a wields a. I a Lri Elf the times Wilh a .22-Cal Rifle. _ about the Estes try is the length of Fai to Cifes up ult him. He appears to have been _ _ discovery on a number of occasions but each time he a the tucked the investigations which might have exposed him. Up one Iocca Sipa at West it was r the seeming austerity of his per v-4 j first he was a Lay preacher much Given to quoting the Bible i business As Well As in Church and on social occasions. 5 a Hen he lather smoked nor air Tiik. And displayed an usual prohibited such As mixed bathing in the swim Ming Pool of his $150,000 mansion in his own town of Pecos Tex. J-estefi1, difficulties appear to have started to develop i 1959. 1� that year Hie commercial solvents corp. L of new York de in Audeef payment at ass Yew owed by Esterl Estes settled that prob of Lefi i byjge4ing the company to lend him an additional $325,000 to enable him to a into the Grain storage business. The govern Talent pays substantial fee for the storage of the Mil. Of surplus tons of wheat and feed grains which it buys from american Farmers and Estes saw the Opportunity for amassing Axie. But he needed More Money to build or buy still More Grain years fits believed to be f the primary motive which started him upon vjlilsvbt8gest alleged swindle the Sale to West Texas Farmers of an hydrous ammonia fertilizer tanks which he never supplied in re torn Lor. Chattel race gages on the Farmers properties and a Bonus pay f " me persuaded sortie of these pc timers to give him a much As $330,000mortgages on their property the inducement was a 10 per cent Bonus these mortgages As securities for Loans from several big3bnnce companies. " 7- to Fici two Fie of his undoing for it was through this tin us Jubi we Able to charge my Alta fraud an 1e ground it fat pc Tau feared the fraudulent mortgages from one state Texas to other states. " to fee Briary last year vague charges began to find their Way to Washington suggesting that All was far from Well As far As Estes was concerned. i so far. There have been two inquiries into Estes manipulations. F the one that really gave political impetus to the affair was initiated Jin april by Texas Attr Gen Wlsh Wilson who charged that Estes was � Washington operator eve Deace produced at his courts of inquiry involved three agriculture department officers Wra were said to have accepted Small gifts of Troney and expensive shoes suits and shirts from Estes. The three re Eluned wwtybfibh32f f a it i a ube Raij tas Democrat. Senis Ralph Yarborough acknowledged that he had received$00 political contributions from Estes. V k h. Gad Tjade Ivou i Wiful toy member of the Honse agric no tora Donn Rittore admitted that he had sold Birtes $4,000 Worth of in of Erl my june Wui Kint deliver big the Stock to Estes. Tie last 4jbat a senior officer of the Agricol Bipire in Texas Iwho had been charged with in Jujj Allott tent transfers Henry Marshall had shooting himself five times a hos taken to reveal an incredible persistence in com % waa Mega ded As almost a physical impossibility. Was summoned to j review the Case at Franklin Tex. An autopsy their May could f not reach a decision became to floret inflate a definite decision at East Knuthe suicide verdict heretofore. Investigate tiie Case Mcnellan committee investigates Fountain , has May 28, but the Mcclellan Hotoi far greater resources and experience in these affairs in Martli far More than the Fountain committee. Is Salt bras 50 investigators digging id evidence pm tire Bute sorbet is is out of jail on bail r of $100,000. A Federal Rand jury shaving last Welc formulated 29 counts of fraud against " the mortgage transferal across state lines. Who investigated1 his affairs Winn p. Jackson commit Teeth everybody thought that an and with his wide six in Laos Cabinet Are confirmed in poles few us. Pals in coalition by Bank Georges Nagaki Tokyo up six confirmed enemies of the United states Are members of the laotian provisional coalition government just installed. Of the 19 Cabinet members in the new regime Only eight can be counted As friends of the unit dec states. The balance of Power is held by five neutrals headed by Premier Prince Souvanna Houma. And they May be considered less than lukewarm toward the West. They fought militarily arid. Politically on the Side of the pro communist Patchet lab for18 months " the three princes agreement of a Jame 12 that established the makeup of the coalition government called for seven nem Bers to come from Souva Mia Shounia s neutrals four from the Patchet lao four from the outgoing Bonn Oom anti communist regime and four so called Vientiane neutrals. Gen Pho unti Nosavan Deputy Premier and defense minister in the Bonn Oum regime again is a Deputy Premier and Heads the right Wing bloc of four. The others Are former Interior bin Trier to Teri a Mumy end have charge of army police an eventual elections. Pro communist Prince sea Phanou Vonc can count on unit. Support from at least two of Coovanna s group. The two Are foreign july inter jul Nam Phot Sena who baht utterly denounced the United states in the two other close associates who May Tun out to be unfortunate choices neither has been pop ii lar.j-1 the four Vientiane neutrals Are. Actuary conservatives and can be expected to line up Gen rahy with a Houmis bloc against these eight conserva Tives Are the 11 other members of the coalition who run from left of Center neutralise to pro and onto Telegraph the costs Post Anil on agreement Chi inns to be thence Tucaur giving the Matt besides his premiership. Soo Vanna controls the key defense and Interior ministries which into the bed Bat the bickering of the past several Daw on the terms of the tvs taxation decree saw a hmm bowing at almost every torn to so Phanouvong 3,2 milion Detroit a american Luth eran Church history will be made Here this bodies of the Church. In chiding the 2 million member United lutheran Church of Ajner Tea will merge to form the new lutheran Church in America. The merger to be carried out at a constituting convention will Cre ate a single an estimated 3.2 million members,.or about one third of tie nation s lutherans. The merging groups say this will make them the sixth largest protestant in Orch a Fly in Theta United states. A joining together in the Climax to six years of merger discussions will be the United lutheran Church american evangelical lutheran Church. Augustan Luth eran Church and finnish evangelical lutheran Church Suomi Synod. Merger will be effected Over a period from thursday through son Day to ceremonies1 at Cobo Hab following the to song the foam groups. The conventions started monday. Luthero Elsm in the United states has about 8% million adherents including the lutheran Church Missouri Synod with 2& million members and the Wisconsin Synod and s e v e r a 1 so called splinter groups. These Are not involved inthe merger. House Chaliman Hurt Kennedy plans by William f. Arbogast Washington apr As far As he Kennedy administration is concerned the House of representatives has assumed the role of an effective legislative wrecking defeat Hist week of the presi Dent s new farm legislation Wasow second major setback it dealt b president Kennedy this year and he third since he took of Nee in january 1961. And. There May be More before he present Congress ends its work Ater this year. With democrats heavily a the majority but definitely not always n control the House demonstrated to belligerence last year when through its rules commute it shelved a Senate passed Aid to Edu Talon measure. Expanded group the committee had been enlarged earlier in the year at the administration s insistence. It no longer was supposed to be Able to bottle up bins close to the president s learn. Carlier this year the House docked oat the window the presi ent s plan to set up a new Cabinet department of Urban affairs and same House coalition that stopped the school Bill the farm ill and the Urban affairs measure May prevail on pending and ministration Bills. These Bills provide for a system health care to the elderly under social Security for broadening of lie presidents Powers to Cut Afif fsr and for continuation of theorem in Aid program. The health Bill is stymied in the Louse ways and Means commit be and May never reach a House Lowdown. The Tariff measure is schedule Dor House action this week and in plenty of foreign Aid Bill already passed by the Senate is on the Louse program for the week of uly 9. It May be riddled with amendments and limitations. The coalition that has been Call ing the shots in the House on Many Bills is composed of Republican Sand conservative Southern democrats with the latter occasionally bolstered by. Urban democrats from the cold facts Are that democrats despite their numerical strength of 263 in the House Don t stick together while republicans with Only 174 votes Are More cohesive and keep a larger percent age of their votes on the. Floor. On the vote that killed the far Bill 48 democrats kicked Over the traces and voted with the republicans Only one Republican defected to the administration Side. The Bill lost by a id vote margin. The Urban affairs measure found 111 democrats straying from the presidential fold to join 15s republicans in killing the proposal. Only 13 republicans jumped the party fences to vote with 137 democrats. Five republicans and three Southern democrats to tilled the school Bill in the rules committee with seven democrats he the minority. Etl Tokan Metio Mathest Navy Alt Force cot b do was p. Smith or Usa. It co. John j. Caul read. Olaf. A tarty Arnold Burner Etmer d. Rank. 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