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Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 5 (V), 3/18/1987, by Ted Gittinger
John Connally's appointment as secretary of the navy; the 1961 Lucy B Convair crash near the LBJ Ranch; LBJ's restlessness as vice president; LBJ's relationship with Robert and John Kennedy; the Johnsons' Tennessee walking horse; Konrad Adenauer's…
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 4 (IV), 3/12/1987, by Ted Gittinger
LBJ's feelings about Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1954; LBJ as a medical patient; a 1955 highway construction bill; LBJ's cousin, Margaret, and her family; LBJ's smoking habits after his 1955 heart attack; going on walks with LBJ; the LBJ Ranch…
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 3 (III), 3/3/1987, by Ted Gittinger
A.W. Moursund's 1946 district attorney campaign; the death of Mrs. Johnson's Aunt Effie Pattillo; LBJ supporting Dwight Eisenhower in the 1948 presidential election; LBJ's 1948 U.S. Senate campaign against Coke Stevenson; Winters' offer to shear…
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 2 (II), 2/25/1987, by Ted Gittinger
Boating with LBJ and the Secret Service; how LBJ was offered the job working for Congressman Richard Kleberg through James Cage; Winters' work for Lower Colorado River Authority Board to neutralize conflict between LCRA and the Pedernales Electric…
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1987, by Ted Gittinger
How Winters and LBJ met; Guy Maddox; LBJ's work for Winters' construction company; education as LBJ's priority; LBJ playing dominoes; hunting with LBJ; the construction of dams in the Hill Country area; Camp Wolters; how Winters supported LBJ's…