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  • ; campaign styles of LBJ, Coke Stevenson; meeting with George Parr in San Diego, TX; addition of names to the tally list; previous Coke Stevenson election wins; cessation of investigation; Harry Truman, LBJ, George Parr meeting on train; Truman pardon of Parr
  • Continuation of interview of Luís Salas by AP reporter James Mangan regarding Salas’s early life, entrance into politics, and disputed votes in Jim Wells County, Texas, during the 1948 Senate election. Topics: 1948 run off between LBJ and Coke
  • for Coke Stevenson; Salas’s conflict with Charlie Price; local power of Parr and Salas as his representative; death of Bill Mason; Salas’s entrance into politics; comparison to The Godfather; control of draft board, police departments; Salas's relationship
  • ; Clarence Martens; Salas’s clerks; how many lists were created, where Salas’s list ended up, which list was seen by Coke Stevenson
  • Primary. Steel reports Caro's claim that LBJ "stole" the election from Coke Stevenson, and says no proof was offered. Assuming Steel was old enough to read newspapers in 1977, he should have known that on July 31 of that year every major US daily front
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