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Oral history transcript, Buford Ellington, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • the governor controlled it. I noticed the other day, and I know for a fact that he hasn't always been a great friend of Smith's, the present governor of Texas-B: Preston Smith. E: Yes. I noticed the other day he made a statement of what a great man Preston
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