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Sound recording of interview with AP reporter James Mangan by Joe Ewalt, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 2, side A, circa 1977 (Item)

; 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

Sound recording of interview with Luís Salas, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 6, side A, undated (Item)

of 1948 election; possible indictment of clerks; Ed Lloyd; possible consequences of investigation; Truman train boarding was not in Corsicana; Presidential logs at Truman Library; Givens Parr; changes in Salas’s story; George Parr’s money; vote count

Sound recording of interview with Luís Salas, continued, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 6, side B, undated (Item)

: Local fallout from 1948 election and investigation; Corsicana may have been Truman train disembarkation point; Salas leaves politics in 1950 and moves, returns to Alice in 1958; Parr makes accusation against Salas in 1952; recap of timeline of count

Sound recording, two segments including notes of Max Skelton re: Luís Salas, 9/23/76, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 7, side A (Item)

. Topics: Salas’s role in election; timeline of vote count; San Diego meeting with George Parr, LBJ; usual practice of election manipulation; Truman train visit in Corsicana and Supreme Court halt of investigation; Texas Rangers at Salas’s house; Salas

Sound recording of interview with Luís Salas, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 8, side A, 5/27/1977 (Item)

to take: context of Watergate; commercial possibilities; translation payment, meeting Aguilar; journalists’ pursuit of Salas; statute of limitations; President Truman; Hubert Humphrey; television morning shows; vote count; George Parr’s previous support

Sound recording, three segments including notes of James Mangan re: Luís Salas, 9/23/76, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 4, side A (Item)

votes; investigation; Parr, LBJ, others join President Truman campaign train in Corsicana, Justice Hugo Black ends investigation same day; during investigation Salas visited by LBJ then Texas Rangers; Salas lied during investigation; Salas no longer