Analysis After Mutscher Trial
The piece notes the Texas House power shift after the Mutscher trial with Gov. Preston Smith facing voter backlash. It cites lucrative stock deals linked to Frank W. Sharp during a 1969 banking bill push and Smith’s profit from a similar Sharp arrangement before vetoing banking bills. It highlights calls for a broad housecleaning in Austin amid a crowded Democratic runoff field.
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Abilene
API
Gus Mutscher
Mutscher
Texas
House of Representatives
Preston Smith
Ben Barnes
Frances Farenthold
Corpus Christi
Dolph Briscoe
Uvalde
Austin
Shannon
McGinty
Frank W. Sharp
Houston
Sharp
Gov. Smith
House
Senate
Barnes
Texas legislative shifts loom after Mutscher era fades
A Democratic official in Taylor County predicts a post Mutscher speakership fight with Rayford Price seen as interim leader. Reform Democrats back Price Daniel Jr. of Liberty as a rival, while Smith and Barnes suffer from the Mutscher conviction fallout. Michigan brochure notes 28 page listing nearly 200 convention sites for planners.
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Austin
Taylor County
Smith
Ben Barnes
Mutscher
Rayford Price
D-Palestine
Price Daniel Jr
Liberty
Capitol Dome
Gus
Barnes
Shannon
McGinty
Lansing
Mich
UPI
Michigan Tourist Council
Michigan
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Aquarius
Elecka Drug
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Price
Cuero
GAY Implement & Motor Company
John Deere
Studebaker
Anderson & Mays
P.O. Box
McKinney
Nolg
The
Cuero Record