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Secret 1968 probe linked crime to Texas vending firms
Former Texas lawmaker Dick Cory says a 1968 legislative inquiry found links between organized crime and the vending industry but investigators never pursued charges. Testimony about payoffs to state officials was backed by polygraph tests, yet state officers say only one witness was polygraphed. The panel chair argues the evidence suggested felonies by officials and that tapes were kept secret to allow detectives to build prosecutions.
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Texas Vending Machine Commission
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