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Oral History Interview with Ben Bynum, October 10, 1975

Description: Interview with Ben Bynum, a public relations consultant and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Amarillo. Bynum shares his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. He also discusses the House speakership race, committee appointments, public school financing, public utilities legislation, constitutional revision, insurance legislation, his personal legislation, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date: October 10, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bynum, Ben
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Oral History Interview with Walt Parker, September 19, 1975

Description: Interview with Walt Parker, a builder, farmer-rancher, and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Denton. Parker discusses his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. He also talks about the selection of Bill Clayton as speaker of the House, committee appointments, the constitutional revision, public school financing, public utilities legislation, and his personal legislation.
Date: September 19, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Parker, Walter E.
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Oral History Interview with L. DeWitt Hale, September 3, 1975

Description: Interview with Democratic attorney and member of the Texas House of Representatives L. DeWitt Hale, from Corpus Christi, Texas. In the interview, Hale discusses his experiences as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. He also expresses his personal thoughts and memories on the House speakership race, appropriations, committee appointments, public school financing, public utilities legislation, constitutional revisions, personal legislation, and comments on fellow politician Governor Dolph B… more
Date: September 3, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hale, L. DeWitt
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Oral History Interview with Fred Agnich, August 11, 1975

Description: Interview with Fred Agnich, businessman and member of the Texas House of Representatives, Republican. The interview includes Agnich's personal experiences as a member of the 64th Legislature. Agnich talks about the House speakership race, appropriations, committee appointments, the strip mining bill, public school financing, public utilities legislation, constitutional revision, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date: August 11, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Agnich, Fred
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Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, August 11, 1975

Description: Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, an attorney and a Republican member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Harris discusses public school financing, public utilities legislation, constitutional revision, and personal legislation.
Date: August 11, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
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Oral History Interview with Grant Jones, July 21, 1975

Description: Interview with Grant Jones, an insurance executive and a Democratic member of the Texas Senate from Abilene, Texas. Jones shares his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature and discusses his personal political philosophy, public school financing, public utilities legislation, constitutional revision, and his personal legislation.
Date: July 21, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Jones, Grant, 1922-
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Oral History Interview with Bill Clayton, July 16, 1975

Description: Interview with Bill Clayton, a farmer-rancher-businessman and former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives (1975-1982), concerning his experiences and personal views as speaker during the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Clayton discusses his early political career, his personal political philosophy, his quest for the house speakership, personal observations of former Speakers Byron Tunnell, Ben Barnes, Gus Mutscher, Rayford Price, Price Daniel, Jr., the appointment of committee chairs, dispos… more
Date: July 16, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Clayton, Billy
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Oral History Interview with David Allred, July 8, 1975

Description: Interview with David Allred, a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Wichita Falls, Texas. In the interview, Mr. Allred discusses his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. He also describes his thoughts on issues such as the House speakership race, committee chairpersons, House rules, Equal Rights Amendment, the establishment of Public Utilities Commission, public school financing and the Constitutional Convention.
Date: July 8, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Allred, David
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Oral History Interview with Sarah Weddington, July 8, 1975

Description: Interview with Democratic attorney and member of the Texas Legislature Sarah Weddington from Austin, Texas. In the interview, Weddington discusses her experiences while serving as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. She also discusses her decision to enter politics and her personal political philosophies. Weddington expresses her thoughts on the House speakership race, committee appointments, constitutional revisions, the Equal Rights Amendment, public school financing, public utilities l… more
Date: July 8, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Weddington, Sarah
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Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, July 17, 1975

Description: Interview with Democratic senator and attorney Oscar H. Mauzy, a member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, Texas. In the interview, Mauzy discusses his experiences while serving as a member of the Sixty-fourth Texas Legislature. Mauzy also expresses his personal views on public school financing, public utilities legislation, the College Coordinating Bill, constitutional revision, personal legislation. He comments on fellow politicians Comptroller Bob Bullock, Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby and Go… more
Date: July 6, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Mauzy, Oscar H.
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Oral History Interview with Chris Miller, June 24, 1975

Description: Interview with Chris Miller, a public relations consultant and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Fort Worth, concerning her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Miller discusses her decision to enter politics, her personal political philosophy, the House speakership race, her committee appointments, constitutional revision, the Equal Rights Amendment, public school financing, public utilities legislation, and her personal legis… more
Date: June 24, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Miller, Dorothy June Chrisman
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Oral History Interview with James J. Kaster, June 23, 1975

Description: Interview with James Kaster, a travel agent, a pilot, and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from El Paso, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Texas Legislature. Kaster discusses Speaker Bill Clayton, the House speakership race, committee assignments, constitutional revision, public school financing, public utilities legislation, personal legislation, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date: June 23, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kaster, James J., V, 1933-2005
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Oral History Interviews with Walter White, 1975

Description: Interview with Walter White concerning his experiences as a federal labor mediator and conciliator. White speaks of his his thirty-year career with the U.S. Conciliation Service and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, as well as his early boyhood employment with International Harvester Company. He discusses the Depression and New Deal, the Kansas Employment Service, his employment with U.S. Potash Company and experiences with Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Union, and his employment… more
Date: 1975-04-16/1975-05-21
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Dunn, J. D. & White, Walter, 1906-
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Oral History Interview with Willie L. Benton, March 10, 1975

Description: Interview with Willie Benton, an electrician and a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Benton discusses his pre-war embassy duty in Peking, North China with the 6th Marines, his capture in Peking, Wusong (Woosung) Prison Camp, Shanghai (1942-1945), Fengtai and Kiangwang (Kiangwan) Prison Camps (1945), Pusan, Korea (1945), Hakodate, Hokkaido (1945), and his liberation.
Date: March 10, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Benton, Willie L.
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Oral History Interview with J. W. Buck, February 24, 1975

Description: Interview with J. W. Buck, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Buck talks about the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Bangkok, Thailand (1945), and his liberation.
Date: February 24, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Buck, J. W., 1920-
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Oral History Interview with Clyde Funk, February 22, 1975

Description: Interview with Clyde Funk, physician and U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Funk discusses the Normandy invasion (1944), the shooting down of his bomber and his capture in France on October 12, 1944, his interrogation at Dalag Luft, Wetzlar, Germany, Oberursel, Stalag Luft 3-A, Sagan, Stalag Luft 7-A, Moosburg, forced marches, and his liberation by American troops.
Date: February 22, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Funk, Clyde
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Oral History Interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson, Fall 1975

Description: Interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson, nurse and Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, who discusses her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. She also talks about the House speakership race, committee appointments, public school financing, constitutional revision, public utilities legislation, personal legislation, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date: {1975-09-10,1975-12-01}
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Johnson, Eddie Bernice, 1934-
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