Two segments: 0-11:45; 11:45-46:17. Segment 1: AP journalist Max Skelton dictates his notes from a 9/23/76 meeting between LuÃs Salas, James Mangan, and himself regarding disputed votes in Jim Wells County, Texas, during the 1948 Senate election. 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 fear of lawsuits; Salas's book, in Spanish, is in Mexico. Segment 2: KEYH 85 commercial radio broadcast. Topics: Sports trivia; public service announcements; national weather; civil war in Lebanon; national political and economic news; upcoming Presidential election; Houston crime, business, transportation, health; Hurricane Belle; Watergate; Pakistan; national politics; local weather; sports; business news.
Sound recording, two segments including notes of Max Skelton re: LuÃs Salas, 9/23/76, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 7, side A
Citation
Sound recording, two segments including notes of Max Skelton re: LuÃs Salas, 9/23/76, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 7, side A, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/aud-pp-manganj-7a