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...Veterans Land Board, composed of Giles, Governor Allan Shivers and Attorney General John Ben Shepperd, eased the way by hastening its approval of the hot transactions, often acted so expeditiously that the promoters were able to pick up the options with the state's money. The fact that Shivers and Shepperd rarely attended board meetings undoubtedly helped Giles work out his plan. Usually the ex-servicemen had no idea what they were signing. Many thought the papers were some sort of application for a cash bonus...
...conviction of Bascom Giles is only the beginning of the scandals trouble for Texas politicians. So far, 21 people, including Democratic Congressman John J. Bell, have been indicted. Governor Shivers and Attorney General Shepperd have been rebuked by a state senate investigating committee for negligence and, no doubt, will feel the scandal's sting politically. As for Bascom Giles, he will go on trial again Aug. 15 in San Antonio for taking a $30,000 bribe, and still faces three other indictments charging him with taking bribes totaling...
...quoted Isaiah: "He that believeth, shall not make haste." North Carolina's Assistant Attorney General Beverly Lake referred to an old case. "This court," said he, "allowed the city of New York four years ... to decide what to do with its garbage." Texas' Attorney General John Ben Shepperd drew a laugh by citing a public-opinion poll, which showed that 45% of sampled Texans are dead set on keeping segregation, only 14% favor desegregation. The same polling agency, said Shepperd. predicted Truman's 1948 election. Queried Justice Felix Frankfurter: "That makes it scientific...
...dramatic show of the week was the Omnibus version of Sophocles' Antigone, superbly directed by Sidney Lumet and beautifully played by Beatrice Straight, Philip Bourneuf and Shepperd Strudwick. The holocaust in ancient Thebes had more suspense, tension and clash of strong personalities, as well as more biting language, than TV screens have witnessed all year...
Curtain Call (Fri. 8 p.m., NBC). The Season of Divorce, with John Forsythe, Leora Dana, Shepperd Strudwick...