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Cover story on Hank Williams, Jr.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: David Allan, Gary Allen, County Atty, Doug Blaser, Tommy Bolin, Milton Carroll, David Allan Coe, Patsy Coleman, Alvin Crow, Charlie Daniels, Jimmy Darnell, Dave Davidson, Bob Dylan, Monroe Faggeaux, Steve Fromholz, George Gershwin, Bob Herrick, Jerry Jeff, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Jaime Kay, Ron Knuth, Darrell McCall, Maggie Montgomery, Claude Morgan, Willie Nelson, San Pedro, Pablo Picasso, Johnny Rodriguez, Leon Russell, Willie Sing, Hank Singer, Ernest Tubb, Henry Vollentine, Jerry Jeff Walker, Rusty Wier, Jim Wiley, Mike Williams, Frank Wright.

Max Winkler talks about how he got started in the CIA, primarily through working on a program dedicated to eradicating the spread of foot and mouth disease in Mexico in the 1940s and 1950s. Mr. Winkler describes his adventures and exploits, spending much of the interview discussing his role in training Cuban nationals to overthrow Castro during the disastrous Bay of Pigs in Cuba in the early 1960s. He details how Fidel Castro took control of Cuba and instituted communism, due in large part to Hugo Chavez, whom Mr. Winkler interviewed. Along with describing the trainees, Winkler recalls how the CIA treated number of imprisoned defectors. Mr. Winkler also shares how the U.S. worked with President Ydigoras of Guatemala during this period. Eventually, Mr. Winkler and his wife (also a CIA agent) left the Foreign Service and moved to New Braunfels. Mr. Winkler administered LBJ's Head Start Program in Central Texas, the first in the U.S., before becoming principal of Seele Elementary.

Meeting minutes from the Texas State University System Board of Regents.