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Cover story on Esteban Jordan.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Willie Bobo, Leslie Bovee, Frenchie Burke, Connie Cato, Patsy Coleman, Bernice Cortez, Peter Frampton, Carroll Gilley, Efrain Gutierrez, Roy Head, John Holmes, Jerry Jeff, Jim Landry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bubba Littrell, Linda Lovell, Bobby Mahaffey, Steve Mallett, Darrell McCall, Augie Meyers, Willie Nelson, Tommy Overstreet, Ray Price, Douglas Quintet, Edna Rodarte, Johnny Rodriguez, Glenn Smith, Gary Stewart, John Stuckey, Barry Sullivan, Hank Thompson, Mel Tillis, Joe Torra, Johnny Wadd, Jack Walker, Jerry Wallace, Hank Williams.

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.

Cover story on Edgar Boeck