Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 20, 1974 Page: 18 of 20
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THE RIO GRANDE HERALD PAGE 18 THURSDAY, JUNE 20,1974
In Dallas County
Probe Reveals Bribery Ii\ Sheriff's Office
DALLAS — Investiga-
tion has disclosed "a large
amount of petty thievery and
the acceptance of small bribes"
inside the Dallas County sher-
iff's office, special prosecutor
Whitley Sessions said Wednes-
day.
He also told of dinding evi-
dence that sheriffs in three
more Northeast Texas counties
had certified blank bonds, a
practice figuring in earlier tes-
timony at a court of inquiry be-
fore District Judge Dee Brown
Walker.
And Dallas County officials
have written off as uncollec-
tible, official records disclosed,
nearly $100,000 in forfeited bail
bonds from an Indiana insur-
Beagles
Essential
To Research
WASHINGTON - A
National Academy of Sciences
committee has found use of
beagles indispensable in re-
search on the effects of poi-
sonous chemicals on man.
"Although other species are
indeed useful and required in
toxicological research, none of
the available species can re-
place the beagle dog," the com-
mittee said in a report to the Air
Force.
The report, prepared by 21
doctors and specialists mostly
from universities and industry,
capped a nearly nine-month
study of the Air Force's re-
search on ways to curb dangers
to aviators from jet fuel fumes.
It was handed to the Air
Force amid rising opposition in
Congress and among dog lovers
to the use of beagles in tests,
particularly the Army's chem-
ical warfare research.
"Although no animal is a per-
fect model for man, the use of a
combination of species can
provide a basis for extra-
polating toxicity studies to an-
ticipate safe exposure condi-
tions for man," the report said,
it said the beagle "is a neces-
sary component of that com-
bination and cannot be ade-
quately replaced at this time or
in the near future."
Other animals such as mon-
keys, cats and pigs are required
in toxicological research, but
each has limitations, the report
said.
Dogs are preferred for re-
search because they "closely
resemble man in many ways,"
including their heart-blood sys-
tems. But not any dog will do,
the scientists said.
Mongrels, the report said,
were useful for certain basic
short-term studies but not for
"the high quality of research
needed for predicting human
effects from chemicals."
It added that purebred dogs,
particularly beagles
specifically bred for research,
do not have health problems
such as mongrels often do and
are less likely to die of ex-
traneous causes during ex-
periments. An experiment
using purebred beagles thus
requires perhaps only one-tenth
as many animals to get
statistically significant results,
the researchers said
ance company now in liquida-
tion.
Sessions, in his reference to
petty thefts and bribes, said,
"You could say it was a way of
life. It involved small amounts
and it had been going on for a
long time, but we have no direct
evidence of larbe bribes or
thefts.
Concerning blank bonds. Ses-
sions said he intends to call as
witnesses June 28 when the
court of inquiry reconvenes the
three additional sheriffs report-
ed to have certified that bond-
smen owned enough property in
their own counties to back
bonds they might post in Dallas
County or elsewhere. He did not
name the sheriffs or counties.
The special prosecutor also
told a reporter he is in-
vestigating reports that an East
Texas sheriff supplied one or
more bondsmen stacks of blank
bonds.
Sessions said he has found
three instances in which a dep-
uty of Dallas County Clarence
Jones certified blank bonds.
"Since I haven't come across
others," he said, "I assume that
the deputy was merely doing a
favor for a bondsman. I don't
think Sheriff Jones was in-
volved personally.
In testimony already given at
the court of inquiry, Sheriff
Wayne Green of Greenville and
Sheriff W. J. Price also spoke of
blank bonds and transfer of
property used as collateral.
As for forfeited bonds which
have been written off, records
showed that the office of Dist.
Atty. Henry Wade has sub-
mitted claims for just $52,000 of
$151,825 in bail bonds forfeited
in this county under surety of
United Bonding Insurance Co.
of Indianapolis.
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Trejo, Raul. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 20, 1974, newspaper, June 20, 1974; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194462/m1/18/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.