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WILSON WATCH
"Tall Tales and Short Stories," Joe Murray,
Lufkin Daily News, March, 1993
My old friend, Charlie Wilson,home from
Washington, dropped by unannounced like
old friends do, figuring to surprise us. It
didn't work out that way. John the Dog
surprised him.
Caught the Congressman rounding the
corner of the house he did... Charlie took
it well. I doctored him as best I could with
peroxide, Band-Aids and 12-year-old
imported snake-bite medicine.
Charlie said he was going to see a doctor,
and he did. Charlie said, too, that we has
going to see a lawyer, and he didn't.
The doctor wanted to know if John had
had his shots. He had. My wife wnated to
know if Charlie had had his shots. I told
her he had. For a fact, he and I both had
several shots...
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"Inside Washington"
Houston Post, May 29, 1993
Wilson will be living up to his "Good Time
Charlie" nickname when he celebrates
his big 60th birthday with 300 or 400 of
his closest friends at the Kennedy Center
next month [June 1]. The invite list for
the shindig being put on by some of
Wilson's old friends has gone through at
least three "recessions" - this is
Washington, remember - to hold down
the number of guests...
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"Wilson Cleared..." Michelle Mitteistadt,
AP writer, Orange Leader, May 9, 1993
U.S. Rep. Charles Wilson has been
cleared of any criminal wrongdoing in
the House bank scandal that rocked
Capitol Hill last year and claimed some
political careers...Wilson was one of 325 past and present
lawmakers cited last year by the House
ethics committee for writing overdrafts at
the now -closed bank...
... Wilson consistently refused to assign
blame. "I don't think we were in any way
abused or persecuted," he said. But, he
added, I'm glad it's over."
Asked if any lessons were learned,
Wilson replied: "It was worthwhile In that
I think we'll be a lot more careful In the
way we keep our records in the future."
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"CIA Lauds Wilson," Cox News Service,
Beaumont Enterprise, June 11, 1993
...Wednesday, Inside a domed auditorium
at CIA headquarters near Washington,
the Democrat from Lufkin became the
first person outside the agency to recleve
the "Honored Colleague Award." ... CIA
director R. James Woolsey hailed Wilson
for his help In winning congressional
support for U.S. weapons that were
supplied to Afghan rebels who drove
Soviet invaders from their soil in a bloody
10-year war...
"... Texans in Congress," James R. Owen
and Michael Pearson (Hearst), Beaumont
Enterprise, June 12, 1993
Millionaire Democrats Jack Brooks of
Beaumont and Pete Geren of Fort Worth
were the wealthiest Texans In Congress,
and Democrats Charles Wilson of Lufkin
and Ronald Coleman of El Paso were
among the poorest, financial disclosure
forms released Friday show... Members
of the House and Senate earned
$129,500 in 1992...
...Wilson reported no assets or outside
income to supplement his congressional
salary, apart from his $23,568 pension
from his service as a Texas state
legislator...
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