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Page 8/The Battalion/Thursday, April 26, 1984 Lady Bird’s note to Estes could mean friendship United Press International AUSTIN - Lady Bird John son wrote a friendly note to convicted con man Billie Sol Estes in 1962, placing in doubt a Johnson family contention that the former first lady had almost no relationship with the swin dler, the Dallas Times Herald reported Wednesday. The letter from Mrs. John son to Estes, who served two prison terms for fraud, began, “Did you think l had forgotten about you?” The letter, dated Feb. 15, 1962, was released Tuesday with other Johnson documents from the Lyndon B. Johnson Library in Austin. The relationship between Estes, Mrs. Johnson and former Alfredo’s - Featuring - Alfredo’s Deluxe Burritos Our Fantastic Alfredo’s Fajitas & Nachos Still Always Open til Midnight Check out our new Pool Tables Vice President Lyndon B. John son again came under question after Estes testified this spring before a Texas grand jury that Johnson ordered the murder of a Department of Agriculture official. Estes said Johnson ordered the slaying of U.S. Department of Agriculture official Henry Marshall because Marshall was close to uncovering Estes’ frauds and could have linked Estes to Johnson. Mrs. Johnson’s 200-word note is one of 20 known letters sent to Estes by Johnson, his family, and his staff to Estes during a four-year period that ended in early 1962. The letter, which discussed backyard landscaping, does little to indicate the type of relationship between the John sons and Estes. It does, how ever, refute the statement of former Johnson administrative assistant Walter Jenkins. Four months after the letter, when Estes’ West Texas million- dollar financial empire was col lapsing amid allegations of in fluence-peddling, Jenkins said Mrs. Johnson never had any correspondence with Estes. Jen kins was chief aide to the vice president at the time. Johnson supporters contend he had no dealings with Estes other than to send him form let ters in response to queries. DO VOO HAVE AM OTHER 7ERn f ^ 5 ^w\jJAeooiFocf-5a im, . f L''H(SfoRl OF rm3 6o\/- 1 I EftU0K5?' 700 T/PICAE- V 'euauncA) or voter rkmvz ia/ TW SOAPBOX'*. r 5oao-£com\c . (1/ifllCAoCtiS Cf flip FHMlM \1mj5my w texas politic^ Too VJoRDY., 1— ) . 1 whaDaya mir imn SOAemiri EI/JSI6HTFUL AID* mJccATl\j£ YET UYYTHAaJ airofcpeawitY. imuo&jr/ &jt write apwcm m ( HMAWT/U N0 ) YmE HOT USWlHj, United ALEX/ federal ittrned c lexas (A date Phil V'irginia-I Jnninitte n his nan At the [in Judj enied a he Con ioinmitr Arid rlingtot lease. Prelaw (continued from page 1) Moving Yourself? Before you decide to move yourself, check out North American Van Lines' WE-DRIVE program. 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Nixon Transfer & Storage 779-6333 northAmencan- The Pre-Law Society gives its members another advantage — they are virtually the only Texas A&M students who know that Jessup is the designated pre-law coordinator for Texas A&M and that she has a large store of information available. “If you’re not in the Pre-I.aw Society, you wouldn’t know about her,” Cartwright said. “She’s nice, and she’s helpful if you go to her, but not every body knows she’s the pre-law adviser.” Kellett isn’t sure what Jes sup’s official role is. “There are other pre-law ad visers on campus, but I think she’s the main one,” she said. “I don’t think it’s very well-publi cized who to go to for pre-law specifically. If I were a fresh man coming in, I wouldn’t know who to go to. “There are a lot of advisers that don’t even know Hilary ex ists. They do need some coordi nation if people in oilier de partments are trying to give some advice." As a result, students outside the pre-law society go elsewhere for their information. Rodger Drew, a senior his tory major who’s headed foi law school next August, didn’t join the Pre-Law Society because he wasn’t sure he was going to law school until this semester. It took him a while to find out where the information was. “I don’t think 1 went to the pre-law adviser here on campus until late in the game," he said. “I didn’t know there was one." But Drew said it is important for pre-law students to be around other pre-law students. “You need somebody to talk to — there’s no question about that,” he said. His uncle, a re tired lawyer, and four of his friends who are planning to go to law school were Ins own pre law society when he started thinking about law school. “The process is costly, it’s time-consuming, and you need someone to give you that moral support," he said. For Steve Thomas, a senior journalism major, the moral support of a group isn’t impor tant. "It’s all according to the stu dent,’’ he said. "If you’re not sure, if you need encourage ment. if you’re a group person, then what the Pre-Law Society offers w ill lx. 1 important to you." pre law counseling sent until just a few weeksap Even though the source of informationt pus, the pre-law adtis well-publicized, most manage to find out si bool somehow. Williai Lould h< [rations used [trough unerica 14, but fgi»g ll illy u ame. But Liz kellow, af pre-law student, saysshtd limes feels neglected,; law students aren'tiniporl Texas AiM. ◦ Rather than getting his infor mation from a third party. Thomas went after it himself. He went to law schools, talked to lawyers and wrote to deans for information. Tin taking a preln gram I made up for J she said. “1 don’t evoi what I have to do. IdJ know what courses toii| just i United )) ALT' sklent kson, Bipaign mainly picking ihtfcdnesd, that sound good. "To tell the truth,” Thomas aid, “I didn’t realize they had a “I’m sure we have a la advisers here for pre-mti pre-vet students. 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