LUBBOCK, Texas ? Oscar Griffin Jr., whose investigation of swindler Billie Sol Estes won a 1963 Pulitzer Prize for the small Texas newspaper where he worked, has died. He was 78.
Griffin was the editor and main writer at the Pecos Independent and Enterprise in West Texas when he chronicled how Estes, a one-time associate of then-Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, borrowed money to build fertilizer tanks that were never constructed.
A dozen major finance companies lost about $24 million in the scam. The fraud investigation and Estes' prosecution garnered national attention.
The Houston Chronicle hired Griffin after Estes' arrest. He later worked for the U.S. Department of Transportation under Elizabeth Dole.
Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home-Willis spokeswoman Edith Kreger said Monday that Griffin died Nov. 23 in New Waverly.
blackberry outage seal beach ca seal beach seal beach bhutan zip code finder zip code finder
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.