1 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: It's that time time, time, luck and load. 2 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 2: The Michael Berry Show is on the air. 3 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:26,080 Speaker 3: Michel Berry, I'm all jaked up on Mountain Dew. 4 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 2: This is the Thornton Finch wishing you a good. 5 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 3: Morning, Good morning, Michael Berry. 6 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 2: You, good morning, Michael Berry, Good morning, Michael, Good morning, Michael, 7 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 2: Good morning, Zar. 8 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 3: Good morning, Michael, Zay Sailor. 9 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:43,599 Speaker 2: Good morning, El Casino. 10 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 4: Good morning, Michael. 11 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 2: Hello, Hello, are you there? Good morning, Michael Berry. How 12 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 2: you learned that? 13 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 5: I read it? 14 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 4: Tomorrow money, good Mornay. 15 00:00:54,840 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 6: Listen to this good morning exence O morning call. Good 16 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 6: Barney Texas. 17 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 2: Is on his We're happy. 18 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 4: To be here to talk about everything. 19 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 3: Good morning. 20 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 2: We're not wearing this. 21 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 6: Good Barty Texas, Good Barty Texas, Good Bury, Texes. Good morning, 22 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 6: Wake up, district gone. 23 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 2: Damn good morning. 24 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 3: The Texas State House to vote on a school choice 25 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 3: bill today. It is described as creating a one billion 26 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 3: dollar fund for parents. The proposal Senate bill to appears 27 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 3: to have enough support to pass the House. 28 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:54,279 Speaker 2: That's not certain. 29 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 3: More than half of the chambers signed on as sponsors 30 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 3: of the bill, so unless something changes, than it will 31 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 3: Passage in the House would give it a clear path 32 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 3: through the Senate to the Governor's desk, where it is 33 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 3: expected to pass. Changes could still be made in a 34 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 3: conference committee of lawmakers from the Senate and House who 35 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 3: would work out differences between the versions of the bill 36 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 3: each chamber passed. It's a reconciliation process because those two 37 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 3: bills may not be the same. Similar proposals previous years 38 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 3: have failed in the House after rural Republicans sided with 39 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 3: Democrats and the teachers' unions to block school voucher like proposals. 40 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 2: As the Dallas Morning News points out, this year could. 41 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 3: Be different after Abbott successfully canpaign to unseat several Republican 42 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 3: members of the House who voted against a similar bill in. 43 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 2: Twenty twenty three. 44 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 3: House Speaker Dustin Burroughs, Republican from Lubbock, said that the 45 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 3: bill will pass during a March twenty fifth news conference 46 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 3: alongside the governor and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. We can 47 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 3: fully fund public education and do school choice at the 48 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:10,359 Speaker 3: same time. So let me be clear what just happened. 49 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 3: The public education lobby an incredibly powerful lobby in the 50 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 3: state of Texas because they have all the Democrats and 51 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 3: the rural Republicans. You're good, old fashioned country Republican, it's 52 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 3: for law and order. He's also for whatever public education 53 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 3: lobby wants. He is beholden to them because they are, 54 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 3: in many cases, the largest employer in his district. There 55 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 3: is no conservatism there. The schools are his boss. So 56 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 3: the public schools said, hey, if kids leave the public 57 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 3: schools and they do school at home, or the local 58 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 3: church opens the school, or they gathered together as a 59 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 3: cooperative as people are doing, and the parents trade off teaching, 60 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 3: if that happens, then we'll lose the money because our 61 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 3: formula is a per student allocation. If we're no longer 62 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,919 Speaker 3: attracting the same number of students because alternatives are preferable, 63 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 3: then we. 64 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 2: Won't make as much money, and we can't have that. 65 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 3: So school choice is bad because competition is bad because 66 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 3: we may not win. So the Republicans said, well, that's 67 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 3: all right, we'll give you all the same money we 68 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 3: give you, and now we'll just give more money to 69 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 3: the school choice people. Real conservative, huh, Which is why 70 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 3: your Republican led quote unquote legislature will spend more money 71 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 3: than they've ever spent before, and they'll find ways to 72 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 3: tell you how they're being conservative. It's an amazing, amazing, 73 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 3: amazing ability to navigate these waters when they're lying to 74 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 3: your face. Terrell Patel, the former chief of staff for 75 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:17,160 Speaker 3: dum Dum Fort Ben County Democrat Judge KP. George, has 76 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:21,280 Speaker 3: accepted a plea deal for creating fake social media accounts 77 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 3: to post racist and zenfhobe messages against himself, which he 78 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 3: then used to raise money and tie to his Republican opponent. 79 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 3: As part of the plea deal, he will cooperate with 80 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 3: any future proceeding quote that will arise out of this conduct, 81 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 3: which of course means that part of his plea deal 82 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,679 Speaker 3: is he will testify against dum Dum, who you will 83 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 3: remember has a case against him. The story from KPRCTV, 84 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 3: what do you. 85 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 7: Have to say to the people of Fort Been County 86 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 7: In Houston, we caught up with Terrell Pateel coming out 87 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 7: of court today after entering too guilty. 88 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 2: Please where we talk with Patel. 89 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 3: Let's go back in time and show you how he 90 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 3: got here. 91 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 8: I'm Thorold Patel, and I want to show you my 92 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 8: Fort Ben. 93 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 7: While running for county commissioner last year. Pateau was indicted 94 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 7: in June on multiple felonies and misdemeanors tied to a 95 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,919 Speaker 7: criminal social media hoax. The former chief of staff to 96 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 7: county Judge KP. George was creating fake social media accounts 97 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 7: with images of real people and attacking himself and his 98 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 7: opponent to garner sympathy votes. In September, George got indicted 99 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 7: for the same thing. 100 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 2: I don't have any comment at this guy. 101 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 7: Fast forward to this morning, Patel whispered to guilty police 102 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 7: after cutting a deal with the state and admitting in 103 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 7: black and white he committed the offense of misrepresentation of 104 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 7: identity with his old boss KP. 105 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 3: George. 106 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 8: He has promised to cooperate any future proceeding that may 107 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 8: arise out of this conduct. 108 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 7: Also a part of his plea deal no jail time, 109 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:04,799 Speaker 7: two years probation. The felonies will disappear if he stays 110 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:08,559 Speaker 7: out of trouble, Buttel also must complete four hundred hours 111 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 7: of community service, make a two thousand dollars donation of 112 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 7: Fort Bend Partnership for Youth, and write this apology letter 113 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 7: to the people of Fort ben County, as well as 114 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 7: a personal letter to those he victimized. So what does 115 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 7: Patel have to say about all this ATREUEU. We're on 116 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 7: live television. What do you have to say to the 117 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 7: people of Fort Bend County in Houston? 118 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 2: Thank you? Sir. 119 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 8: I believe there's a written statement and you're welcome to 120 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 8: refer to it, and you guys have a great day. 121 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 2: You in your. 122 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 7: Statement and you indicated that you've had to apologize and 123 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 7: explain your actions to people over and over again. Here's 124 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 7: your chancer to explain your actions on live TV. You've 125 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 7: explained your actions to your family and friends. Do you 126 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 7: have anything to say live on television? 127 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 5: Sir? 128 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 2: There's a public statement. You can refer to it. Like 129 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 2: I mentioned earlier. 130 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 7: Does your admission today also involve KP. George and involvements 131 00:07:57,880 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 7: in that case? 132 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,080 Speaker 4: Sir, I. 133 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 7: Mean, mister Bottel, I know that you're walking quickly and 134 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 7: you're trying to get to a vehicle. We're here just 135 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 7: trying to get your side of the story, Sir, I mean, 136 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 7: I understand it's a difficult date. Do you have anything 137 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,119 Speaker 7: to say to Fort benk County, the people you're asking 138 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 7: for forgiveness from. 139 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 3: For the third time. 140 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 2: I've given you a public statement. You're welcome to refer 141 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 2: to it, and I have your public statement. I haven't 142 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 2: received one from. 143 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 4: You, sir. 144 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 2: You'll see it online. Oh you're gonna post it online? 145 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 2: Are you gonna go through Facebook? 146 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 9: Sir? 147 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 2: You will see it online. Thank you so much and 148 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 2: have a great day. 149 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 9: And if you recall this all started via Facebook. 150 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 2: That would be the theme song for I would love 151 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 2: to know how many people got. 152 00:08:54,760 --> 00:09:01,839 Speaker 3: That right, talk about useless trivia, but there are lots 153 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 3: of people going, that's tic tak, no, that's tic tac though. 154 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 2: Wink Martindale would. 155 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 3: Host over twenty game shows in a career said to 156 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 3: span seventy four years. 157 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 2: He passed yesterday at. 158 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 3: Ninety one, the name Wink being one of his signature 159 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 3: items that separated him from the crowd. His real name 160 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 3: was Winston, not so instant, not so interesting, Winston Martindale 161 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 3: be said that as a kid in Jackson, Tennessee, his 162 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 3: friend couldn't call him Winston. He had a terrible speech impediment, 163 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 3: so he called him Winky, and Winky gave way on 164 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 3: the air to Wink. He was a DJ at WHBQ 165 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 3: as a teen was very common for a lot of 166 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 3: folks that came up in music and television. Is that 167 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 3: even as a teenager, they would work at a local 168 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:07,719 Speaker 3: radio station and his fellow DJ, Dewey Phillips, debuted Elvis's 169 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 3: first record, That's all Right, which, of course you know, 170 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 3: That's all Right Mama on the radio on July tenth, 171 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:18,439 Speaker 3: nineteen fifty four, changing history. So Wink Martindale goes into 172 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 3: the other room, calls Elvis's mom and asks if Elvis 173 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 3: could visit the station, and he did, singing hound Dog 174 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 3: when he went, and that was his first ever interview, 175 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:33,679 Speaker 3: Elvis's first interview on WHBQ because of Wink Martindale's call 176 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 3: to their house. 177 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 1: I grew up in Jackson being Winky Martindale because the 178 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: kid that I played with in the neighborhood did didn't. 179 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: Jimmy O'Neil couldn't pronounce my name. 180 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 8: Most people know you as this iconic game show host 181 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 8: that hosted more game shows than I think anybody but. 182 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 2: Bill Cullen never I could never hold a job. 183 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 8: Yeah, but my heavens, what an impact you've had in 184 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 8: the entertainment business. But what they don't know is that 185 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 8: you were working in radio in Memphis, Tennessee, when a 186 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 8: young guy in nineteen fifty four recorded an album and 187 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 8: a guy named Sam Phillips brought it to your radio 188 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 8: station in July of nineteen fifty four. 189 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: What happened that night, Well, I was the morning man 190 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 1: at that radio station, WHBQ, and I happened to be 191 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 1: at the radio station that night. It was a hot 192 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:22,560 Speaker 1: July night, nineteen fifty four, as you mentioned, and I 193 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 1: was showing some of my friends from Jackson, Tennessee, around 194 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: the station, and I heard the commotion coming out of 195 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,839 Speaker 1: this studio where a DJ named Dewey Phillips did a 196 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: show called Rid, Hot and Blue. And I excused myself 197 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 1: from my group and I went in there and Sam Phillips, 198 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: founder of Some Records, had walked in with a new 199 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: record by a truck driver named Elvis Presley. 200 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 2: It was called That's all Right. 201 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: Mama, That's all right now, Mama, That's all right with me. 202 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: He put it on, played it once, switchboard lit up. 203 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:50,439 Speaker 2: He played it seven. 204 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: Times in a row, and I was designated by Sam 205 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 1: to call Gladyson Vernon to see where Elvis was, because 206 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: Dewey wanted to come down to the radio station, and 207 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: Missus Presley answered the phone and they were listening. They 208 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 1: lived in low rent housing called Lauderdale Courts out in 209 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: East Memphis, very poor, and she said Elvis had been 210 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,199 Speaker 1: so nervous about his record being tested that night on 211 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: the radio. He went to see a double feature Western 212 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: at the Seusors Theater. So they said we'll go get 213 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: him and bring him down to the radio station, which 214 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: they did, and I met him that night and he 215 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:24,680 Speaker 1: remained my friend until the day he died. 216 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 3: Lin Martin Dall had some hits of his own. He 217 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,719 Speaker 3: recorded for Dot Records, which had Pat Boone, who was 218 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 3: a big deal at the time. Did we play that 219 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,479 Speaker 3: Pat Boon interview the other day? We did, didn't we? 220 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 3: We pre recorded it, so I didn't know when we 221 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 3: were going to air it. We were trying to figure 222 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 3: out win. Martin Dau had a song called Deck of Cards, 223 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:50,079 Speaker 3: which was described as a narrative song in nineteen fifty nine, 224 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 3: and that. 225 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 2: Was a little more popular. That sold more than a 226 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 2: million copies. 227 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 3: So not for nothing here also saying all hell broke, 228 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:58,559 Speaker 3: All Love Brokelwes during. 229 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 2: The nineteen fifty eight film So. 230 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 3: A singer entertainer in his own right, radio DJ who 231 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 3: then would go into television where he found his way. 232 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 3: He was kind of straight out of Central casting for 233 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 3: a game show host. Sandy Farrah was Elvis's girlfriend for 234 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 3: a number of years, and Elvis would wed Priscilla Wagner 235 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 3: nineteen sixty seven, breaking up with Sandy eight years later. 236 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 3: Elvis would introduce his former girlfriend Sandy, who had appeared 237 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 3: as a dancer in Viva Las Vegas and other movies. 238 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 3: He would introduce his ex girlfriend to Wink Martindale, who 239 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:43,959 Speaker 3: would marry her in nineteen seventy five. 240 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 10: What I usually say. We do a lot of serious 241 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 10: satellite Elvis interviews and they say, what was it like? 242 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 10: Everybody wants to know what it was like to kiss Elvis, 243 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 10: And I said he was the best kisser, and that's 244 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 10: basically what our relationship was. Kissing for years. But he 245 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 10: was the best kisser. But Wink is the best h 246 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 10: So God really took good care of. 247 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 5: Man. 248 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:10,679 Speaker 11: I don't I don't know. I'd I don't know. I'd 249 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 11: want my wife telling that. I think I'd rather not know. Yeah, 250 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 11: I think I'd rather not know. 251 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 5: That. 252 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 2: Man. 253 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 3: You know, i'd rather you You bad mouth, I'm just 254 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 3: bad mouthing. Oh yeah, no, Wink, you're the. 255 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 2: Man Elvis was. 256 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 3: Why would I want Elvis who would want Elvis? What 257 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 3: does he Elvis? What is not Presley? You know I'd 258 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 3: rather you, Wink Martindale. Yes, you're You're what I've wanted 259 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 3: all along, Wink Winston, you're the man Elvis Presley who 260 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 3: would want to be married to Elvis Presley? And here 261 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 3: he is over here having to hear her. Sorry, Oh, 262 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 3: heck of a kiss her? 263 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 2: Oh was that? 264 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 5: K he? 265 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 3: Well, he could out kiss anybody now, Wink can't. Wink can't. 266 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 2: But I solve that by really not ever kissing him. Yeah, yeah, Uh. 267 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 3: Just I don't bother to you know, kiss wank. Wing's 268 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 3: good because you know he brings me breakfast in bed 269 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 3: and coffee. Yeah, what's that? Yeah, I'll never confuse him 270 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 3: for Elvis. Yeah, no, he's not. He's not really a 271 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 3: kiss her lover looker or anything like that. But he's 272 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 3: a good husband because you know, he's not out horor 273 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 3: chasing on the road and zunked out of his head on. 274 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 2: You know, he's a good husband in that way. 275 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 3: Uh but yeah, no, I mean if you were to 276 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 3: ask me the ultimate fantasy, uh yeah, that'd be Elvius, 277 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 3: that'd be Elvis. But win winks he's a wink's a 278 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 3: good husband. Elvis is a good time. That'd be rough. 279 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 3: I think I might pull her aside and go, hey, 280 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 3: let's uh, let's knock that line off. 281 00:15:40,040 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 4: What you think how about. 282 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 10: Listening to Michael Barry's show. 283 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 3: It's Elena Kentonia or if you prefer Selena Kinania was 284 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 3: born on this day in nineteen seventy one, Lake Jackson, 285 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 3: delivered by obstetrician doctor Ron Paul. 286 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 2: True story. 287 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 3: Doctor Ron Paul has done some things in life other Wow, and. 288 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 2: For being a famous person. 289 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 3: To have a son who grew up so grounded and 290 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 3: solid as rand is a senator from Kentucky, that's a 291 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 3: big deal. 292 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 2: I mean that that is something to be proud of. 293 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 3: It was on this day in nineteen forty seven one 294 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 3: of the worst disasters on American. 295 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 2: Soil of all time. 296 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 3: An explosion on board a freighter in port caused the 297 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 3: city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 298 00:16:55,040 --> 00:17:00,040 Speaker 3: six hundred people. I saw a little documentary on that 299 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 3: bad deal. 300 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 2: Ramon that's it. 301 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 3: If you ever been to the site of it, you've 302 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:07,199 Speaker 3: been to it. Yeah, y'all were the stingarees. What's a 303 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 3: sting aree? What was there's been a sting Ray and 304 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 3: a Stingaree. Stingaree is a state champion nineteen what, ninety 305 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:19,200 Speaker 3: seven and ninety nine, which would be something to brag 306 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 3: about if you were in school then, But you weren't 307 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 3: on that team, were you? 308 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 2: You were a substitute teacher at that time. Okay, how 309 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 2: did y'all do? Your senior year? Made the playoffs? Texas 310 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 2: City was what were y'all? Four A or five A? 311 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 2: Back then? Five A? 312 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 3: Y'all were a state champion. 313 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 2: Five A team? 314 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 3: Who was I talking to recently that was talking about 315 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 3: powerhouse football teams and brought up Texas City that Texas 316 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 3: City used to be a powerhouse football team. Somebody that 317 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 3: was a high school football nut. So nineteen forty seven, 318 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 3: that's seventy eight years ago. There are probably. 319 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 2: Some people. 320 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 3: Ten years who were ten years old at that time 321 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 3: who remember that explosion and can provide some detail as 322 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,439 Speaker 3: to what they remember happening. Seven one, three, nine, nine 323 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 3: nine one, nineteen forty seven, the Texas City explosion. 324 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 2: I wonder whose freighter it was. 325 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:18,680 Speaker 3: I saw the documentary and what the what the whole 326 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 3: deal that happened? And if I remember correctly, there were 327 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 3: multiple explosions, and with the first one, I maybe getting 328 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 3: a different natural disaster wrong. But with the first one, 329 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 3: people kind of went to it to see what was 330 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 3: going on. And then the bigger explosion, and so it 331 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:39,680 Speaker 3: actually increased the damage that was done because more people 332 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:43,639 Speaker 3: were attracted to the nuisance out of you know, I 333 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 3: think especially in those days, you didn't have television, you 334 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:50,920 Speaker 3: didn't have the internet, you didn't have an ability when 335 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 3: something was happening, you better go see it, because if 336 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:55,439 Speaker 3: you didn't see it, it didn't happen. You know, you 337 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 3: really appreciate that when you watch a high school football game. 338 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 3: You to a high school for football game and there's 339 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 3: a play, it's a it's a flea flicker or a 340 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 3: double reverse, and all of a sudden, your guy or 341 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 3: hopefully not but the other team's guy comes squirting around 342 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 3: the end and he's ten yards fifteen yards down the 343 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,679 Speaker 3: field and its obviously nobody's gonna catch him, and you go, oh, 344 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 3: what happened? 345 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 2: I didn't see it because. 346 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 3: You got tricked out like everybody else the fumble, rouski 347 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:28,159 Speaker 3: or whatever else, and you instinctively look up to the 348 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 3: stands like you're at a college football game for the 349 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 3: instant replay, and there's no replay, and then you have 350 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 3: people have to tell you what happened, and you're so 351 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 3: bummed out. That was life in nineteen forty seven. What happened, 352 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 3: that explosion was up to ha ha. And you don't 353 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 3: you don't see it. You don't see it. Something happens today, amazingly, 354 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 3: a fight in a classroom. 355 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:53,399 Speaker 2: There's you're gonna know about it. You're gonna know about it. 356 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 2: You know, somewhere somebody. 357 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:03,880 Speaker 3: Sits all day hoy long and puts the label inside 358 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 3: the shirt right at about your shank, right there, And 359 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:12,919 Speaker 3: I estimate that about three point eight million man hours 360 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:18,919 Speaker 3: are spent putting that label slash dagger in the side 361 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 3: of your shirt right on your left side, about three 362 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 3: inches above your waist, for the whole purpose of inconveniencing you. 363 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:31,159 Speaker 3: And then I estimate another eight point nine hours is 364 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,439 Speaker 3: spent cutting that label out of there to get it 365 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 3: off of your skin and keep it from stabbing you 366 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 3: all day long, and I estimate another six hundred and 367 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:43,640 Speaker 3: eighty five million man hours are spent suffering under that 368 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:47,399 Speaker 3: label that shouldn't have been there. Can we just agree 369 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 3: it's twenty twenty five, and we'll all pay a dollar 370 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 3: more per shirt if you'll just throw the ink onto 371 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 3: the back of the shirt right there so we can 372 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 3: stop with the labels. I think it's a personality type 373 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 3: forcing down one of them, because there are certain people 374 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 3: that are really really bothered by labels, you know, scratching 375 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:11,360 Speaker 3: at you and stabbing at you. And then there's everybody 376 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 3: else that just says, I don't understand what the big 377 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 3: deal is. 378 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 2: Dudley Hudson was eight. 379 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:22,400 Speaker 3: I understand in nineteen forty seven when the explosion occurred. 380 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 3: That's correct, So that makes you eighty six. 381 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:35,159 Speaker 5: Well, I said, I'm eighty five. Oh I'm missy. 382 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:36,439 Speaker 2: Well that's okay. 383 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:43,200 Speaker 5: My grandmother lived in Texas City. She was out of town. 384 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 5: When she got back, we took her down to Texas City. 385 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:52,439 Speaker 5: We drove around in the neighborhood where I don't remember 386 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 5: exactly where the house was, not too far from the 387 00:21:54,920 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 5: where the ship was, and I remember, like yesterday, the 388 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:06,640 Speaker 5: ten patches that were on the roofs of the most 389 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:11,159 Speaker 5: of them were cedar shingle houses. At that time, or 390 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 5: maybe I don't think composition was that popular, and there 391 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 5: were thousands of houses that had little silver ten patches 392 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:26,160 Speaker 5: on their roof. That metal just went all over the neighborhood. 393 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 5: We actually heard and felt in the explosion here in Houston. 394 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 5: It was that big, It was that bad. But I'll 395 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 5: never forget those patches on the roofs. Today, the insurance 396 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 5: would replace the whole roof, I'm sure, but there was 397 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 5: no replacement. I mean they were just like each roof 398 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 5: would have like four or five or ten or fifteen 399 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 5: patches where people had gone up on the roof and 400 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 5: put a little piece of tin there where the hole was, 401 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,640 Speaker 5: and you know what the inside of that. I don't 402 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 5: know how far that metal went, but I know it 403 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 5: mark holes in a lot of roofs. That's what I remember. 404 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 5: Mister Dudley Hudson. Can you hold with us for just 405 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 5: a moment. Yes, I'm so happy you called. Were you 406 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:20,679 Speaker 5: just listening? 407 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 3: You heard us talking about it and somebody tell you 408 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 3: to call? 409 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 5: I listened to you every day. Yeah, uh huh. 410 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 2: I like to know you're out there. That makes me 411 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 2: feel good. 412 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 5: Yeah, you're you're a big fan. I want you club 413 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 5: A couple of times. I was a member there for 414 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 5: a year or two. 415 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,200 Speaker 3: Oh wow, Okay, I went by there and looked at 416 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 3: it yesterday. They've got it for sale again. That the 417 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 3: folks that we sold it to h went under and 418 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 3: they've got it. 419 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:49,360 Speaker 2: Anyway, we'll talk about that this morning. 420 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 3: I want to hear more of these stories about Texas 421 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 3: City nineteen forty seven. Make America Great Again in Spanish. 422 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 4: Also that Medica. 423 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 2: Michael Barry America Grande, A kind of. 424 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 3: It was called the Grand comp It was an American 425 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:10,440 Speaker 3: ship that was loaned to the French and then I 426 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 3: think it was under German flag as it was flying. 427 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 3: It was World War II vessel that had been mothballed 428 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 3: and was loaned as a goodwill gesture to help rebuild 429 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 3: the French German economies. On Wednesday, April sixteenth, nineteen forty seven, 430 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 3: around eight am, smoke was spotted in the cargo hold 431 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 3: of Grand Camp. 432 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:31,719 Speaker 2: While she was still moored. 433 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 3: Longshoremen used a gallon jug of water and two fire extinguishers, 434 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 3: but they had no effect and the cargo hold filled 435 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 3: with smoke. 436 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 2: The longshoremen were then ordered to leave. 437 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,919 Speaker 3: At this point, the captain of the ship ordered that 438 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 3: no water be used lest the cargo be ruined. Instead, 439 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 3: he ordered all hatches sealed and the hold to be 440 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 3: filled with steam in an attempt to smother the fire. 441 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 3: This was unlikely to be effective, as ammonium nitrate is 442 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 3: an oxidizer, thus neutralizing the extinguishing properties of steam. The 443 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,159 Speaker 3: steam may have contributed to the fire by converting the 444 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 3: ammonium nitrate to nitrous oxide while augmenting the already intense 445 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 3: heat in the ship's hold. Around eight thirty am, the 446 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 3: steam pressure became so great that it blew off the hatches. 447 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:25,200 Speaker 3: A column of yellow orange smoke billowed out, the typical 448 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 3: color for nitrogen dioxide fumes. The fire and its unusual 449 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:33,239 Speaker 3: looking smoke attracted spectators along the shoreline who believed they 450 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 3: were at a safe distance. Responding fire departments included the 451 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 3: Texas City Volunteer Fire Department and the Republic Oil Refining 452 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:44,400 Speaker 3: Company Firefighting Team. I don't know if it says it here, 453 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 3: but I read somewhere that every person except for one 454 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 3: in the Texas City of Volunteer Fire Department died. At 455 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:55,160 Speaker 3: nine to twelve am, the ammonium nitrate reached an explosive threshold. 456 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 3: From the combination of heat and pressure, the vessel detonated, 457 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 3: causing utter destruction with two thousand feet and extreme damage 458 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 3: throughout the port. What's a mile fifty two to eighty, 459 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 3: so it's almost a half mile of damage. 460 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 2: That's pretty good distance. 461 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:13,399 Speaker 3: The tremendous blast produced a fifteen foot tsunami and a 462 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:18,400 Speaker 3: shock wave, leveling nearly one thousand buildings on land along 463 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 3: the building. Among the buildings destroyed was a Monsanto Chemical 464 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,479 Speaker 3: Company plant, killing one hundred and forty five of its 465 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 3: four hundred and fifty workers. Flying shrapnel resulted in ignition 466 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 3: of refineries and chemical tanks along the waterfront. Falling bales 467 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 3: of burning wire i sorry, burning twine from Grand Camp's 468 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 3: cargo added to the damage, and her anchor was hurled 469 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 3: across the city. Two sightseeing airplanes flying nearby were blown 470 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:47,960 Speaker 3: out of the sky, while eight miles away, half of 471 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 3: the windows in Galveston were shattered. The explosion blew almost 472 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 3: six three hundred and fifty short tons of the ship's 473 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 3: steel into the air, some at super speed. Official casualty 474 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 3: estimates came to a total of five sixty seven, including 475 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 3: all the crewmen who remained aboard Grand Camp. 476 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 2: All but one member. 477 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 3: Here we are all but one member of the twenty 478 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,159 Speaker 3: eight man Texas City Volunteer Fire Department were killed in 479 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,399 Speaker 3: the initial explosion on the docks while fighting the fire. 480 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 3: With fire raging through Texas City, first responders from other 481 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 3: areas were initially unable to reach. 482 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 2: The site of the explosion. 483 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 3: The first explosion had set high Flyer free from its moorings, 484 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:34,440 Speaker 3: and it had drifted across the harbor, coming to rest 485 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,919 Speaker 3: against the Wilson Keene. Her cruise stayed aboard for an 486 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 3: hour before the smoke of the burning oil and the 487 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 3: harbor forced them. 488 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 2: To leave so that vessel would explode. 489 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:51,160 Speaker 3: It's considered the worst industrial accident in American history. 490 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:52,920 Speaker 2: Wow. 491 00:27:53,160 --> 00:28:00,119 Speaker 3: That is the devastation, much larger than the aftermath of 492 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 3: the atomic bomb dropped at Nagasaki. Wow. That's uh. There's 493 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 3: there's a There are a couple good documentaries I checked. 494 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 3: If you if you just go to YouTube and look 495 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:18,679 Speaker 3: for Texas City explosion, you'll see what it is. Dudley 496 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 3: Hudson is our guest. He's eighty five, not eighty six. 497 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 3: From on eighty five. Dudley Hudson, what were you doing 498 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:27,360 Speaker 3: on that day? Do you remember? 499 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 5: Gosh, I don't remember, but being that young, I remember 500 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 5: getting in the car with my parents and my grandmother, 501 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 5: and she was out of town at that time, and 502 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 5: we went to see her house. I don't know how 503 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 5: far away it was from where the ship was the 504 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 5: ship exploded, but I remember, like yesterday, driving up and 505 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 5: down the streets in her neighborhood, and all of the 506 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 5: ten patches that were on the roofs of those houses, 507 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:10,760 Speaker 5: like I mentioned a minute ago, they wouldn't have passed 508 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 5: them today, they would have just put a new roof on. 509 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 5: It was. Uh. She probably lived within a half a 510 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:20,360 Speaker 5: mile where that ship was. 511 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 2: That was my next question. Was she widowed at that point? 512 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:29,480 Speaker 5: No, she had. She had a husband, my grandpa, and 513 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 5: they both had were out of town. They weren't at home. 514 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 5: I don't know. I don't think they would have been 515 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:44,719 Speaker 5: killed because the house was still there. You just mentioned 516 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 5: about so many buildings were demolished. I don't remember seeing that. 517 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 5: Maybe we couldn't get in that close. I'm not I'm 518 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 5: not quite sure. 519 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, they may have. They may have kept you back 520 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:02,000 Speaker 3: from that. Do you do you remember what car y'all 521 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:05,000 Speaker 3: would have had in nineteen forty seven that you rode 522 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 3: over to see your grandmother's house in. 523 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 5: Gosh. I don't know. I know we had a forty 524 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 5: nine Dodge, so that would have been later on. Gosh, 525 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 5: I don't. 526 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 2: Remember what did your What did your father do for 527 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:24,720 Speaker 2: a living? 528 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:30,800 Speaker 5: He worked for Exon, which at that time was Umble 529 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:35,720 Speaker 5: and here in Houston. My two uncles. I was born 530 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 5: in Baytown. My two uncles worked for Umble and until 531 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:47,200 Speaker 5: they passed here several years ago. Exon was a big 532 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 5: Most people don't know. Exon produced more oil during World 533 00:30:55,120 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 5: War Two than any of the oil at that time. 534 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,680 Speaker 5: It was more oil produced out of Baytown than any 535 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 5: place in the world, the refineries. It was that big. 536 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:16,840 Speaker 5: Everyone that lived in Baytown worked for Humble or Excell. 537 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 2: You know, Dudley. 538 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:23,280 Speaker 3: We were coming out of Galveston this weekend and a 539 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,240 Speaker 3: friend of mine named Gary Peterson, who. 540 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:25,680 Speaker 2: Owns a. 541 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 3: Does a lot in the oil business, and I think 542 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,160 Speaker 3: would have a good reason to know we were coming 543 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,959 Speaker 3: across the causeway. Maybe we were a little further in 544 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,320 Speaker 3: and it must have been I don't know, if we 545 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:41,160 Speaker 3: were at Leed City, Texas where we were and all that, 546 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,800 Speaker 3: And he said, do you realize that forty percent of 547 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 3: America's chemical plant capacity is located right here in this region? 548 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 3: And now I think he's talking about Glena Park and 549 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,320 Speaker 3: you know, all the way over forty percent of the 550 00:31:58,440 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 3: nation's capacity. 551 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 2: That's pretty that's pretty impressive. 552 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 5: Yes, it's huge. Yes, And the chemical plants go all 553 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 5: the way down even the corpus in Port Lavaka, the 554 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:18,640 Speaker 5: big alumnum plant that was down there, and I believe 555 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:21,240 Speaker 5: the Chinese have take them out over now I don't know. 556 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 3: Tudley Hudson, thank you for calling and sharing your perspective. 557 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:26,360 Speaker 2: I really appreciate it. 558 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 5: Yeah, you're welcome. I enjoyed the conversation, sir 559 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:33,240 Speaker 2: Not as much as I did, but thank you.