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HOUSTON--A BANKER A ND AN AIRCRAFT FIR. STOCKHOLDER THERE CHARGED IN HOUSTON YESTERDAY WIH ':ISAPPROPRIAT IN G 35 THOUS ANT' DOLLAR FROM THE SOUTHERN STATE rANK. CHARGED WERE 2 -YEAR-OLD JACK HINDERSON, THE RANK'S FORN EP PRESIDENT, AND 49-YEAR-OLD WILLIAN D. SHEPHERPD. BOTH WERE FREED ON 10 THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND. THE F-B-I CLAIMED THAT HENDERSN AND SHEPHERD CAUSED THE DEPOSITING OF SOME 535 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE FORh Or THREE CHECKS INTO THE ACCOUNT OF HOUSTON AIRCRAFT BROKERS INCORPORATED. THE F-B-I SAID THE CHECKS EOUNCE:D BUT THE FIR1'S ACCOUNT HAS STILt. CARRIED AS IF TH-E CHECKS WERE GOOD. THE BANK WAS LED TO BELIEVE THAT HENDERSON WAS HOLDING CASHIER'S CHECKS IN THAT AMOUNT.