[News Script: Dowdy trial] Page: 1 of 2
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BLOXOM: LIVE
Defense testimony got underway in a
Maryland federal courtroom today for the
bribery trial of Texas Congressman John Dowdy.
An electronics expert testified that the
quality of a tape recording wasn't capable of
giving an accurate picture of a conversation
between Dowdy and a key government witness.
Dowdy allegedly accepted a bribe an
inducement to help block a federal inquiry
into the operations of a home repair company.rrr
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Dowdy trial], script, December 1, 1971, 6:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1418831/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.