Claytie: The Roller-Coaster Life of a Texas Wildcatter

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Index Note. Italic page numbers indicate material in figures. When the name “Williams ” appears in the index with no given name, it refers to Clayton W. Williams Jr. A Bookmark (Dethloff), 22–23 Admarc, 220, 227, 236 All-American Wildcatters, 150, 271 Alpine ranch. See Happy Cove Ranch Anderson, Robert, 232 Animal Tales of the West (Williams, Clayton W., Sr.), 32 Associated Press (AP) Williams as a politician, 239, 241, 264, 271 Williams’s business success, 112, 233–234 Williams’s fight against deregulating AT&T, 225 Associated Republicans of Texas, 234 Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University, 183, 185, 368 Atkins, Clint, 98 AT&T competition with ClayDesta Communications , 220 Texas bill to deregulate AT&T, 223– 226, 226 Williams’s fight against deregulating AT&T, 223–226, 226, 232, 300, 302, 392 Attlesley, Sam, 257, 259, 262–263 Atwater, Lee, 242, 257–258 Austin American-Statesman, 199, 331, 332 Austin Chalk Bill Haverlah, 109 challenges and problems, 152 Pinnacle Reef trend, 335–336 sale of Williams’s oil and gas wells, 168, 170, 330 wells drilled by Williams, 151 Williams’s early lack of success, 147 Williams’s research, 109, 146 See also Giddings boom Austin Chalk Trend, 147 Autry, Gene, 176, 343 banking relationships and lines of credit, 99–100, 113–115 bankruptcy issue briefing in Houston (1991), 11, 13– 14, 317–318 decision by Williams, 14 refusal of bankruptcy by Williams, 14, 318, 398 thoughts of Mel Riggs, 13, 318 thoughts of Modesta Williams, 13, 319–320 thoughts of Paul Latham, 13, 14 See also financial crisis Williams faced in 1990s Barfield, Buddy factors in Williams’s defeat, 296 on gubernatorial general election, 277, 292, 293 issue of Williams’s income taxes, 291 J.N. Otwell and Williams, 247 joining the Williams campaign, 236, 238 414 I N D E X Barfield, Buddy (continued) praise for Modesta, 298–299, 313 underdog status of Williams in primary election, 238–239 “what if” speculations on Williams as governor, 313 Williams’s refusal to shake Richard ’s hand, 283, 286, 287, 288 Williams’s threat to quit the campaign , 278–279 Barker, Mike, 138 Barrera, Roy, 241 Bartsch, Tammy, 376 Baugh, Ann, 377 Baugh, Marion, 373, 377 Bayless, Bob, 82 Beard, Stan, 122–125, 126 Beaver Creek Mountain, 395–396 Bee Busters, 389 Belding farm, purchase, 117 Belding pipeline, 74, 81, 97–99, 105 Belding Water Field, 333 Bennett, Elizabeth, 200–201 Bennett, Herman, 234 Benton, Greg, 322, 324, 328, 336, 353–354 Berberich, Jane, 269 Berra, Yogi, 226 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, 272 Bishop, A. W., 56 Blake, John, 70 Blend, Thomas, Jr., 373 Boone, Daniel, 16, 24, 381 boyhood of Williams birth, 32 Boy Scouts, 41, 397 cotton farming, 42 early life and family influence, 14– 15, 34–39, 40–46 farm experiences (Pecos County), 14–15, 41–43 patriotism, 35–37, 36 picture at age five, 10 picture with mother and sister, 1935, 18 ranch experiences (Pecos County), 14–15 See also high school life Bradley, Omar, 176 Brangus Journal, 127 Brangus sales attendance numbers, 119, 125, 141–142 charitable fund-raising auctions, 121, 122 gross sales, 119, 162 heifer sale at ClayDesta Plaza, 125– 126, 344 parties at sales, 118, 119–125, 123, 124, 125, 141–142 preparations for sales, 119–120 Williams hamming it up to promote sales, 119, 122–123, 124, 125 See also cattle ranching enterprise; Happy Cove Ranch brawls and brawling, 78, 88, 92, 398–399 Breslauer, David, 262 Bright, H. R. (Bum), 376 brothel visits as campaign issue, 271–274 Brown, Jack, 376 Bruns, Gary, 118–119, 120, 127 Bryan, J. P., 379–381 Bucy, R. T., 26 Bullock, Bob, 302 Bullock, Dan, 37 Bullock, Maurice, 37, 65, 71 Burnett, Gary, 136 Burnett, Susie, 136 Burns, Bobby, 343 Bush, Barbara, 229, 257–258 Bush, George H. W. campaign appearances for Williams , 229, 288, 291, 291–292 I N D E X 415 at campaign dinner, 1990, 229 luncheon with Clayton and Modesta Williams, 257–258, 259 Bush, George W., 297, 304, 306, 365, 376 Bush, Laura, 379 Business Development and Jobs Creation Task Force, 234 Butler, John, 101 Butz, Connie, 100, 101, 334 Butz, Karl (Buddy) at Bank of the Southwest, 101 boyhood friendship with Williams, 99, 101 college fun, 51, 101 falling out with Williams, 114, 334, 398 financial guidance to Williams, 99, 101, 113–114 at First National Bank of Fort Worth, 113–114 letter from Williams...