William Michener person
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Claims (13)
Mosaset Company owned
William Michener host_asserted
“denied any knowledge of the landing strip. He is quoted as saying, there wasn't any strip around there that I knew about. Mosaset Company didn't buy the property around the landing strip until the 70s, but they owned it when it was being us…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part 8 @ 36:08
William Michener headed
Mosaset Company host_asserted
“As company president, he signed a lease of a promissory note from the Pulver Group on a Houston condominium. Reminded of that, he said, oh, right, right, right. Yeah, I did have it back then. Published reports indicate that he was the presi…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part 8 @ 36:43
William McNair succeeded
William Michener host_asserted
“As company president, he signed a lease of a promissory note from the Pulver Group on a Houston condominium. Reminded of that, he said, oh, right, right, right. Yeah, I did have it back then. Published reports indicate that he was the presi…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part 8 @ 36:43
William Michener member_of
Joe Youngs host_asserted
“About the same time Michener was buying land around La Jitas in 1952, he and a partner, a lumberman by the name of Joe Youngs, Y-O-U-N-C-E, from North Carolina, bought two paper mills in Honduras, according to Michener. Michener said he tra…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part 8 @ 44:54
William Michener traded_network_to
Clint Murchison host_asserted
“About the same time Michener was buying land around La Jitas in 1952, he and a partner, a lumberman by the name of Joe Youngs, Y-O-U-N-C-E, from North Carolina, bought two paper mills in Honduras, according to Michener. Michener said he tra…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part 8 @ 44:54
William Michener member_of
Anastasio Somoza host_asserted
“came from Honduras. So the implication is that they were training these people, some of them here, for a coup of Guatemala. CIA training for the coup was also done in Nicaragua with the Somoza government's approval. Michener acknowledged th…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part 8 @ 45:53
William Michener member_of
Ned Holman host_asserted
“T-E-G-U-C-I-G-A-L-P-A. I'm not even going to try to pronounce that. He also said he was partners with Houston attorney named Holman in addition to Younts. He also said he didn't invest any money. When asked about CIA activities in Honduras …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part 8 @ 47:35
William Michener member_of
Louis Tira host_asserted
“Michener also added that his original investment in La Jitas and his partners with the Houston developer named Louis Tira, also with three other people. Michener then claimed that in 1952, he was doing about $25 million worth of business wi…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part 8 @ 48:05
William Michener member_of
Pat Harris host_asserted
“who borrowed hundreds of millions of dollars from these institutions connected to both Michener and Beebe. And we'll talk a little bit more about that later because that involves the $200 million land deal in Florida with the DuPonts. After…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part 8 @ 56:03
William Michener member_of
Howard Terry host_asserted
“who borrowed hundreds of millions of dollars from these institutions connected to both Michener and Beebe. And we'll talk a little bit more about that later because that involves the $200 million land deal in Florida with the DuPonts. After…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part 8 @ 56:03
William Michener owned
First National Bank of San Antonio host_asserted
“Michener and Terry bought their first bank, First National Bank of San Antonio, for a million dollars in 1959. In 1962, they bought Continental Bank, which would be the foundation for Michener's banking empire, from a Texas oilman, Michael …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part 8 @ 56:35
William Michener owned
Continental National Bank host_asserted
“Michener and Terry bought their first bank, First National Bank of San Antonio, for a million dollars in 1959. In 1962, they bought Continental Bank, which would be the foundation for Michener's banking empire, from a Texas oilman, Michael …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part 8 @ 56:35
William Michener member_of
Suite 8F Group host_asserted
“8F. That was in Lamar Hotel in downtown Houston, where the most powerful people in Houston met to play cards, drink, gossip, and decide what deals they were going to do. Michener was the youngest member of the group at the time and the last…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part 8 @ 57:12
Mentions (13)
▶ 36:08
denied any knowledge of the landing strip. He is quoted as saying, there wasn't any strip around there that I knew about. Mosaset Company didn't buy the property around the landing strip until the 70s, but they owned it when it was being us…
▶ 37:13
his relationship with the company in 75, and then came back in 1980, just before all the shit happened with Iran Contract. The author determined that the Big Bend area construction contractor, Sonny Stilwell, actually built the landing stri…
▶ 44:54
About the same time Michener was buying land around La Jitas in 1952, he and a partner, a lumberman by the name of Joe Youngs, Y-O-U-N-C-E, from North Carolina, bought two paper mills in Honduras, according to Michener. Michener said he tra…
▶ 45:53
came from Honduras. So the implication is that they were training these people, some of them here, for a coup of Guatemala. CIA training for the coup was also done in Nicaragua with the Somoza government's approval. Michener acknowledged th…
▶ 46:33
What is a small-time, 30-year sewer contractor from Houston doing purchasing paper mills in Honduras and hobnobbing with the dictator Somoza of Nicaragua at the same time he's buying 26,000 acres on the border of Mexico? At that time in the…
▶ 47:03
All he had was a tractor and two dump trucks. He was paving parking lots. That had to be fronting for something because he was getting lots of money. In a subsequent interview, Michener altered his story. He said it was not two paper mills,…
▶ 47:35
T-E-G-U-C-I-G-A-L-P-A. I'm not even going to try to pronounce that. He also said he was partners with Houston attorney named Holman in addition to Younts. He also said he didn't invest any money. When asked about CIA activities in Honduras …
▶ 48:05
Michener also added that his original investment in La Jitas and his partners with the Houston developer named Louis Tira, also with three other people. Michener then claimed that in 1952, he was doing about $25 million worth of business wi…
▶ 48:37
He did, but it wasn't from legitimate businesses. Michener's dealings with Clint Murchison Jr. in Honduras is also curious. Both Clint Sr. and his son were close to Carlos Marcelo, the mafia guy, and the CIA. The father had business interes…
▶ 56:03
who borrowed hundreds of millions of dollars from these institutions connected to both Michener and Beebe. And we'll talk a little bit more about that later because that involves the $200 million land deal in Florida with the DuPonts. After…
▶ 56:35
Michener and Terry bought their first bank, First National Bank of San Antonio, for a million dollars in 1959. In 1962, they bought Continental Bank, which would be the foundation for Michener's banking empire, from a Texas oilman, Michael …
▶ 59:18
The Houston Post. That's how you get the CIA control of media. Michener was especially close to Judge Elkins. Michener said he borrowed his first $1 million from Elkins in 1950s. And from then on, they maintained a close relationship with F…
▶ 1:02:17
Michener by himself didn't really belong to the 8F group in the 1950s. He belonged later. In 1985, he was voted on to the Texas Business Hall of Fame along with Gus Wortham and Dallas mega developer Tramwell Crow. There were many other men …