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	The Edwin Edwards Trial
		Former Gov. Edwin Edwards was stuck in in a federal racketeering trial, facing millions in fines and up to 350 years in prison.
		Edwards and his son Stephen are charged with extorting payoffs from various parties who coveted casino licenses.
		Perhaps, as Anna Edwards suggested, her father was able to throw around such sums simply because he was such a consistently winning gambler.
	robwalker.net /html_docs/edwards.html (839 words)

	Edwin Edwards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although Edwards was acquitted, and later recited a rhyming invitation for Volz to kiss a certain part of the governor's anatomy, Edwin Edwards seemed to have lost the old magic.
		Edwards declined to run for re-election in 1995 and was succeeded as governor by state senator Mike Foster.
		Edwards was indicted in 1998 by the Federal government, with prosecution led by U.S. Attorney Eddie Jordan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edwin_Edwards (1383 words)

	Encyclopedia: Edwin Edwards
		Edwin Washington Edwards (born 7 August 1927) is a United States Democratic politician who served as governor of Louisiana for four terms (1972 - 1980, 1984 - 1988 and 1992 - 1996), more terms than any other Louisiana governor.
		Edwin Washington Edwards was elected to his first term by an unprecedented combination of "Cajun" and fl votes.
		Edwards named fls to key state positions and his support of fl politicians resulted in a mutually beneficial relationship.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Edwin-Edwards (503 words)

	Buddy Roemer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles "Buddy" Elson Roemer, III (born October 4, 1943) was Governor of Louisiana from 1988 to 1992.
		He was elected with a minority of the vote in an election against Edwin Edwards.
		Edwards withdrew from the election after the primary, essentially handing the governorship to Roemer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buddy_Roemer (463 words)

	State Governors of Louisiana: Edwin W. Edwards
		Edwards is indicted and goes on trial, accused of brokering state hospital and nursing home permits while in office and out.
		Edwards wins a fourth term as governor, eliminating the incumbent, Buddy Roemer in the primary and the David Duke, the former head of the Ku Klux Klan, in the runoff.
		Edwards is indicted along with Insurance Commissioner Jim Brown and others in a case where they are alleged to have arranged a sweetheart deal for liquidation of the Cascade Insurance Company.
	www.enlou.com /people/edwardsew-bio.htm (405 words)

	Louisiana: Governor
		Edwards was flanked by his daughter, Anna Edwards, and his wife, Candy, both of whom had tears rolling down their faces.
		Edwards, his son Stephen Edwards and five others are accused of manipulating and corrupting the state's riverboat casino licensing process, both while Edwards was serving his fourth term as governor and after he left office in 1996.
		Edwards, 72, the quick-witted Cajun populist who dominated state politics for 30 years, is facing trial on a 29-count indictment alleging extortion, wire and mail fraud in connection with issuing riverboat casino licenses and illegally wiretapping FBI agents' home phones during the investigation.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/6228/states/la/la_gov.html (2076 words)

	Edwards Genealogy
		It is suggested in some documents including in the book 'Edward's Legacy' by David Dean Edwards (1992), that it was whispered among some Tudor researchers that Agnes was mistress to King Henry VIII of England and that the son RICHARD was fathered by King Henry and not by William.
		Edwards' importance as a playwright is that he instigated the basing of the English tragedy on the Latin classical model.
		Edwards also compiled the influential 'Paradyse of Dainty Devises' (published posthumously, 1576), a collection of minor poets of the 1560's and 70's.
	www.jaimeadams.com /edwards.html (1576 words)

	Salon Feature \| End of the rogue (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Edwards is heard on tape grousing that DeBartolo skipped out on a half-million-dollar gambling debt, a dishonorable act to a former governor who paid his casino tabs with suitcases of cash -- a habit that did not go unnoticed by investigators.
		Edwards himself was convicted on 17 of 26 counts, for a potential maximum sentence of 250 years.
		Edwards on tape is as clipped and cagey as ever, leaving many of the schemes open to interpretation.
	archive.salon.com /news/feature/2000/05/12/edwards/print.html (3937 words)

	Burk Foster's Site / Louisiana / Pardon Me Governor
		His predecessor Edwin Edwards took considerable flak on that subject, partly because of a flurry of pardons during the closing months of his term of office.The framers of the state Constitution gave the governor the right of clemency for a good reason: to prevent injustices.
		Edwards, even out of office acknowledged as the clear front-runner, would portray Treen as a slow-thinking, slow-acting, pleasant incompetent--a sort of simpleton governor who needed to be removed for the good of the state.
		Edwin Edwards was a correctional reformer, the friend of convicts, especially the 2,200 he had granted clemency in his eight years as governor.
	www.burkfoster.com /PardonMeGovernor.htm (8671 words)

	Welcome to the Best of New Orleans!
		The real tragedy is not that Edwards will likely end his career in jail, but that we may never know all the harm that he’s done to Louisiana.
		Edwin Edwards wants to be remembered for the good that he did.
		Imagine what kind of shape we’d be in if Edwin Edwards had devoted his talents and energies to investing our mineral windfalls in the 1970s.
	www.bestofneworleans.com /archives/2001/0116/news-pol.html (638 words)

	Edwards signs divorce papers \| ajc.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Both Edwin and Candy Edwards had indicated in previous interviews that they might consider divorce if he was sent to prison.
		Edwin Edwards has always said Candy Edwards should get a divorce considering he's 37 years her senior.
		Edwards revealed his signing of divorce papers while receiving a visit from Shreveport businessman Ed Powell May 23 at the federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas.
	www.ajc.com /news/content/news/0604/16edwards.html (155 words)

	Louisiana Legend Edwin Washington Edwards
		Edwards served four gubernatorial terms, 1972-76, 1976-80, 1984-88, and thought to be politically dead after conceding the 1987 race to Buddy Roemer, Edwards roared back into the Governor's Mansion for an unprecedented fourth term in 1992-1996.
		Edwin Edwards, who is rarely at a loss for words was prohibited by a judge's silencing rule from discussing the verdicts in detail.
		Edwin Edwards was exonerated of all charges in the Cascade case, Commissioner Jim Brown was found guilty, being the third Louisiana Insurance Commissioner in a row to be convicted.
	www.suiteroyale.com /about_the_legend.htm (1150 words)

	Edwin H. Edwards
		EDWIN H. EDWARDS, who for many years has been one of the most enterprising citizens of Parsons, Labette county, Kansas, is president of the Parsons Commercial Bank.
		Edwards was born in Jefferson county, New York, August 31, 1833, and was reared and educated in DeKalb county, Illinois, whither his parents had moved in 1846.
		Edwards was united in marriage with Verona Palmer, by whom he has two children: Grace and Myra.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/labette/1901/e/edwardeh.shtml (373 words)

	Salon News \| End of the rogue (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It's two weeks before the verdict will be delivered in Edwin Edwards' corruption trial, and after nagging entreaties, the former Democratic governor of Louisiana has permitted a peek into what could be his last days as a free man ("Get on down hee-ahh," he grudgingly acceded over the phone).
		Edwards does not offer a courtesy smile, and instead fixes me with a stare through those possum-like orbs that served him so well during governor's-mansion poker games.
		A political Houdini, Edwards has always had a knack for making use of his worst liability (the perception that he's crooked), and wrestling it into submission in a sort of rhetorical aikido: he absorbs the momentum of the suspicion, then flips it to his advantage.
	www.salon.com /news/feature/2000/05/12/edwards (730 words)

	Encyclopedia of Cajun Culture - EDWIN EDWARDS (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A Cajun originally from near Marksville, Louisiana (where his parents sharecropped), controversial Democratic politician Edwin Washington Edwards was born on August 7, 1927.
		From election to the Crowley City Council in 1954, Edwards served in the Louisiana state senate, the U.S. Congress (1965-72), and in the Louisiana governor’s office — always relying on his Cajun constituency for strong support.
		(Edwards served four gubernatorial terms, 1972-76, 1976-80, 1984-88, and 1992-96.) As governor, he oversaw the creation of a new state constitution (1974) that protected civil rights and streamlined government bureaucracy.
	www.cajunculture.com /People/EEdwards.htm (272 words)

	Edwin W. Edwards
		Edwin Washington Edwards was elected to his first term by an unprecedented combination of "Cajun" and fl votes.
		Edwards also pushed for legislation tying the severance tax on crude oil to a percentage of the barrel price rather than a flat fee.
		Edwards' third term was marked by Federal indictments, but not convictions, for mail fraud, obstruction of justice and public bribery stemming from the sale of hospital certificates, and coincided with failing oil prices and failing state revenues.
	www.sos.louisiana.gov /tabid/407/Default.aspx (304 words)

	Edwin Edwards preparing for next stage of his life: Federal prison
		Edwards said he has suggested to his 38-year-old wife, Candy, that perhaps she would be better off divorced than waiting for him to get out.
		Edwards said he also is proud that he was the lead candidate or winner in 24 of 25 elections he entered.
		Edwards also listed his role in spearheading a constitutional convention to write a new state constitution in 1973-74, a change in the taxation of oil and gas revenues, health-care programs and the system of vocational and technical schools across the state.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/772451/posts (2062 words)

	Louisiana Secretary of State/Louisiana Gov.Pg.70-EDWARDS (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Edwin Washington Edwards was elected to his first term by an unprecedented combination of "Cajun" and fl votes.
		Edwards supported a constitutional convention to replace the unwieldy Constitution of 1921.
		Edwards named fls to key state positions and his support of fl politicians resulted in a mutually beneficial relationship.
	www.sec.state.la.us /70.htm (290 words)

	Edwin Edwards - Wikiquote
		Edwin Washington Edwards, 4-term governor of Louisiana, born 7 August 1927.
		Edwin Edwards, on his 1983 Gubernatorial election against incumbent David C. Treen
		Referring to Senator Edward Kennedy and Kennedy's political allies and constituents when they had Louisiana natural gas forcibly shipped out of state at artificially low prices during the energy crisis - causing shortages and price hikes of natural gas in Louisiana and an unprecedentedly cold winter for residents of the state.
	en.wikiquote.org /wiki/Edwin_Edwards (193 words)

	Testimony of Robert Edwin Edwards
		The testimony of Robert Edwin Edwards was taken at 11 a.m., on April 9, 1964, in the office of the U.S. attorney, 301 Post Office Building, Bryan and ErvayStreets, Dallas, Tex., by Mr.
		EDWARDS - Yes; I guess it would be Houston across the street in the little park rightacross from the courthouse, straight across from, facing the Depository.
		EDWARDS - I made a statement to Ronny that I wondered who he was hiding from since he was up there crowded in among the boxes, in a joking manner.
	mcadams.posc.mu.edu /russ/testimony/edwards.htm (1715 words)

	Edwin Edwards, 62, Figure in Citibank Currency Case, Dies - New York Times
		Edwards, known as David, was the Citibank employee at the center of the so-called Edwards Affair in the late 1970s to early 1980s that raised questions about the bank’s foreign exchange trading practices and eventually entangled the company under the watch of its chairman, Walter Wriston.
		Edwards, then a junior executive, accused a senior trader of taking kickbacks and suggested that Citibank was improperly shifting, or “parking,” profits from European currency transactions to countries like the Bahamas where they would be taxed at lower rates.
		Edwards was born in Wichita Falls, on Aug. 23, 1944, and after attending the University of Texas and Midwestern University in Wichita Falls, he studied at the London School of Economics.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/12/29/business/29EDWARDS.html?ex=1325048400&en=253f3704f20823dd&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (680 words)

	CNN Transcript - Burden of Proof: Edwin Edwards Case: Alleged Extortion Down in the Heart of Dixie - May 5, 2000
		EDWARDS: I think the flaw in the case is they're not going to be able to show any kind of contact by me with any of the people responsible for making these decisions, which was improper.
		Yesterday, the trial of Edwin Edwards became almost as controversial as the defendant as a juror was dismissed after deliberations began.
		For instance, Edward DeBartolo Jr., who is the former owner of the San Francisco 49ers, claimed that he felt forced to pay Edwards $400,000 in cash in order to smooth the way so there wouldn't be any problems in DeBartolo getting a casino license for the last riverboat license in Louisiana for Shreveport.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0005/05/bp.00.html (3507 words)

	Edwin W. Edwards News - The New York Times
		Edwards left the craps table with a pile of chips worth $40,000 to $50,000 after a winning streak.
		As Edwin W. Edwards savored a resounding victory over David Duke in the voting for governor on Saturday, an analysis today showed that the Democrat's landslide resulted not only from a huge fl turnout but also from the overwhelming support of relatively affluent whites.
		Edwards said they feared that race relations would worsen and that economic catastrophe would result from the election of Mr.
	topics.nytimes.com /top/reference/timestopics/people/e/edwin_w_edwards/index.html?offset=50&s=newest (886 words)

	Mr and Mrs Edwin Edwards
		Edwin Edwards was a lawyer by training, but he also practised as an artist and etcher, and exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.
		In a letter of 1874 Fantin-Latour described a projected double portrait which would depict Edwards sitting working at his etching table with his wife at his side "like a guardian angel".
		Edwards sits at an angle, seemingly unaware of the spectator, while his wife faces the viewer with an uncompromising stare.
	www.nationalgallery.org.uk /cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=l702 (154 words)

	OnlineAthens: News: Edwin Edwards' friend convicted of extortion 03/22/01
		NEW ORLEANS -- A longtime friend of former Gov. Edwin Edwards was convicted Wednesday on seven of nine counts that accused him of fronting extortion schemes for Edwards.
		Brown, who often acted as a political operative for Edwards, said he was prosecuted because he refused to cooperate with federal prosecutors who wanted the former governor.
		Edwards, a four-term former governor, was not charged but his testimony in the trial made up most of the defense for Brown, who did not testify.
	www.onlineathens.com /stories/032201/new_0322010037.shtml (311 words)

	CNN Transcript - Burden of Proof: Edwin Edwards Case: Alleged Extortion Down in the Heart of Dixie - May 5, 2000
		EDWARDS: I think the flaw in the case is they're not going to be able to show any kind of contact by me with any of the people responsible for making these decisions, which was improper.
		Yesterday, the trial of Edwin Edwards became almost as controversial as the defendant as a juror was dismissed after deliberations began.
		For instance, Edward DeBartolo Jr., who is the former owner of the San Francisco 49ers, claimed that he felt forced to pay Edwards $400,000 in cash in order to smooth the way so there wouldn't be any problems in DeBartolo getting a casino license for the last riverboat license in Louisiana for Shreveport.
	transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0005/05/bp.00.html (3507 words)

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