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Article: Tucker vows fight come Hale or Whitewater. (Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker)
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- Arkansas Business
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- June 19, 1995
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Governor's Friends, Associates Drawn Into Swirl
Gov. Jim Guy Tucker can well appreciate the business adage that it takes money to make money. Borrowed funds were the financial catalyst that cranked out profits on shrewd investments made by Tucker and his wife, Betty.
A three-count felony indictment against him questions exactly how the Tuckers obtained funds to make their millions and whether Uncle Sam was cheated of his full cut in taxes.
Federal investigators led by Whitewater Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr have examined the details of how Tucker and his wife obtained money to help amass a fortune during the go-go '8Os.
Conspicuous by its ...