In yesterday's AJC it said, " . . .Barnes says in the posted excerpt, which misstates the office he held at the time: He was actually House speaker"
House speaker??? At least they admit Barnes wasn't Lt. Gov. at the time, but they're still lying to cover the fact Barnes was in Geneva.
He may have still technically held the post of House Speaker in 1968, I dunno... but Texas has a part-time legislature, so if they weren't in session, he was most likely in Geneva. That's certainly what his own resume conveys.
He damn well wasn't Lt. Gov in 1968...