He was a confidant and close friend of numerous officials, including the late Attorney General Jim Mattox, Garry Mauro and Lt. Gov.
In contrast, most other Texas oil barons like Eddie Chiles, Bunker and Lamar Hunt, Clint Murchison, and two-time Governor Bill Clements were extremely conservative and supported Republican candidates.
After serving in the Coast Guard in the World War II era, he moved to the Rio Grande Valley.
He met Ruth Richmond, daughter of a prosperous local farmer, and fellow employee at the Rio Theatre in Raymondville; they married in 1946.
He agreed to pay legal expenses of Duval County District Judge O. P. Carillo in his impeachment trial.
[2] In 1984, Manges persuaded the fledgling United States Football League into granting him an expansion franchise, the San Antonio Gunslingers.
that first aired on October 20, 2009, former Gunslingers quarterback Rick Neuheisel stated that during that season, the players would often race each other to the bank in order to cash their paychecks.
When he refused to make restitution for the team's debts, league commissioner Harry Usher revoked the franchise.
Charges of conspiracy to bribe the number two official of the Texas General Land Office were dismissed in U.S. district court for lack of federal jurisdiction.