The role of Melvin P. Thorpe, as played by Clinton Allmon in the original Broadway production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and Dom DeLuise in the 1982 film version, is based on Zindler. Below the Waterlines: Houston After Hurricane Harvey, housed in the archives at the University of Houston, University of Houston approves program to save students up to 60% on textbooks, Houston back at No. I wouldnt have arrested them if they had buried the refrigerator, Zindler said. Such capers have earned Zindler criticism from some unlikely sources, including the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan Houston and other lawmen. The closing did not go well with the sheriff of Fayette County, Jim T. Flournoy, who later attacked Zindler in a fight that left Zindler with two fractured ribs, along with a snatched toupee. Love, service and dedication defined all parts of her life. ABC 13 reporter Marvin Zindler poses for a portrait with his wife, Niki Zindler, and their dog, Magic, on May 11, 2006, in Houston. BY ANCESTRY.COM. Marvin's ethnicity is Caucasian, whose political affiliation is . Linda Sue McFadden Zindler, 66, passed away August 7, 2015 after her second courageous battle with cancer. The cause was pancreatic cancer, according to his station, KTRK-TV, an ABC affiliate. The archive isn't displayed, but is available to the public by scheduling an appointment with the UH Libraries Special Collections department. The next year, he married Gertrude Kugler, who died in 1997. And the longtime consumer affairs reporter for KTRK-TV 13 left a lasting mark on our city's collective memory. December 9, 1977: A file image made from a television frame, Los Angeles Lakers' Kermit Washington, right, throws a punch to the jaw of Houston Rockets' Rudy Tomjanovich during an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. We're in the process of transitioning services for our Today in Houston newsletter. After his recent fight with Jimmy Young, Foreman has become a born-again Christian and ordained minister. Join others and make your gift to Houston Public Media today. I get the chance to remember the Share yesterday to connect today & preserve tomorrow, Copyright 1999-2023 AncientFaces, Inc. All Rights Reserved, ADVERTISEMENT Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. Not all complaints, of course, result in criminal charges. He filed consumer reports from his hospital bed until days before his death. April 29, 1977: Houston Rockets Moses Malone (21) dunks in game five of first round playoffs against the Washington Bullets at The Summit in Houston. Select the next to any field to update. Zindler made local and national headlines when he and fellow journalist Larry Conners reported on a long-lived brothel known as the Chicken Ranch in Fayette County, Texas, near La Grange, which led to its closure in 1973. On seeing evidence that the manager had already posted bond, Zindler backed down. A silver-gray toupee gives the appearance of a full head of carefully styled hair. As much as Zindler relishes his reputation as a dandy, it is likely he enjoys his duties as the consumers friend and protector even more. Reportedly, Flournoy waved the hairpiece in the air as if it were a prized enemy scalp and threw it in the street. And they flock to him with continual tales of outrage, despair and woe: complainants in business suits from downtown office buildings, housewives in curlers and slippers, blacks and chicanos in worn garb. Deputy Sheriff Marvin Zindler in February 1970. He has since given up the hats (I quit wearing them when everyone else did) and the cigars (I quit smoking them because they burned holes in my new double knit clothes and you cant get those mended.). Sign up for service and obituary updates. Zindler, not to be outdone, generated the fourth story when, on the complaints of two customers, he filed two more charges of deceptive advertising against the store manager. May 16, 1977: The Summit became the place to be when the Rockets made the Eastern Conference finals in 1977. Weve been pretty successful talking to these people on the phone, he says. Do you think youre gonna die?'. Here's one of Marvin Zindler's famous 'rat and roach' reports, from March of 1982.https://abc13.com/ 2 death records. Zindler himself complains that his staff and office space arent big enough. In 1969, one hundred countries, along with the United States and the Soviet Union signed the nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT). ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. He is from USA. He had his own producer and cameraman as well as his own editing suite at KTRK. "She indicated she had many of his materials since his passing.". She spent the majority of her career in Humble ISD. Now Shes Auctioning Off Her Archive. A group of preschoolers snuggles up on the carpet at the Houston Public Library's Hillendahl Branch. You knock on the bathroom door, his son says, ask if you can come in, and you hear, No. "We were ecstatic," said Lee. It was a whole page of Marvin Zindlers.. Marvin had filled an entire page with two words: Marvin Zindler. RELATED: People were confusing Zindler with the Men's Warehouse guy. The Better Business Bureau, in a newsletter published shortly after Zindler moved into the consumer fraud area, accused him of generalized, irresponsible public statements. Loyd Frazier, until recently the chief deputy of the Harris County sheriffs office, says he sometimes had complaints about Zindler from other deputies because Zindler seemed to like publicity too much. On January 1, 1973, Marvin Zindler joined KTRK, a station with a news program languishing in third place. The firm had clubs in 11 Texas cities. The Dignity Memorial brand name is used to identify a network of licensed funeral, cremation and cemetery providers that include affiliates of Service Corporation International, 1929 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas. Copyright 2023 KTRK-TV. Marvin Harold Zindler (August 10, 1921 July 29, 2007) was a news reporter for television station KTRK-TV in Houston, Texas, United States. Can you hold, please? Jerry-built walls provide cubicles for Zindler, the secretaries and Deputy E. L. Adams and Assistant District Attorney Neal Duval, who interview the great majority of complaints. That was the first story. In 1973, at the age of 51, Mr. Zindler began his career at KTRK. His teen accomplice killed him in 1973 in Pasadena. I cant let them bother me, he says. The whole performance was repeated a few minutes later when a third TV crew arrived. Before the first of the year, there was common speculation that Jack Heard, the incoming Harris County sheriff, would keep the consumer fraud division but move Zindler to a less visible position in the sheriffs operation. Ill get em. he said. This is a carousel. The results of all this fire and smoke so far are hard to measure. The grand jury indicted several Tussey officials on charges of operating a lottery and, after subsequent actions in civil courts, Tussey closed its operations in Texas. AKA Marvin Harold Zindler. Anyone can read what you share. Ihr 16-jhriger Sohn AJ (Antonio Armstrong, Jr.) wurde wegen Mordes angeklagt. He was married to Niki Gale Devine and Gertrude Stella Kugler. When we share what we know, together we discover more. [3] The last story filed was to help an American citizen obtain a Social Security card. Where we share as we remember & make discoveries and connect with others to help answer questions. Mr. Zindler was an early consumer advocate and action reporter, campaigning against scams, medical abuses and unsanitary food conditions. ", Zindler was the recipient of hundreds of awards from news organizations, charity groups, and medical professionals. Zindler wears suspenders as well as a belt, not because of an excess of caution, but to help support the extra weight of the pistol and handcuffs he carries around his waist. He should have been a lawman at 19, Gertrude says. [8] Zindler had been a primary factor in KTRK's rise from a perennial third in the ratings to its usual number one position. This site is provided as a service of SCI Shared Resources, LLC. Houstonians began boarding buses downtown again Tuesday after striking bus drivers approved a contract with the management company that operates HouTran for the city. His mother would call at 11:30 or 12, wanting to know where Marvin was. Then Zindler stepped in to shed more light on the operation, which led to its being closed for good.[7]. A couple of days later, Zindler obtained a warrant for the mans arrest and, with his usual posse of television cameramen, went to the store to pick him up. March 17, 1977: Houston Firemen unload victims of an explosion at the Texaco refinery in Port Arthur from a helicopter at Hermann Hospital. Before moving to Marvin's current city of Kingwood, TX, Marvin lived in Houston TX. Abraham Jr. Zindler. They looked like the lady might be wearing a wrap, Zindler says. The phone jingles and Zindler springs into action. His pictures were nearly always of traffic accidents or crime scenes and often filled more than half a Press front page. It was during this time of his career that he got his first taste of working on behalf of people. A theft by false pretext charge against a TV repairman who allegedly did not install all the new parts he billed a customer for. ISBN0-9712348-0-9. On his Friday reports, Zindler had also reported birthday and wedding anniversary greetings on air, usually involving those celebrating their 100th birthday or at least a 50th wedding anniversary. Zindler persuaded a grand jury to probe the club, even though Vance at first said the firm was not violating state law and Short concurred with the district attorneys position. Most of these restaurants were locally based restaurants, while a handful of them were national chains, including, This page was last edited on 28 January 2023, at 03:58. Texas Department of State Health Services. Houston TV legends live on long after their death, which is why we're celebrating Marvin Zindler's 100th birthday today. Hed be out riding around with the Bellaire Police Department., His early years with the sheriffs office were in the civil division, where he served and collected judgments, and on the fugitive squad where he picked up criminals arrested in other jurisdictions all around the world. This record is no small accomplishment for a man crammed into a small suite of offices off a stairwell on the seventh floor of the Houston Criminal Courts Building and operating with a staff that includes one other deputy, two secretaries and an assistant district attorney assigned to screen the criminal charges. 10 Houston stories from the '70s that would make great movies for Richard Linklater. I want the public to know Im here to help them and I want the crooks and cheats to know Ill get them, he says. On announcing his last illness on the air on July 5, Mr. Zindler said, I dont want anybody to feel sorry for me because Im almost 86 years old., Marvin Zindler, 85, Crusader in Whorehouse in Texas Case, Is Dead, https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/02/us/02zindler.html, Billy Smith II/Houston Chronicle, via Associated Press. The ladys husband came home, found the sales slip for the refrigerator and, after hearing his wifes story, complained to Zindler about the fortune teller. Wed go on a date in high school and hed drop me off at 9:30 or 10. I burned my eyes under the sunlamp, he explained. He carries at all times a list with the phone numbers of local television stations and newspapers. [3], Zindler began his broadcasting career in 1943 as a part-time night radio disc jockey and spot news reporter at Houston radio station KATL (the current-day KMIC (1590)) while working for his family's clothing store. May 18, 1977: Workers with the City of Houston street repair department drill holes and pump mud and cement under the roadway at 4800 Woodway in an attempt to level the street to prevent runoff water from collecting in a dip in the street. The clippings at times do seem to be endless. He married Maria D. (Elizondo) Zindler on November 21, 1969 in Fort bend County, Texas and they later separated on July 14, 1975 in Harris County. June 22, 1977: Picketers at an adult bookstore across the street from Spring Branch Elementary School, 1700 Campbell, seek signatures for Spring Branch Oaks Civic Association petitions seeking new laws and enforcement of existing laws to rid them of this and other sexually-oriented businesses (SOBs). Houston Southwest Southeast Northwest Northeast. The Zindler family arrived in the U.S. from Austria in the late 1880s. August 27, 1977: Mark Swerdlin, vice-president of the Clear Lake City Civic League, speaks to a crowd gathered outside Houston City Hall protesting the annexation of Clear Lake City. A district court jury, in what Duvall termed the first major court victory in consumer fraud cases in Houston, convicted Enright last November and gave him a five-year probated sentence. Foyt signs autographs for fans who braved the rain Wednesday as Houston honored its auto racing champion with a parade and keys-to-the-city ceremony at City Hall. A full-dress grand jury investigation of odometer rollbacks by car dealers. Marvin Zindler was a larger-than-life character in Houston. The flight had left Heathrow Airport in London less than an hour before, on its way to New York. When he gets something, he wont let up. If you'd like to sign up now, fill out the form below and we will add you as soon as we finish the transition. (Photo Credit: Michael Hagerty / Houston Public Media), Marvin Zindler was an avid doodler, oftentimes drawing on his printed copies of his broadcast scripts. ISBN978-1468186628. Get highlights, trending news, and behind-the-scenes insights from Houston Public Media delivered to your inbox each week. (Photo Credit: Michael Hagerty / Houston Public Media), A custom version of the poster for the film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, featuring an image of Marvin Zindler. Their operation is based on tomorrow. If they violate the law, Ill file on em again.. Completed in 1971, it was designed in collaboration with American painter Mark Rothko and contains fourteen of his black paintings. The explosion killed all 259 people on board and another 11 on the ground. Anders sustained minor facial injuries. Marvin Zindler and his wife, Niki Zindler, leave the memorial service for former Enron chairman Ken Lay on July 12, 2006, at First United Methodist Church. [16] Zindler's father was a four-term mayor of suburban Bellaire and was also a liberal; he was a card-carrying member of the NAACP and opponent of the Ku Klux Klan and his clothing store was among a handful of Houston businesses that advertised in African-American newspapers.[16]. [1] He went on to John Tarleton Agricultural College (now Tarleton State University) in Stephenville, Texas. The .45 doesnt look right under my coat, he grins. Lee met with Reingold, as well as members of Zindler's family, and Marvin's papers become part of the school's Houston & Texas History Research Collection. The sunlamp sessions are not without pitfalls. 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Zindler was also noted for his seventeen cosmetic surgeries, the first of which took place in 1954 after the KPRC-TV firing. Bryant was in Houston to perform at the State Bar of Texas dinner at the Hyatt Regency. Send a note, share a story or upload a photo. Mario Williams. This division is still in operation today. That should give you an idea how I got started being a cop. Then, because everyone else was in the Army, a radio station whose owner knew Zindler through his father, invited him to be a disc jockey and newsman. December 1977: Houston Oilers cheerleaders Joan Jarrety and Lisa Stephens. Two spin-off segments resulted from these reports: On Friday nights, Zindler also gave viewers additional good wishes just before his traditional sign-off: "Have a good weekend good golf, good tennis, or whatever makes you happy.". The rise of Marvin Zindler, NASA in transition, oil men making their bones, and sports heroes in their prime.'70's-era Houston is ripe for the cinematic world. He professes not to worry about the pokes and jabs from his critics, saying he just wants to do his job and he wants that job to be in law enforcement. Link to family and friends whose lives he impacted. September 11, 1977: The Majestic movie house is in the old Lincoln Theatre. Houston Public Media is supported with your gifts to the Houston Public Media Foundation and is licensed to the University of Houston, , A signed photo of Marvin Zindler, longtime consumer affairs reporter for Houston's KTRK-TV 13. He loves to see his name in print and his face on the six oclock evening news. His investigative journalism, through which he mostly represented the city's elderly and working class, made him one of the city's most influential and well-known media personalities. Deputy Sheriff Marvin Harold Zindler is a hard man to pin down, not only because his considerable energy keeps him moving all over the county, as well as to Austin and Washington and other power centers where consumers have managed to draw the attention of politicians, but also because his complex personality defies neat classification. He would also marry Linda S. (Mcfadden) Zindler on May 21, 1977 in Harris County. As this issue went to press, Texas Monthly learned that Heard had fired Zindler. A lot of Zindlers charges have been tossed out by justices of the peace, who say that the matters are civil in nature or that no one was hurt by the transaction. During her time at Thomas Jefferson High School she served as secretary of the Red Hussars Drum and Bugle Corps, graduating in 1967. His detractors, including some of the merchants whose pocketbooks and reputations have been crimped by Zindler, maintain he is a raving ogre, verging on paranoia, totally self-seeking and an egomaniac besides. LA GRANGE, Texas (KTRK) -- Known to Hollywood as the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, the La Grange Chicken Ranch made headlines after Channel 13's Marvin Zindler got it shut down after airing. November 30, 1977: Aerial of Rice Stadium at Rice University. A Houston Police officer has been charged with murder in Torres' drowning. The elder Zindler was to make more than $1 million in a clothing store and land dealings and become mayor of the city of Bellaire. Texas-bred director Richard Linklater recently remarked that he would like to make a movie about Houston in the 1970s, which was a hotbed of activity in many ways. In the Tussey probe, he says, he had a gut instinct that the firm was illegal, though he didnt know what laws it was violating. Marry linda S. 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