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Wednesday, December 10, 1997 Guest: Chase McFadden, Oxford Eagle   Opening Remarks:   Hello everyone. I'm here tonight to let you all in on a scoop I've been working on. I've a lot to say so please be patient. I've recently been working on finding out the real truth behind the dumping at the Dickerson Farm and who exactly is behind it. I believe I've found Chambeau Superior Chemical to be the source of the toxic waste, and that C/S Disposal, Inc. has links to both Chambeaus, though I've not been able to tie them to the Chambeaus directly, I expect I will be able to prove that after a little more research.   I do have some insiders at C/S Disposal, Inc. that have admitted to this off the record, that they have been dumping at Dickerson for Chambeau Superior Chemical. I believe that Reed Chambeau is, in fact, involved because I have done research, and have found no way that he could not have possibly known.   To make things odder, I have done research and found that Reed Chambeau and his estranged half brother, Jacques, have been transferring "personal gifts". This is very odd because these two men have not spoken to each other until the past six months or so, and yet Reed has been receiving vast amounts of "personal gifts" from a brother he has had nothing to do with who just happens to co-own Chambeau Superior Chemicals with Reed Chambeau's other half brother Martin who has also been estranged. The three say they are trying to bring unity back to their family again, but the timing is too convenient.   Question and Answer session:   Q: Who is the oldest of the three Chambeau brothers? A: Jacques is the eldest, Martin is next in line, and Reed Chambeau is the youngest of the half brothers.   Q: Have you interviewed Reed or his brothers personally? A: I have spoken with Reed Chambeau and his brothers. All deny involvement and claim that the monetary transfers were just "personal gifts", but all refused to comment further.   Q: What have their activities involved since this all began...any traveling? A: Jacques and Martin haven't traveled as much as Reed has been the last few months. Reed Chambeau has been traveling extensively which has been giving the Oxford Police Department problems questioning him.   Q: Do you know what the nature of these personal gifts is? A: Large sums of money. They were wiring money to each other. Stocks and cash totaling close to $1 million from Jacques and Martin to Reed Chambeau.   Q: Where to Jacques and Martin live? A: They have homes in Mississippi, Tennessee, New York, California, and in the Caribbean Islands.   Q: How did you find out about the money transfers and do you have dates as to when it was sent? A: I made contact with former C/S controller Bernie Alexander. He said he became aware of the activities through an audit in which he came across a number of expenses that included driver's overtime hours that could not be accounted for. He alleged that his questioning led to his discharge on October 31. I don't have exact dates on when all this took place, but it has been going on for at least the last six months or so.   Q: What can you tell us about the nature of their relationship, and why the estrangement if they all live in the same areas and co-own a company? A: Only Martin and Jacques co-own Chambeau Superior Chemical. They (Jacques and Martin) have been totally estranged from Reed. It is widely known that they refused to speak to Reed, after a family dispute. However, I don't have information on what the actual dispute was.   Q: Do you know if Macy was involved in environmental issues, and if she might like one of the Chambeaus? A: I haven't made any such connections between Ms. Lamar to the Chambeaus, but I suppose it's possible. I just don't know of any.   Q: Do you know what vehicles are registered in their names? A: Vehicles? No. I'm not doing personal research on the Chambeaus, I'm researching the dumping. I'm trying to prove that C/S Disposal, Inc. is linked to Reed Chambeau right now.   Q: Have Reed or his brothers ever been in trouble with the law before? A: Nothing that I was able to get a hold of other than this interesting little tid bit. Although C/S Disposal Inc. never mentions Reed Chambeau's name in any of their documents, Benjamin P. Snyder who is a CEO at C/S is an investment partner with Chambeau Properties Inc., which is owned by Reed Chambeau. Snyder said that the company is launching an investigation into the dumping incident, but denied Chambeau was involved. I think someone isn't being totally honest here.   Q: Have you questioned any of the CS drivers, or do they contract out? If so, who have you interviewed? A: I have interviewed a C/S driver--who wished to be interviewed under total anonymity--who said that he has driven dioxins to the Dickerson Farm on two occasions. He said that this was a deal between C/S and Chambeau Superior Chemicals. I did later ascertain from Bernie Alexander that Chambeau Superior is a client of C/S disposal.   Q: Did Reed Chambeau get money for Dickerson ranch from his brothers? Or from Benjamin Snyder? A: The money Reed Chambeau received in the past months was from his brothers, but I haven't been able to ascertain where the original funding came from.   Q: What do you think large sums were for, bribes, blackmail, illegal operations? A: I believe the money was used for the dumping. I think that Chambeau Superior is paying Reed Chambeau to let them dump their chemicals there.