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ManAUSTIN (AP) — Police Chief Bob Miles disclosed today that officers have arrested and charged a young man in the brutal slaying of a University of Texas coed nearly three months ago.The victim, Diana Laura Hinojosa, was reported missing here last Dec. 14. Her partly nude body was found four days later near a culvert at Giddings, in Lee County. She had been shot and stabbed repeatedly.Miles said evidence leading to the arrest resulted from an anonymous tip to Austin police Lt. Colon Jordan. The Austin chief gave these details at a 3 a.m. news conference:Texas Rangers and city officers arrested Benjamin J. Jackson, 22, in San Antonio about 12:30 a.m. today. He is from the Littig community, near Elgin.Ranger George Brakefield had filed a Complaint naming Jackson accusing Jackson of murder with malice late yesterday with Justice of the Peace O’Barr Rost at Giddings, who directed that the prisoner be held without bond. Jackson, a Negro,, smiled slightly but said nothing as he faced newsmen at the Austin poiice station. Rangers escorted him to a car enroute back to Giddings and reporters saw the prisoner raise his handcuffed fists to face level clenched in what some call a“power to the people” gesture.Miles said no further details would be made public but “we’ve got a strongBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSCampaigners in the Texas governor’s race hit the road again today as the shadows from the Abilene trial of two elected officials and one of their aides stretched across the state.Gov. Preston Smith, bidding for re-eiection, broke stride long enough yesterday to ward off a comment by the prosecutor in ihe bribery conspiracy case at Abilene of House Speaker Gus Mutsch-er, State Rep. Tommy Shannon of Fort Worth and Mutscher aide Rush McGinty.Secretary ot State Bob Bullock, a Smithappointee, also went to the governor’s defense.State Rep. Frances Farenthold, another Democrat in the gubernatorial race, went to San Antonio for a full day of campaigning yesterday. She said she was
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Corpus Christi Times
Corpus Christi, Texas, US
Wed, Mar 08, 1972
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