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Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama

07 Jun 1972

Page 5

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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1972

Page

5

Eastland Wins Smashing Mississippi Primary Victory

Veteran senator James C. Eastland claimed a sweeping Democratic primary win for a sixth term in Mississippi, defeating Taylor Webb and Louis Fondren while GOP rival Gil Carmichael led James Meredith in a high profile race. Carmichael pledged an all out campaign against Eastland in November.

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Jackson James C. Eastland Mississippi Senate Judiciary Committee Eastland Gil Carmichael Meridian Jamie Whitten Charleston G. W. Montgomery East Central Senate House Aote Carmichael James Meredith Taylor Webb Leland Louis Fondren Moss Point Webb State Chamber of Commerce
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FBI Probes Slaying of Corpus Christi Rancher Farenthold

The FBI joined the death case of George Randolph Farenthold, a 32 year old Corpus Christi rancher and son in law of state Rep Frances Farenthold. His body washed ashore near Port Aransas with a 25 pound concrete block chained to his neck and hands bound. An autopsy was planned after investigators found head injuries but no obvious bullet wounds. Farenthold was last seen Saturday night. motives and suspects remain undetermined and the missing car of Rep Farenthold is still unfound.

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Corpus Christi Tex FBI George Randolph Randy” Farenthold Farenthold Frances Farenthold Port Aransas Corpus Christi Bay Nueces County
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