Word: parr
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...team of sheriffs, marshals, and Texas Rangers was closing in on its man. Then it spied the fugitive's 1969 Chrysler Imperial at the edge of a quiet pasture, and the search was over. Slumped over the steering wheel, a bullet in his brain, was George B. Parr, 74, the "Duke of Duval," an affable, unimposing man who for decades reigned as one of America's most autarchic political bosses, the man who reputedly put Lyndon Johnson in the U.S. Senate. Beside him lay a .45, but no note...
...Mexican Americans were gunned down in San Diego by a gang of Anglos opposed to the town's incorporation under Chicano control. Ethnic conflict reached a high pitch. Alone among the area's "Americans" to champion the Mexicans' po sition was George's father Archie Parr, a small-time rancher. For years thereafter, the Mexicans - who still make up 90% of the population of Duval and surrounding counties - honored Parr as their cacique. Parr saw to it that roads were built, local government jobs were manufactured, and bail money was available to miscreants. In return, Parr...
Missing Ballots. George Parr inherited - and expanded - Archie's godfatherly political role. He grew rich when oil was discovered on Parr land, branched out into banking, beer distribution and other business interests, and built himself a walled Spanish-style manor that boasted a private race track...
COLGATE-PRINCETON--Hahahahahahahahahahaha. This Tiger team would even make a Patriots fan laugh. Colgate's Tom Parr will shred the Tiger defense. Colgate 35, Princeton...
YALE-COLGATE--Cornell didn't have much trouble with Colgate a week ago. Yale will. Eli quarterback Tom Doyle put together another pathetic aerial show against UConn (6-15). Colgate has Tom Parr at QB, and he should pick the Eli secondary apart. The hardy men of Yale get no tail--at least not this weekend. Colgate 21, Yale...