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Jack Ruby Killed Oswald and Stirred a Nation's Question
A long profile outlines Jack Ruby's life from Chicago ghetto roots to Dallas nightclub owner fame. It notes his dramatic November 24 1963 act that killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the ensuing defense stance, and Ruby's fixation on class and public image as psychologists, associates and family narrate his behavior and state of mind.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Oswald
Ruby
Eva Grant
Mrs. Grant
San Francisco
Joseph Rubenstein
Soko
Rubenstein
Holy Family School
Holy Family
Earl Ruby
Detroit
Rubensteins
Jeanette
Jake
Shepard School
Sparky
Chicago
Brother Earl
Hyman
Sam
Earl
Jack
Marian
Mary
Maxwell Street
Fluky’s
Joseph
Fannie
Eileen
Davey Miller’s
Leon R. Cooke
Elgin State Hospital
John J. Madden
Francis A. Bulak
Cooke
Randolph Street
Waste Material Handlers Union
Afl-Cio
Silver Spur
South Brway Street
Vegas
Jake Rubenstein
Jack Leon Ruby
Kennedy