Calming Whitman faced tower siege before deadly outburst
The article recounts Charley Whitman’s tense, conflicted state as friends noted his mood shifts and a recent psychiatrist visit. It traces his March 29 session, ignored warnings, and the gradual buildup to the July 1966 tower attack, detailing his notes and final fatal actions including the shootings from the observation deck.
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Lawrence Fuess
Whitmans
Charley Whitman
Kathy Whitman
Charley
Maurice Dean Heatly
Florida
Ping Wo
Charles Whitman
Whitman
University Tower
John
Fuesses
Lake Austin
Kathy
Civic leader Rogers active in many community groups
High Point area figure Rogers serves with the Red Shield Boys Club Red Cross Bloodmobile Milk Fund Day Center and Boy Scouts. He holds the Boss of the Year Award from the American Business Women's Assn High Point chapter. He attends Wesley Memorial Methodist Church and participates in multiple education associations. He is married to Helen Dreher with two children Mollie and Billy residing at 1107 Terrell Dr. Mollie will attend the University of South Carolina as a freshman this fall.
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Red Shield Boys Club
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Milk Fund
Day Center
Boy Scouts
American Business Women’s Assn
High Point
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Stewards
Rogers
National Education Assn
North Carolina Education Assn
Phi Delta Kappa
Horace Mann League
Helen Dreher
Columbia, S. C
Mollie
Billy
Terrell Dr
Central High School
University of South Carolina
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Elaine Fuess
Charles Joseph Whitman
Washington
Don McCrary
Guadalupe Street
Roy
Mrs. Whitman
Austin
Sears Roebuck
21St St
University
Jack O. Rodman
Experimental Science
Rodman
Charles
Vera M. Palmer
Edna Townsley
Don Walden
Cheryl Botts
Mike Gabour
Mike
Bedford
N. Wrenn
P.O
High Point, N.C
Numa F. Reid Lodge
A.F
A.M
Visting Masons
Gilbert R. English
E. G. Updegrove
Jarrett’s Stationery Co
N. Main St
Pely Control
RCC
Ria
Perpetual Savings & Loan
Perpetual
Tain
Type & Loan Association
S. Main St
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