Down Dallas Way Dad and Kids Hold Household Court
Drexel McCollum, 52, lost wife Mildred to the Jack Ruby case and his job in a layoff. With five children ages 10 to 17, he handles all chores while Mrs. McCollum, 40, serves on the Ruby trial jury. Neighbors, reporters, and TV crews visit as the family copes with absence and duty, including a weekly coin laundry routine and shared meals. The story contrasts a domestic routine with the juror’s high-profile civic case and its impact on a Dallas household.
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Drexel McCollum
Mildred
Jack Ruby
Patricia
Neal
Darrell
Marcia
Ferris
James
Bob Horton Dallas
Dad
Mrs. McCollum
Ruby
Lee Haney Oswald
Dallas County Records Building
McCollum
McCallum
Darrel
Texas A&m University
Pat
McCodes
Ira
Billy Combest
JSON
Belli
Attom
McMilion
Oswald
Bibert Kaminky
Texas
Ruby Hears Experts Discuss His Brain
In the trial, Dr. Holbrook testifies Ruby lacks psychomotor epilepsy after brain wave tests. Prosecution and defense experts clash over epilepsy and organic brain damage, with references to psychiatrist opinions and epilepsy authorities.
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Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
Holbrook
Roy Shafer
Martin‘ Towler
Wade
al Brainard
Fense
KeJaway
Baylor University School of Medicine
Houston
Belli
Fire in Roswell Missile Silo Burns Out
A deep Atlas missile silo fire near Roswell New Mexico burned out around noon after a 48 hour ignition from the explosion of an ICBM. Air Force investigators entered the 17 root deep silo to assess damage while remains of the 515 mile ICBM stayed deep inside.
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Roswell
UPI
Air Force
Question and Answer On Shooting of Oswald
Dallas UPI report covers the state testimony questioning Jack Ruby's mental state. Dr. Robert Stubblefield testified that if the statements are true Ruby would know right from wrong and understand the act's consequences.
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Olinger
Ruby
Belli
Stubblefield
Oswald
Dallas
UPI
Jack Ruby
Asst
Dist
Atty
James Bowie
Western’ Union
Lee Harvey
Tin Jack Ruby
Acre
Robert Stubblefield
University of Texas’ Southwestern Medical School
Commission Hears Driver for Oswald
The Warren Commission questioned Buel Wesley Frazier and Linnie Mae Randle about November 22 in Dallas as Ceal McWauers and William Wayne Whaley provided testimony. FBI agents linked the rifle and container found at the building to the Kennedy assassination while details about Oswald’s bundle were disputed.
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Washington
Warren Commission
John F. Kenney
Dallas
Buel
Wesley Frazier
Linnie Mae Randle
Ceal J McWauers
Wiliam Wayne Whaley
Kennedy
Mororade
Killer Reads a Treatise on Murder in Court
In a Dallas courtroom Jack Ruby removed his glasses and began reading The Mind of the Murderer by Manfred Guttmacher while attorneys argued over medical exhibits. The psychiatrist testified Ruby was sane.
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Manfred Gutmacher
Baltimore
Guttmacher
Ruby
Belli
Jack Reville
Tommy McMillon
McMillon
Testi
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Raby
DR. Walker
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