Whitman siege on Texas tower ends in tragedy
Reconstructing the last 24 hours of Charles Joseph Whitman, the former Marine who fatally shot 13 people and wounded 33 on the University of Texas campus before dying himself. The attack unfolded after he prepared with a weapon cache on the 28th floor of the UT tower and barricaded the area, killing his mother and wife earlier.
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H. D. Quigg
H. D. Quigg Austin
Tex
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M. D. Heatly
University Earth Center
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Whitman
What drove Whitman mad in Texas shooting spree
The café of theorists weighs causes from a pecan sized brain tumor to parental separation and academic strain. Dr Heatly, who interviewed Whitman four months earlier, calls him hostile yet normal seeming, with a fleeting tower shooting thought noted as a transient impulse. Medical experts doubt a brain tumor caused violence, while officials consider family conflict and mounting frustrations as factors.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Charles Joseph Whitman
Chicago
Whitman
C. M. Whitman
Lake Worth
Fla
Texas
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Miami
South America
University of Illinois
Eric Goldberg
Daniel Ruge
Heatly
Mishap Claims Three Persons near Winfield
A Tuesday night auto crash on Route 17 near Winfield killed William Johnson 32 of Pomeroy Ohio his eight year old son Arleigh and Ronald Miler 14 of Williamsburg Pennsylvania. Johnsons five year old son Mark remained in critical condition at Thomas Memorial Hospital South Charleston. Police said Johnson swerved to avoid a bicycle rider. Sherry Johnson 27 and three children were released from area hospital.
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Oak Hill Woman Named State Personnel Director
Mrs. Sue A. Scott of Oak Hill was sworn in as director of the State Department of Personnel in Charleston. She moves up from assistant director to replace Thomas P. Meadows, who was reassigned to the Workmen's Compensation Fund.
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UPI
Sue A. Scott
State Department of Personnel
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Thomas P. Meadows
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Surge in Patients Over 65 Fill West Virginia Hospitals
A survey by the West Virginia Hospital Association shows 15 to 20 percent more patients over 65 in state hospital beds in July 1966 than July 1965. Census was taken at 30 representative state hospitals on four Wednesdays. Executive VP William R. Huff said hospitals will monitor financial and census data due to Medicare reimbursement concerns and that admissions will be based on medical necessity. The survey will continue for several months with quarterly results.
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West Virginia Hospital Association
William R. Huff
Huff
Coal May Aid Astronauts Through Coal to Gasoline Tech
Washington senator Jennings Randolph said coal to gasoline research could boost fuel cell efficiency for NASA manned spaceflight. He noted Bureau of Mines work on coal conversion and a catalyst found by bureau scientists may offer a cheap, useful enhancement for spacecraft power systems.
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Johnson urges urgent action on gun control measure
The president calls Congress to pass stronger gun control after the University of Texas shootings. He backs expanding a pending bill to ban mail order sales of pistols rifles shotguns and restrict interstate transfers, arguing to keep deadly firearms from wrong hands.
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Whitman Kills and Is Killed in Tower Massacre
The Texas University tower rampage ends after Whitman shoots 16 people, including students and faculty, and is killed by police. Officer Ramiro Martinez reports Whitman fired repeatedly as they entered the observation deck and returned fire with a shotgun. Several victims die and many are wounded, including a pregnant woman.
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Juda Snuffer 71
Mrs Juda Snuffer of Eccles died at 11 30 am Tuesday after a short illness. She was born November 25 1894 at Oceana and had resided in Eccles six years. Survived by three sons two daughters and grandchildren, services 2 30 pm Thursday at Melton Mortuary Chapel with burial in Snuffer Cemetery Bolt.
Rural Kanawha Parents Picket SRC Over Road Access
About 25 residents from Peach Fork area demonstrated at the State Road Commission to press for road paving. They cited that 47 children missed weeks of school because buses could not reach homes. SRC claimed the dirt road is not a through road, while locals insist it connects to Potters Creek Road in Clay County and to Clendenin in Kanawha County.
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UPI
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Peach Fork
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Kanawha County
William A Reed 66 dies after long illness in Cool Ridge
William Arthur Reed of Cool Ridge, 66, died at 9 p.m. Tuesday after a long illness in a local hospital. Born February 29, 1900, in Greenbrier County, he was the son of the late William A. and Almeda Salsbury Reed. A retired miner, he was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church at Cool Ridge. Survivors include his wife Della Brock Reed and four brothers Tom of Beckley Abe of Richwood Fred of Cool Ridge.
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Cool Ridge
Greenbrier County
William A
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Free Will Baptist Church
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Tom
Beckley
Abe
Richwood
Fred
Inland Steel hikes prices studied by U.S. gov
Washington UPI reports the Johnson administration studied Inland Steel Co. price increases of 2 to 3 dollars per ton on sheet metal set to take effect August 10. Inland says the 15 cent per hundred pounds rise for prime grade cold rolled and hot rolled sheets plus a 10 cent rise for secondary grades amounts to 2.1 percent of its average price, the first since April 1963, with no commitment from other firms.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Inland Steel Co
Inland
Joseph L. Block
Bock
End of Hastings as U S Marines wrap major Vietnam sweep
In a brief morning engagement eleven North Vietnamese died. B52s from Guam struck near Chu Pong Mountain and north toward the Laotian border south of the DMZ. The Marine sweep began July 7, covering 300 square miles. 880 confirmed and 934 probable Communist deaths, total 1814.
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Funeral rites for Alva Wirt Perry held at First Methodist
Funeral services for 68 year old Alva Wirt Perry of 207 Orchard Ave are set for 1 p m Friday at the First Methodist Church with Rev Edward Hanshaw officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Perry died Tuesday morning of a heart attack. Born Accoville July 28 1898 he was a son of Thomas N and Emma Isabelle Toler Perry. He was a member of Charleston Masonic Lodge 153 AF and AM Valley of the Orient 32 Degree Masonic Lodge and Beni Kidem Temple. He worked as a public accountant and former state audit tax commissioner for West Virginia and had been self employed in private accounting and tax work. On April 13 1921 he married Sadie Ethel Harvey who survives at home along with a daughter Jo Annie Price of Kinston NC a son Robert Kyle of Washington DC a sister Ruth Hatfield of Man four brothers Fred Mason Perry of Pecks Mills DC Perry of Portsmouth Ohio Luther of Man and Mack of Accoville and three grandchildren. Charleston Masonic Lodge pallbearers will provide rites at the cemetery. The body lies at Melton Mortuary with friends welcome after 6 p m Thursday.
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Charleston
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Valley of the Orient
Beni Kidem Temple
Dunsmore Business College
Staunton
West Virginia
Sadie Ethel Harvey
O. L
Jo Annie) Price
Kinston
N. C
Robert Kyle
Washington, D. C
Wayne
Ruth) Hatfield
Man
Fred Mason Perry
Pecks Mills
D. C
Melton
William Childers Dies After Illness at Local Nursing Home
William Childers died at 9 p.m. Tuesday in a local nursing home after a long illness. His body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending completion of arrangements.
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Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Abduction Case In Danville Involves Four Missing Children
A Danville area girl remained tight lipped during questioning after three other children escaped a riding incident on a country road seven miles south of Danville. Betty, 5, Dixie, Marilyn Ames 10, and Nora Lee Pridemore 8 were involved as suspects and witnesses.
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Dixie
Marilyn Ames
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CIA Expert Faces Investigation Over Hidden Documents
CIA is probing Hans V. Tofte after classified papers were found in his Georgetown home by a fellow CIA employee. Tofte blamed a cloak and dagger raid and said the episode left him missing $20,000 in jewelry belonging to his wife. Authority says the inquiry continues while both men deny improper conduct.
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Martin Luther King May Lead Marchers In Chicago
Nobel laureate Dr Martin Luther King Jr arrived in Chicago to help organize a protest against housing discrimination. He said he would probably lead a march into the all white Gage Park area again, where demonstrators faced bricks and bottles and cars set ablaze last weekend. Police kept order as thousands moved on a Belmont Cragin real estate office, amid tense confrontations with white residents.
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Fayette Alloy Plant May Reopen
UPI reports Union Carbide’s Fayette County Alloy plant should reopen while bargaining continues. David Feller, attorney for the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union, told U S District Court the plant’s closure since July 1 idle 1200 hourly workers. NLRB seeks a temporary injunction. hearings began Monday and run today.
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UPI
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Court Refuses To Hear Kanawha Primary Issue
In Charleston six candidates who narrowly lost the Democratic primary challenge the results alleging votes cast for deceased individuals and for voters in hospitals or at home. The Kanawha County Court declined to hear the case until its next term beginning October 1.
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UPI
Senate Leaders Labor On Bill To Halt Strike
Washington leaders work on a bill to end the 27 day airline walkout with shared responsibility between Congress and President Johnson. Dirksen promotes a plan to empower lawmakers and the White House with limited discretion, while the administration warns of legal challenges. Labor warns a back to work vote would anger unions. Katzenbach objects to broad power without standards.
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Idaho and Kansas Party Nominations Stir GOP Meddling
Soapy movement and the Negro Shock To Moderates Smylie's defeat in Idaho shocks moderates and liberals in the GOP. Len Jordan seeks renomination unopposed in Idaho. Ralph R. Harding unopposed in Democratic senatorial primary. Kansas Governor William Avery easily renomination over Dell Crozier. November foes include Robert Docking and Floyd Breeding.
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Ralph R. Harding
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Dell Crozier
Wichita
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George Docking
Pearson
Floyd Breeding
Bundy Urges Equal Rights Effort Equal to Vietnam War
Former Ford Foundation president Mc George Bundy told the Urban League conference in Philadelphia that the fight for Negro equality deserves as much effort and money as the struggle against communism in Vietnam. He urged massive aid to ghettos, targeted education, and a persistent push to reduce unemployment, arguing sustained economic policy could halve the Negro unemployment rate. The Urban League, founded in 1910, aims to close the economic and cultural gap between Black citizens and others. the conference runs through Thursday.
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