Austin Sniper Whitman Killer List of Casualties
A long list from Austin itemizes 15 slain and 31 wounded in the spree. Names include Kathleen Whitman, 23, and Abdul Khashab, 25, among many others with Austin ties. Police report the gunman was Charles Whitman, whose father describes mounting stress and a hunting background as motives are explored.
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Austin
Tex
Karen Griffith
Briarwood
Charles Joseph Whitman
David Gumby
Brackenridge Apts
Manner Tey
Kathleen Whitman
C.A. Whitman
Abdul Khashab
Mosul
Iraq
Adrian’ Littlefield
Conroe
David Mattson
Janet
Paulos
Nueces
Garland
Lane Phillips
Oldham
Oscar
Rayvela
Con
Billy
Snowden
Woodmont
Miguel Solis
Hemphill Park
el Paso
Claire Wilson
BG E. Rd
Sandra Wilson
Rio Grande
Robert Frede
Dewey
San Antonio
F. Ly Foster
Mojave Drive
Pressure. He Snapped Dad Declares
LAKE WORTH Florida AP report quotes Charles Whitman’s father C A Whitman saying his son “has committed a crime that is great horror to the whole world” and that he believed Charles was under tremendous pressure before the killings.
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Lake Worth
Fla
Charles
Joseph Whitman
C. A. Whitman
Firearms Bill Prompts Dodd Statement on Sales Controls
Abs president sponsor Sen Thomas J Dodd says shootings in Austin may force supporters of tighter rifle sale rules to reconsider. He backs the administration bill to curb firearm sales to criminals or deranged individuals.
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Abs
Austin
Sen
Thomas J. Dodd
Dconn
Turret sniper terror hits University of Texas campus
AP report from Austin details a mass shooting near the University of Texas Tower during a tense day. Victims include Claudia Rutt and Edna Townsley among several others. authorities name Governor Connally and police as responding figures amid a nationwide sniper incident narrative.
Friends on Campus Called Him 'Charlie'
Whitman 25 engineering student at the University of Texas opened fire from the campus clock tower and killed 13 people before police shot him down. Ex Marine and former scoutmaster, he was described as a likeable, mature man who had shown depression and carried good grades in architecture engineering before the tragedy.
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Austin
Whitman
Texas
Mexico
Chai
University of Texas
Tex
Paul
Sonntag
Dell ‘Schmidt
Saveheck
A. Tottine
Toraway
Billy
Speed
the Force
Lamport
Wanted
Sayaleer
Harry Walchuck
Univer
Emsity. of
Texas Tower
Thomas’ Ashton
Redlands
Calif
Peace Corps
Iran
Claudia Rutt
Robert H. Boyer
Niversity ‘of Texas
Meyien
Charlie
Charles Joseph’ ‘Whitman
Neering
Defense Department
Marine Special
Brades
Iman
Clyde E.’ Lee
Bureau of Engineering Research
Lee
New Mexico
Lr. B. Green Hospital
Ling
Buena Vista Mon
James L. Sammons
Jesia
N.M
Mathews
Bronte
Bogalusa murders tied to racial unrest spread
Bogalusa Louisiana police charged two local white men Homer Richard Seale and John W Copling Jr with the murder of Negro Clarence Triggs as Negroes planned demonstrations and night marches. Triggs body found near a wrecked car. Seale’s wife owned the beer involved. In Miami, Cuban refugees report only half the beer pre Castro era.
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Bogalusa
UPI
Clarence Triggst
Homer
Richard
Kingfish) Seale
John W
Copling Jr
J Wuevant Toggs
Seale
Vazquez
Miami
Fla
Luis Vazquez Fer
Landes
Cuba
Nation's worst sniper era tied to mass killings
A sprawling history of notorious U S gun violence linked to a string of high profile sniper and mass murder cases from the 1940s to the 1960s. The piece names suspects such as Harvey, Unruh, Starkweather, West Dan iels and Whitman, noting their crimes, trials or executions and the impact on public fear. It also references victims and the media attention surrounding the era.
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New York
Terry Jo Duppercaullt
Par
FBI
Arthur
Jean Dupper
Washington
Fsault
Green Bay
Wis
Julian Har
Texas
Miami
Howard
Harvey
Camden
N.J
Terry Jo
Renee Street
Terry
Inj
Boston
Trenton
Chicago
William Heirens
Saway
Charles Starkweather
John €. Man
Lak Nity
West
Robert - Daniels
Fla. Jurrough
Nebraska
Ohio
Hissof
Daniels
Urses
A. Tatter
Richard Speck
W. Nowatny
Judy's
Eeigas
Logy
The
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Charles J. Whitman
Kathleen
St. Michael's Catholic Church
Needville
Eec
Thomas Ashton
Thomas Karr
Burn St
Ft. Worth
Uni “Versity of Texas
Claudia Ruiz
Caderas Austin
Mark- Jerome
Gabour
Elizabeth
Texarkana
Marguerite’ Lamport
Cascade _Drive
Mark
Sonata
Avett
University’of Texas Mathematists
Unicorn
Bay of Claire
Gaaney
Nancy Harvey
Charles J Newamen
Fia
San, Antonio
Trust Company
Low
Autium- Loan & Trust CO
W. Commerce Street
Federal Capital
Emery Sachy-Ci-Moy Sieeaneese
Edna’ ‘Townsley
Cof
Thomas
Karr
Worth
Jimmiy Welder
Victoria
Townslay
Lanport
Whitiman
Ashton
Masters Association
Y.ducing
Rogers
New Braunfels Andland
Willie Governor
Ralph Smith
Dimmitt
Joe Béneke
Orange
Aga
Pan American
Retary
Pat -Pat
Fraterson
Sweetwater
Connally
South America
Campus
Guy
Leu
Atfore
Infter
Wirng Hovkebolls Pegomale
Sommers Drug Stores
Son Ana
al Antonio
Beens
Deliy Fogo
Jey
Cook County
Speck
International
St.Valentine’s Day Acre
Membe George
Bugs
Underworld
Connecticut
Joseph" Taborsky
Arthur Culombe
Hickock
Kansas
Truman Capote
Smith and Hickock
Herbert Clutter
Joske
Susanna: the Adventurers
Robbins
Clavell
Khener
St. Johns
Auchincloss
Macinnas
Detective
King
Keyes
Dacey
Ryan
Pape Hemingway
Hotchner
Masters
Johnson
Capote
Berne
Churchil
Moran
Nader
the Oldenbourg
Beebe
Les Palms
North Star Ited
Joske’s of
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