Killer in Tower Shootings Shocks Austin Campus
In a lazy noonday at the University of Texas, an ex Marine, Charles Joseph Whitman, murdered 13 people and wounded others from atop the UT Tower before police killed him. Victims include Mark Gabour and Edna Townsley. Chancellor Barry Ransom described the scene as unimaginable. Police found notes indicating Whitman killed his wife and mother prior to the rampage.
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Jack Keever
Austin
Tex
Paul Sonntag
Mark Gabour
Texarkana
Marguerite Lamport
University of Texas
Thomas Ashton
Redlands
Califf
Peace Corps
Swan
Texas
Edna Townsley
Charles Joseph Whits
Marina
Hallseyas
Gabour
Townstey
Lamport
Whitian
Sonntag
Ashton
University
Barry Ransom
Isla
Charlie Whitman on Texas campus killed 13 and his wife and mother
Charles Joseph Whitman, 35, an engineering student at the University of Texas, killed 13 people with a rifle on campus from two floors before police fatally shot him. Earlier in predawn hours he stabbed his wife to death and shot his mother.
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Austin
Tex
Charlie
Charles Joseph Whitman
University of Texas
Whitman
Marina
Frank Greenhaw
Tarog
Meee
Rhow Whitman
Ife
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Cuba
Lake Warth
Fla
Dame
Sacred Earl
Lake Worth
St Ann's High Ellicot
Palm Beach
Dollar Day Invades Gastonia Area Stores Thursday
Uptown and outlying Gastonia merchants join the four bargain fest for shoppers across Gaston County. Stores will post deep discounts and feature wide advertising with radio spots and Gazette ads to guide buyers. Free bus rides offered Thursday by multiple transit services to draw in customers from Dallas Belmont Mount Holly and surrounding towns.
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Gastonia
Gastan County
Mereiguts Assn
Aullying
Gaston County
Fewny
Dacolniun
Kins Mountain
Cloves
B.C
Agsti
Whch
Gazette
Seindow
Gastonia Transit Co
City Coach Co
Belmont
Mount Holly
Cramerton
Gaston-Lincolnton Transit Co
Dallas
Pes Cengers
Mavi Holly
Stanley
Goslonia
Lone gunman kills 16 at Texas University tower
The Texas University massacre ends with 16 dead including the shooter and an unborn child. Charles Whitman, 25, an architectural engineering student, opened fire from the library tower, then died by self-inflicted wounds after a 11 hour rampage that wounded 31. Police found notes blaming his father and detailing motives.
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AN & Sso
Bale
Piedmont
Bet
Gastonia
K. C
No Plan To Capture Whitman
The report recounts a sniper incident with Whitman facing officers Ramon Martinez George McCoy and Allen Crum aiding in a gunfight. Martinez and McCoy fired while Whitman’s rifle missed, ending with the sniper shot to the neck and a fatal head impact. Neighbors describe Whitman as a normal, friendly man and a Marine veteran with a troubled path.
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Austin
Tex
Robert Miles
Whitman
Ramon Martines
George McCoy
Allen Crum
Martinez
Martienez
McCoy
Marine Corps
Ile
Carforal
Vestrielion
Nard Jabar
Needville
Kathy
Raymmond W. Leissner
Jaeissner
The
Incredible marksman targets Texas sniper at UT
AP reporter Robert Heard, a 36 year old ex Marine, describes being shot in the left shoulder at about 180 yards while covering the University of Texas sniper attack. He recalls running toward a tower, hearing pops, and seeing dust and bullets strike pavement as officers pursued the gunman.
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Associated Press
Robert Heard
University of Texas
Trey
Hest
Robert Wearia Austin
Tex
Jack Keever
Dacher AP
University
Raportory
Ernest Steamberger
Dallas Times Herald
Lefrain
Dow Heard
Houston
Dow
Dr Robert Benson elected NC community college council chair
Gaston College president Dr Robert Benson was elected chairman of the Council of Community College Presidents of North Carolina. The report notes a feature on safe driver discounts for auto insurance and mentions an article by William A Shires on safe drivers in the assigned risk pool.
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Robert Benson
Gaston College
Council of Community College Presidents
North Carolina
Wiliam A. Shires
The Worst In History Mass Murders Remembered
A Washington FRY spokesman recalls past mass killings in the United States as candidates for the worst in history. Notable cases include Howard Unruh in Camden 1948 and Charles Starkweather in 1958, with multiple victims and long crime sprees across states.
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FRY
Washington
Texas
Howard Unruh
Camden
Unruh
Trenton
Nui
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