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The first mass school shooting in U.S. history
Neal Spelce, who reported live on the Texas Tower shooting of 1966, describing the...
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Behind the scenes of reporting the 1966 Texas Tower shooting
An interview with Neal Spelce, who reported live on the Texas Tower shooting of 1966,...
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Smoke rising from sniper Charles Whitman's gun as he fires from the clock tower of...
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Charles Joseph Whitman.
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The site of the Texas Tower shooting of 1966, showing the locations of the victims...
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