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PDittie
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August 1, 2013
Two anniversaries today
47 years ago, the UT tower shootings, by Charles Whitman:
http://blog.chron.com/thetexican/2013/08/47-years-later-whitmans-tower-shooting-still-a-haunting-memory-for-texans/?cmpid=hpfc#14558-15
Photos and video of NBC's Chet Huntley reporting the incident on the nightly newscast.
Also 40 years ago, the world lost the famed Chicken Ranch in La Grange:
http://blog.chron.com/thetexican/2013/08/40-years-of-the-chicken-ranch/?cmpid=hpfc#14561-1
This link also has photos and bonus 1982 ZZTop video.
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