Just before noon, from high atop the University of Texas Tower, an ex-Marine sharpshooter named Charles Whitman leveled his rifle over the railing, peered through his scope and shot a pregnant ...

On Aug. 1, 1966, an ex-Marine named Charles Whitman packed a half-dozen guns into a military-issue foot locker, lugged it to the observation deck of a 28-story tower on the campus of the ...

Smoke rose from sniper Charles Whitman's gun as he fired from the tower of the University of Texas administration building on crowds below in Austin on Aug. 1, 1966. This year marks the 50th ...

The admiration for the man accused of killing the head of the country’s largest health insurer reveals the nation’s deep ...

Both would be awarded the Medal of Valor by the city of Austin. Bettmann//Getty Images A view of the tower where Charles Whitman carried out his sniper spree through a bullet hole in glass.

Charles Glen Whitman, 85, passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. Charles, known as Glen, was born in Bend Oregon to Minnie Louise (Hanneman) Whitman and Charles Henry Whitman on March 13 ...

CANFIELD — Charles H. Whitman, 96, of Boardman, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, at the Shepherd of the Valley. Born March 3, 1928, in Youngstown, he was the son of the late ...

The ads escalate before Charles actually appears; not since Omar Sharif in Lawrence of Arabia has a movie character made such ...