Neal Spelce

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Behind the scenes of reporting the 1966 Texas Tower shooting

The first mass school shooting in U.S. history

Neal Spelce

American broadcast journalist

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Texas Tower shooting of 1966
The aftermath and legacy
Neal Spelce, the news director and anchor for KTBC, a combined radio and television station in Austin, was on the scene early (the station was only blocks from the tower). He described the events over the radio as they happened while crouching behind KTBC’s news…
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Neal Spelce, the news director and anchor for KTBC, a combined radio and television station in Austin, was on the scene early (the station was only blocks from the tower). He described the events over the radio as they happened while crouching behind KTBC’s news…
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