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BLAMKLEY CMNW TOP--KNOW Si:.
AUSTIN--A IIATT2ESS CAUG:IT FI:. A~ D :o 'w" u.. sc u ILIAT A.
DLAELEY OF DALLAS WAS VCC~ BY Sin, o l IN M IS AUSiI' MOTEL DOOM EtQLY
TODAY.
TOR T HE C0jEODORE PERY OTEL AD IT
F ORCED THE LTACUA TI ON OF A UT o GuOr , s, MANY CF TH E IN NIGT
GARMENTS. IT UAAS QUICKLY EXT INCJIS MED.
THE 71-YEAR-OLD BLA1LEY nAS CAR"TED TO T" 1L 7 C " AN
BEFORIL AN ANBULA:;cLE TOOK 112 TO A HOSPI TALT APANLYSTL-UCOSIOS
1i~- ! A B', 1- T ATT P.r1'TL r STILL UN C NrIUS
LATEr A NURSE SAID BLAULEY WAS SITTING UP D DCING F NE .
IrEN SAID- THE NATTR EUDLY WAS IGNITED BY A CIGARETTE.
ANOITE M TEL GU ST MEL ED S:~i~ ABOUT 1:15 A-1L AS IT PI'A D INTO 2ooxs
ON TUE EIGHTH AND THE SETZNTN FLOR * MOTEL r.P YSHLE TE
GUESTS GROPE THEIR WAY TO SAFTY THROUGH TIE THICK SMOKE.
BLAKLEY IS A WEALTHY DALLAS LAWYER AND ACCOUNTANTr W'Q STARTER MIS
CAREER ASA. COBOY. ME WAS APPO INT U-S EAT RST IN S iSi7 TO S .CE
PRICE ANIEL, WHO WAS RETIRING TO fECO;E GO VERNO1 L TEXAS, AND DID NOT
SEEK AN ELECTIVE T.. Il 1 S BLAML:Y WAS AMED TO THE SENATE SEAT
LEFT BY LYNDON D. JOHNSON TO BECO::1 VICE PRESIDENT, AND SL:DSECUN;TLY
LOST IN A SPECIAL ELECTION TO JOHN TOWER--WHO STILL MOLDS THE OFFICE.
WC CA CS 13
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Blakley], script, July 15, 1969; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1140056/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.