[News Script: Cherry Hearing] Page: 1 of 2
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(CHERRY HEARING)
A CHANGE OF VENUE HEARING FOR ACCUSED MURDERS JAMES WALTER CHERRY"AND
TWYNA BLANKENSHIP IS TO CONTINUE IN DALLAS TODAY. THE TWO ARE CHARGED WITH
THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A DALLAS DEPUTY SHERIFF LAST JANURARY DURING A SHOOTOUT
E AT AN EAST DALLAS MOTEL.
THEY CLAIM THEY CAN'T GET A FAIR TRIAL IN DALLAS BECAUSE OF THE VAST AMOUNT
OF PUBLICITY GIVEN THE CASE.
KILLED WAS DEPUTY BUDDY WALTHERS. HIS PARTNER, ALVIN MADDOX WAS ALSO
SHOT, BUT HAS SINCE RECOVERED FROM HIS WOUNDS.8-11 wbh 0612
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Cherry Hearing], script, August 11, 1969, 6:30 a.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1217854/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.