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Dutch

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Maynard W. "Dutch" Acton, who played a cowboy in the movie "Giant," starring Jimmy Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson. Dutch Acton spent most of his life working and living on ranches in West Texas.
Date: December 3, 1968
Creator: Harpham, Marsha
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[News Script: Hefley sanity trial]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about three witnesses from Rusk State Hospital testified in district court that Charles Roy Hefley is sane, during his sanity hearing. Also testifying is Dr. Fagan Thompson who tells the jury that Hefley is now sane, referring to Hefley as mildly sociopathic. Dr. Thompson believes that if released Hefley would not commit more acts of violence. Dr. John T. Holbrook a Dallas psychiatrist believes that Hefley is a litt… more
Date: December 3, 1968
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Mrs. Dan C. Allensworth, December 3, 1968]

Description: Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Mrs. Dan C. Allensworth confirming a telephone conversation and discussing a report of the Sub-Committee of the Human Relations Commission. Last, he asks if the committee could find an opportunity to give him their recommendations on the general problem of handling militant and truculent individuals under arrest or in the process of being arrested.
Date: December 3, 1968
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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