[News Script: McLendon] Part: 1 of 4
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took a shot at a man she thought was radio executive,W~.Icwc'
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is identified as Mary Elizabth Stone, who recently
moved to Dallas from Fort Worth, The woman fired the
shot at Love Field, shortly before 5 this afternoon.
Her mistaken target was 48 year old W.W. Dyer, of
Dallas. When her first shot missed, the woman says she
pistol
tried to fire again, but herm , a 32 caliber
Savage, jammed. The woman was disarmed by a ticket
agent, and later arrested by police officers Fielding
and Hayes. She tells officers the gun was sprinkled
believes
with Holy Water last Sunday, and she i the Holy
Water is responsible for the weapon's malfunction.
The woman says she wanted to shoot McLendon, because
he is a communist, and a member of the underworld or..
ganization Cosa Nostra. She says she has never seen
McClendon in person.McClendon, shown here as he made his announcement to
and senatorial candidate, Gordon McLendon.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: McLendon], item, February 19, 1964; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc954776/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.