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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, On November 22, 1963, Officer J. D. Tippit of the |
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Dallas Police Department made the ultimate sacrifice in behalf of |
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his fellow citizens; and |
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WHEREAS, Officer Tippit was on patrol that day when President |
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John F. Kennedy was assassinated; he responded to the all-points |
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bulletin that followed, spotted and was attempting to question or |
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arrest Lee Harvey Oswald when the officer was shot and mortally |
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wounded by the suspect; and |
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WHEREAS, Dallas police were soon alerted to the shooting of |
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one of their own, and Lee Harvey Oswald was subsequently arrested; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Officer Tippit left behind a wife of 17 years, |
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Marie, and their three children, Charles Allen, Brenda, and Curtis; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, J. D. Tippit was a dedicated and courageous police |
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officer who gave his life in the line of duty; his heroism remains |
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vivid in the hearts of those who cared for him and in the minds of |
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those who remember the tragic events of that fateful day; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory and service of Officer |
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J. D. Tippit; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dallas |
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Police Officer J. D. Tippit. |
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Burkett |
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| Straus |
Gonzales of Williamson |
Morrison |
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| Aliseda |
Gonzalez |
Munoz, Jr. |
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| Anderson of Dallas |
Hancock |
Orr |
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| Anderson of McLennan |
Hardcastle |
Otto |
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| Beck |
Harper-Brown |
Patrick |
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| Bohac |
Hernandez Luna |
Pena |
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| Burkett |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Pitts |
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| Burnam |
Howard of Travis |
Price |
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| Button |
Huberty |
Quintanilla |
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| Callegari |
Hunter |
Reynolds |
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| Christian |
Keffer |
Schwertner |
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| Coleman |
King of Parker |
Scott |
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| Cook |
King of Taylor |
Sheets |
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| Craddick |
King of Zavala |
Sheffield |
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| Creighton |
Kleinschmidt |
Shelton |
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| Crownover |
Kolkhorst |
Simpson |
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| Darby |
Kuempel |
Smith of Harris |
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| Davis of Dallas |
Landtroop |
Smith of Tarrant |
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| J. Davis of Harris |
Larson |
Smithee |
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| S. Davis of Harris |
Laubenberg |
Solomons |
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| Driver |
Legler |
Taylor of Collin |
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| Dukes |
Lewis |
Taylor of Galveston |
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| Farias |
Mallory Caraway |
Veasey |
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| Frullo |
Martinez Fischer |
Weber |
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| Giddings |
Miller of Comal |
Zedler |
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| Gonzales of Hidalgo |
Miller of Erath |
Zerwas |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1458 was unanimously adopted by a rising |
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vote of the House on May 2, 2011. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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