Nation: THE RUBY JURORS

In a 6-ft. by 15-ft, box, with a brass rail dividing two rows of six chairs each, sat eight men and four women. All were white, all Protestant. It had taken 14 days to select them, and they would be asked to render a verdict on one of the most spectacular murders in history. From left to right (see photo), the Jack Ruby jury:

Luther E. Diclcerson, 27, mild in appearance, a vice president of tile-making Fritz Chemical Co. and the father of two children.

Mildred McCollum, 40, a bouffant-haired mother of six who works as a secretary to augment her machinist husband’s income.

Max E. Causey, 35, a former Air Force pilot who holds a master’s degree in education and now works as an electronics analyst for defense contractor Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc. An enthusiastic hunter and fisherman, red-haired Causey was the first juror accepted by both sides, presently seems to be the jury’s leader.

Aileen B. Shields, 58, a divorcee who lives with her mother, has worked the past 37 years for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

Robert J. Flechtner Jr., 29, a slim Christian Scientist who works as a paper salesman, likes to tinker with hotrods on the side.

Gwen L English, 45, a greying Perry Mason fan who works as a bookkeeper for an oil company; her husband is a diesel electrician for the Santa Fe Railway.

J. G. Holton Jr., 31, outwardly the most relaxed of the twelve jurors, a mailman who was fishing at nearby Mountain Creek Lake when Kennedy was shot.

Douglas J. Sowed, 34, a knuckle-cracking jet mechanic for Braniff International Airways, who earned his high school diploma in the Air Force.

James E. Cunningham, 34, a Cleveland-born electronics engineer for Texas Instruments, Inc., who attracts attention as an especially conscientious juror by the way he sits bolt upright in the jury box.

J. Waymon Rose, 41, a native of Chattanooga, Tenn., who moved to Dallas 15 years ago, now sells furniture throughout Texas and three neighboring states, seems to be the humorist on the jury.

Louise Malone, 58, a fragile-looking widow who works as an oil company accountant, and whose hair turned white after her daughter got a bean caught in her windpipe and almost choked some 20 years ago.

Allen W. McCoy, 40, a big, Texas A & M-educated industrial engineer for a Dallas steel fabricator, of whom Defense Attorney Melvin Belli said: “I liked him, but not entirely from the start. Ruby liked him from the start.”