No new facts, just plenty of neglected evidence
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So where did the bullet come from? Surely it was not the one which smashed the president's skull and left a five-inch jagged hole in the region of his right temple. It did not lodge in any part of the presidential limousine, because a thorough check of its interior proved that no whole bullet struck any part of it. Even if it is the one which first wounded the president, its velocity would have been such that it would have damaged what ever object it came to rest against.
And how did it come to be found beneath Connally on his stretcher? No one seems to know —or care.
A number of other bizarre incidents are known to have taken place in connection with the assassination, none of which was apparently considered by any investigating body as pertinent.
WHY, WARREN Commission critics, principally Mark Lane, ask darkly, did an automobile horn sound twice in the basement of the Dallas police headquarters during the last minutes of Lee Oswald's life—once as he was being brought out the door, and once immediately before Jack Ruby stepped forward and shot the accused assassin in front of millions of national television viewers?
And why did the two FBI autopsy reports, filed by agents present at Bethesda, differ greatly from the official report from the medical center, one almost contradicting the doctors' report?
What is the significance of the brutal rifle attack on Warren Reynolds—a principal witness to the slaying of Patrolman Tippit, whom Oswald was accused of shooting just before his arrest—and its weird aftermath?
Reynolds told FBI agents that the man he saw fleeing from the Tippit murder scene "did not appear to be Oswald." Two days later he was found dead, shot through the head with a high-powered rifle. A man was arrested on suspicion of murdering Reynolds, but was released when his alibi was confirmed by one Nancy Jane Mooney, formerly a stripper in Jack Ruby's nightclub. Miss Mooney was in turn arrested eight days later on a charge of disturbing the peace, and two hours after her arrest was found hanged in her cell—the death was ruled suicide.
WHY WAS a witness named Brennan able to give police a near-perfect description of Oswald, whom he said he saw sitting in the window of the Texas School Book Depository, from over 100
feet away and six stories down? How, especially, did he manage to ascertain Oswald's height, since the windows in the building are very close to the floor and it was discovered that most of the window was blocked with heavy book cartons on which the assassin rested his murder weapon? And why could Brennan not identify Oswald in a police lineup the next morning?
And why, neither last nor least, did Oswald keep insisting he had been made "the patsy" after his capture? Were others working with him who framed him after the assassination? Who made him the patsy? No one a sked—or seemed to care.
In light of many of these facts and opinions, it is inconceivable how anyone could consider the case closed. There are entirely too many loose ends, dangling stories, contradicting reports which have not been brought into official consideration during the investigations.
IN ALL DUE respect to the privacy and feelings of the Kennedy family, the impetus for further investigation should come from them if it is not forthcoming from official agencies. It is easy to
—Richard Geary
JACK RUBY
understand why they are revolted at the thought of perpetuating the memory of a horrible murder of a member of their family; but John F. Kennedy was more than a father, a brother or a beloved relation—he was a beloved president, leader of his country and, in fact, most of the free world. They bear a responsibility to history and to the people of the United States to see that all aspects of the mystery are cleared up beyond a reasonable, even beyond a shadow of, a doubt.
No rational human being could blame Jacqueline Kennedy for not wanting sickening autopsy photos of her husband's mutilated body spread all over the country's newspapers. But why close all doors on them if they could be invaluable in solving the battle between the "one-bullet" and "two-bullet-second-assassin" theories? Likewise, she cannot be blamed for not wanting her Warren Commission testimony concerning her husband's wounds made public, but why go to all the cloak-and-dagger extremes of sealing them in a "time capsule" manner for 75 years? Such measures only throw more fuel on the growing fire of "great conspiracy" theories.
IF THERE WAS a conspiracy behind the killing of the president and the ensuing slaying of the accused assassin, as many of the above items seem to hint, it must be brought out. And if not, all of these questions have some logical answer, and they should be answered now through a massive, comprehensive investigation.
Of course, as some have suggested, there is the possibility that a "great" conspiracy involving many, many prominent people was behind the assassination; some contentions attempt to implicate persons on as high a level as President Johnson himself. Naturally, this seems absurd, and even if it were true, it would have to involve high government officials, the FBI and the Supreme Court, to name but a few, and any attempt at solving the case could be squelched more easily than stepping on ants.
Cynics will point out the harvest which people like Mark Lane, Edward Epstein and others stand to reap from the noise they are making—n am el y, skyrocketing sales of their works (Lane's "Rush to Judgment" currently tops the nonfiction bestseller list, and has for some weeks). But there are too many others, who have absolutely nothing to gain except the satisfaction that justice has been done and just desserts have been given, who are disgruntled with the case so far and will not be convinced until all returns are in.
SO WE HOPE that not many will follow the apathetic lead taken by Time magazine, the only major publication to do so, Chief Justice Earl Warren and Rep. Gerald Ford (R-Mich.), a member of the commission, in playing down other theories, opinions and public facts which don't coincide with the investigation report.
Time, in its usual sarcastic manner but with an unusual display of irresponsible reporting and editorialization, equated Lane's and Epstein's works with such nonsense as the "Cuba theory," which says the assassination was to be an excuse to invade
—Richard Geary
GOV. JOHN CONNALLY
Cuba, assuming Oswald escaped, because of his pro-Castro and Fair Play for Cuba activities. They also alluded to the "Mysterious Evil Forces theory" advanced by the head of a small African state, linking the deaths of Kennedy, Patrice Lumba and Dag Hammarskjold. Such tripe should be ignored.
Chief Justice Warren and Rep. Ford have stood by their positions that they cannot see any reason whatsoever for another investigation unless some new evidence is turned up. Some of the other commissioners join these two in that opinion.
NEW EVIDENCE, as would be admissible in a court of law, has not turned up. But you don't need evidence to conduct an investigation, and we'd like to see something done with the existing evidence besides drawing unsupported conclusions and allowing rumors, founded or unfounded, to spread.
Rumors still circulate about the circumstances of the Lincoln assassination, and in all probability they will never be proved or dis-
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