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7/27/2019 The LaFontaines: CIA Assets Attempt to Discredit the tramp shots with the help of the FBI. http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/the-lafontaines-cia-assets-attempt-to-discredit-the-tramp-shots-with-the-help 1/23 ~~~JFK~'iU.RS:z- ~ ~ says,.were just vagrants By RICHARD SISK News washmgton Bureau WASHINGTON- Nearly 29 years after the assas sination of President John Kennedy, the FBI has fi- , nally tracked down the mysterious "three tramps" i f . C) arrested that day in Dallas - an d concluded t.·hat ' · they were just tramps. · I l The FBI is also taking a new, hi-tech look at an 8- . mm . film of the Kennedy motorcade and the Texas , , 'V School Book Depository,. where auth~rities say : I smper Lee Harvey Oswald perched. -' I 'lii:· Yet an FBI spokeswoman in Dallas yesterday in- · C'\.- "<;::, sisted that "w e have not reopened the investiga- ~ tion." · -  "We're just following up leads/' she said. The amateur 8-mm. film, taken Nov. 22, 1963, was studied by official i n y e _ ~ t i g a t o r s , bu t is now being enhanced ·with modern technology. 'It is not the famous Zap ruder footage of the actual assassina· lion r ' FBI officials would not say what they expect to find. · Notre Dame law professor G. Robert Blakey, who served as chief counsel to th e House Select Com mittee on Assassinations In the late 1970s, said pre vious studies of this film and others "led to noth- ing." . · "Critics keep seeing shapes of people behind bushes and all that," he said. · · The FBI's Dallas office said it traced the tramps after their names were printed in Texas newspa pers. One also was inter-VIewed last week on the TV show "A Current Affair.". -~-~--~ · ·· One tramp, Gus Abrams,' is dead':the FBI said,

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~ ~ ~ J F K ~ ' i U . R S : z -~ ~ says,.werejust vagrantsBy RICHARD SISK

News washmgton Bureau

WASHINGTON- Nearly 29 years after the assassination of President John Kennedy, the FBI has fi- ,nally tracked down the mysterious "three tramps" i

f . C) arrested that day in Dallas - and concluded t.·hat '

· they were just tramps. ·Il The FBI is also taking a new, hi-tech look at an 8- .

mm. film of the Kennedy motorcade and the Texas , ,'V School Book Depository,. where a u t h ~ r i t i e s say : I

smper Lee Harvey Oswald perched. ' · - ' I'lii:· Yet an FBI spokeswoman in Dallas yesterday in- ·

C'\.- "<;::, sisted that "we have not reopened the investiga-~ tion." ·

- "We're just following up leads/' she said.

The amateur 8-mm. film, taken Nov. 22, 1963, wasstudied by official i n y e _ ~ t i g a t o r s , bu t is now beingenhanced ·with modern technology. ' I t is not the

famous Zap ruder footage of the actual assassina·lion r ' •

FBI officials would not say what they expect tofind. ·

Notre Dame law professor G. Robert Blakey, whoserved as chief counsel to the House Select Committee on Assassinations In the late 1970s, said previous studies of this film and others "led to noth-ing." . -· ·

"Critics keep seeing shapes of people behindbushes and all that," he said. · ·

The FBI's Dallas office said it traced the trampsafter their names were printed in Texas newspapers. One also was inter-VIewed last week on the TVshow "A Current Affair.". - ~ - ~ - - ~ · ··

One tramp, Gus Abrams,' is dead':the FBI said,

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mary- When th e announcement was made t h a t th e Dal las Ci ty Counci lwas opening th e Pol i ce Archives a couple named LaFonta ine who

owned Desperado product ions o u t in I rv ing o r Los Colinas wentdown t h e r e and looked through th e documents and asked th e c i t ya rch iv i s t ,C indy Smal lovick, i s t h i s a l l you got? Cindy pu l l ed o ut

a box o f documents t h a t had been qu ie t ly dec lass i f ied abou t four

year s ago and found th e a r r e s t r e p o r t s on th e t ramps in them.Now everybody i s t ry ing to f ind these t h ree men. The only onet h a t had a home address on it was Harold Doyle and he gaveRedjacke t , West Virg in ia as h is home town. Now a l l o f westVirg in ia been besieged with r e p o r t e r s and i n v e s t i g a t o r s t r y ing tof ind him. So fa r he has not been abso lu te ly found.a what e l s e can you tell us about these documentsmary - O f f i ce r William E Chambers s igned th e a r r e s t r e por t . WhatI have a fee l ing happened was t h a t Harkness and Roy Vaugh, who i snow th e Chief of Po l i ce in Midloth ian , a re th e two who a r r e s t e dthem. They were in a gondola c a r , an open coa l c a r , and I

unders tand t h a t Roy Vaugh held a gun on them when they g o t themou t o f t he r e .a j - I though t they were hunkered down in a box car?

mary- I t a lked to a l l th e po l ice and they a l l say it was n o t a

boxcara j - b u t they t e s t i f i e d it was to th e Warren Commission.mary- I c a n t help it bu t everyone who i s saying anything now i ssaying it was an open coa l c a r , a gondola. Even Harold Doyle, oneo f th e t ramps sa id it was an open coa l ca r when ques t ioned by th e

po l i c e . But t h i s i s four th o r f i f t h hand. He to ld t h i s to h isf ami l ly a f t e r he go t ou t .

aj-how do you know Harold Doyles famil ly?

mary- everyone in West Virg in ia i s k in to him. Real ly , the re a rea

lo t o f people t he re who know him and h e ' s been t e l l i n g t he s to ryfo r twenty e i g h t yea rs .

a j I see I see so we g ot to dig-up Harold Doyle?

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( After 29 years,1 ' t r ~ m p s ' standb y their stoi groomed, they were f o u ~ d ir:t aJJ.! ' )A. .r JA-. . I freight car near the assassmattonC J W ~ V. (VI!Pt.{ site not long after Kennedy wasDalias pohce ch ck killed Nov. 22. 1963. . . .

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rt t i J e ~ ! Y P ~ i ; ~ n ~ ~ ~ d · ~ ~ ; ; : ! ~ ~ ;: -;zA ~ charges and released four daysI Washington Post Service rrs later, according to their arrest1 WASHINGTON - Two of records.l the three " t r ~ m p s " a r r e s t e ~ in Gedney, of Melbourne, Fla.,

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0 , ~ ,,J L{ ft()j"-Li1 0 2----. - ! . ~ J f J __ ramps, 'FBI says,werejust vagrantsBy RICHARD SISKNews Wash1ngton Bureau

WASIIINGTON- Nearly 29 years alter the assassination of President John Kennedy, the FBI has finally tracked down the mysterious "three tramps" ,

~O arrested that day in Dallas - and concluded that

· they were just tramps. · J~ The FBI is also taking a new, hi-tech look at an 8- .~ mm . film of the Kennedy motorcade and the Texas'0 .:J"'" School Book Depository, where authorities say

sniper Lee Harvey Oswald perched..,., Yet an FBI spokeswoman in Dallas yesterday in-

C ' . . - ~ sisted that "we have not reopened the investiga-~ lion.""We're just following up leads," she said.The amateur 8-mm. film, taken Nov. 22, 1963, was

studied by ofi'icial investigators, but is now beingenhanced with modern technology. I t is not thefamous Zapruder footage of the actual assassina-tion. . .

FBI officials would not say what they expect tofind. ·

Notre Dame law professor G. Robert Blakey, whoserved as chief counsel to the House Select Committee on Assassinations in th e late 1970s, said previous studies of this film and others "led to noth-ing." .... .-

"Critics keep seeing shapes of people behindbushes and all t h a t , ' ~ he said. -

The FBI's Dallas office said it traced the trampsafter their names were printed in Texas newspa.pers. One also was interviewed last week on the TVshow "A Current Affair." ... ...,_ ::..:::., · · ·

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a j -Mr . Beck, a re you th e same Ernes t Beck who was a po l i c e

o f f i c e r back in 1963 in Dal las , Texas.beck-yeah I was but i 'm r e t i r ed now

a j -Mr Beck you know they 've recent ly re-opened th e Dal las Pol iceDepartment f i l e s on th e Kennedy assass ina t ion and your name i s onone o f them in r e l a t i on to severa l t ramps who were picked up as

suspec t s . You're name i s on th e f i l e as having r e leased them. I st h a t t r ue?beck- ! don ' t know. I don ' t know.

a j -you don ' t remember these guys who were picked up in a r a i l roadca r behind th e Texas School Book Deposi tory?beck - no I dont

a j - th is i s r e a l impor tant fo r america to f ind t h i s s tu f f ou t .beck I den t remember anything abou t it it was so long ago.a j If I s en t you some p i c t u re s o f these guys would t h a t he lp?

beck nah I doubt it

a j so you dont remember re l eas ing thembeck-noa j a l r i gh ty , thanks fo r your he lp , goodbye

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INTELLIGENCE REPORT

Gedney, John Forres t e r

in te rv iew 1 H. Gladder 7.2.92

occ:Code Enforcement Off ice r fo r Melbourne

900 Eas t Strawbridge Avenue

o f f i c e phone 727-2900

persona l phone number_______

addre ss_______________________

gradua te o f Northeas te rn (E le c t r i c a l Engineering)

c i rca 1959

Claims he i s the S tu rg i s t ramp. Also c la ims the o ther t r amps in th e

photographs were h is f r i ends , people he was with .

When asked how long a f t e r th e assass ina t ion was he a r r e s t e d and d id

th e t r a i n move he answered, Why a re you asking t h i s ? and t h a t he

d id n o t know.

Said he was probably a r res t ed on a gondala c a r b ut no t su re . Says

he thought so because po l ice carne from both s ide o f c a r .

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.you r ever se th e photos . you can screw anybody. Long block face mine

i s more Engl i sh and Nordic h is i s more l i ke an Indian o r greek o r

l a t i n someth ing l i ke t h a t .

Bel ieves magic b u l l e t was p lan t .

Answers to Q.

Do you be l i eve th e p ic tu res were you?

Oh yes .

Did th e FBI t e l l you to keep q u i e t No

This i s a l l in the publ ic record anyway.

I was he ld four days o r s ix days "We were in terviewed by th e FBI a t

th e t i me . And they sa id they have nothing ag a in s t t he se peop le in

t h i s regard immediatly a f t e r we were t aken to th e s t a t i o n .

FBI in te rv iew 1992:

Did they b r ing p ic tu r e s to show you? No.

I was shown p i c t u re s , th e same p ic tu res by th e FBI guy they g o t him

from th e Dal las po l ice they got it. s imi l a r same photos same s e t .

When a r r e s t ed ?

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Not to l e t it go any fu r the r i f you dont s top these people o ut

the re it w i l l go on and on and on. I am not worthy of a p lace in

h i s t o ry anymore than anyone e lse . The average man deserves a p lace

in h i s to ry , they want the Icoccas and the Schwartz ' s .

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"-

Maureen O' Boyle A Current Affa i r Tuesday 25 Feb 92 r e por t by

David Lee Mil le r .

HD- 11 A ll the people was a hol loran was a going on and the s i r ens

were going and people were t ak ing pic tures of us coming over t h i s

way h e l l they was a l l photographers and people were h o l l o r i n '

a re they th e ones t h a t done i t ? Are they the ones t h a t done i t ?

MOB-For near ly t h ree decades Kennedy conspiracy exper t s ,

r e por t e r s and government of f i c i a l s have been t ry ing to l oc a t e

t h i s man, Harold Doyle, bel ieving he e i t he r k i l l ed Pres iden t

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..

Conspiracy exper t s have claimed th e hobos , a l l o f them

who appear to be unusual ly wel l d ressed , might have been with th e

CIA and pa r t of a high reaching assass ina t ion conspi racy o the r s

have cla imed t h a t th e hobos were Watergate burglars E. Howard

Hunt and Frank Sturg i s The fa the r of Cheers ac to r Woody

Harre lson now in j a i l fo r murder was also suspected o f having

been one o f th e hobos. Most recent ly t h i s man, Char les Hol t no t

only c la ims to have been one the hobos but t h a t he took pa r t in

th e a s sa s s i na t i on .

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d i s c ove ry : ( a r r e s t records f t ramps names)

Harold Doyle gave address as Red Jacket , W. Virgin ia .

From here (smal l town f l a shes on screen) co-producers Mary and

Ray LaFontaine t r aced h is whereabouts to Ameril lo , Texas and

al though long gone, neighbors still remember Doyle t a lk ing about

h is a r r e s t on November 22, 1963.

KAY LYON, Neighbor: Okay. Well he to ld me t h a t he was in jail

fo r two or three days and dur ing t h a t t ime he had been

f ingerp r in ted and quest ioned. He showed me a photograph of him

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Afte r 29 year s he broke h is s i l ence about November 22, th e

mystery hobs and t he assass ina t ion .

HD Only th ing I want to say about it We had nothing to do with

it. I am t e l l i n g you th e gods and hones t t r u th . we had nothing to

do with it I can say it. We was booked and I went in f ro n t o f

th e Judge and got s ix days fo r vagrency and tu rned loose .

Mil le r : According to Doyle th e day go t s t a r t ed l i ke any o ther a t

a homeless she l t e r in Dal las a few blocks from from Dealy Plaza

b u t in a few hours both th e country and Harold Doyle would never

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. .

been sh o t . Then a l l a t once someone sa id dent make a move we

looked up th e end we were s i t t i n g in and the fa r end down th e

s ide

we were surrounded by policemens with guns drawn and they sa id

d o n ' t make a move.Because they got us ou t o f the boxcar took us

through th e park in to the j a i l they took us up and in te roga ted u s .

Kept us till they caught Oswald. He was r i gh t across th e desk from

us and th e man t ha t was with us sa id - you guys are lucky you see

th e guy t ha t k i l l ed the Pres ident in person.

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r t yes t £ ! 1 ~ a f t e r I had t h i s conversat ion with Mary Far re l l~ I found ou t t h a t Mary and Ray LaFontaine has loca ted "Harold

Doyle" ( the Carswel l tramp) and had produced a r e por t on him fo r

th e t e l ev i s ion program "A Curren t Affai r" which was a i red on

Tuesday 25 February 1992.

Well, the re you have it. A ll of our theor ies down th e dra i n . No

connect ions to Hunt, Sturg i s and Carswel l . No conspiracy l eading to

Nixon. J u s t some white t rash picked-up by th e Dallas Pol ice

Department. Then I go t a look a t Doyle and a l l my f ea r s

disappeared . The only s imi la r i ty was in th e mouth. We have inc luded

t he bes t photograph o f Doyle we can f ind and ask you to judge fo r

yourse lves .

The program was pure dis informat ion and Canfield i s now

t r ave l i ng throughout America t ry ing to g e t to the bottom of it.

The program began-"Conspiracy exper ts have claimed th e hobos,

a l l o f them who appear to be unusual ly well dressed , might have

been with th e CIA and pa r t of a high reaching assass ina t ion

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Fonta ines t raced h i s whereabouts to Amari l lo , Texas and though long

gone, ne ighbors still remember Doyle t a lk ing abou t h is a r r e s t on

November 22, 1963." Cut to Kay Lyon) former neighbor o f Doyle-

"Well , he to ld me he was in j a i l fo r two o r t h ree days and dur ing

t h a t t ime he had been f ingerp r in ted and ques t ioned . He showed me a

photograph of him when he was a r res t ed a f t e r they got off the t r a i n

and you know he was not proud of it bu t he d i d n ' t mind showing it

to anybody"

From Amari l lo the Fonta ines t racked Doyle to Clemonth Fa l l s ,

Oregon where he was found working in a pool h a l l and l i v ing in a

smal l apar tment . H e r J ~ a r o l d ' s s to ry :

"The only th ing I want to say about it, we had nothing to do

with it, I can say it. I am t e l l i n g you th e Gods and hones t t r u t h .

We had nothing to do with it. We was booked and I went in f r o n t o f

th e Judge and go t s ix days fo r vagrancy and turned loose . That

morning we went over to the ra i l road yards . We was going to F o r t

Worth and I seen a guy in the ra i l road ... before we went to th e

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Oswald. He was r i g h t ac ross th e desk from us and the man t h a t was

with us sa id - you boys a re sure lucky you see th e guy t h a t k i l l e d

th e P re s i d e n t in person"

There i s a t l e a s t 9ne in te rna l con t rad ic t ionw ~ tt..(.t \t'f ,_J .1Affa i r piece.AThe Dal las Pol ice s ~ t h e t ramps were

in th e Curren t

ques t ioned and

re leased almost immediately. Doyle says he was held fo r s ix days .

The Dal las Pol ice Department ' s records say he was he ld fo r four

days (see page ) . Doyle t o ld h is neighbor he was f i nge rp r in t e d .

There a re no f ingerp r in t s on the Pol ice Fi l e . He sa id he was booked

and brought before a Judge and sentenced to s ix days fo r vagrancy.

There i s no such no ta t ion on the f i l e ye t the re was a space fo r it.

What t h i s r e p o r t lacked was:

1 . A check of Harold Doyle ' s b i r thda te and t h a t of the b i r t hda t e on

th e a r r e s t repor t along with a check of Harold Doyles I .D .

2. A photograph of Harold Doyle around th e t ime of the Kennedy

a s s a s s ina t ion or e a r l i e r .

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"Before we went to th e ra i l road yards, s i rens and everyth ing was

going on and a l l and we asked somebody what happened and they sa id

t he P res iden t s been sho t . Then a l l a t once someone sa id d o n ' t make

a move. We looked up th e end we were s i t t i ng in and th e fa r end

down th e s ide we were surrounded by policemans with guns drawn."

5. Another witness to cor robora te t h a t tes t imony of Kay Lyon.

Kay Lyon. . , looked very c red ib le . Yet she was only a witness to

Doyles se l f - se rv ing s ta tements and not to anything e l se . The f ac t

t h a t she says he has been making these cla ims fo r many years i s

i n t e r e s t ing and must be looked in to fur the r .

"A Curren t Affai r" ended with Vincent T. Bugl ios i , a former

Deputy D i s t r i c t Attorney from Los Angeles, County, famous fo r h is

ro l e in th e Charles Manson case , saying t ha t "Finding th e hobos can

f ina l ly lay to r e s t i r re spons ib le theor i es of consp i racy about

them". Bugl ios i i s now a t work on a book about th e Kennedy

assass ina t ion which supports the conclusions of th e Warren

Commission.

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Depamncrtt tiles oa Lht ~ i a a tinn of President Jobn F. Kennedy wiU ~ d file! to one trg\1mcncfavottd by c u n s p i ~ c : y bu!Tsraise new queruoM on aooll.hc:t.

l...cxtsed within the 18 \eul-liz.emndins fill" rntd=o in the c i t yarcnivcs se-vc:t11 choltos of ae·a•scd presidential killer Ue Harvey OswAld ond p < ~ l i c e lrTe.$1

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~l " ' " ' A-1 · 11a1aioatioo, that tbe bacqard . Co11spitacy adYocatca IUch uS n n a U y as th rode in a'motor· photos wen: Artificially created to A11thooy Summm aod Jim Mam

Ielide thmu&Jl Dealy Plu& short!y p r o d ~ an ioerimloatioJ imailc. · · (author or Crwsjire, tJt Importantbefore oooo. t· · l'wo of the photos were disc;c)y. 5ClW1:C iD Oliver ·Stooe's eoutro

J At lbc time gt their ~ - erm by o.nas police immediately YcnW moYie JFK) have claimed

Icau.se or tbeif efforts lD reach after the I..!&IU&ioatioo.. Tbc third that certain Dalla& 6Im lab c:m-b c a ~ t s io the Inil yard bchiDd . came to tipt in 191s. Ooc or the f ployees wet$ turnmoncd 00 tho

Iho plaza ...;.. thio lb.rcc wrcre sus.- photos al)l)etred the eover or • l l ipt or the  l.lla!IJiaatloa to l )n)

pects in the awl.siNDOO. . . •Life mapzjoe in I%4 : . : 08SS photognphs (o r the FB( andUntil now ~ am:sS records In the maolpulaled print ID t»- . D a i W police.. .

Iere b e l . i c v ~ i j :p t - a (requent lice met Oswald does Dot appeu. \ ·AmoD& the pbocos P"C =•• tf

I ritician b e l ~ at DiUu police lll$tead, there Is a white silbweU. lhit nilbt. Marra daima. wu ODGby uwsiMtiOG oonspirii(:J ·ro. ot ·a bumao figun: boldio1 ao aj}- ·: . of.tbe back yard Witbout OawUdsearcbm and widely repeated in plll"C:Dt rifle and OCW5Jl8pc:n. The •. IJli 1M _piett&te. U&ttil oow t.bc#

I he m e d t . i n d l i d i ~ ~ & a 1XlCDt co•- c i J h ~ a p p e t r ~ & o be ap cx.a.m- : ~ beeQ Do' ~ r e e t evfde'Dce 10er nory iD Newnrcck D C . pic or mattiaa. a clatkroo.n teeb- . 1UPPQft that ckim. · ·

Ibe ncwly n:lcued J)botO pri"t · nique that caD .erve u an in... The' mattr:d priat uwi ·'otlu:r

,hoM the fanilllar stairs. ftmOJ mediate ltep iD the combi11ina o( -pbotot witbout luamao fi&an:s iaand shrubbery ro\lftd. iA a act bl p h o ~ h i c imap.. .. the.n appear similar ia back·t.bree- bac:kfard photo&: a which , The ailhooct1e prtDt -...a ' Dot • · JtOUDd to tbe loQHvaD&bk beet·Otwald is ICCD -boldma·a rifk l.o . tiecn by the Warte1t CooDnissioa. yard photos sbowiQJ Q t ~ a l 4 , . . . . . . .hia left band ~ l e f t · ~ oews- i ~ i e upetti H . ~ with ri.8e ee l , bm . "0*111.' " • : · :: IJl1:lt aumbar. ID Dumber :metpepett hiulpt.. . ·:Wom.ack o f T ~ ! a Tech Ullrfer»- ~ : o a l d n.ry diahtlr f r o ~ ·the The phoC.os 1od8ed m the .' riaht th11.nbpri.DL · · . : ~ - ~ .•.

. ·. Those p i ~ wen Qkal .by tY in Lubbock and Jd Whim ot .•. knoWJt priDta. T6at caDnot be.. dqmtmetit fila 1111 a:rtain tcJm. . Tht reports, rued .bj .officei:i Otwald's ·wife, ~ Ill their .· fort Wurth b.aYC ~ yuil:tJ termlned wull tbey ·are releued . c:n:ac the co1111pincy fin:ltonu · W .B. Cha.alben, are d&tecl' No¥. ·· C;liff ~ d e Q , ~ t o ~ oC ~ tcc:hJlicil ~ t e ~ . ~ ~ ~ · .. ~ · ~ i : : - - .... '"' nrirliiaa w f o ~ h i o around ·. 2l, 1963, 4 '-. p.m.; ,The.Y.. lst: e s t i m o n y ~ ~ Wat•"• · cld., th the ~ 1 p i d u m . ~ · IP'IItucie ot the p'bcfto-· S&c:me'a ~ police depart- ~ qauan tho l i n ~ ·n va:.

: rcn· tommiaiou; whidl d . v e s t i - TheY . e tbeocUed Lbe lltiliclal ·c .8 . A tbe i>oHce fUd; . DiCIIt iDtormatioa OD the: thn:e pliJicy a l l ( ! ~ ; - : . ~ . ::r .•.I pled the asaatdoatlon.- adciitloo of Oswald's lm • o ~ Wollll ldt:,JUI!I!IfiU, b that "'1lae7 · . b . . . . p . ~ ~ ~ ~ will. only ~ meq "'" ' ia)ceQ'. ofT 'a• o n collCNdecS ~ ,..,, . bectatouDd by ~ or t u n a • IDIIY " ' P I ~ t part ol ad4 ~ t a d to 1L · · · train txw:u in the raiJ y a r d ~ ri&ht! ldl.dt 'alone wbm be matde·-4 ' · tbe D)OSt 11\:ely ~ · · mrr ~ · - IIJl ' rrc:.:ptf' ~ · Then: have ber.1l many ~ after Prc.ideat Kennedy wufKe!Joedy met WO\IDded ~ .,..' Ulltil 'DOW, 1)11 . m ~ of ~ examp&e - _or taki.aa .. swtted q\aeStiollJ coDCenlint the s h o t , ~ ~ . Chambers writaa oa1 iirina at rro111 behiDd imd"... ''a . p l e d mattin&' b u . ~ ~ p b o t o t o l ~ , . · · . ~ meJ2 .:- O i l ~ tppattntJy io · Abtalna"'l.m:8t daciiption. Do.

· from uisth-11oor willdow in the . faced. .. . • · . ·. · • t real quesdoola.what,.... · h i t ~ tho others ln·lheit early saiotl001 011 the tw o olhcc n>-

. DaD.u Schoo: Book Dcpositmy.. .. . Amon, the newly OPCucd lik:a ' t h e l>\ltP()ISoC 0! th1a ~ ? To 301- ~ t e d wilhiD minutes of OOtU ate shnilat. ·.. · ·, · ·:. Numcroua pboto analyda b.uo ·. are . IDOr'C pbotoa of the Oswakt · . rate tbe pbotot or to demo.mtate tbo lbooti.o& ill D..oaly Plu.a. ·:• . , The reporu IDdJeate the mez1

sina: cootcodcd•. u d!d ~ d home.bad: yard., without 0.. that the ~ .. be doae'r" . Thour.h allea.:dly vaanats w c : n ~ . DOt r d ~ immedlat.efy, - ' ·b.lmself tho ct.y followia) th e ~ : ' 1nld ID .them. t ·. ..·, · . • . t .   Wom.ck D.Jd. I d· to ~ _ ·-_polW.· f r o m . ~ ~ . the meo ptt:Yloua!y believed. but four day,. · · - · ·· · · ·. · · W a n y o u e : - i l l or Olat oC.POlia: ·. were t w ? ~ trbolo$r*pha ~ later. . . ..

. • . . . . . ' . .Us!Sfonll - woakl "be . r y l ~ to . ~ fR:sb bain:uta ud ti!.SPt- Tilt·mes · ~ 10 dispu1C the

Sp ·c· I Olymp.ICS 'drops Dallas . d ~ thia b d . mlN) .or ~ : ~ o u a l y JI)OchhoCII.',Thc 'AJppOecd cl.a.im of CbaUDcc:y 1-iolt, I.D 1(1..8 18 . · . . . 196:'. No cme,but a t t ~ ~ !act oF offidal amst doeumenta- mit!ed fdon ttoai San Diewo,

ASSoa.t.TEO PAE88 : cettalAty aboutb c r i r l o ~ S t

tbe t&lk:i.Da CODip1ttC)'~

and hi l · rloD - I..Ddlldlq the faiJure to Calif., who - amoq other, -

DAllAS - Renewed inter·est io .,rcaidcut John F. JCmlDo.dy'a &UJaSSioalioo bi.a fon:cdSpecial Olympics lntematJonal,a chief claritabla projoel of theKenDedy fiUilily1 to drop DaJlufrom eonsidcnboo u tbc lite orits 1995 pmca.

"" toau on abe &Jwstr•Uoa ::tf:t" ~ abou  t the ~ .:.. their tames their bu contcacd to beinj ooc of tiHJ_ broupt oa b7 th.o -i)O'IIieJFK • dooe-by .major ~ o r ~ ammed111e release and d.isappear• . trtmps. •. . .ADd c:alls ror rele&set orpam. ltJ!i.z:at1oos. DOt ~ as 10 - ance - .rabtd the ate?test ·. Jn Holt a aca>unt,: t.&e threemcot filca- wouldaut !mocked phistic:ated a s ~ ~ \ oollltaniAtJoo .uat)Ot oontparacy men were not ~ t e d L but "ea-thc city &om oonteotion. The aul.bcDtlaty. of the ~ - researche-rs. cortcd" out o(.Dc&ly rlaza mdHoW' the penes Ia Dallu yatd J)holOS was abo addressed 111 The archival m" show te<Otds relcucd. :.

"eould'1oeus attcDtloa oace the f\l'al ~ ol the H ~ ~ · f t n : indeed a p p a ! e n ~ y hp t on Pre_lously available recordaapio 011 the family u d ita pief lec:t Comuutlcc oo Apaa•mtiOJU the three. lin theU" names u show the tramps WC11I t.ak.en bynthcr thaD our cftorta to sbow: iJ.sw:d in 1919. · Gus W. Abram,, 53, Harold D ~ l u Coul\ty Sheriff's . Deputycu e tbc work of over 6.000 ath- "F m J)botosnPhs," Doyle. 32. aod ··Jobn Forrcrtcr · Harold Ellio.s to Dao.u Potiatletts. . the o..,anitalion &aid. the C O D P ' t S S ! ~ document DOt- Oedney, 311. Ld \ empty oalnat CapL Will Fritz. Thm., the tm1

The. K=ocdy family rarely ed, ~ o u l d u u l i c : a ~ deltee of form.t, however, 111 p ~ ror a.!l ended. .

The city was a rmalist for thepmea, in whidl thoUWids ofdisabled athletes froAI nearlyI00 countries COil\pete, and had

a l r e : ~ d y stutcd male in& plus for

facilities and aocommodatiom. .But orpniJ;eJ'J w d lbeir uo-

dlse\We$ the a.u.usloation. COll.S'I)Iratonal soph1$ta_eatl0!1 that .Mayor Steve SartJett caid b' would ~ N O f t o ~ l y ftl.e. the

wu diJappointcd by. the .1jeci .

1

JlOW"bllity th.at a ~ Y o ~ & e dslo11 but could uodcntaDd iL · f.H>UP, had tantpi.Rid to kill theL-------------------- J r - e ~ J d t n l and make Oswald a

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