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or even perhaps if he ha did ft unaided But to read the report all aU of It is to appreciate the depth of the investigation Perhaps the commission should have had its own staff regard regard- regardless less leis of the huge expense But that is to suggest that the FBI and the Secret Service and oth oth- other other er investigative agencies on which it relied were somehow not not to be trusted Some critics suggest that they were not trustworthy either subconsciously they sought to defend their professionalism by charitably treating evidence and witnesses or far worse they were involved in a super super- plot If the latter were the case it would mean because of the intricacy aid id Ild range of the in in- investigation a conspiracy of al al- almost almost most universal dimensions As Asyet Asyet yet there is no such cuch evidence The report volumes them themselves selves are an irritating thing The first 15 are testimony most of it taken by the commission staff The remaining 11 u which lamentably have no central in in- index index index dex are as tidily packed as a beatniks beatnik's duffle bag There is little or no order A search for a specific spec ic statement or affidavit can take hours One of the in in- intense intense intense tense coterie of if assassination buffs Sylvia Meagher has made an index on her own But it too is fallible 9 Yet th volumes particularly the testimony have a certain fascination The range of char char- characters characters characters is There is the President of the United States the secretary of state And a prostitute There is la a dashing Russian born oil on man who knew both Oswald and Jacqueline Kennedy and whose amatory troubles with a 8 Latin beauty are truly truy comic And there is a ala la- la laborer laborer borer who told the august mem- mem ers ere rs of the commission in blunt terms of the locker room what he thought when he heard a rifle go off above his head in m the depository building 0 e The critics are equally di di- verse There is Harold Hrold Weis Weis- berg a Maryland who vrho was W lS once on National Barbe Barbe- Barbecue Barbecue Barbecue cue King and claims his Geese Geesa for Peace campaign got the Peace Corps its first good pub pub- publicity publicity publicity break who knows the report as an evangel evangel- evangelist knows his Bible has pub pub- published published published two books Whitewash and Whitewash 11 U Is planning a II third and thinks there were two Oswalds one a look-alike look stand Sauvage a French journalist argues with Gallic logic no in In- Index index dex and membership in the perhaps and it seems school He raises some pointed questions in where areas areas where uncertainty uncertainty is and may remain er s a o Epstein makes much of the thed d doc FBI doctor o c t o 0 FBI r-FBI autopsy dis dis- It is answerable He makes a criticism of many of the commissions commission's methods This Is arguable Both ways But he ha raises his questions from facts in the commission volumes Sometimes not all the facts And sometimes not facts at all Lane Lanes Lane's name He has ha made a movie movia based on his book and given numerous lectures here and abroad At the very end of his book hook he files a disclaimer ex ex- explaining why accepted ma material ma- ma material material contrary cont ary to the sion's conclusions c and rejected material that supports it iL So on OD almost st his last page Lane Men idea himself he is la a prosecutor tor using the defendant com com- commissions commission's commissIons commissIon's com com- commissions commission's missions mission's own witnesses and ane testimony But not all aU of it itI itI ItI I haven't found anything of theirs that even makes a positive positive tive contribution said one of ol the senior commission counsels of the critics One can assume the commis commis- commission commission sion staff would stand by its work Its statements should be considered with that in hi mind One however should approach the critics with similar sion Read them But read what they criticize as welL weIl If it Is ironic that the report is their foundation it is also convenient One can read and compare c Epstein presumably read He found the commission had ut ut- uttered uttered political truth It sought to dispel rumor and keep Amer Amer- America lea ica clean not to determine fact But neither Edward Jay Ep Ep- Epstein Epstein stein nor Earl Warren is the jury The public is And there is ismore ismore ismore more to the case for the govern govern- government government ment than the public may have heard The may know of the single bullet theory It is a chain of circumstance linked by as as- It is a chain that leads to Lee Harvey Oswald as the assassin But it is vulnerable ble He as all chains If one of its links breaks it does not hold bold a A Movie Catches Assassination Prints of various frames in a movie of President Kennedys Kennedy's slow moving car show precisely what happened in the tha split seconds when the bullets struck In No 1 President Kennedy mortally wounded throws up his hands as he heis heis heis is hit 2 The President slumps over toward his wife riding ridin with him in the back seat 3 and 4 He falls over and is lS held in his wife's arms arras Pictures courtesy Life Magazine Copyright 1963 Time Inc All rights reserved
Object Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1967-06-25 |
| Description | 59th Year, No. 237 |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1967-06-25 |
| Type | Newspapers |
| Format | |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missour Library Systems |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for distribution or publication. |
| Contributing Institution |
State Historical Society of Missouri University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Journalism |
| Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
| County |
Boone County (Mo.) |
Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian 1967-06-25 Movie Catches Assassination |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1967-06-25 |
| Type | article |
| Format | |
| Collection Name | Is part of Columbia Missourian Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missour Library Systems |
| Item.Transcript | or even perhaps if he ha did ft unaided But to read the report all aU of It is to appreciate the depth of the investigation Perhaps the commission should have had its own staff regard regard- regardless less leis of the huge expense But that is to suggest that the FBI and the Secret Service and oth oth- other other er investigative agencies on which it relied were somehow not not to be trusted Some critics suggest that they were not trustworthy either subconsciously they sought to defend their professionalism by charitably treating evidence and witnesses or far worse they were involved in a super super- plot If the latter were the case it would mean because of the intricacy aid id Ild range of the in in- investigation a conspiracy of al al- almost almost most universal dimensions As Asyet Asyet yet there is no such cuch evidence The report volumes them themselves selves are an irritating thing The first 15 are testimony most of it taken by the commission staff The remaining 11 u which lamentably have no central in in- index index index dex are as tidily packed as a beatniks beatnik's duffle bag There is little or no order A search for a specific spec ic statement or affidavit can take hours One of the in in- intense intense intense tense coterie of if assassination buffs Sylvia Meagher has made an index on her own But it too is fallible 9 Yet th volumes particularly the testimony have a certain fascination The range of char char- characters characters characters is There is the President of the United States the secretary of state And a prostitute There is la a dashing Russian born oil on man who knew both Oswald and Jacqueline Kennedy and whose amatory troubles with a 8 Latin beauty are truly truy comic And there is a ala la- la laborer laborer borer who told the august mem- mem ers ere rs of the commission in blunt terms of the locker room what he thought when he heard a rifle go off above his head in m the depository building 0 e The critics are equally di di- verse There is Harold Hrold Weis Weis- berg a Maryland who vrho was W lS once on National Barbe Barbe- Barbecue Barbecue Barbecue cue King and claims his Geese Geesa for Peace campaign got the Peace Corps its first good pub pub- publicity publicity publicity break who knows the report as an evangel evangel- evangelist knows his Bible has pub pub- published published published two books Whitewash and Whitewash 11 U Is planning a II third and thinks there were two Oswalds one a look-alike look stand Sauvage a French journalist argues with Gallic logic no in In- Index index dex and membership in the perhaps and it seems school He raises some pointed questions in where areas areas where uncertainty uncertainty is and may remain er s a o Epstein makes much of the thed d doc FBI doctor o c t o 0 FBI r-FBI autopsy dis dis- It is answerable He makes a criticism of many of the commissions commission's methods This Is arguable Both ways But he ha raises his questions from facts in the commission volumes Sometimes not all the facts And sometimes not facts at all Lane Lanes Lane's name He has ha made a movie movia based on his book and given numerous lectures here and abroad At the very end of his book hook he files a disclaimer ex ex- explaining why accepted ma material ma- ma material material contrary cont ary to the sion's conclusions c and rejected material that supports it iL So on OD almost st his last page Lane Men idea himself he is la a prosecutor tor using the defendant com com- commissions commission's commissIons commissIon's com com- commissions commission's missions mission's own witnesses and ane testimony But not all aU of it itI itI ItI I haven't found anything of theirs that even makes a positive positive tive contribution said one of ol the senior commission counsels of the critics One can assume the commis commis- commission commission sion staff would stand by its work Its statements should be considered with that in hi mind One however should approach the critics with similar sion Read them But read what they criticize as welL weIl If it Is ironic that the report is their foundation it is also convenient One can read and compare c Epstein presumably read He found the commission had ut ut- uttered uttered political truth It sought to dispel rumor and keep Amer Amer- America lea ica clean not to determine fact But neither Edward Jay Ep Ep- Epstein Epstein stein nor Earl Warren is the jury The public is And there is ismore ismore ismore more to the case for the govern govern- government government ment than the public may have heard The may know of the single bullet theory It is a chain of circumstance linked by as as- It is a chain that leads to Lee Harvey Oswald as the assassin But it is vulnerable ble He as all chains If one of its links breaks it does not hold bold a A Movie Catches Assassination Prints of various frames in a movie of President Kennedys Kennedy's slow moving car show precisely what happened in the tha split seconds when the bullets struck In No 1 President Kennedy mortally wounded throws up his hands as he heis heis heis is hit 2 The President slumps over toward his wife riding ridin with him in the back seat 3 and 4 He falls over and is lS held in his wife's arms arras Pictures courtesy Life Magazine Copyright 1963 Time Inc All rights reserved |
| Contributing Institution | State Historical Society of Missouri <br> University of Missouri School of Journalism |
| Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
