Belief in JFK Conspiracy Declining: A clear majority of Americans still suspect there was a conspiracy behind President John F. Kennedy‘s assassination, but the percentage who believe accused shooter Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone is at its highest level since the mid-1960s, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. According to the AP-GfK survey, conducted [...]
The house where Lee Harvey Oswald lived when he was arrested and charged with killing President Kennedy will soon be up for sale. The residence at 1026 North Beckley Ave. in Dallas should attract some interest, as it has for half a century. Oswald rented an elfin room there for a few months in 1963. [...]
Jack Ruby New novel Saving Jackie K discusses the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of murdering JFK, but didn’t live to stand trial. Jack Ruby gunned him down two days after his arrest. Who was Ruby? Was he involved in a conspiracy? Why did he kill Oswald? Born in [...]
In a June 15, 1963 telegram, color barrier-breaking baseball legend Jackie Robinson urged to President John F. Kennedy “utilize every federal facility” to protect Martin Luther King Jr. “The world cannot afford to lose him to the whims of murderous maniacs,” Robinson said in the telegram. At the time, King was in Mississippi for the [...]
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After years of dispute over code violations, a dilapidated apartment building where accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald briefly lived is coming down. Jane Bryant, whose Align LP owns and is trying to sell the property at 600 Elsbeth St. in north Oak Cliff, is under a court order to raze the structure by Friday. [...]
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If he had lived, Lee Harvey Oswald would have celebrated his 73rd birthday today, October 18, 2012. On October 18, 1939, a boy who would become infamous was born in New Orleans to a recent widow. Lee Harvey Oswald‘s father had died two months before his birth, forsaking him to a virtually unsupervised childhood as [...]
52 years ago today marked the first televised presidential debate. Vice President Richard Nixon sparred with Senator John F. Kennedy. After eight years of serving as VP alongside Ike (Dwight Eisenhower), Nixon threw his hat into the 1960 presidential election. During the first-ever televised candidates’ debate, Nixon appeared tired and pale after recovering from a [...]
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On April 21, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald engages in a debate on WDSU radio with an anti-Communist council member, and a Cuban refugee. Fair Play for Cuba – Oswald’s Lies At the start, the moderators introduce their guests, and give an overview of Oswald and the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. Bill Stuckey outlines its [...]
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On August 17, 1963, three months before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald is interviewed on ‘Latin Listening Post,’ a WDSU radio program hosted by William K. Stuckey. Fair Play for Cuba – What We Do Oswald earns much-craved notoriety after being arrested for disturbing the peace in New Orleans. He [...]
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On March 14 in 1964, a jury in Dallas found nightclub owner Jack Ruby guilty of murdering alleged presidential assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. Ruby was sentenced to death. Both the conviction and death sentence were later overturned, but Ruby died before he could be retried. Oswald, of course, is widely known as the alleged assassin [...]
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