We welcome correspondance of all types, including materials for publication. Write Fair Play using this form.
Reaction to the first issue of Fair Play includes the following:
Dear Fair Play editor, I just quickly perused your web site and
noticed that one of the publications you listed was "the Warren
Commission report". Is this available on the internet, or in the public
libraries? I would like to read it. Thanks, Paul Christiano
Christiano@dlvd.mdc.com (via the internet)
[The WC Report is the single volume, mass-produced, "summation"
of the findings of the Warren Commission, published in 1964. It can
be found in just about any good bookstore. It will
also be in most libraries.
The Report must not be confused with the twenty-six volumes of
source material from which, ostensibly, it derives;
those are very rare and difficult to read even if found; they are not
organized into any type of system that would make them easier to use.
They generally appear only at major regional libraries and universities.
As far as availability, here are some tips that come to mind: 1)
The text of the entire Report is contained on several JFK assassination
CD-ROMS. 2) You may be able to find something in gopherspace by using
Veronica. 3) Check saturday morning garage sales in your neighborhood;
they are prevalent. 4) Any bookstore has a copy or can order a copy. 5)
Local libs have a copy or more. --ED ]
I don't think your materials are complete without Mortal
Error. This book is the only source I've read that ties all of the facts
together in a way that I can believe. I would be interested in knowing
if you have read this book, and what you opinion of it's case is.
Thanks Dan
dlp@TheSphere.COM (Dan Pritchett)
We have not read Mortal Error, but it is in our list of books to read in the future--ED
In _Thirty Years and Counting_, Lisa Pease reports that Dr. Gary Agular
reported on JFK's Occipital lobe defect discrepancy of "17cm, not 13cm."
Quoting from the ariticle: "WAS JFK's SKULL DEFECT 13cm OR 17cm?
On the 13 centimeter versus 17centimeter discrepancy, Boswell
explained that JFK's skull defect was 17 centimeters long when
first examined, but only 13 centimeters after a late-arriving fragment
was replaced into the defect...."
Look, are we talking 3 cm to 7 cm, not 13 to 17? The ruler on
my desk shows 17cm to be 6.75 inches. When I take the same ruler and
bend it around the back of my head (it is flexible plastic), 6.75 inches
covers not only past the left occipital lobe into the right occipital
lobe, but up to the centerline of the _left_ ear as well (try it
yourself!). If 17cm were the correct number, we are talking about more
than 1/4 of the skull missing. This wound would be larger than what
occurred to JFK's right front.
Such an injury and wound would be impossible to hide in the
Zapruder film. In fact, I've re-watched those critical frames (put the
sequence in _JFK_ on pause then sequenced frame-by-frame), probably ten
times. On the frame where JFK incurres the massive frontal head wound,
you can mabe detect just a hint of ejecta coming out the back of JFK's
head, but nothing compared to the frontal wound. Second, as JFK pitches
backwards then forward after the massive head wound, the back of his
head is clearly visible. You can clearly see JFK's brain protruding in
the front of his head, in this sequence, but the back of his head shows
little or nothing. JFK's hair could have covered a 7cm wound, but 6.75
inches? Simply not possible.
I am hoping we are talking typographical error here. Otherwise - Dr. Agular just cannot be credible. You can see for yourself that the back left quarter of JFK's head is not missing in the Zapruder film. I enjoy your magazine - keep it up.
George_Nehls@mac.mnpower.com (via internet)
Actually , the size of the head defect has always been controversial. There appears to be some major discrepancies between the discriptions of JFKs wounds in Dallas and those in Bethesda. The head would was gaping in Bethesda. Technicians (who were put under secrecy agreements) described being able to put their entire two hands into JFKs cranial cavity. The brain was also reported to have been loose in the skull.We are working on a story that involves some photo analysis of images taken in Dealey Plaza This will include some Z-film interpretations as well as a very close look at that famous Stemmons Freeway sign. You might be amazed at what we reveal.--ED
Send a letter to the editors of Fair Play
* * *