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Regarding med records (1945 and 57-58) and the Oswald tonsils (part 2, 4th Dec Con): Tonsils may recur. I don't have expertise in this field and cannot describe the circumstances that are necessary, or the processes involved, for regrowth. It is my impression that if a small piece, or bud (?) is left behind during a tonsilectomy, tonsils may return.

Best wishes, Joe Schwind

Your magazine is a state-of-the-art example of what a research journal and the Internet is (should be) about. It puts to shame all paper magazines devoted to this very serious topic. Thank you very much for it.

Any idea when Part 3 of Joe Backes's terrific coverage of the Fourth Decade summer conference will be available?

Regards,
Eddie Kasica

Thank you for that very high praise.

It's a moot point by now, but we would like to say we're sorry it took so long to get the conclusion of Joe's article uploaded. That's just the way it played out this time.

It reminds me of something that happened shortly after the assassination. Although just a tad in 1963, I remember that Jack Paar took a moment on his Friday nite TV show to present a new product being sold: A gold license plate in remembrance of JFK. Paar said, with his customary--and now refreshing--lack of emotional restraint that no matter what one may have thought of Kennedy,"the late president of the United States does not belong on the bumper of a car."

Chuck Lakin

Nick Trabucco

Originally, my instinctive reaction on that day back in 1963 is that it was a politically motivated killing. I thought so because of what the witnesses said they saw happen right in front of them on the TV news. I recall some witnesses mentioning the strong smell of gunpowder "in the street", which, to me, indicated somebody was shooting from the vicinity of the street. When the Warren commission came out with its report saying that Lee Harvey Oswald did it from the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository, with no help, I was, recalling what the witnesses had said, amazed.

Recently, I was reading that a possible shooter was located around a drain that I thought was in the area of the triple overpass. But further reading indicated that the storm drain on Elm was the location being referenced. Apparently, at that time, the opening to the street was eight inches in height. When that hit home, I realized that it could well have been the source of the strong smell of gunpowder in the street, and nobody would have seen the shooter.

This case could only have been disposed of in a criminal court. Instead, what we got was politicians playing loose and fast with the facts. Even the evidence was politicized. I think those responsible will never be brought to justice - it's too late. Unfortunately, the country will continue too pay a steep price for allowing it - nothing is for free.

-Karl A. Lessmann, Sr.

Well put. You must have been an English major. To what do we attribute the depth of your hostility?

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