Steve Duffy

Mike: Who is Baker that is writing a book on Ferrie? Also, a publisher, not Trine Day, wanted me to do a book on Rose Cheramie. I declined. I said, look to do a book about her today would take a very large advance and then expenses. Because you would have to do a lot of on the ground research, knocking on doors, and getting leads to family members etc. And I knew this publisher would not come up with the money since they were a smaller house, a university press. Trine Day doesn't have that kind of money either. So I will be interested to see what this guy comes up with. Jim...the "Baker" is JVB: http://www.amazon.com/David-Ferrie-Participant-Anti-Castro-Assassination/dp/1937584542/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368176672&sr=1-2-fkmr0&keywords=jdtyh+vary+baker

Good querstion..and i'm not sure....I supported Kindle from the start for 2 reasons...1..as it had the titles I most wanted "Let Justice Be Done", and "The men on the sixth floor", for eg. and 2:..It will probably provide the best range and longer support for e-books over time.... Now i have about 70 titles all up..many of the duplicates of the actual titles...plus the hard to find...but I might look at nook to see what i'm missing...

Read the book, looking forward very much to the other volumes... Imagine if others actually READ it before making jump the gun comments?... What a crazy notion.... Best to your endeavor, Barry, I know that word of mouth is already creating some excitement.... Steve.

Welcome... Happy to throw some of the better books at you... I find the English...like the Australian researchers I know, are great at keeping a distance from the real sense of paranoia that I find permeates the American point of view, not that it's always unwarranted...lol...just find it a social curiosity... In any case, lots, to say the least, off info out there, so don't break your back when the path is already paved...I find it best to seek out and, hopefully, expand on those that came before.... And I always treat it less of a mystery than a open case with identifiable players..it's the filling out of the shadowy bits that's the harder part... Steve.

Billy....all the time I've read about the ripper....I've learned one thing...all can be found in about 3 books....that's the sum total of good info that's out there, without the endless speculation... I'm so over the claims I gave my ripper study away..but found this today, as a few weeks ago I broke down and read a recent work by an Aussie author on the black Magic aspects..not as silly as it sounds...it's an academic look at how and where these theories developed..not for the real newbies..a scholarly type tome... Every now and then i see one i want to get...and fall into it....but nothing new has perked my interest in years...(The recent one finally gave me a name of the possible Maybrick diary forger..and why..)... As for your question..i guess i'm not really answering it..sorry....I think that the best you can do is join Casebook and participate there..they have the goods....and I usually update my editions of the A-Z when it's released...but truly, my knowledge on Kelly is limited to whats there...he is one of the better suspects....but my mind like the solving of puzzles..and i think Jack's a..dead end.... My picks to read are Phil Sudgen's book, Paul Beggs', the Collected Letters (letters from Hell?) and Scotland Yard Investigates, and some of the better photographic books.... keep plugging away....it is hard to pull away from... Steve.

I've added a link, there...good to see.

Thanks for the mention, Robert... Namebase was a source I was hoping to link more too....and I recommended it to a lot of newcomers.... As for my own effort...I'm working on it by my lonesome..and as most can see..I'm utilizing the work of Mary Ferrell as my primary base. But there mainly placeholder's as I create links to more original articles and sources....a wiki without the interference...if you like...

Still worth asking....when, if alterations were made, was the time frame that this could happen in?....I ask in all sincerity... And Bernice and Robin, thanks for the pics...The original paper scans show much the same.... Hi Steve, Over on Duncan's forum, I once again posted this, which is from a 11-23-63 newspaper. http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r25/123steamn/Altgens6.png The red arrows indicate detail in the limo flag which I have not seen on any version of Altgen's, ever!!! A response back from Thierry was this: interesting pic, but this one is altered as were many prints in newspaper. The tradition was to get a negative paper from the picture and DRAW upon it with a pencil. so it was clearer were the the pencil was. On this print we can see airbrush behind lovelady, jfk's head stretched and they put grey clear on heads and the limo. http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r25/123steamn/alteredp.jpg I just don't believe someone took the time to figure out what was missing from the flag and then recreated the detail. If so, they did an exquisite job on this part of it. A look at the original neg would help greatly. chris Thanks Chris....

I have most of those...I'm spreading out with books written by others involved in the war on Castro, Ed Arthur, Martino..etc...also...I agree, we need a full view of the time, place, personages.... You're bibliography is helpful..I have a encyclopedia type blog..eventually I'll have links to as many books as I can get...

Hmm, good to see the Author monitoring this thread.... "And while Richard Cheney is definitely Deep Throat, I think it's important for people to understand that there never really was a Deep Throat" Typical of the prose in the book.... As you know, Robert, I read all and everything that comes along...and was dipping my toe in Watergate... It has made me interested in Cheney's book, at some future date...but this work itself stretches absurdity to a new ground...sorry to say...it's a hard book to even review...if someone Is writing a roman a clef, I'm suspicious when Only one writer to the exclusion of others has unlocked it. The Bible code for Political history... A lot of the subjects I'm interested in usually come around to having a book that claims all is revealed in someone else work...but you have to decode it first.... I've little more to add than that is probably a waste for most people... a couple of bucks?..sure, why not...but I can see A Lot of flak heading Mathis's way....

Still worth asking....when, if alterations were made, was the time frame that this could happen in?....I ask in all sincerity... And Bernice and Robin, thanks for the pics...The original paper scans show much the same....

A question I've had regarding this... Isn't it important to suggest when these possible alterations were made?... The Altgens pic was on the AP wires about a half hour after the shooting...? Was it not?... So, anyone in the pic was just a bystander when the first processing took place. And the important aspect of it was the occupants of the limo at that time. If the first newspaper pics that afternoon/evening are the same as the image we have now, including artifacts, etc, the "Headless man"..that leaves no time for any manipulation... Are they clear enough to tell? Or is the suggestion that it was later copies that were tampered with?...in which case had Altgens ever said anything regarding this?...

I bought it as I was starting to delve into Watergate, through Hougan and Caddy's work... I thought it was a joke, honestly. I wrote on my FB page.."without a doubt, the most insane book I've read for a decade....why it wasn't called the "Cheney Code" I've no idea.....Lynne Cheney reveals all of Watergate's secrets in code form in her book "Executive Privilege"... I was asking for others thoughts on the author...he stretches credibility beyond any sense. Has anyone heard more about this writer?...

Terribly sad. I always enjoyed his posts and, more importantly, his dedication and enthusiasm, and the way he presented himself. Gone far too soon. All my best to his family and freinds. A loss to our community.

Barry, This is a superb help, Thanks sincerely, Steve.

Finished your kindle book, Larry, having been told of it's in work progress by Zach Robertson. Glad to see it out and am doing my best to spread the word in a small way.... Also good to see the web enhancement....I took lot's of notes while reading..as it's the structure of the assassination that I've come to believe is closest to what happened. There are so many excellent researchers out there....glad they helped contribute so much to make it a success. Excited by Simpich's up-coming work, too. More Studies like this...the more we narrow down the events of Dallas and it's players... Best to you, Steve.

Kathy, the limo bomb was mentioned in Larry Hancock's book "Nexus"..might be in that thread...it was told to Twyman by Roy Hargreaves....

Karl, I appreciate the clarification. God knows some of these topics and subtopics can be a little maddening in all the details. I am really glad you went to the trouble regarding expounding on the two Ramblers, and hope you didn't take offense as, I only wanted to know more..... I will do what I can to find out more about this... Well, irrespective of the Rambler issue, one interesting factoid has emerged, or remembered is a better word... is from the 1996 update to Possible Discovery....... In a development that brings further importance to that Rambler's similarities to Wing's, we have confirmed that C.B. Smith's first wife, Fronia Ellen S. Smith, the mother of C.B. Smith Jr.,[ the sales manager at the time of the April 1963 Rambler sale to George Wing], was working in the third floor, TSBD office of Macmillan Publishing Co., at the time of the assassination.... Maybe this will generate someone's interest besides myself regarding Mrs. John L (Carol) Hughes See my post # 16 if one believes it is of possible relevance re the TSBD. http://educationforu...pic=15323&st=15 I guess what seems like important assassination related information to me, is just minutae to everyone else. So that would mean the fact that C.B. Smith who sold THE Rambler to George Wing that may have been the car used by the "other" Oswald to leave the TSBD*..his mother working for the MacMillan Publishing Co., inside the TSBD on November 22, 1963.....is deemed not worth responding to...... Interesting * Lee Oswald could not have left the Depository at 12:31 C.D.T and also left at 12:40 C.D.T on November 22, 1963 hence the quotation marks surrounding "other." Maybe a new reference to a Rambler will awaken the Land of Nod, in this case, what appears to be a phone call by Harry Olsen to a Rambler dealership in California using Kathy Kay Coleman's telephone...... Home/Archive/Documents/JFK Assassination Documents/JFK Documents - Federal Bureau of Investigation/FBI Ruby Headquarters File (44-24016)/ FBI 44-24016 Ruby HQ File, Section 82 page 7, telephone number 735-9111 is listed to the Sands Hotel, 3717 Las Vegas Boulevard, South, Las Vegas page 8, telephone toll charges Kathy Kay Coleman Harry Olsen investigation of Southwestern Bell Records no service in the name of Harry Olsen page 45 REPORT OF LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE CALLS Telephone Number 534-4545 Subscriber Grove Rambler Sales, Inc. 12222 Garden Grove Boulevard. Garden Grove, California Dates Called 1/7/64 end also see CD 1470 page 27 http://www.maryferre...65&relPageId=27 Commission Document 1470 - FBI Letter from Director of 08 Sep 1964 with Attachments re: Olsen Long Distance Calls pg 26 -published 10132 Malinda Lane Garden Grove California Wells and Sons 5/21/64 Wholesale Provisions 11162 Wasco Road Garden Grove California Laurentide Finance 5/18/64 Corporation 12190 Brookhurst Garden (UNDATED) Or maybe a photo, people seem to like photo's I really believe only about 10% of the Forum seems eager about following the final JFK assassination questions through to their final resolution, everyone else..........?????? well, what would you think about the response to this thread? I would think JFK's memory and why we are all members in the first place, would demand a little better, I don't plan on spending the rest of my life posting on the Forum. You might wake up one day and find the only posts here are by people who are convinced Oswald acted alone........ When the going gets tough, the tough go to Disneyland? I agree, Robert, it's a shame that such great and interesting leads don't seem to be enough to generate the interest they should... Do be aware, however, that there are those of us who appreciate the hard work you and many others here DO put in... I've been away from the forum for a while, but when I come back, there are always certain tireless posters whose work I continue to read and be very impressed by...if I don't reply, its for the same reasons Mark pointed out...speaking for myself, in fact, I can feel intimidated by the wealth of knowledge shown here....

Thank you, Greg and Jim.

A question...what is the general thought of it being Marina that was at the Furniture Mart seen by Edith Whitworth and Mrs Hunter?...They seemed fairly positive...and if so..whom was she with?...as Lee is somewhat doubtful...if not..was it the Paines?...or someone else?... This would apply to exactly Who was the regular visitor at Shasteens Barbershop also...who could the 14 year old boy plausibly be?... I've read Harvey and Lee....have some difficulty with believing all the Impostor sightings were of Norton, for eg..but the Furnitue Mart feels like Marina was involved to some extent...

Thanks, Barry. I've just started to really go through these issue's in earnest..and always look forward to the latest... Great job, as always.

I read it..it's one of a few that have cropped up recently that are just abominable. Zirbel's..then this. Any book that starts with it fist paragraph saying Kennedy was dead after a gangland-style execution..well..I don't need to go further. Bobby's JD was moving in on wiretaps and bookmaking in Dallas..the so named "Pearl st Gang...",Civello's crew.....this would lead eventually to Johnson, Judge Hughes, Sanders.....so Civello got the go ahead by Marcello...and..this isn't necessary.. Needless to say.. Kennedy was slain to curb this...

I contacted him in a general way, also..mainly to see if the book would get an English language release... He seemed willing...and responded quickly..the Publisher never did... Shame..

Want to thank Zack too...I'm putting all these links together for a future namebase...something sorely needed for us newcomers...