Steve Thomas

John, You might try WebFerret at: www.ferretsoft.com Steve Thomas

Joel, I sent this email to Joel back on 3/26/2004: Joel, I aksed a former Dallas policeman if he know anything about Budget Auto Sales. Here is what he wrote me... "I had some dealings with Budget Auto Sales at 4917 Ross Avenue in Dallas when I was working Hit and Run Accidents. The guy that owned it was Don Boggs and he always claimed to be related to a motorcycle officer we had named Eddy Boggs, who quit and was elected Sheriff in Johnson County, Texas. Eddy lost his position after three or fours terms and I haven't seen him in years. I guess Don Boggs is still in the auto sales business, but I haven't talked with him since I retired. There were several auto dealers in the same area of Ross Avenue and several of them were bookmakers, one named Chapman, who owned Chapman Motors ended up in the Federal Prison and turned informant and received an early release. He had the guts to return to Dallas and is still alive remarkably. There was a rumor that R.D. Matthews was in Dallas looking for Chapman and was picked up by the F.B.I. and questioned and they found out he was in Dallas to put his mother in a nursing home after she was discharged from the hospital. In any event Chapman went to Mexico bass fishing-------" For what it's worth. Steve Steve Thomas

All, It looks like Stuart Martin bought this car used. (Budget Auto Sales doesn't sound like a new car dealership) I wonder who owned the car before Martin. According to the Title application, Martin didn't buy this car until a year after the assassination - in November, 1964. There still is a Budget Auto Sales in Dallas: Budget Auto 214-824-9922 2625 Live Oak St Dallas TX 75204 Budget Auto Sales 214-398-5747 1021 S Buckner Blvd Dallas TX 75217 Steve Thomas

Joel, Would it be okay if I posted the Certificate of Title you sent me several years ago? Steve Thomas

John, If you have access to a Library, there is an article in the Jan., 1973 issue of Computers and Automation. The citation is: Bernert, Phillippe and Camille Gilles. The Frenchman who was to kill Kennedy. Computers and Automation. vol 22, January, 1973. pp. 37 - 40. Steve Thomas

Greg, Thomas Arthur Vallee was a member of the John Birch Society Steve Thomas

Though of circumstantial evidence, I have been struck by the sheer size of the weaponry being assembled in the Spring and summer of 1963. We're not talking small arms here, but bazookas, tons of dynamite, napalm, etc. Sure sounds like more than hit and run raids to me. SS Rowley Memorandum of 4/24/64 CD 853 http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...amp;relPageId=2 1/16/64 Frank Ellsworth was interviewed about Orcarberro. Ellsworth had been working undercover gathering evidence against John Thomas Masen. Masen told Ellsworth that Orcarberro had been trying to buy guns and bazookas from Masen. They had made purchases from him and that they presently have a large cache of arms located somewhere in Dallas, although he did not know the location. THE JFK ASSASSINATION CHRONOLOGY Compiled by Ira David Wood III http://www.assassinationresearch.com/v2n1/...20Sanchez%22%22 p. 98 At the same time they are holding public meetings in Dallas, Salvat and another of the DRE leaders from Miami, Joaquin Martinez de Pinillos, meet with de Goicochea, who has enrolled at the University of Dallas, becoming a fellow student of Sarita Odio, Silvia Odio’s younger sister. Salvat and Martinez recruit de Goicochea as the DRE’s Dallas military representative. His task is to acquire heavy arms for the DRE. Before returning to Miami, Martinez introduces de Goicochea (as the organization’s new buyer, “George Perrel”) to Dallas gun dealer John Masen. Masen learns from the DRE exiles that the weapons they will need are for a planned second major invasion of Cuba. http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...bsPageId=270466 Some of the material seized at the training camp at Lake Pocharttrain on July 31, 1963 were: · More than a ton of dynamite · (20) 100-lb bomb casings · fuses · napalm Steve Thomas

Though of circumstantial evidence, I have been struck by the sheer size of the weaponry being assembled in the Spring and summer of 1963. We're not talking small arms here, but bazookas, tons of dynamite, napalm, etc. Sure sounds like more than hit and run raids to me. SS Rowley Memorandum of 4/24/64 CD 853 http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...amp;relPageId=2 1/16/64 Frank Ellsworth was interviewed about Orcarberro. Ellsworth had been working undercover gathering evidence against John Thomas Masen. Masen told Ellsworth that Orcarberro had been trying to buy guns and bazookas from Masen. They had made purchases from him and that they presently have a large cache of arms located somewhere in Dallas, although he did not know the location. THE JFK ASSASSINATION CHRONOLOGY Compiled by Ira David Wood III http://www.assassinationresearch.com/v2n1/...20Sanchez%22%22 p. 98 At the same time they are holding public meetings in Dallas, Salvat and another of the DRE leaders from Miami, Joaquin Martinez de Pinillos, meet with de Goicochea, who has enrolled at the University of Dallas, becoming a fellow student of Sarita Odio, Silvia Odio’s younger sister. Salvat and Martinez recruit de Goicochea as the DRE’s Dallas military representative. His task is to acquire heavy arms for the DRE. Before returning to Miami, Martinez introduces de Goicochea (as the organization’s new buyer, “George Perrel”) to Dallas gun dealer John Masen. Masen learns from the DRE exiles that the weapons they will need are for a planned second major invasion of Cuba. http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...bsPageId=270466 Some of the material seized at the training camp at Lake Pocharttrain on July 31, 1963 were: · More than a ton of dynamite · (20) 100-lb bomb casings · fuses · napalm Steve Thomas

Bill, Harry Hall and Jack Ruby ran some gambling scams in the 1950's. They also won a lot of money off H.L. Hunt betting on the Cotton Bowl and Rose Bowl. see CD 87 pp 615, 616. Steve Thomas

Robin, Thanks, Yes, 007202 is a DEA report on R.D. Matthews that says that he and Candy Barr were engaged in smuggling heroin across the border from Mexico. It's referred to on page 531 of volume IX of the HSCA Appendix volumes. It would be an interesting report to read I think. And Bill, yes, I know that Rex is an army of one. I think all of us owe him a debt of gratitude. *smile* Steve Thomas

Bill, HSCA Numbered Files Thanks, that gave me a clue. I went to the National Archives, read their search tips and did a standard search for the document number. In the example I used above, typing in 007202 gave me this result: AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : HSCA RECORD NUMBER : 180-10076-10481 RECORDS SERIES : NUMBERED FILES AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 007202 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : HSCA FROM : DEA TO : [No To] TITLE : KNOWN DALLAS ITALIAN-CUBAN ASSOCIATIONS DATE : 04/11/1978 PAGES : 8 DOCUMENT TYPE : OUTSIDE CONTACT REPORT SUBJECTS : CAMPISI, JOE; MAFIA; MARCELLO, CARLOS; HALL, HARRY; BINION, BENJAMIN CLASSIFICATION : UNCLASSIFIED RESTRICTIONS : OPEN IN FULL CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED WITH DELETIONS DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 01/06/1994 COMMENTS : Box 137. I ran the RIF number through the Mary Ferrell Foundation site, but unfortunately, it hasn't been added there yet. I wonder if Rex Braford has an army of assistants to load in the HSCA numbered files? *smile* Steve Thomas PS: That would be an interesting report to read BTW. I ran across it in reference to the Candy Barr/R.D. Matthews thread

Does anyone know if the HSCA documents, also known as JFK Documents are online? For instance, in another thread, I referred to a footnote in one of the HSCA volumes. The footnote referred to JFK Document 007202. Anoter footnote referred to JFK Document 008850. Are these JFK Documents online anywhere? Thanks, Steve Thomas

James, In March of 2000, the NARA issued a rather scathing report of how the CIA handles records management and retention. In that Report, they wrote: During discussions with program staff and IMOs, NARA evaluators found an inconsistent understanding of basic and important records management concepts. For example, as will be discussed at greater length in Chapters III and V, there was a tendency for some CIA personnel to view their files as nonrecord ("soft" files) if the information the files contained was available elsewhere. This is contrary to 36 CFR 1222.35(d) which states that "Multiple copies of the same document and documents containing duplicative information ... may each have record status depending upon how they are used to transact agency business." Two other problem areas were noted in some of the offices visited. The more serious and common of the two was a tendency on the part of some staff and/or agency components to inappropriately regard their files as non-record working papers or "soft" files that could be destroyed at will. A second problem NARA noted was the filing of incoming documents and other materials in disposable chronological files. Each of these is discussed below in more detail. You can read the Report online here: http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/naracia.html Steve Thomas

John, You can find reference to this in volume IX of the HSCA Appendix volumes, page 531 here: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...p;relPageId=539 The footnote references for this report are on page 1157 here: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...;relPageId=1165 Steve Thomas

Robert, You might want to view MI's interest in Lee Harvey Oswald in light of the Army Spy Scandal of 1970, and what they claimed to have done with the data collected on U.S. individuals. This is a good article: http://cmhpf.org/senator%20sam%20ervin.htm Steve Thomas

Robert, You might want to view MI's interest in Lee Harvey Oswald in light of the Army Spy Scandal of 1970, and what they claimed to have done with the data collected on U.S. individuals. This is a good article: http://cmhpf.org/senator%20sam%20ervin.htm Steve Thomas

John, CD stands for Commission Document - as in Warren Commission. You can find them online here: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...o?docSetId=1008 There are about 1,500 of them. Some of them are over 1,000 pages long. CE stands for Commission Exhibit. You can find them here: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...o?docSetId=1006 Steve

In Mary Farrell's database, there is this entry: LAST ALCOHOL & TOBACCO TAX FIRST MID/AKA ADDRESS 607 Wholesale Merchants Bldg., 912 Commerce St., Dallas, TX 'PHONE (214) 749-3304) SOURCES CD 853A (2); 1/14/64 memo from Carl R. Booth, Jr., Supervisor in Charge, to SA in Charge, US Secret Service, Forrest Sorrels. COMMENT Memo sets out activities of 8 investigators of A&TF who rushed to TSBD 11/22/63 and searched building (among them, Frank L. Ellsworth) In the Mary Ferrell Foundation pages of Warren Commission Documents, I don't find a CD 853A. Has anyone seen this memo from Booth to Sorrels? Steve Thomas

Greg, Did the Dear Mr. Hunt letter show up at the same time as the alleged memo from (Helms I think it was) saying, "Someday we are going to have to explain Hunt's presence in Dallas on 11/22? Steve Thomas

Greg, I am just throwing this out there. Here are two signatures of Lee Harvey Oswald. The first one is from a 1959 Selective Service Card. The second one is from the Dear Mr. Hunt letter. Were they signed by the same person? Steve Thomas

Trygve, Here is a good site for audio resources: http://www.earthstation1.com/JFKAssassination.html Your English is very good, by the way. Steve Thomas

Mark, Try hitting your reload button. When I first tried to post on a new topic, the option for uploading a photo wasn't there, but when I hit my reload button, it was. Steve Thomas

Has anyone ever thought about the timing of the attempted Walker shooting? Was April of 1963 significant in Walker's life for some reason? Was April 10th before or after the Congress of Freedom meeting in New Orleans? In the Lancer Forum, Gil Jesus said that the Congress of Freedom meeting was April 4 - 6. http://www.jfklancerforum.com/dc/dcboard.p...22759&page= I wonder if something happened at that meeting that put Walker at odds with someone - maybe some kind of power struggle? Steve Thomas

John, This is what the Kennedy Library has to say about this alleged speech: "President Kennedy's supposed speech at Columbia University, November, 1963. Many references to this fictitious speech exist in assassination theorist material. Supposedly, the President was discussing changes in the Federal Reserve and the gold standard, and this topic was somehow linked to his assassination. Others also claim he said, "The high office of President has been used to foment a plot to destroy American freedom, and before I leave office I must inform the citizen of his plight." But the simple fact is that President John F. Kennedy did not speak at Columbia University in November of 1963. Those who believe in the "fact" of President Kennedy having made such a speech, either at Columbia or some other place, will simply deny this denial. At best, they will say that because "all or most records" have been destroyed, we simply don't know the truth; at worst, they will claim that there is a conspiracy to keep this issue silent. If someone chooses to believe in the existence of this speech, he or she does so as a matter of faith, which is fine, as long as that person realizes that it is religion and not history in which he or she is dealing." http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resou...sity+Speech.htm Steve Thomas

I guess that would depend on which Channel she normally broadcast on. As Gary Mack correctly pointed out to me, Margie was a Secretary, not a Dispatcher. Steve Thomas