Dallas 50th, who and where?

[Larry Hancock]

Dawn, I have shipped Joan all my Wallace material including notes, books and tapes. I also suggested she get in touch with Richard B on the print issues

and she has done that. Since she has probably the most up to date grasp of all the Wallace issues I asked her to present on that at the Lancer conference;

I suspect she would have enjoyed a less frustrating subject but she was kind enough to accept the challenge.

It's not a easy task so I really appreciated her doing that and I'm sure it will be a real topic of conversation at the conference. Larry

[Dawn Meredith]

I'll be at COPA, I hope, and also arriving by train, though I'm not booked yet. I hope to give a presentation at the Wecht Conference on the AF1 Radio Tapes, and may make the same presentation in Dallas, though not sure yet.

Since both COPA and Lancer are using Adolphis for different events, that seems like the place to meet.

COPA and Lancer people should be together on Friday at Dealey Plaza as well, if they will let us in.

BK

Ya that is still an issue. What say Lancer people? Any news? All I know is you have to have a ticket. How one obtains such is a national secret, or so it would seem. Maybe you have to be part of Dallas society or the 6th floor...

That sounds about right BK. The train takes us right to the door at the Lawrence and the Adolphis is near by so we will check in, drop our stuff and head over there.

[Larry Hancock]

Dawn, the whole ticket nonsense does seem to be a Dallas state secret. I'm not sure they have a clue themselves. What we seem to be getting now is that

they are going to keep everyone but ticket holders out until their official ceremony is over and then everybody can go in....which should make for a nicely

chaotic situation....no clue even as to how far away they are going to set up their barricades. They refuse to acknowledge the legal implications of the rulings

related to Groden and they also can't seem to realize its unlikely the press will leave at the end of their ceremony and not stay to talk to us....after all we will

probably be more entertaining.

Anyway, we will certainly be their Friday, no doubt about that - as close as we can get. And when the barriers go down....just hope they don't issue bayonets to the DPD,

that got really dangerous back in 69....

-- Larry

[Dawn Meredith]

Dawn, I have shipped Joan all my Wallace material including notes, books and tapes. I also suggested she get in touch with Richard B on the print issues

and she has done that. Since she has probably the most up to date grasp of all the Wallace issues I asked her to present on that at the Lancer conference;

I suspect she would have enjoyed a less frustrating subject but she was kind enough to accept the challenge.

It's not a easy task so I really appreciated her doing that and I'm sure it will be a real topic of conversation at the conference. Larry

Sadly Richard was not helpful as he kept telling her about OTHER prints. Nathan never ever mentioned this to me nor did Jay but RB has something on his fb page and they went round and round and it ended badly. Walt also did not know of any other matches made by Nathan.. I know RB was trying to be helpful but after 5/29/98 he was out of the loop..

Dawn

[Dawn Meredith]

Dawn, the whole ticket nonsense does seem to be a Dallas state secret. I'm not sure they have a clue themselves. What we seem to be getting now is that

they are going to keep everyone but ticket holders out until their official ceremony is over and then everybody can go in....which should make for a nicely

chaotic situation....no clue even as to how far away they are going to set up their barricades. They refuse to acknowledge the legal implications of the rulings

related to Groden and they also can't seem to realize its unlikely the press will leave at the end of their ceremony and not stay to talk to us....after all we will

probably be more entertaining.

Anyway, we will certainly be their Friday, no doubt about that - as close as we can get. And when the barriers go down....just hope they don't issue bayonets to the DPD,

that got really dangerous back in 69....

-- Larry

We need to be on DP at the usual time for a moment of silence. Barricades? This is beyond outrageous. I wondered how they would enforce this blatant abuse of our first amendment right.

I feel sick. I am beyond angry.

Dawn

[Bernice Moore]

Dawn;;; Thinking about the words tickets, and especially BARRICADES, like Larry states''What we seem to be getting now is that

they are going to keep everyone but ticket holders out until their official ceremony is over and then everybody can go in....which should make for a nicely

chaotic situation....no clue even as to how far away they are going to set up their barricades. They refuse to acknowledge the legal implications of the rulings

related to Groden and they also can't seem to realize its unlikely the press will leave at the end of their ceremony and not stay to talk to us....after all we will

probably be more entertaining'' Barricades.....the press there will not only be from Dallas and the immediate area,as well as i could believe some by now have followed the ordeal they have put Groden through and curiousity has become a part of all interest........IMO The more Barricades they put up the better, the Press will love it, as he puts it entertaining, the more the merrier, the more the press will photohraph and write about, again imo, they blow it, as i have stated before whomever is in charge of the P/R for the TSBD,,,should have been replaced, ages ago...what a farce they have made of themselves, and it may only get better, come the day...think about it..sick, no i do not feel sick,i personally right now am chuckling at how d.,, stupid they are..for now best..b

Edited April 8, 2013 by Bernice Moore

[Larry Hancock]

Dawn, let me say I'm just passing along the latest news we have. Deb has been badgering (well at first not badgering but by now they certainly take it that way) the

Mayor's office for months about open access. The story seems to be that the Major and City Council handed their responsibiloity off to this special prominent

citizens cultural committee (read civic donations here) in an effort to make this a memorial event and clearly preempt assassination PR. Now of course that

is unrealistic since a historian reading a speech about the Kennedy administration can hardly compete with the assassination story for press sensationalism

so we will have air time...even if they just want to cover us as nuts.

What appears to be the plan is that they will rope and barricade the Plaza area for "security" some time ahead of the official ceremony (claiming fear of tents and

squatters), that they will control access to the official ceremony (to prevent heckling or embarassment for the prominent attendees) and once they have all

done their duty...some time that afternoon, their will be general access....and when its all over the poor lady who is caught in between this as the Mayor's

assignment will liley be wishing she had taken a different route in her career at this point in time. Its pretty clear what the prominent city leaders were thinking

about - preemption of the assassination story with a Kennedy administration and cultural one - but that's not going to fly in 2013. To some extent they have

dug themselves a hole.....and this time at least they will not be able to understate the size of the crowds in Dallas for the anniversary.

Edited April 8, 2013 by Larry Hancock

[Michael Swanson]

I saw this on c-span last night, this event was held several months ago at the "sixth floor museum."

Two professors. One that toes the single bullet line and another that refuses to take an opinion and appeared to not want to.... to be afraid to do so - the single-bullet guy may have been cowered into taking it.... The key is I think the tone of this event is what Dallas is going to want on Nov 22, 2013:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311009-1

One of the professors said someone could write a book about how people interpret and deal with the assassination this year - he is certainly right about that....

[John Costella]

Sally and I will be at Lancer, in tourist mode.

We'll be at the Adolphus Wednesday through Sunday, so I'm hoping to meet in the flesh as many of the people in the community that get the chance to be in Dallas as possible, regardless of whether they are going to Lancer, COPA, both, or neither.

I'm especially looking forward to meet those who particularly dislike my work. There are no constraints of forum rules or etiquette at a bar or on the grass in the Plaza, so here's your chance to let rip!

[Larry Hancock]

Dawn, you had asked me a question while I was temporarily out of the fourm:

"Larry I know you did some stuff on this case, (from years back) has she asked you for assistance?

I helped all I could."

...actually I sent Joan all my own research material, files plus some very key video and document material on Wallace. I've worked with her on that

plus sent her to Richard Bartholemew for info on the print studies. She has talked with him and reviewed material on that. She was also nice enough

to let me recruit her to speak on Wallace at this year's conference as she is probably more current on the subject than anyone at this point and its

something that keeps coming up.

-- Larry

[Guest Robert Morrow]

From John Judge:

Friends,

This promises to be one of the best conferences we have held. Over 200 people have already registered. If you plan to come to Dallas for the 50th anniversary, please register and make your arrangements now. We still have rooms open at the Aloft Hotel for a discount rate for registrants. Fill in the form below and send payment by mail to COPA, PO Box 772, Washington, DC 20044 or pay online at www.politicalassassinations.com using the Donate button and Paypal. I am still negotiating with the Mayor of Dallas and his planning committee to allow for our Moment of Silence, and we will take legal action to secure our rights if necessary. Please let me know if you have any questions about registration or reservations. Looking forward to seeing you there. We also have a special t-shirt designed to wear on the Grassy Knoll on November 22 available at our website. Hope to see you there! John Judge

Register Now for COPA 2013 in Dallas, TX

FIFTY YEARS IS ENOUGH!
FREE THE FILES – FIND THE TRUTH

COPA is currently planning our 20th annual conference in Dallas which will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy and the 45th anniversaries of the murders of Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King.

Our theme is: “50 Years is Enough! Free the Files – Find the Truth” and we will hold our events from November 22-24, 2013 in Dallas. We will have the leading researchers, authors, ballistics, forensic and medical experts who have worked on these cases over the last five decades and the best documentary films. We plan to hold our Moment of Silence on the Grassy Knoll at 12:30 pm on November 22 as we have for the past 49 years.

Among the confirmed speakers are Dr. Cyril H. Wecht, JD, MD (our founding president), Mark Lane, Peter Dale Scott, Richard Belzer and Jesse Ventura.

Also, Dr. Gary Aguilar, Robert Groden, David Talbot, Dick Russell, Russ Baker, Joan Mellen, Dr. Ernst Titovets (Oswald’s best friend), Jefferson Morley, Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, David Montague, PhD (ARRB staff), Rex Bradford, John Armstrong, Joseph Palermo, David Starks, Ed Tatro, Baba Zak Kondo, Jack Colhoun, Bill Kelly, Bill Simpich, Andrew Kiel, Chris Pike, Kenn Thomas, Stan Weeber, Wayne Smith, Ben Rogers, Edward Curtin, Michael Calder, Bill Holiday, Mel Barney and many others. Please plan to join us for our most important conference to date.

The conference will run from Friday night November 22 to early Sunday afternoon November 24. We will also arrange a trip for those interested to the Baylor University Poague Library collection of JFK researcher archives (Penn Jones, Jr., Robert Cutler, John Armstrong and others) in Waco, Texas for those who can stay late. Please let us know if you are interested in going there. We get back at 10-11 pm Sunday night and there will be a small transportation fee to cover vans/buses.

We have arranged for rooms at a discount rate at Aloft Dallas Downtown, an upscale hotel near Dealey Plaza, at 1033 Young Street, Dallas, at a special discount rate of $99 per night, single or double. You must register to qualify for the discount rate, and make the reservations separately. Rooms are at a premium so email us for the discount code when you register.

We will also have a banquet on Friday night, November 22, followed by our keynote speakers. We need to know now how many people plan to attend, and if they will attend the banquet and other events by October 31.

The full conference registration rate is $150 and an optional banquet rate of $45 for those who register with us by mail or email by October 31. Payment for registration must be made any time before October 31, 2013, and can be done at this website as a donation or sent by check or money order to COPA (address below). After that the rate will go up to $175 at the event. There will also be day rates available on site.

We need to know whether you plan to be there. We can seat up to 150 people at our special banquet dinner, but we have to know as soon as possible if you plan to attend.

COPA 2013 EARLY REGISTRATION – 50th ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE

50 YEARS IS ENOUGH! FREE THE FILES – FIND THE TRUTH
DALLAS, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 22-24, 2013

_____ – I WILL ATTEND THE COPA CONFERENCE THIS YEAR ($150 REG)

_____ – I WANT TO STAY AT THE ALOFT HOTEL ($99/SINGLE)

_____ – I WILL ATTEND A BANQUET DINNER ($45/PERSON)

I WANT ROAST BEEF ____ OR PRIMAVERA ALFREDO PASTA ____

_____ – I WANT TO VISIT THE JFK RESEARCHER ARCHIVE ON SUNDAY

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EMAIL:

PHONE:

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PLEASE LET US HEAR FROM YOU SOON! SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER!

[Guest Robert Morrow]

There will also be the Oswald Innocence Campaign going on at a plush 5 star hotel in Santa Barbara on 11/22/13.

This might be a very good option for someone to go to who lives in California and can't make the trip to Dallas.

On 22 November 2013, the Oswald Innocence Campaign will be hosting the premiere event to commemorate the 50th observance of the JFK assassination in Santa Barbara, CA, at the FessParker Doubletree Hotel (1-10:30 PM). Presenting cutting-edge research on the death of our 35th President, which holds the keys to understanding what took place, it will feature some of the best authors on some the most important evidence that clarifies and illuminates that tragic event in Dallas on 22 November 1963.

The research presented will advance extensive, detailed evidence establishing that the assassination of JFK was a “national security event”, which involved crucial elements of the most powerful institutions in the American government, including the CIA, the Joint Chiefs, the FBI and the Secret Service, who conspired with the Mafia, anti-Castro Cubans and Texas oil men to remove JFK from office and replace his policies with those of Lyndon Baines Johnson.

As Ralph Cinque has observed, this November 22nd, the government and the media are going to be going all out with the official lie about JFK–and with extreme prejudice. They are going to pull all the stops to promote the indefensible and long-disproven lie–one more stomach-churning time. What can we do to stand up to this evil pomposity? We can literally stand together–in Santa Barbara. We can come together and evoke the call for JFK truth. A coup d-etat took place in 1963, and we have been living with the results of it for half a century–with millions of dead across the globe. With the death of John Kennedy, the US became a perpetual warfare state, and we live every day of our lives with the consequences of that monstrous fact. So, join us on this very special day to find strength in numbers, to make a blip on the national radar and take personal responsibility for disseminating the truth about JFK.

What you weren’t supposed to ever know

The evidence that substantiates the scenario of the assassination as a national security event is extensive and compelling. It has generated enormous resistance even within the JFK community, where several of those who will present their findings have been banned in a massive effort to suppress the truth and preserve the illusion that it was an event of a different kind, where the view that “the Mafia did it” or “the Cubans did it” or “the KGB did it” are frequently advanced, but where none of them could have effected the cover-up that was indispensable to convey the false impressions this conference will correct:

* Lee Harvey Oswald was working for the government when he was framed for the death of JFK

* Photos and films allegedly taken during the assassination were altered to conceal the truth

* Autopsy photos and X-rays were changed and faked to support a false account of the murder

* LBJ was a pivotal player–perhaps the pivotal player–who brought about the assassination

* George H.W. Bush was not only in Dealey Plaza but took an active role in carrying out the plot

* There were multiple shooters who tied the conspirators together to insure their mutual silence

* They included a Deputy Sheriff, an Air Force expert, an anti-Casto Cuban, a Police Officer and a Mafia shooter

* LBJ’s personal hit-man, who killed a dozen people for Lyndon, also appears to have been directly involved

* The Mafia could not have extended its reach into Bethesda Naval Hospital to alter X-rays and photographs

* Anti-Castro Cubans would have been unable to substitute someone else’s brain for that of JFK

* While the KGB had the capability to alter films, it could not have gained access to the Zapruder film

The experts assembled for this unique conference–which will explain how it was done, who was responsible and why, and how it was covered up–have invested decades upon decades of their lives to research on crucial aspects of the case, including the medical, the ballistic, and the film and photographic evidence. They include the leading authorities on the role of Lyndon Baines Johnson, on the involvement of George H.W. Bush, on the management of the cover-up, on the death of key witnesses intimately related to JFK and by others who personally knew the man accused of killing him. If you are there, you will understand what went down.

It’s Santa Barbara, not Dallas, for the 50th

The 8 hour program will consist of 6 1/2 hours of informative presentations followed by 1 1/2 hours of music, socializing, dancing, and fun. We will be commemorating but also celebrating both our awareness of JFK truth, our strong conviction that that truth shall prevail and that the “official fabrication” that Lee Harvey Oswald murdered JFK shall not endure. We have chosen Santa Barbara because Dallas is going to be run “tighter than a drum” with regard to its public events and, in relation to research, the meetings to be held there will be dominated by nostalgia for the past, not by cutting-edge research.

Our stand is unequivocal: the hit was ordered by the highest levels of government, including key figures in the CIA, the FBI, the US military and from within Kennedy’s own administration, including his own Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson. Precisely as he claimed, Oswald was “a patsy”: he was framed to distract attention from those who were responsible. He was even captured in a famous photograph standing in the doorway at the time of the shots, which is one of the key findings that the government has tried to suppress for the past 50 years. We will present proof making all of this beyond a reasonable doubt.

The exact site is the elegant Fess Parker Doubletree Hotel, which is right on the beach in the resort area of Santa Barbara. It is a spectacular 5-star hotel. The program will be presented from 1-5:30 PM, with an hour and a half break for dinner, and then continue from 7-9 PM, followed socializing and dancing, with music by The Pacific Coast Blues Band, including a performance of their new song, “He Didn’t Do It”, an anthem for JFK truth. The conference will also include a photographic exhibit with large productions of detailed studies by Richard Hooke, Ralph Cinque, Donald Fallon and Larry Rivera. For information about reservations, email Ralph Cinque at oswaldinnocent@yahoo.com. It is advisable to book space early.

THE SPEAKERS: “JFK: The Assassination of America”

1-2 PM: Phil Nelson, “The Pivotal Role of LBJ in the Death of JFK”

Phillip F. Nelson is the author of LBJ: The Mastermind of the JFK Assassination (2nd revised edition, 2011), in which he explains that Lyndon Baines Johnson was the cardinal instigator of the plot to kill JFK. LBJ forced his way onto the ticket as the Vice Presidential nominee in Los Angeles in 1960, telling reporters that he had studied history and had discovered that 1/4 of US Presidents had not survived their terms. He said he was “a gambling man”, but LBJ only bet on sure things. Phillip explains how Johnson was uniquely positioned to assemble the key men–from the financiers to the operational planners and the cover-up experts–to complete the job. And it was all done at the expense of a “patsy” named Lee Harvey Oswald.

2-3 PM: John Hankey, “What was George H.W. Bush doing in Dealey Plaza?”

John Hankey, an expert on the role of George H.W. Bush in the assassination of JFK, has produced and directed “JFK II: The Bush Connection” (2003), which is also known as “Dark Legacy: George Bush and the Murder of John Kennedy”. He also authored “Was George H.W. Bush involved in the assassination of JFK?” (2011). John has been teaching history and English in the Los Angeles City school system for nearly three decades, including exploring alternative approaches that suggest revisions to what passes for “history” in the courses and texts that are used for instruction in American history.

3-4 PM: Peter Janney, “Tying Up Loose Ends: The Murder of Mary Meyer”

Peter Janney grew up in Washington D.C. during the Cold War era of the 1950s and 1960s. His father Wistar was a senior career CIA official. The Janney family was intimately involved with many of the Washington political elite that included the family of Mary and Cord Meyer, as well as other high-ranking CIA officials such as Richard Helms, James Jesus Angleton, Tracy Barnes, Desmond FitzGerald, and William Colby. In his gripping book, Mary’s Mosaic(2012), Peter illuminates the magnitude of real-life evil perpetrated by the CIA far beyond that which most of us could never imagine. A graduate of Princeton, Peter is a clinical psychologist who lives by the sea in Beverly, Massachusetts.

4-4:30 PM: Ralph Cinque, “Photo Fakery: Morphing Oswald into Lovelady”

Ralph C. Cinque has worked in the health field as a chiropractor and health spa operator, and he is the former president of an international physicians’ group. Ralph has also been an avid student of the JFK assassination for many years, and he has had a series of articles on the assassination published on Veterans Today and on LewRockwell.com. It was his observation that the clothing that Doorman was wearing rather than his facial features was the key to his identification, which has proven to be exactly right. He has been the moving force behind and the founder of the Oswald Innocence Campaign.

4:30-5 PM: Larry Rivera, “The Pervasive Role of Buell Wesley Frazier”

Larry Rivera, the son of a career military man who served as CID officer in the Army, was residing in Germany on 22 November 1963 and, at age 6, will never forget his father’s reaction upon hearing of JFK’s murder: “Johnson!” Larry is a Certified Network Engineer, who also owns an automotive wholesale parts business. He has made a lifelong study of the JFK assassination. He first visited Dealey Plaza in 1991 and subsequently attended The ASK Symposium in 1993 for the 30th observance. He has done extensive work on Billy Lovelady and on Joe Molina and recently published on Buell Wesley Frazier and the Altgens6.

5-5:30 PM: QUESTIONS FOR THE AFTERNOON SPEAKERS

5:30-7 PM: BREAK FOR DINNER

7-8:00 PM: Judyth Vary Baker, “Lee H. Oswald and JFK: My Reflections”

Judyth Vary Baker, a brilliant science student from Manatee High School, Bradenton, FL, was recruited by Dr. Alton Ochsner to come to New Orleans and contribute to a research project to develop a rapidly-acting cancer that could be used as a bio-weapon to assassinate Fidel Castro. She became involved with Lee H. Oswald, David Ferrie and Dr. Mary Sherman, where her life at that time has been recorded in a fascinating book by Edward Haslam, Dr. Mary’s Monkey (2007) and in her own autobiographical study, Me & Lee (2011). She has published a new book on David Ferrie (2013). A bio-sketch of Judyth may be found at amazon.com, while many video interviews with her have been gathered together and linked to a special issue of assassinationresearch.com. Judyth will appear via Skype.

8-9:00 PM: James H. Fetzer, “JFK: The Assassination of America”

James H. Fetzer, Ph.D., a former Marine Corps officer and McKnight University Professor Emeritus on the Duluth Campus of the University of Minnesota, has chaired or co-chaired four national conferences on the death of JFK. He produced the 4.5-hour long documentary JFK: The Assassination, the Cover-Up, and Beyond (1994), as well as edited Assassination Science (1998), Murder in Dealey Plaza (2000) and The Great Zapruder Film Hoax (2003). Jim co-edits assassinationresearch.com, an on-line journal for the advanced study of the death of JFK, with John P. Costella, Ph.D. His columns on Veterans Today, including on JFK, are widely read.

[B. A. Copeland]

Interesting tidbit: The Xbox One will be released on 11/22/2013. While I don't believe any conspiracy took place (and I don't believe that it is impossible either) I do find it.......I don't know, almost tasteless that Microsoft would put their video gaming console up for sale and release that day...talk about attention distraction away from the more relevant issue. It will be crazy coverage of the new games console rather than something as "dull and boring" as the death of an American president 50 years ago......