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Randle, Linnie Mae, 345
Rankin, Lee, 141, 172, 360, 397, 399
Rather, Dan, 44, 54, 169–170
“Red Cross,” 155, 156
Redlich, Norman, 158
REDWOOD, 176
Reibe, Floyd, 23
Reid, Ed, 235
Reily, William, 272
Rest home, Marina Oswald and, 159
Revolvers
Ruby’s, 121, 412
Smith & Wesson, 71, 76, 101, 103, 107, 188, 190
RFK. See Kennedy, Robert F.
Rhodes, Charles, 130, 142
Rifle. See Mannlicher-Carcano rifle
Right-wing extremists
Banister, 268, 272–284, 286, 289–290, 309, 423
John Birch Society, 6, 7, 189, 211, 273, 370, 412
Kohly, Mario, Jr., and, 206, 396
Nixon and, 203
Roberts, Delphine (mother), 276–279, 280, 283, 287
Walker, 157, 188–192, 194–196, 197, 354
Riley, Joseph, 54
Roberts, Delphine (daughter), 279
Roberts, Delphine (mother), 276–279, 280, 283, 287
Roberts, Earlene, 101–102, 103, 108–109
Roberts, Ray, 43
Robertson, William “Rip,” 430
Robinson, Thomas, 20, 21, 53
Rocca, Raymond, 197, 330, 331
Rockefeller Commission panel, 17
Rodríguez, Ernesto, 271–272, 294
Roman, Jane, 339–340
Roppolo, Carl, 234, 235
Rorke, Alexander, 305
Rose, Earl, 14
Rose Hill Cemetery, 445
Roselli, John, 215, 225, 384, 419, 422–423, 430
Rositzke, Harry, 161
Rotterdam, 171, 172–173
Rowland, Arnold, 59–60, 62, 93–94, 95–96
Rubenstein, Jacob, 401
Ruby, Jack, 398–420
Assassinations Committee and, 400, 409
Baker, “Barney,” and, 224, 407, 413
Chicago and, 401–402, 445
death of, 420
Dorfman and, 224
early life, 401–403
Howard, Tom, and, 406, 414, 415
as Jacob Rubenstein, 401
McWillie and, 404–405
Oswald killing, 121–122
Pecora, Nofia, and, 292–293, 408
Trafficante and, 403, 404, 405–406, 407, 433
Warren and, 389–399, 401
Warren Commission and, 401–402
weekend of killings, 409–420
Ruiz, Guillermo, 395
Ruiz-Williams, Enrique, 376, 377
Rusk, Dean, 298, 299, 364, 368
Russell, Patrick, 181
Russell, Richard, 49, 117–118, 138, 157–158
Russia. See Soviet Union
Russian Cyrillic script, 193
Russian language proficiency, Oswald, 140–141, 154
Russophilia, 135, 144
Saia, Sam, 292, 424
Saint Petersburg, 156
Salerno, Ralph, 226
San Antonio, Texas, 6, 74
Sanchez, Nestor, 367, 376
San Román, Pepe, 205–206, 298
San Román, Roberto, 298
Sapp, Charles, 210, 372–373
Schlesinger, Arthur, 369, 370, 373, 378
Schweiker, Richard, 126, 238, 243–244, 293
Sciambra, Andrew, 275
Scott, Michael, 342
Scott, Winston, 328, 330, 338, 341, 342
Scott-Bryant Hotel, 229
Scripps-Howard chain, 118
Secretary of State Dean Rusk, 298, 299, 364, 368
“Secret” clearance, 143, 144
Secret Service agents
bogus, in grassy knoll area, 57–58
in car, 8, 18, 25, 31–33, 37
Greer, 32, 34, 36
Hill, 18
Kellerman, 20, 32–33, 34, 36
Landis, 37
Parkland Hospital issue and, 14–15
right-wing extremist and, 7
Sorrels, 37, 416
vial (with brain) and, 23
“Secret Service man” sighting, 58–59
Security justification, 10, 115–117, 378, 439
Seeger, Alan, 5
Sehrt, Clem, 291
Semichastny, Vladimir, 163–164
Senate Intelligence Committee, Oswald with rifle (photograph), 79–80
Senate Subcommittee on Investigations, 221
September 11, 2001, 445
Sere, Raoul, 291
Serial number, Mannlicher-Carcano rifle, 68–69
Seven Days in May (film), 197
Seymour, William, 360
Shanklin, Gordon, 75, 76–77, 335, 348–349, 350
Shaw, Robert, 48–49
Shelley, Bill, 91
Shell Oil refinery, 304
Sheridan, Walter, 378
Shirokova, Rimma, 154
Shots fired, number and direction, 31–55. See also Bullets/bullet fragments; Mannlicher-Carcano rifle; Revolvers
backward motion of JFK, 8, 25, 44, 45
cartridge cases, 14, 31, 33, 68, 71, 86–88
Connally, John, and, 8, 9, 14, 32, 33, 34, 35–36, 46, 47–48, 49–50, 51, 88
Dictabelt recording, 26–27, 28–29, 33–34
four shots, 33, 34, 41, 45, 46, 50
Kellerman and, 20, 32–33, 34, 36
magic-bullet theory, 47–51, 71
178 witnesses, 31, 35
opinions of fifteen people in immediate area, 35–37
sequence of, 50
sound barrier, 32, 34
three cartridge cases, 33, 71, 86
three shots, 31, 32, 33, 34, 41, 71, 86
witnesses, 31–32, 35–36, 40, 42–43
X-ray evidence, 17, 20, 23–24, 45, 53–54, 55
Sibert, James, 20
Sickness
Castro’s, 214–215
ploy, intelligence community, 143
Signal message, 373, 374
Six options. See Assassination theories
Sixth floor. See Texas School Book Depository
Slawson, David, 337–338, 359, 360
Sleeper agents, 151, 161
Slidell, Louisiana, 353
Small wound, back of skull, 16, 17, 22, 53
Smathers, George, 217, 219
Smith, Howard K., 383
Smith, Joe, 43, 57–58
Smith, Joseph B., 255
Smith Act ‘victims,’ 114
Smith & Wesson revolver, 71, 76, 101, 103, 107, 188, 190
Snyder, Richard, 136, 149, 166
Socarrás, Carlos Prío, 213
Socialism
The Militant (newspaper), 82, 187, 258
Oswald and, 127, 128, 133, 139, 187, 287, 310
Socialist Party of America, 127
Socialist Workers’ Party, 82, 187, 255
Somoza, Luis, 390–391
Sorrels, Forrest, 37, 416
Sound barrier, 32, 34
Soviet Consul, Helsinki, 136
Soviet Embassy
Mexico City, 318–320, 327–329, 331–336, 347, 349, 350
Stockholm, 136
Washington, D.C., 187, 249, 319, 338, 349
Soviet intelligence. See also KGB
Marina Oswald as agent, 117–118
Nosenko and, 126, 160–161, 162
Soviet–involvement theory, 163–164, 239–240
Soviet Union. See also Moscow
Cuban Missile Crisis, 6, 119, 208, 209, 295, 296, 305, 321, 379
Khru
shchev and, 187, 208, 301, 371, 375, 379
Leningrad, 156, 159
Minsk, 126, 155–161, 163, 164, 167–168, 169, 176, 173
MVD, 155, 159
Nosenko defection, 126, 160–161, 162
nuclear war scenario, 295–296, 379–380
Oswald defection, 66, 117, 118, 136–137, 151, 152, 156
Oswald’s return to U.S., 165–166, 170–175
Oswald’s stay in, 66, 113, 126, 155
Oswald’s tourist visa, 136
Sverdlovsk, 162
U-2 plane crash, 162
Women tourists’ photographs, Soviet Union, 167–169
Space program, 6
Special Affairs Staff, 340
Special Group on Cuba, 218–219, 297, 298, 368
Sporting Goods Company, Klein’s, 68–69
SS Maasdam, 173
State Department
de Mohrenschildt, George, and, 180–181
loan, to Oswald, 194
Passport Office, 166, 307
study, on defectors, 152
Steele, Charles, 251
Stevenson, Adlai, 364, 365
Stockholm, Sweden, 136
Stolen Georgia plates, 59
Stone, Oliver, 9
Strategic Services, Office of, 180, 213
Stretcher, with bullet, 14, 46, 47, 48, 50
Strokes, of Marcello, 428
Stuckey, William, 259–260, 261
Sturgis, Frank, 305
Suicide attempt, Oswald, 153–155
Sullivan, William, 147, 349
Summers, Malcolm, 58
Surrey, Robert, 195, 197
Sverdlovsk, 162
Sweden, Stockholm, 136
Szulc, Tad, 217
Taiwan, 132, 142
Tape recordings, Oswald, 334–337, 341–343, 349
Taylor, Gary, 184
Teamsters (International Brotherhood of Teamsters), 222–223, 224, 228, 230, 407. See also Hoffa
Telephone calls
Harrison and unknown caller, 418
Hensen and Soviet Embassy, 327–328
Leopoldo and Silvia Odio, 357–358
Oswald and Slidell, Louisiana, 353
Oswald and Soviet Embassy, 333–334
Partin and Hoffa, 228–229
RFK and Monroe, 225
Ruby and Nofia Pecora, 292–293
Rusk and McCone, 298
Television debate, Oswald, 260
Television interview, Oswald, 322–323
Termine, Sam, 291
Texas School Book Depository
book cartons, 68, 89
cartridge cases, 14, 31, 33, 68, 71, 86–88
domino room, 90, 91
far left-hand window, 59
Mannlicher–Carcano rifle in, 9
Oswald’s job at, 67
right-hand window, 60
shots from, witnesses, 35, 37
sixth floor, Oswald and, 88–100
Texas Theater, 65, 431
Thornley, Kerry, 133, 139, 144
Tilson, Tom, 58–59
Tilton, John, 310
Time magazine, 187, 392, 393
Times-Herald, 412
Tippit, J. D., 64
Tippit murder
Alexander and, 101, 108
charging of Oswald for, 71
citizen’s notification of, 64, 103
Clemons’ testimony, 105–106
housekeeper’s account (Earlene Roberts), 101–102, 103, 108–109
Markham’s testimony, 104–105
Myers and, 106–107
Oswald’s denial of, 66
police car visit to Oswald’s address, 101–103
possible accomplices and, 101, 105–106, 107
Purdy on, 109
questions on, 108–110
Smith & Wesson revolver, 71, 76, 101, 103, 107, 188, 190
Warren Report summary of, 103–104
Titovets, Ernst, 158, 160
Todd, Jack, 406
Tokyo, 129, 131, 137
Town and Country Motel, 289
Trafficante, Santo
Alemán and, 229–231, 235
alias (Joe Pecora), 216
Assassinations Committee and, 236, 405–406, 421–422
background on, 216
in detention camp, 305, 362, 405, 433
Giancana and, 229
Hall, Loran, and, 305, 360, 361, 362, 363
Hoffa and, 229, 230
JFK assassination and, 221, 229–231, 236, 422, 423
Marcello and, 422, 427
Martino, John, and, 429–432
in mausoleum, 445
RFK and, 224
Ruby and, 403, 404, 405–406, 407, 433
Traveler’s Aid Society, 174
Trescornia detention camp, 305, 362, 405, 433
Trotskyite Socialist Workers’ Party, 82
Tunheim, John, 439
Turncoats, 151. See also Traitors
Tutoring, of Oswald, 137
201 file, Oswald, 148–149, 177
Two-gunmen theory
acoustics findings and, 27–28, 29–30
Ford and, 35
magic-bullet theory and, 47–51, 71
Martino, John, and, 430
Rowland and, 59–60
witness accounts of second man, 59–64
U-2 spy planes, 129–130, 131, 143, 160, 162, 185
United Nations Cuban mission, 320, 321, 328, 331–332, 369
United States. See also Castro-U.S. secret dialogue
Cuban Missile Crisis, 6, 119, 208, 209, 295, 296, 305, 321, 379
nuclear war scenario, 295–296, 379–380
Oswald’s return from Soviet Union, 165–166, 170–175
U.S. Embassy. See American Embassy
U.S. intelligence. See Intelligence community
USS Wasp, 249
Vallee, Thomas, 371
Vallejo, Rene, 366, 369, 374
Van Laningham, Jack, 425, 427, 428
Vaughn, Roy, 415
Veciana, Antonio, 301–303, 304, 394–396, 440–442
Vidal, Gore, 365, 377
Vietnam, 213, 240, 365, 371, 397
Voebel, Edward, 284, 287, 290
Walker, Edwin, 157, 188–192, 194–196, 197, 354
Wall, Breck, 413
Walsh, Kevin, 443
Walther, Carolyn, 60–61, 96
Ward, Theran, 14–15
Warren, Earl
Johnson, Lyndon, and, 379
national security justification, 10, 115–116
Pearson and, 383
Ruby and, 398–399, 401
Warren Commission
“curtain rods” story, 84–85
Dallas Morning News workers and, 40
Ford and, 35
Heindel-Oswald association, 73–74
JFK assassination files, 117
magic-bullet theory, 47–51, 71
Mexico City visit, of Oswald, 320
Millican and, 41
Oswald at Oak Cliff rooming house, 101–103
Oswald-intelligence community relations, 120
Oswald marriage, 156–157
Oswald on sixth floor of Book Depository, 89–90, 97
Oswald’s brother, Robert, 111–112
Oswald’s marksmanship, 88
Rankin and, 141, 172, 360, 397, 399
real “Hidell” and, 73
rejection of testimonies on two gunmen, 60–62
Ruby and, 401–402
Russian language proficiency of Oswald, 141
Schweiker on, 243
Soviet-involvement theory and, 240
three cartridge cases, 33
Tippit murder, 103–104, 108
Washington, D.C.
Bethesda Naval Hospital, 15, 20, 21, 23, 24, 52
Cuban Embassy, 134
JFK inaugural address, 165
Soviet Embassy, 187, 249, 319, 338, 349
Washington Evening Star, 167, 331
Washington Post, 148, 229, 245, 331, 334
Wasp, USS, 249
Watergate, 26, 120, 202, 203, 305
WDSU station, 251, 259
Webster, Robert, 175–176
Weinberg, Jimmy, 402
Weiner, Irwin, 407
Weisburg, Willie, 226–227
Weiss, Mark, 27, 35
Wells, H. G., 187
West Berlin, 171, 172
Western Union, 414
West Germany, 151, 171, 189
White, Mrs. Roscoe, 79
White, Roscoe, 79
Williams, Bonnie Ray, 90
Willis, Rosemary, 56
Wilson, John, 405
Winston, Patricia, 315–316
Witnesses. See also Shots fired
Bethesda Hospital, 21
Parkland Hospital, 21
Tippit murder, 101–106
“Witting Collaborator 01 code A1,” 167
Wofford, Harris, 378
Woodward, Mary, 40
The Worker (newspaper), 82, 187, 248, 262, 346
Worrell, James, 63
Wright, Frank, 106
Wrist wound, 47, 49–50
X-ray evidence, 17, 20, 23–24, 45, 53–54, 55
Yarborough, Ralph, 40, 43
Zapruder, Abraham, 24–25, 41
Zapruder film, 24–26, 33, 41, 44, 45, 47, 49, 53
Zenith Technological Services, 207
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