Dallas, June. 25 (AP): An online
auction house has purchased a section of fencing from the scene
of President John F Kennedy's assassination for nearly USD 33,000.
The purchase by GoldenPalace.com
adds to the casino's collection of artifacts, which includes
a grilled cheese sandwich bearing the image of the Virgin Mary
and an invitation to the cancelled wedding of runaway bride Jennifer
Wilbanks.
The auction, offered by Lelands.com,
closed yesterday. Lelands said that the fence has been repaired
a number of times over the years and few of the pickets are believed
to be original.
The metal posts were the only
portion that may have been on the grassy knoll the day Kennedy
was shot in November 1963, said Gary Mack, Curator at the Sixth
Floor Museum in Dallas, which is dedicated to Kennedy's life.
When a construction crew began
dismantling the fence to replace it in January 2000, a tour guide
grabbed four sections and put them into storage.
When the storage payments weren't
made, the fence was sold at public auction to a man from Texas.
The man approached Lelands last year about reselling it, said
Simeon Lipman, Director of Americana at the New York-based auction
house.
Wednesday,
June 22, 2005
FROM MY BACKYARD - Who shot the president
By Byron Higgin
It's been the standard joke for many years. Do you know who killed
President Kennedy?
I recall a movie with Nicholas Cage in which secret film is discovered
and he gets his hands on it and points to the film and tells
his girl friend, "Do you want to know who shot President
Kennedy?"
Well, a local man says he knows and he's written a book to tell
all.
Bradley Ayers of Frederic
Dads, dudes can look good in
the right hat <http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050622/LIFE/506220322/1079/life>
Lansing State Journal - Lansing,MI,USA ... Urban legend has it that President JohnF.
Kennedy was responsible for the demise of the dress hat
when he gave his inaugural speech sans chapeau in 1961. ...
Kennedy Memorabilia Ownership Dispute Resolved <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050615/cgw062.html?.v=9>
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
WASHINGTON, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Thousands of documents, artifacts
and other items related to President JohnF. Kennedy
and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy may ...
JFK's Berlin closer not lost
in translation <http://www.presstelegram.com/Stories/0,1413,204~21474~2925079,00.html>
Long Beach Press-Telegram - Long Beach,CA,USA
Up to 1 million West Germans crowded into their city's Rudolph
Wilde Platz to hear a speech by US President JohnF.
Kennedy. It was the height of the Cold War. ...
Personal financial reports of
RI's four representatives disclosed <http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo_20050617_fins17.24676b0.html>
Providence Journal (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA ... interest. BY JOHN E. MULLIGAN. WASHINGTON ...
father, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, and one by his late grandmother,
Rose F. Kennedy. As is ...
Stolen JFK mementoes finally
make it home <http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=89837>
Boston Herald - Boston,MA,USA
Thousands of valuable documents and artifacts of President JohnF. Kennedy - stolen from the White House by Kennedy's
secretary Evelyn Lincoln after he died ...
Posada Carriles and the Kennedy
assassination <http://www.workers.org/2005/us/posada-jfk-0616>
Workers World - USA ... There is also mounting evidence that Posada Carriles
was connected to the assassination of President JohnF.
Kennedy, and was in Dallas's Dealey Plaza the day ...
JFK News May 2005
Sinatra'
definitive bio of entertainer <http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/entertainment/books/s_338363.html>
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... Summers has written well-regarded investigative books on
Richard Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover and Marilyn Monroe, and on the
deaths of John F. Kennedy and Tsar ...
Community
happenings <http://www.examiner.net/stories/052305/new_052305013.shtml>
Blue Springs Examiner - Blue Springs / Independence,MO,USA
... The personal relationship of John F. Kennedy and his wife,
Jacqueline, will be revealed when William and Sue Wills present
"Presidents and Their First Ladies ...
Marketers
big and small taking a shine to blogs <http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20050522-0826-bizfeature-blogs.html>
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
SAN FRANCISCO -- Four journalists who brought news of the assassination
of President John F. Kennedy into US living rooms in 1963 have
found a new level of ...
Carl
Rowan: One of the Most Honored Reporters in the United States
<http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2005-05-14-voa1.cfm>
Voice of America - USA
... Mister Rowan opened many doors for African Americans. He
was the first black deputy Secretary of State in the administration
of President John F. Kennedy. ...
Selling
a stake in assassination lore
Exclusive: Grassy knoll's stockade fence - or what's left of
it - to be auctioned
More than 40 years later, mysteries swirl around every facet
of President John
F. Kennedy's assassination.
Now there's a new one. On Sunday, Lelands.com auction house opens
bidding on an artifact now firmly a part of American history
the weathered stockade fence that once stood at the edge of the
grassy knoll. Simeon Lipman, director of Americana at the New
York auction firm, calls it "probably the most famous fence
in the world." "Everyone has heard stories of what
might or might not have been behind that fence" when JFK
was killed. "As far as fences go," he said, "it
doesn't get any better." And while its origins are undisputed
a Dealey Plaza tour guide recovered portions of the fence when
it was torn down in January 2000 some question how much of this
fence stood when the president's motorcade passed Nov. 22, 1963.
Thirteen
Days: Infi <http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=2&c=126>
DVDAnswers - UK
... Meanwhile at the White House John F. Kennedy was trying to
find a way to remove the missiles from Cuba without triggering
a chain reaction that would lead to ...
You've
no doubt seen this quote making the rounds:
"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security,
unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs,
you would not hear of that party again in our political history.
There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you
can do these things. Among them are H. L. Hunt (you possibly
know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires, and
an occasional politician or business man from other areas.5 Their
number is negligible and they are stupid."
The
arrogance of the Bush government matches Posada's <
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/mayo/lun9/20fonzi.html >
Granma International - La Habana,Cuba ... former House Select Committee on Assassinations investigator,
famous for having told the truth about the assassination conspiracy
of President JohnF. Kennedy. ...
JFK News April 2005
This
Day in History < http://www.canyon-news.com/artman/publish/article_2737.php
>
LA Canyon News - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
... John F. Kennedy inherited this program when he became president
in 1961. On April 17, about 1,200 exiles landed in the Bay of
Pigs and waded ashore. ...
Robert
F. Kennedy Jr. to offer 2005 commencement address < http://www.wilkesbeacon.com/news/2005/04/18/News/Robert.F.Kennedy.Jr.To.Offer.2005.Commencement.Address-927415.shtml
>
Wilkes Beacon (subscription) - Wilkes-Barre,PA,USA
... activist, Kennedy is the son of former Attorney General and
Presidential candidate Senator Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of
President John F. Kennedy. ...
Inside LBJ's 'cage' < http://www.wcnc.com/sharedcontent/washington/politics_leubsdorf/041705ccdrNatLeubsdorf.1ee328c60.html
>
WCNC (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Fearful of the welcome John F. Kennedy would receive in Dallas,
Mr. Busby describes an almost constant vigil that day at his
office's United Press ...
Monroe divorce papers for auction
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4468031.stm
>
BBC News - E,UK
... Miller. A Monroe painting she planned to give John F Kennedy
for his birthday in 1962 is valued at up to $10,000 (£5,200).
Monroe ...
Marilyn Monroe Auction in June < http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/article_6496.php/Marilyn_Monroe_Auction_in_June
>
Monsters and Critics - Glasgow,UK
... to change her name from Norma Jean Mortenson to Marilyn Monroe,
clothing and a watercolor of a rose she painted for President
John F.Kennedy's birthday. ...
Daley Remembered as Last of the
Big-City Bosses < http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/21/national/21daley.html
>
New York Times - USA
... There was much talk of how Daley was responsible for John
F. Kennedy's carrying Illinois, the crucial swing state, in the
1960 presidential election. ...
JFK Ñews March 2005
Journalist
recalls nearly 45 years as White House correspondent ...
Bill
Shadel, Nixon-Kennedy Moderator, Dies at 96 <
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/02/arts/television/02shadel.html
>
New York Times - USA
... CBS Radio during World War II, became an ABC television anchor
and moderated the third presidential debate between Richard M.
Nixon and John F. Kennedy in 1960 ...
See all stories on this topic
Calendar
on the South Shore <
http://www2.townonline.com/pembroke/atGlance/view.bg?articleid=175015
>
Pembroke Mariner - Marshfield,MA,USA
... The Museum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library will
unwrap a special exhibit, Presents for a President and First
Lady, a display of 65 state gifts ...
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
... 21, 1963, speaking in San Antonio the day before he was murdered
in Dallas, President John F. Kennedy explained the importance
of the space program by citing a ... Paper version of Jackie
Kennedy's wedding dress to be exhibited <
http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=2800446 >
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona,FL,USA
... The aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy docked Jan. ...
Ten of them are nuclear-powered, while two, including the USS
John F. Kennedy, are conventionally powered. ...
See all stories on this topicA president's powerlessness < http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5189947.html
>
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA
On the afternoon of May 4, 1963, President John F. Kennedy wasn't
in a mood to mince words. As he met in the White House with members
... Examining a shared civil rights legacy <
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6827500/ >
MSNBC - USA
Opposites in many ways and wary of each other, Lyndon Baines
Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr., came together after John
F. Kennedy's assassination and ... Son, Father Prepare for Inauguration
Day
History's
stage <http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/2005-01-17-history-stage_x.htm>
USA Today - USA
... While few living Americans can remember hearing the words
of Wilson in 1913, many can recall John F. Kennedy's address
at his inaugural on Jan. ...
New
Tapes Express JFK's Views On Civil Rights <
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/4090188/detail.html
>
Boston Channel.com - Boston,MA,USA
BOSTON -- As Americans across the country honored Martin Luther
King Day Monday, the John F. Kennedy Library released new audiotapes
that express Kennedy's ...
Officer
who arrested Oswald dies <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1401301,00.html
>
Guardian - UK
The policeman who arrested Lee Harvey Oswald after John F Kennedy
was assassinated has died, aged 76. Nick McDonald apprehended
...
Too
many Monroes <
http://sltrib.com/entertainment/ci_2545221 >
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
... many times she married, whether she was brainy or vapid,
whether she was sane or insane, whether she was the illicit lover
of President John F. Kennedy and/or ...
Olds'
concept car sold for $3.24 million <
http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/31/pf/autos/olds_f88_auction/
>
CNN - USA
... Also sold at the RM Auctions event was the 1962 Lincoln Continental
"Bubbletop" limousine used by President John F. Kennedy.
It sold for $632,500. ...
First
lady of Camelot <
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/living/travel/10779422.htm >
Akron Beacon Journal (subscription) - Akron,OH,USA
... All of the artifacts are from The John F. Kennedy Library
and Museum in Boston, organizers of the exhibit along with The
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Bill
Shadel, moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate, dead at 96 <
http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D87V1QN00.html
>
kgw.com (subscription) - Portland,OR,USA
... CBS Radio during World War II, became an ABC television anchor
and moderated the third presidential debate between Richard M.
Nixon and John F. Kennedy in 1960 ...
JFK News June 2005
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