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 John F. 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 John F. 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 John F. 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 John F. 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 John F. 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
John F. 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
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