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A Backgrounder to East Feliciana Parish and the Politics of the Early 1960s
Louisiana is divided into sixty-four parishes. On March 31, 1807, the territorial legislature divided the state into 19 parishes, without...
Fred Litwin
Nov 28, 20238 min read
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Clay Shaw's Attorneys Rebut the Clinton Witnesses
New Orleans States-Item, October 7, 1963 Because there was no discovery in Louisiana courts in 1969, Clay Shaw's attorneys did not have...
Fred Litwin
Nov 27, 202310 min read
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The Witnesses from Clinton and Jackson, Louisiana
Clinton is 109 miles northwest of New Orleans, and Jackson is 13 miles further west. Google Maps shows that it would take 1 hour and 46...
Fred Litwin
Nov 21, 20236 min read
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Jim Garrison: The Uninquisitive District Attorney
Was Jim Garrison really after the truth in his JFK assassination probe? Here are three instances in which he was incredibly...
Fred Litwin
Sep 20, 20236 min read
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Was Gary Underhill the Man Who Knew Too Much?
Garrett (Gary) Underhill was born in 1915 in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Harvard in 1937 and worked for LIFE Magazine from...
Fred Litwin
Oct 6, 202110 min read
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Garrison's Approach to the Handling of Evidence
Here is an excerpt from a letter that Fred Newcomb wrote to Richard E. Sprague on December 2, 1969: The Mary in the letter is Mary...
Fred Litwin
Jul 24, 20213 min read
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Harold Weisberg on Jim Garrison
The Girl on the Stairs blog has an interesting interview of Harold Weisberg by author Barry Ernest from 1999: What about Garrison. What...
Fred Litwin
Jun 13, 20214 min read
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Were Garrison's Witnesses Surveilled, Harassed, Attacked and Intimidated?
James DiEugenio makes the following allegation in his book, Destiny Betrayed: (page 294) "Before and during the trials, Garrison's...
Fred Litwin
May 3, 20217 min read
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Michael Lesser has Died, R. I. P.; Some Thoughts on Clinton...
You can read more about Michael Lesser here. Paragraph relevant to the Jim Garrison investigation: "While at Syracuse he helped form a...
Fred Litwin
Apr 28, 20214 min read
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Was Jim Garrison Interested in the Truth about Clinton?
John Manchester said in his statement to Jim Garrison that the black Cadillac, seen in Clinton, was identified as being with the...
Fred Litwin
Mar 12, 20211 min read
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The Curious Case of Cedric Younger Von Rolleston
This is a story of false identification and the fact that many people, in any large investigation, come forward with stories that are...
Fred Litwin
Jan 17, 20212 min read
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Why Didn't Garrison's Witnesses Come Forward Before 1967?
Most witnesses in the Garrison investigation came forward after the Warren Commission and the FBI investigation. Perry Russo, Charles...
Fred Litwin
Jan 6, 20212 min read
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Was Jack Ruby in Clinton with Clay Shaw and David Ferrie?
When Anne Dischler, a Garrison investigator, interviewed witness Andrew Dunn, he said that Shaw, Oswald and Ferrie were in the car seen...
Fred Litwin
Dec 30, 20201 min read
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Was Thomas Beckham in Clinton with Shaw and Oswald?
The Clinton witnesses were an important part of the Clay Shaw trial - they claimed that Clay Shaw, David Ferrie and Lee Harvey Oswald...
Fred Litwin
Dec 29, 20201 min read
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Garrison Lead #95
Below is the first page of a 37-page memo listing 103 outstanding leads as of November 14, 1967. I will soon be posting the entire memo....
Fred Litwin
Dec 26, 20201 min read
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