Palmer, Henry, 146
Pappas, Ike, 378
paraffin tests, 348–49
Parkland Hospital, 118n, 203, 231, 239, 292, 298n, 395
Kennedy’s emergency treatment at, 285–91, 303–1
Partin, Edward, 457
Passport Office, U.S., 68
Patterson, B. M., 275
Paul, Ralph, 366–67, 372n, 374, 376, 387n, 388–89, 488
Pawley, William, 497
Pecora, Nofio, 156n, 363, 364n
Pelou, François, 385
Pena, Orest, 166n
Perrin, Robert, 446n
Perry, David, 464
Perry, Malcolm, 287, 288, 289, 290–91, 304, 308, 310–11, 313
Peters, Paul, 288, 291, 309n, 310, 311
Peterson, Niles, 439
Pfisterer Dental Laboratory, 17
Phelan, Jim, 435–36, 437–38, 446
Philby, Kim, 35
Phillips, David Atlee, 165n, 187
Pic, John, 5, 6, 7, 8–9, 17n, 19
Oswald’s relationship with, 10–11, 95
Pic, Marge, 10
Pitts, Elnora, 390
Pitzer, William, 494
Piziali, Robert, 333, 334, 339
Plausible Denial (Lane), 465
Plot to Kill the President, The (Blakey), 456
Plumeri, James, 496
polygraph tests, 400, 405, 452
Popkin, Richard, 413, 414n, 431, 446
Portrait of a President (Manchester), 134n
Portrait of the Assassin (Ford), 415
Postal, Julia, 279–80
Powdrill, Jerry, 283
Powell, John, 228
Powers, Daniel, 21, 23, 25, 27
Powers, Francis Gary, 498
Pravda, 82
Preludin, 374
Price, Jesse, 252–53
Price, Malcolm, 213
Profiles in Courage (Kennedy), 134n
Prouty, Fletcher, 466n
Pryor, Roy, 380–81
Pullin, Leonard, 494
Pullman, Edward, 358
Queen Bee nightclub, 25
Quigley, John, 153–55
Quiroga, Carlos, 159, 431, 434
Rachley, Virgie, 225, 324, 326
Rackley, George, 265
Ragano, Frank, 460–61, 463, 483
Ramack, James, 265
Ramirez Ortiz, Autulio, 195
Ramsey Panel, 240
Randle, Linnie Mae, 200, 202, 202n, 223, 270
Rankin, J. Lee, 62, 404, 405, 406–7, 408, 415n
Rather, Dan, 412
Ray, Frank, 94
Ray, Girod, 132
Ray, James Earl, 453
Raymon, Buddy, 376
RCA, 440
Reasonable Doubt (Hurt), 11n, 23n, 118n, 121n–22n, 165n, 465
Records Building, 416
Redhead, Mark, 192–93
Redlich, Norman, 406n
Reeves, Huey, 387
Reid, Mrs. Robert, 227, 236, 265, 478
Reiland, Ron, 244n
Reilly, Frank, 254
Reily Coffee Co., 123, 124, 129, 131, 134, 140, 153, 166
Reissman, Leonard, 153n
Revill, Jack, 225n
Rhodes, James, 433n
Richey, Marjorie, 383
Rivera, Geraldo, 452
Roberts, Charles, 415
Roberts, Delphine (daughter), 138, 139, 140
Roberts, Delphine (mother), 138, 139–40, 483
Roberts, Earlene, 201, 267, 272, 276, 368n, 485
Roberts, Emory, 232
Robertson, Victor, 376
Rockefeller Commission, 303, 313
Rodriguez, Ernesto, 183
Rodriguez, Miguel, 26
Rogers, Eric, 170
Rolleston, Cedric Younger von, 442
Rome, Howard, 221n
Roppolo, Carl, 458
Rose, Earl, 293–94
Rosen, H., 14
Rothstein, David, 221n
Rowland, Arnold, 228–29
Rowland, Barbara, 319
Rubenstein, Ann, 376
Rubenstein, Eileen, 351n, 372, 373–74
Rubenstein (Grant), Eva, 351, 353, 353n, 366, 370, 371, 373–75, 386–87, 388, 390, 397, 399
Rubenstein, Fanny, 350, 351, 352
Rubenstein, Hyman, 376–77
Rubenstein, Joseph, 350
Rubenstein, Marion, 376
Rubenstein, Sam, 354
Ruby, Earl, 350, 351, 352, 355, 356n, 360, 362, 370, 398, 400
Ruby, Jack, 174, 213, 215, 228, 250, 350–401, 405, 416, 427, 440, 442, 444, 481n
in aftermath of Kennedy assassination, 370–98
in aftermath of shooting Oswald, 396–401
AGVA union and, 361–64
anti-Semitism fought by, 353, 357
arrest record of, 360–61
birth and childhood of, 350–51
as brawler, 350, 351, 353, 356–57
business ventures of, 351–52, 353, 354–55, 367
at Dallas Morning News offices, 258, 368–71, 372
at Dallas police headquarters, 373, 375–76, 377–79, 384–86, 393–97
Dallas policemen and, 359
finances of, 354–55, 362, 365, 374–75
Kennedy revered by, 357n, 373–74, 375
mental condition of, 350–51, 354, 357–59, 374, 397, 398–400, 409
new trial granted to, 400–1
organized crime ties of, 351–52, 352n, 353–54, 359–62, 363–64, 409
Oswald despised by, 375, 376–77, 378, 380, 381
Oswald’s ties to, 259, 368n, 401–2
at Parkland Hospital, 371–73, 401
sale of gun of, 468
sexuality of, 350, 356n, 358n, 444n
suicide attempts of, 399
trial and sentencing of, 398–99
Weissman ad and, 370–71, 380–81, 382, 383, 386, 387, 399
Ruby Cover-Up, The (Kantor), 380n
Rush to Judgment (Lane), 228n, 248, 270n, 349n, 412–13
Rusk, Dean, 403
Russell, Harold, 486
Russell, Richard, 404, 408–9, 443n, 465
Russian language, 34n, 77, 100
Oswald’s study of, 28–29, 31, 46, 52–53, 62–64
as sole language spoken in Oswald’s home, 156, 159–60
Russo, Perry Raymond, 141n–42n, 436–38, 447, 448
Rutledge, John, 376–77
Saenz, Mona, 493
Sahl, Mort, 431
Saturday Evening Post, 435, 436
Saunders, Richard, 372
Sawyer, Herbert, 247
Scalice, Vincent, 284
Scavengers, The (Lewis), 297n, 415
Scheim, David, 13n, 31n, 118n, 352n, 366n, 390n, 425n, 457, 482n
Schrand, Martin, 23n
Sciambra, Andrew “Moo,” 435, 437
Scoggins, William, 274–75, 276, 278n
Scott, Winston, 187
Scrap Iron and Junk Handlers Union, 352
Second Oswald, The (Popkin), 413
Second Training Battalion, 20
Secret Service, 130, 137, 209, 217, 231–32, 233, 254, 259, 262, 267, 286, 289, 292, 293–94, 343, 405, 465
Selective Service, 174–75
Seligman, Rabbi, 382
Semichastny, Vladimir, 55n, 70
Senate Intelligence Committee, 215
Senate Judiciary Committee, 403
Senate Select Committee to Study
Governmental Operations with
Respect to Intelligence
Activities, 452
Senator, George, 356n, 368, 376, 381–82, 390, 391, 395n
Serur, William, 359
Setyayev, Lev, 48
Seymour, William, 177–78
Shaneyfelt, Lyndal, 325
Shanklin, J. Gordon, 215–16
Clinton meeting and, 141–43, 143n, 144, 145, 146, 147
Garrison’s investigation and
prosecution of, 143n, 145, 429–30, 434–40, 441–44, 446–50
Shaw, J. Gary, 482n
Shelley, William, 236, 260, 263n
Sherman, Mary, 492
Shirokova, Rima, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51
Sibert, James W., 295–96, 298, 299
Silverman, Hillel, 357n, 377n, 399, 400
Simmons, James, 254
Sims, Richard, 345
Sinatra, Frank, 249
Singapore Supper Club, 353
“single” bullet, 316, 326–35, 472, 475, 476–77
conspiracy critics on, 293n, 326, 334–35, 337n, 413
neutron-activation tests on, 340–42
speed of, 337–39, 476, 477, 480
Warren Commission on, 293n, 326–27, 408–9
Six Seconds in Dallas (Thompson), 235n, 236, 311, 416
Skelton, Royce, 254, 320, 324n
Skrivanek, Jesse, 174
Slawson, W. David, 187
Smith, Bruce, 299
Smith, Mrs. Earl, 484
Smith, William Arthur, 275, 276, 278n
Snyder, Richard, 52, 61, 63, 67–68, 75
Soccaras, Carlos, 497
Socialist Labor party, 171
Socialist Party of America, 18–19
Socialist Workers Party of America, 91, 125, 126, 165
Sorrels, Forrest, 209, 217, 229, 231–32, 248n, 267, 394n, 396
Soviet embassy, Mexico City, 181n, 183–85, 186, 190, 195–96, 207, 217n
Soviet embassy, Washington, D.C.:
Marina Oswald’s correspondence with, 99–100, 101, 102, 128, 133–34, 150n
Oswald’s letters to, 82, 96, 125, 211–12, 216, 217
Soviet Union, 30
Kennedy assassination and, 53, 402, 403, 411
Oswald refused second visa by, 183–85, 195–96
Oswald’s defection to, 24, 25, 32, 45–51, 60–61, 67, 79, 133n, 160, 161
Oswald’s disillusionment with, 59, 60–61, 73, 74–75, 77, 104–5, 110, 125, 135, 155–56, 161–62
Oswald’s memoirs of, 76–77, 104
U.S. defectors to, 49, 57, 62n, 64n, 71n, 78n
Sparacio, Bennierita, 15
Sparrow, John, 415
Spartan Novelty Company, 352
Specter, Arlen, 252
Spiesel, Charles, 447
Sports Drome Rifle Range, 212–13
Springer, Pearl, 230
Staples, Lou, 497
State Department, U.S., 52n, 79, 163, 186
and Oswald’s return to U.S., 61–62, 68, 71, 72, 75, 97, 133n
Steele, Charles Hall, Jr., 158n
Stevenson, Adlai, 204
Stokes, Louis, 454
Stone, Oliver, 138, 216n, 249, 255n, 258, 282, 444n, 450, 451n, 454n, 456n, 466, 468n
Stovall, Richard, 280
Stovall, Robert, 109, 197, 202n
Strickman, Evelyn, 11
Stringer, John, 300–1
Stuckey, Bill, 157, 158–59, 160–61
Styles, Sandra, 263n
Sullivan, William, 497–98
Summers, Anthony, 5, 11n, 46, 152n, 175, 193, 226, 228, 240n, 247n, 367n, 369n, 377n, 456n
Alba interviewed by, 130
on backyard photos of Oswald, 107–8
on Clinton meeting, 143, 144, 145, 147
on de Mohrehschildt, 85–86
on Garrison, 451
on Oswald-FBI connection, 153–54
on Oswald’s KGB interrogation, 43, 47, 63n
on Oswald’s Mexico City visit, 190–93
on Oswald’s return to U.S., 73
on Oswald’s Russian fluency, 62
on Oswald’s transfer to Minsk, 56n–57n
Roberts interviewed by, 138–40
on Schrand’s death, 23n
Sunday Times (London), 481
Suydam, Hank, 485
Tague, James, 236, 324–25, 341n, 475
Tannenbaum, Harold, 363
Tasco scopes, 213
Taylor, Gary, 92
Texas:
inquiry proposed in, 402–3
murder laws in, 398
political conservatism of, 99, 100, 204
see also specific towns and cities
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 401
Texas Employment Commission, 80, 89, 110, 197, 198, 199
Texas Liquor Control Board, 360–61
Texas School Book Depository, 107, 207, 369
gunmen observed at, 228–31, 244–49
Oswald’s escape from, 263–65, 471, 478–79
Oswald’s preassassination actions at, 223–28
Oswald’s sniper’s nest in, 225, 245, 245–46, 263, 268–70, 473
as source of shots, 233, 235–37, 241–42, 244–49, 280, 295, 320–21, 334, 416, 445, 457
Texas Theater, 3, 244n, 279–80
“They’ve Killed the President!” (Anson), 270n, 280n, 431n
Thompson, Josiah, 11n, 13n, 31n, 235n, 236, 236n, 311, 410, 411, 416
Thornley, Kerry, 22, 29–30, 33, 441
“three tramps,” 271, 446, 465n
Tice, Wilma, 372n
Tilson, Judy, 258
Tilson, Tom, 257–58
Tippit, G. M., 370n
Tippit, J. D., 3, 4, 370n, 380, 387, 416, 463, 481n
Oswald’s murder of, 272–78
Titovets, Ernst, 57, 58–59, 64, 65, 66, 134
Tobias, Mrs. Mahlon, 94–95
Tolson, Clyde, 488
Tomlinson, Darrell, 293
Tonahill, Joe, 380n
Torres, Miguel, 439
Tower, John, 70
Townley, Richard, 441
Trade Mart, 209, 217, 219n, 232, 240, 242
Trafficante, Santo, 360n, 452n, 456, 457–58, 460, 461, 463
Traveler’s Aid Society, 74
“Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald,” 192n, 224n
Trillin, Calvin, 415
Truly, Roy, 200–2, 237, 263–64, 271, 478
Truth About the Assassination, The (Roberts), 415
Truth and Consequences, 430n, 449
Tulane University, 153
Turner, F. M., 229
Turner, Jim, 394
Turner, William, 430
Twiford, Estelle and Horace, 171
umbrella man, 258–59
Underhill, Gary, 492
Underwood, James, 236
United States embassies:
Mexico City, 194
Moscow, 35, 48, 51–52, 61, 65, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72
Veciana Blanch, Antonio, 165n, 166n
Vegas Club, 357n–58n, 359, 365, 366, 368, 377, 378
Vmson, Philip, 7–8
Voebel, Edward, 15–16
Voice of America, 66
Voshinin, Igor, 86–87
Wade, Henry, 282, 348n, 349, 350, 378–79, 384, 385
Waldo, Thayer, 386
Walker, C. T., 4
Walker, Edwin, 119n, 156, 163, 204, 205, 206, 219, 262, 340n, 463
background of, 98–99
Oswald’s attempted assassination of, 112–16, 118
Oswald’s surveillance of, 102, 104, 109n, 110, 116n–17n
Wallace, George C., 453
Walle, Marilyn “Delilah,” 493
Walter, William, 155n
Walter Reed Hospital, 297
Walther, Carolyn, 230
Walthers, Buddy, 324, 326n, 495
Ward, Hugh, 491
Ward, Theron, 293
Warren, Earl, 38, 400, 401, 404–5
commission appointment of, 403–4
Dallas billboard on, 381, 382, 383, 387
death of, 487
Kennedy’s autopsy photos and X rays viewed by, 306n, 407–8
Warren Commission, 39, 62, 166n, 183n, 190, 195, 195n, 215, 227n, 228, 235, 250, 252, 253–54, 259, 267n, 276–77, 303, 306n, 308–9, 310, 349n, 388n–89n, 390, 400, 402–20, 427, 427n, 430–31, 448, 452, 453
Alba’s testimony to, 131
and analysis of shots, 316–42
on backyard photos of Oswald, 107
ballistics tests of, 307n
Benavides’s testimony to, 274n
books written in support of, 415–16
and Brennan’s description of gunman, 248n, 248–49
and Camp Street connections, 137
Connally’s testimony to, 321, 331–32
conspiracy denied by, 409–10
creation of, 403–4
critics of, see conspiracy critics
de Mohrenschildts’ testimony to, 87, 117n
Donovan’s testimony to, 22n
FBI’s hostility to, 405–6
Hartogs’s testimony to, 12–13
Hosty’s testimony to, 216n–17n
index to report of, 416–17
Kennedy’s autopsy photos and X rays in, 306n–7n, 407–8
on “magic bullet,” 293n, 326–27, 408–9
Marguerite Oswald’s testimony to, 6n, 11n, 14, 18n, 82
on Marina Oswald’s relationship with Oswald, 221n
Marina Oswald’s testimony to, 116n, 210n, 213n, 404
Odio’s testimony to, 176–77
on Oswald’s diary, 50n
Oswald’s escape reconstructed by, 264n, 273n
on Ruby, 358n–59n, 362, 364n, 368n, 371–72, 373, 383n, 384–85, 400, 409
Ruby’s testimony to, 371–72, 375–76, 394
self-created difficulties of, 407–10
witness guidelines of, 404–5
Washington Post, 62n, 187, 452, 456
Waterman, Bernice, 68
Watherwax, Arthur, 380
Watkins, John, 35
Watts, Frank, 490
Wecht, Cyril, 296, 302, 313n, 340–41
Weekly People, 171
Wegmann, Cynthia, 449
Wegmann, Edward, 144n, 436n, 445n
Weinstein, Barney, 376
Weinstein brothers, 361–62, 366, 374, 389
Weisberg, Harold, 11n, 13n, 18n, 20n, 150n, 412, 413n, 418, 430, 445, 451, 452
Weiss, Victor, 444n
Weissman, Bernard, anti-Kennedy ad placed by, 370–71, 380–81, 382, 383, 386, 387, 400
West, Joe, 237n
West, Troy, 226
Westbrook, W. R., 276
Western Cartridge Company, 103, 115n, 341
Weston, James, 490
West Side State Bank, 33
WFAA, 242
Whaley, William, 266–67, 273n, 493
Wheeler, Earl, 488
White, Jack, 106
White, Ricky, 466
White, Roscoe, 466
Whitewash (Weisberg), 11n, 412
Who Killed Kennedy? (Buchanan), 412
Who Was Jack Ruby? (Kantor), 456
Wilcott, James B., 27n
Willens, Howard, 407–8
Williams, Bonnie Ray, 202, 224, 225, 227, 241, 263n, 271
Willis, Phil, 320
Wilson, Gary S., 209
Wilson, Paul David, 133n
Winston, Patricia, 172–73
Wise, Wes, 384–85
Witt, Louie, 258–59
WNEW, 378
Worker, 31, 91, 106n, 108, 131, 165, 202n
Wright, Norman, 356n
Wulf, William, 16
Yaras, Dave, 496
Yarborough, Ralph, 232, 245n, 256n
Yatzkov, Pavel Antonovich, 184–85, 190
Zangetty, Jack, 491
Zapruder, Abraham, 233n, 236, 237, 416n, 487
Zapruder, Henry, 416n
Zapruder film, 246, 250, 260, 416, 431, 471
and analysis of shots, 316–23, 326–34, 475
camera speed and, 318
computer enhancements of, 316, 320, 322, 327, 328–29, 333–34, 472, 475
Kennedy’s head movements in, 314, 315, 452
Kennedy’s wounds in, 308–9
overdubbing of, 238n