E. Howard Hunt, a cold warrior for the Central Intelligence Agency who left the spy service in disillusion, joined the Nixon White House as a secret agent and bungled the break-in at the Watergate that brought the president down in disgrace, died today in Miami. He was 88.
Tagged 2007, E Howard HuntOnce back at Air Force One, and only after Mrs. Kennedy and President Kennedy’s body had also returned to the plane, Lyndon Johnson was sworn in by Sarah T. Hughes as the thirty-sixth President of the United States of America at 2:38 p.m. CST. At about 6:00 p.m. EST Air Force One arrived at Andrews [...]
Tagged 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, PinkThe presidential motorcade began its route without incident, stopping twice so President Kennedy could shake hands with some Catholic nuns, then some school children. Shortly before the limousine turned onto Main Street a male ran towards the limousine, but was thrust to the ground by a Secret Service agent and hustled away. At 12:29 p.m. [...]
Tagged 1963, Assassination, Dallas, Dealey Plaza, John F KennedyOn Friday, November 22, 1963, at 11:40 a.m. CST, Kennedy, his wife Jacqueline, and the rest of the presidential entourage arrived at Love Field in Dallas, Texas, aboard Air Force One after a very short flight from nearby Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth. The motorcade cars had been lined up in a certain [...]
Tagged 1963, Air Force One, Carswell AFB, Dallas, Dealey Plaza, Jacqueline Kennedy, John F Kennedy, TexasFort Worth : Chamber Of Commerce breakfast speech at Texas Hotel. Dallas : Luncheon speech attended by Dallas Citizens Council and Dallas Assembly at Trade Mart. Austin : Fundraising dinner speech at Municipal Auditorium. Johnson City : Weekend of relaxation at LBJ Ranch.
Tagged 1963, John F Kennedy, TexasSan Antonio : Dedication speech for U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base. Houston : Testimonial dinner at Rice University Stadium, honoring Congressman Albert Thomas. Fort Worth : Arrival at Texas Hotel.
Tagged 1963, John F Kennedy, TexasFri Nov 08 1963 Oswald writes : “Dear Mr. Hunt, (most likely E. Howard Hunt) I would like more information concerning my position. I am asking only for information. I am suggesting that we discuss the matter fully before any steps are taken by me or anyone else. Thank you, Lee Harvey Oswald.” [ref. Last [...]
Tagged 1963, CIA, E Howard Hunt, Lee Harvey OswaldRuth Paine makes a notation on her calender – 23 October LHO purchase of rifle. [ref. Treachery in Dallas, p 293.] In March 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, alias “A. Hidell” ["Alex J. Hidell", an alias invented by Oswald], purchased a 6.5 mm caliber Carcano rifle (also improperly called Mannlicher-Carcano) by mail order. [Warren Commission Report, [...]
Tagged 1963, A Hidell, Alex J Hidell, Carcano, Lee Harvey Oswald, Revolver, Rifle, Ruth PaineLee Harvey Oswald begins job at Texas School Book Depository. He reportedly obtained it through a contact of Ruth Paine. [ref. Last Investigation, p 422]
Tagged 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, Ruth Paine, Texas School Book DepositoryJohn F. Kennedy signs National Security Action Memorandum (NSAM) #263, signalling his intention to withdraw troops from Vietnam. [ref. JFK, CIA, Vietnam by Prouty, p xxiii]
Tagged 1963, John F Kennedy, National Security Action Memorandum 263, Vietnam WarReporter Arther Krock, citing a dispatch from Vietnam reporter Richard Starnes, writes, “The CIA’s growth was likened to a malignancy which the very high official was not sure even the White House could control any longer. If the United States ever experiences an attempt at a coup to overthrow the government it will come from [...]
Tagged 1963, Arther Krock, CIA, Pentagon, Richard StarnesAntonio Veciana travels to Dallas for a meeting with Maurice Bishop (aka David Atlee Philips). In the lobby of the Southland Building, Veciana sees Bishop speaking to a man Veciana later identifies as Lee Harvey Oswald. [ref. Last Investigation, p 141]
Tagged 1963, Antonio Veciana, Dallas, David Atlee Philips, Lee Harvey Oswald, Maurice Bishop, Southland BuildingA presidential visit to the state of Texas was first agreed upon by John F. Kennedy, by his vice president Lyndon Baines Johnson, and by Texas Governor John Connally while all three men were together in a meeting at the Cortez Hotel in El Paso, Texas, on June 6, 1963.
Tagged 1963, Cortez Hotel, El Paso, John Connally, John F Kennedy, Lyndon JohnsonOswald moves to New Orleans, and finds employment at the William B. Riley Coffee Company. [ref. Treachery in Dallas, p 320]
Tagged 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, New OrleansGeneral Walker shot at in his home. Walker was sitting at a desk in his dining room (working on his federal income tax returns) when Lee Harvey Oswald fired at him from less than one hundred feet (30 m) away. Walker survived only because the bullet struck the wooden frame of the window, which deflected [...]
Tagged 1961, Edwin Walker, Lee Harvey Oswald