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He said he did not intend to read death. more massive than was believed assume top responsibility for ranging between about 4.8 sec- President John F. Kennedy's legislation—to tighten protection Among the first to comment on the report. Overseas, the British press gen- to exist. j., presidential safety. onds to more than seven. One assassination has sparked a de- of presidents and to make the he commission's findings was Texas Gov. John B. Connally, erally agreed that the commission It revealed muddled testimony The commission concluded that: shot probably missed. mand that Congress act at once killing of a president or a vice Robert F. Kennedy, brother of who was riding with Kennedy came up with an honest and com- rom Oswald's pretty Russian- —The Secret Service precau- —Two bullets probably caused to improve presidential security. president a federal crime. the late President. The former when the President was assasin- petent report. But the report ipeaking widow, Marina, that her tions for protection of the Presi- attorney general, now running for ated last Nov. 22 in Dallas, said was denounced by the Com- ratable husband seven months dent were inadequate and did all the wounds suffered by Pres- And, while the commission's Senate Democratic Leader Mike the 1}»S. Senate in New York, said he agreed fully with the Warren munist press. earlier had threatened to kill not even include, "as a matter ident Kennedy and Gov. John B. findings —and criticisms of the Mansfield of Montana said Con- he commission's inquiry was Commission's conclusions. The Warren report pinned down former Vice President Richard of practice," the checking out of Connally of Texas. Medically FBI and Secret Service —were gress should stay on the job to thorough and conscientious, and The general feeling in Dallas Oswald's guilt, to the commis- M. Nixon with a pistol. any building along the route of the President was alive but in being relayed to the world, Presi- act on such recommendations that he was satisfied it had "in- dent Johnson swiftly appointed a was that the commission's report sion's own. unqualified certainty, even though it is adjournment- vestigated every lead and exam- amounted to a verdict of innocent under a weight of eyewitness tes- four-man committee to advise bent. Warren Report Summary—Page 15 him "on the execution" of the But whether President Johnson commission's recommendations. plans to submit any legislative But Oswald might actually have Kennedy's last motorcade. The "hopeless" condition on arrival The main conclusion by the proposals along these lines ap- been threatening Johnson, not Federal Bureau of Investigation at the hospital. leven-man presidential commis- parently will await the advice o! Nixon, the commission said. It was failed to alert the Secret Service Thus did the commission con- sion is that Lee Harvey Oswald, the four-man committee he ap- Johnson, then vice president, who to the presence in Dallas of clude its historic work after acting alone and not as part of pointed — Secretary of the Treas- was in Dallas at the time. His Oswald, a known Marxist and nearly 10 months of investiga- any foreign or domestic con- ury Douglas Dillon, Acting At- visit, April 23, 1963, was just 13 one-time defector to the Soviet tion and testimony from 552 spiracy, murdered President Ken- torney General Nicholas deB days after Oswald fired a night- Union. people, ranging from obscure nedy. And it said Jack Ruby Katzenbach, Director John A. time rifle shot that just missed —The methods now used for witnesses to the widowed acted as a loner in gunning McCone of the Central Intelli former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. the protection of the president Jacqueline Kennedy and Presi- down Oswald two days later. gence Agency, and McGeorge Walker. require drastic over-hauling and dent Lyndon B.i Johnson. Thus The main recommendation of Bundy, special assistant to the The 888-page report by Chief modernizing. did the government of the Unit- Justice Earl Warren and six dis- —Three shots evidently were ed. States seek to answer the tinguished colleagues urged crea- fired at. the presidential lim- (See WARREN, Page 3) Report Highlights By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Here la brief are (be findings of the Warren Commis- flon't report on the assassination of President John F. Ken- Mystery: Why? nedy: LM Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby acted as loners; WASHINGTON (AP) - Why? will emerge as one of the shabbiest little men there was no conspiracy, domestic or foreign. The great unanswered question in the re- in history. Secret Service measures to guard the President were port of the Warren Commission — which had He was'a liar. He was pretentious! He* Insufficient, also the FBI failed to tip the S.S. to Oswald's just concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald lulled presence la Dallas. was a cry-baby. And, if, the truth' were President Kennedy — is why he did it. known, his attempts at murder may have Dallas police committed errors in the events that led up The seven-man commission, headed by ' te ttw killing of Oswald by Ruby; news media must also been a perverted way o! seeking his own Chief Justice Earl Warren, after almost 10 destruction. ' ' "share responsiblity for the failure of law enforcement months of investigation and with the help of which occurred in connection with the death of Oswald." all the resources of government, admits it The commission raises this question about Methods for protecting presidents must be drastically couldn't learn Oswald's reason for the assas- Oswald, who was "plagued all his life" by moderated. RE-ENACTMENT — An FBI photographer crouches at a sixth floor window of the sination. feelings of defeat and mediocrity: Did he Murder of • president or vice president should be made a really want to escape after committing a Texas School Book Depository building in Dallas during re-enactment of assassination And since Oswald died two days after the federal crime. great crime? • - . ." of President Kennedy. He used the 6.5 millimeter Mannlicherarcano rifle found on assassination — killed by Jack Ruby — the The State Department should be extremely careful In commission also admits it can't even say • Seven months before he killed, the Presi- permitting American defectors to return to the United the sixth floor. A camera mounted on the weapon during re-enactment recorded the honestly whether Oswald was insane. dent Oswald tried to-assassinate'former Maj. States. 1 scene on street below through the rifle's telescopic sight. (AP Wirephoto) So Oswald's motive will probably remain Gen. Edwin A. Walker by shooting at him one of the most baffling enigmas of history, through the window of his home. He missed. which would probably make Oswald happy if But before he went.to Walker's house he he knew it for the commission did offer this left in his own home a notebook full of his 9 opinion: plans for shooting the general, plus pictures That Oswald's apparent desire "for a place of himself with a rifle and revolver. Halt' Vigilante Pa trols in Raritan in history" led the seven men "to believe that If he had killed Walker and been captured, such concern is an important factor to con- his home certainly would have been searched. RARTTAN TOWNSHIP - After Ridge group which started vigi- erendum and hopes that "all the township establish a full-time the polls, the full-time unit wil sider in assessing possible motivation for the Those .notes would have been dreadfully in-; aJx weeks of action, the local lante patrolling last month, told other voters will." department consisting of 12 men, be started early next year, as assassination." criminating. • ' , :.. vigilantes call a halt to their The Register that the movement At present, the township has at a cost of $80,000? soon as Civil Service examina- Yet, when the commission's report — And the morning of the day on which he activities this week. has "served its purpose." a part-time police force working The cost is $50,000 over the tions are held. about 20 volumes of testimony, interviews shot Kennedy he left $170 at home and took Donald J. Gambardella, 5 Wyo- He said he will support the on weekends. The question on present police budget. Mr. Gambardella said the 35- and evidence — is all made public, Oswald, (See MYSTERY, Page 15) ming Dr., head of the Raritan full-time police department ref- toe Nov. 3 ballot will be: Shall If the proposal is approved at man vigilante group in Raritan Ridge will meet within a few days and formally discontinue New School Dedicated the organization. He noted, how- ever, that the membership al- Few Barbers in County ready has agreed Informally to stop patrolling.