REVISITING a TRAGEDY Events Note the 30Th Anniversary of JFK's Death

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By Dan Shine • JFK-rolaled events. ROA Staff Writer.f TiaDellas liorningNen • Dealey Plaza traffic routes. he title is Imposing — The Assassination Symposium on John F. Kennedy—but Gerald Ford? „ T it's not all discourse and dissertations. •.■ There's also a thriving souvenir shop where Thet'r not es unusual as it sounds. If you've; assassination buffs and serious academics alike attended the symposium, which began , •• can pickups photo signed by President Thursday and ends Monday. you now knoll Kennedy (SUM, a JFK tapestry (S55), JFK that Mr. Ford was a member of the Warr& keychaln (53050) and an autograph from Commission. which investigated Presiderk- „" Gerald Ford (530.50). Please see SLAYING On Page 34A. Continued from Page 29A. Kennedy's assassination. The symposium, at the Hyatt Re- gency Dallas at Reunion, is just one of a number of events being held as the city marks the 30th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination on Monday. People from around the country and the world already have de- scended upon the city in nr tic'ra- ttun of ',ht. dL111.t1rst.y. The highlight will be a ceremony Monday at Dealey Plaza dedicat- ing the site, officially, as a national Emily blue, Yearla Lacianern and landmark. Robert Pringle — will read some of The plaza, located along Houston -TFK's writings. Street and across the street from Dallas County Judge Lee Jackson the old School Book Depository - :will preside over the ceremony. from which Lee Harvey Oswald al- On Saturday, meanwhile, more legedly fired the fatal shots — re- :than 60 Journalists who were in Dal- ceived a face lift for its big day. las for Mr. Kennedy's appearance For the past month or so, work- :will gather at Southern Methodist ers have been trimming the trees University to trade stories about and bushes and planting new flow- covering the assassination and its ers, grass and shrubs. A new irriga- aftermath. tion system also was installed. The daylong zonfe-e:-.7p w111 "Dealey Plaza is about to be elude panel discussions and ac- placed as a national historic site, so counts from reporters, editors and we felt it needed to be spruced up," photographers who were at the Tex- said Larry Fonts, president of the as School Book Depository, the Dallas Improvement District. Trade Mart, Parkland Memorial A-second phase of the plaza pro- Hospital and the Texas Theater. ject, which will be finished early The five-day Aqqassination sym- next year, will include the planting posium features researchers, writ- Of more ground cover and the con- ers, historians and others discuss- struction of more fencing and pav- ing what happened 30 years ago. ing. The symposium also features the "This is the major gateway to the :souvenir shop — known as the pity," Mr. Fonts said. "It's going to "ASK Mart," — where individuals get a good deal of national promi- and organizations such as the Fair nence," Play for Oswald Committee and the Nellie Connally, wife of former Citizens for Truth About the Kenne- nov. John Connally, will make the . dy Assassination can sell their Official landmark presentation. Mr. books, videotapes and cassettes. Connally, who died earlier this Also available for sale is a 1999 Assassination Calendar and 30th an- "This is the major niversary T-shirts. One shirt features the Texas School Book Deposi- gateway to the city.... tory with the word& "History's Best It's going to get a good Kept Secret" Anoater depicts the deal of national prominence." — Larry Fonts, president, Dallas improvement district year, was in the limousine with the president and was wounded. U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and U.S. Rep. John Bryant, D-Dallas, also will attend the ceremony. • The Dallas Wind Symphony and the Community Mass Choir will per- form, and three students from Woodrow Wilson High School — _ . JOHN F. KENNEDY-RELATED EVENTS • Thursday-Monday- The Assassination Symposium includes panel discussions, eyewitness testimony and firsthand accounts of the assassination. Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion. • Saturday — Reporters Remember, a series of panel discussions of journalists who covered the events of Nov. 22.24, 1963. Umphrey Lee Center John F. Kennedy at Southern Methodist University. $10 for adutts, 55 for students. Monday — A march that will follow the last four blocks of the JFK ▪motorcade. Marchers are to assemble at the Kennedy Memorial Plaza, at the corner of Market and Commerce streets, at 3 p.M.

THE HISTORIC SITE A free ceremony will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday to dedicate a National Historic Landmark plaque at Dealey Plaza.

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motorcade seen through the cross dation will offer a free shuttle ser- hairs of a rifle scope and has the vice Monday for people attending saying, "Coup d'Etat ... A Nation's the Dealey Plaza dedication. Begin- Betrayal." ning at 10 a.m., people may park at A march covering the last four one of two sites and ride a DART blocks of the presidential motor- bus to the 11:30 a.m. ceremony, cade will start at 3 p.m. Marchers which is open to the public. should assemble at the Kennedy Service will be available from Memorial Plaza, at the corner of Lot Eat Reunion Arena and the USA Market and Commerce streets, by 3 parking lot at Commerce Street and p.m. Industrial Boulevard. The ceremo- The march will cover the last ny will close these downtown Dal- four blocks of the doomed presiden- las streets: Main Street between In- tial motorcade. The march will end terstate 35E and Houston Street up at Dealey Plaza. Afterward, sev- from 2:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Elm eral researchers and authors who and Commerce streets between I- have written books on the assassi- 3SE and Houston from 9 a.m. to 3:30 nation will address the crowd. p.m. Traffic will be rerouted to Re- Dallas Area Rapid Transit and union Boulevard or Continental Av- the Dallas County Historical Foun- enue.

DEALEY PLAZA TRAFFIC ROUTES The Dealey Plaza National Histonc Landmark dedication ceremony Monday will close the following streets to traffic: Main Street, between Interstate 35E and Houston Street, from 2:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Elm end Commerce streets, between I-35E and Houston, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Traffic will be rerouted to Reunion Boulevard or Continental Avenue. Beginning at 10 a.m., Dallas Area Rapid Transit will offer a free shuttle service. People may park at one of two areas and ride a DART bus to the 11:30 a.m. ceremony. Service will be available from Lot E at Reunion Arena, Hotel Street and Memorial Drive; and the USA parking lot at Commerce Street and Industrial Boulevard.

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