SHAW RULING FRIDAY FRIDAY RULING SHAW surrounding the Shaw case and other facets of District At- District of facets other and case Shaw the surrounding
say he cannot get a fair trial here because of the publicity publicity the of because here trial fair a get cannot he say
today that a motion picture film of the Kennedy assassina- Kennedy the of film picture motion a that today
the Orleans Parish Grand Jury. Jury. Grand Parish Orleans the
tion taken by Abraham Zapruder will be turned over to to over turned be will Zapruder Abraham by taken tion
torney Jim Garrison's assassination probe. probe. assassination Garrison's Jim torney
hearing oral arguments, that he will rule Friday on a bid bid a on Friday rule will he that arguments, oral hearing
murder the late President John F. Kennedy. His lawyers lawyers His Kennedy. F. John President late the murder
L. Shaw moved at least 100 miles from New Orleans. Orleans. New from miles 100 least at moved Shaw L.
to have the Kennedy assassination conspiracy trial of Clay Clay of trial conspiracy assassination Kennedy the have to
MEANWHILE, ASSISTANT DA James L. Alcock said said Alcock L. James DA ASSISTANT MEANWHILE,
The 55-year-old Shaw is charged with conspiracy to to conspiracy with charged is Shaw 55-year-old The
Criminal Judge Edward A. Haggerty said today, after after today, said Haggerty A. Edward Judge Criminal
Grand Jury to Get JFK Film Film JFK Get to Jury Grand
was shot from the back. back. the from shot was Commission, which used copies in its investigation of the the of investigation its in copies used which Commission,
president was shot from the front; the commission said he he said commission the front; the from shot was president
Thursday. Thursday. president's death. death. president's
that the film will be sent here for delivery to the jury jury the to delivery for here sent be will film the that
rison previously asked that it be subpenaed from Time Inc. Inc. Time from subpenaed be it that asked previously rison
in New York for viewing by the grand jury. jury. grand the by viewing for York New in
On another front of the probe, in Irving, Tex., Mrs. Mrs. Tex., Irving, in probe, the of front another On
THE ORIGINAL film never was shown to the Warren Warren the to shown was never film ORIGINAL THE
Alcock said today that he has been notified by Time Time by notified been has he that today said Alcock Garrison contends the original film will show that the the that show will film original the contends Garrison
The film was sold by Zapruder to Life magazine. Gar- magazine. Life to Zapruder by sold was film The
said: said:
rifle was in there." there." in was rifle
from New Orleans to Dallas in 1963. For all I know, the the know, I all For 1963. in Dallas to Orleans New from
Marina, was subpenaed yesterday to appear before the jury jury the before appear to yesterday subpenaed was Marina,
Ruth Paine Paine Ruth
killed Kennedy—from New Orleans to Dallas, Mrs. Paine Paine Mrs. Dallas, to Orleans New Kennedy—from killed
April 18 and 19 in the assassination probe assassination the in 19 and 18 April to New Orleans to testify before the grand jury. jury. grand the before testify to Orleans New to
look Oswald's gun—which the Warren Commission says says Commission Warren the gun—which Oswald's look
"Sure, I carried all of Oswald's worldly possessions possessions worldly Oswald's of all carried I "Sure,
ASKED ABOUT a part of the subpena that alleges she she alleges that subpena the of part a ABOUT ASKED
Mrs. Paine, a friend of Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife, wife, his and Oswald Harvey Lee of friend a Paine, Mrs.
said said
she is "not terribly keen" about coming coming about keen" terribly "not is she
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. . prospective jurors, has been influenced. Wegmann said that one of the problems that will be en- countered if Shaw is tried Probe- here is getting a jury. Continued from Front Page "We will be here ad In- finitum . . we will be pick- However, she maintained ing people off the streets," that she couldn't tell the jury he said: He noted that dial- anything that was not included lenging jurors for cause can in the Warren Report. have a prejudicial effect on During the oral arguments the defense case. on the Shaw change of venue WEGMANN SAID the courts motion before Judge Haggerty have ruled that a change of today, defense attorney Wil- venue ought to be available liam Wegmann argued that even though individually each the questioning of 80 prospec- juror cannot be challenegd tive jurors in court last week for cause if there are over- proved one thing: riding circumstances in the "THEY HAVE BEEN in- community that prevent a fair fluenced by the controversy trial. surrounding this case. There It was his contention that has been so much publicity such circumstances exist be- and controversy that these cause of the controversial and people are incapable of an- unusual nature of the entire swering the questions put to Garrison probe and the inter- them." est it has aroused. The jurors were asked On a second point, Weg- whether they could give Shaw mann insisted that Shaw is a fair trial and whether they due a change of venue be- had any opinions or impres- cause at least one witness the sions about the case. Most defense feels is necessary to testified they felt they could its case has refused to come give him an impartial hear- to New Orleans to testify, ing, but many admitted to professing fear. have some impressions about WHETHER the fear is jus- the case. tified or not, he said, the wit- WEGMANN CITED a num- ness will not come to New ber of cases in which the Orleans. "If I can get this courts have ruled that the de- witness to testify elsewhere," fendant did not receive a fair he said, "then the trial should trial because pretrial publicity be moved elsewhere." was not effectively curtailed. Alcock answered for the "And it certainly has not been state briefly, saying that he effectively curtailed in this feels that the ordinary per- case," Wegmann added. son simply is not as interest- Wegmann said that from ed in the case as the defense the first moment Clay Shaw contends and that the 80 mem- was arrested and charged bers of the jury panel ques- with conspiracy to murder the tioned proved his point. president, the case became a He said the state would .cause celebre. Like other have brought its own change cases which have been over- of venue motion if it believed turned because of too much a fair trial here for the state publicity, Wegmann said, the was impossible and would whole community has "be- have joined the defense in its come interested in the morbid motion if it believed that a details surrounding the case." fair trial for Shaw were im- AT ONE POINT Judge Hag- possible. gerty noted that "the pub- The state, he said, is spend- , licity runs both ways" and ing a lot of money on this Wegmann said, "That's just case and "wants it decided the point . . the whole thing with finality." The state, he has become a publicity bat- said, does not want to con- ' tle." Wegmann said he was tribute in any way to the not contending that the pub- possibility of a reversal. . licity has been more favor- Alcock contended that a fair able to one side than the trial for both the state and other, but simply that there Shaw can be had right here. has been an extreme amount Judge Haggerty said he will deliver a written judgment by of publicity and that the com- 10 munity as a whole, including a.m. Friday.