ADVISORY/Interview the Only Journalist Who Witnessed All Three Major Events of the JFK Assassination, Washington Times National Correspondent Hugh Aynesworth.News Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY... DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2003 JFK Assassination Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] Brutus conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. , 40th Anniversary: -- Reporter on the scene for the murder of the president, the arrest of Lee Oswald and Jack Ruby's murder of Oswald; -- His new book is companion volume to PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, documentary "JFK: Breaking the News," to air Wednesday, Nov. 19. As the 40th anniversary of the JFK assassination approaches, you may be scrambling for a fresh angle with new information to offer your audience. Consider interviewing reporter Hugh Aynesworth of the Washington Times, the only journalist to have witnessed the three major events of the tragic weekend of Nov. 22-24, 1963: -- The assassination at Dealey Plaza in Dallas. -- The arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald Noun 1. Lee Harvey Oswald - United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963) Oswald at the Texas Theater. -- The murder of Oswald in the basement of the Dallas police headquarters. Mr. Aynesworth's first book about the assassination, "JFK: Breaking the News," is about to arrive in bookstores. In addition, a companion documentary is set to air on PBS nationwide on Wednesday, Nov. 19. Besides describing what Mr. Aynesworth saw as he covered the story, the book offers these startling star·tle v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles v.tr. 1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start. 2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten. revelations: -- Why the FBI refused to tell Dallas police that Lee Harvey Oswald worked in the Texas Schoolbook Depository, along the president's motorcade route. -- How the Dallas Times Herald The Dallas Times Herald, founded in 1888 by a merger of the Dallas Times and the Dallas Herald, was once one of two major daily newspapers serving the Dallas, Texas (USA) area. defrauded its readers with a fabricated interview of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover Noun 1. J. Edgar Hoover - United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972) John Edgar Hoover, Hoover . -- How a photograph of Oswald's murder inspired defense attorney Marvin Belli to create a "psychomotor epilepsy psychomotor epilepsy n. An epileptic seizure often associated with temporal lobe disease and characterized by complex sensory, motor, and psychic symptoms such as impaired consciousness with amnesia, emotional outbursts, automatic behavior, and " defense for Oswald's killer, Jack Ruby. -- How Warren Commission Warren Commission, popular name given to the U.S. Commission to Report upon the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, established (Nov. 29, 1963) by executive order of President Lyndon B. Johnson. investigators discovered that a key witness against Ruby had lied, thus paving the way for Ruby's second trial. -- How Aynesworth uncovered the story behind Oswald's threatening letter to the FBI, delivered in person 10 days before the assassination. -- Why Oswald's mother, Marguerite, terrorized Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jean Stafford. -- How the FBI played cat-and-mouse with Aynesworth over his discovery of Oswald's Russian diary. -- How legendary journalist Bob Considine came to publish a story about the assassination that he knew was untrue. To arrange an interview, contact: Meg Fullwood, Levenson Public Relations (214) 932-6066 meg.fullwood@levensonpr.com |
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