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Post by Paul Ernst on Feb 9, 2020 5:59:29 GMT -5
THE JFK ASSASSINATION CHRONOLOGYCompiled by Ira David Wood III The following are copyrighted excerpts from THE JFK ASSASSINATION CHRONOLOGY compiled by Ira David Wood III. It is the timeline of accurate dates and events surrounding the period of JFK’s presidency. In some instances, sources are noted - i.e. “AQOC” -an abreviation for the book, A Question Of Character. Mr. Wood is currently attempting to list all sources in anticipation of publication. Some of the aspects and subjects will be commented by myself. Greets Paul.
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Post by Paul Ernst on Feb 9, 2020 13:17:33 GMT -5
January 19, 1961 Eisenhower and JFK meet at the White House for a final briefing.
Eisenhower tells JFK that he must assume responsibility for the overthrow of Fidel Castro and his dangerous government, and recommends the acceleration of the proposed Cuban invasion.
Says Eisenhower: “ . . . we cannot let the present government there go on.” AQOC
Eight inches of snow falls in Washington, D.C. tonight. Traffic is snarled all over the city.
After a reception, a party, and a concert at Constitution Hall, the Kennedys attend a star-studded gala at the National Guard Armory planned by Frank Sinatra. Boxes cost ten thousand dollars apiece, while individual seats go for one hundred dollars.
JFK gets to bed about 4:00 A.M. AQOC
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Post by Paul Ernst on Feb 9, 2020 13:26:47 GMT -5
January 20, 1961 JFK is sworn in as the nation’s 35th President
JFK is sworn in by Chief Justice Earl Warren.
JFK is the wealthiest president in American history.
His private income, before taxes, is estimated at about five hundred thousand a year.
On his forty-fifth birthday, his personal fortune goes up an estimated $2.5 million, in 1962, when he receives another fourth of his share in three trust funds established by his father for his children.
As President, JFK usually rises at 8:00 AM, and each day he enjoys a hot bath, a midday swim in the White House pool that sometimes lasts an hour (Joseph Kennnedy commissions artist Banard Lamotte to paint a ninety-seven-foot mural around the pool), directs exercises in the gymnasium, and a nap or private time with Jackie that lasts at least an hour.
Evenings are usually private and very often feature small dinners with friends that might be followed by a film. AQOC
In Washington, Admiral Arthur Radford, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs, arrives early for an F Street Club luncheon being given for Eisenhower after the inauguration.
Watching JFK deliver his speech on television, Radford notices that, although JFK is standing without coat or hat in frigid weather, heavy beads of perspiration are rolling down his forehead. “He’s all hopped up!” calls out General Howard Snyder, the retiring White House physician.
Privy to FBI and Secret Service information, Snyder tells Radford that JFK is “prescribed a shot of cortisone every morning to keep him in good operating condition. Obviously this morning he was given two because of the unusual rigors he must endure, and the brow sweating is the result of the extra dose.” Snyder adds that people dependent on cortisone move from a high to a low when the medicine’s effect wears off:
“I hate to think of what might happen to the country if Kennedy is required at three A.M. to make a decision affecting the national security.”
After the ceremonies the new president and his wife, the Lyndon Johnsons, and members of the cabinet go into the Capitol for a luncheon given by the joint congressional inaugural committee.
Joseph and Rose Kennedy head for the Mayflower Hotel and a lavish luncheon for the Kennedys, Fitzgeralds, Bouviers, Lees, and Auchinclosses. AQOC
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Post by Paul Ernst on Feb 9, 2020 16:42:54 GMT -5
In Washington, Admiral Arthur Radford, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs, arrives
early for an F Street Club luncheon being given for Eisenhower after the inauguration.
Watching JFK deliver his speech on television, Radford notices that, although JFK is standing without coat or hat in frigid weather, heavy beads of perspiration are rolling down his forehead. “He’s all
hopped up!” calls out General Howard Snyder, the retiring White House physician.
Privy to FBI and Secret Service information, Snyder tells Radford that JFK is “prescribed a shot of cortisone every morning to keep him in good operating condition.
Obviously this morning he was given two because of the unusual rigors he must endure, and the brow sweating is the result of the extra dose.” Snyder adds that people dependent on cortisone move from a high to a low when the medicine’s effect wears off:
“I hate to think of what might happen to the country if Kennedy is required at three A.M. to make a decision affecting the national security.”
After the ceremonies the new president and his wife, the Lyndon Johnsons, and members of the cabinet go into the Capitol for a luncheon given by the joint congressional inaugural committee. Joseph and Rose Kennedy head for the Mayflower Hotel and a lavish luncheon for the Kennedys, Fitzgeralds, Bouviers, Lees, and Auchinclosses. AQOC
Note: Was the lack of research on the brain of the president the result of heavy medication or other remedies after the assassination?
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Post by Paul Ernst on Feb 9, 2020 16:48:58 GMT -5
In the same timeline/ period......
Two salesmen at the Bolton Ford dealership in New Orleans are visited by a “Lee Oswald” in the company of a powerfully built Latino. “Oswald” is looking for a deal on ten pickup trucks needed by the Friends of Democratic Cuba.
The real Oswald is in the Soviet Union in that period!!!!!!
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Post by Paul Ernst on Feb 9, 2020 20:57:06 GMT -5
Clare Boothe Luce
Clare Boothe Luceand Lyndon Johnson sit together on a bus which will take them to
one of the many inaugural balls during the evening. Luce asks Johnson why he ever took the
Vice-Presidency.
Johnson answers: “Clare, I looked it up; One out of every four presidents has died in
office. I’m a gamblin’ man, darlin’, and this is the only chance I got.”
Note: Speculation or was he already up to something?
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Post by Paul Ernst on Feb 9, 2020 20:59:54 GMT -5
CLARE BOOTHE LUCE: One of the wealthiest women in the world, widow of the founder of
the Time, Inc. publishing empire, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, former
Ambassador to Italy, successful Broadway playwright, international socialite and longtime civic
activist.
Luce was responsible for later “leads” in the JFK assassination aftermath. Luce will later
claim that some time after the bay of Pigs she receives a call from her “great friend” - William
Pawley -- who wants to put together a fleet of speedboats which would b e used by the exiles to dart
in and out of Cuba on “intelligence gathering” missions.
Luce eventually sponsors one of the boats.
She refers to the crew of this boat as “my boys.” Luce will also maintain that it is one of these boat
crews that brings back the first news of Soviet missiles in Cuba. JFK, she says, didn’t react to it so
she helped to feed the information to Senator Kenneth Keating who made it public.
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Post by Paul Ernst on Feb 10, 2020 10:52:54 GMT -5
Vice President Richard Nixon, forced to surrender his official car and driver at midnight, goes for one last ride through the nation’s capital. He takes a walk through the empty Capitol building. He is struck by the thought that “this was not the end, that someday I would be back here. I walked as fast as I could back to the car.” Note: And former Prersident Nixon would be back in the Office, but falls after the Watergate scandal.The Watergate scandal was a major federal political scandal in the United States involving the administration of United States President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that resulted in the end of Nixon's presidency. The scandal stemmed from the June 17, 1972, break-in of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate Office Building in Washington, D.C., by five men and the Nixon administration's subsequent attempts to cover up its involvement in the crime. Soon after the perpetrators were arrested, the press and the Justice Department discovered a connection between cash found on them at the time and a slush fund used by the Nixon re-election campaign committee.
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Post by Paul Ernst on Feb 10, 2020 17:31:28 GMT -5
During the inauguration, Cecil Stoughton, using his own initiative, works his way up to a good spot on the inaugural stand and manages to make a photo of JFK.
General Clifton is impressed with Stoughton’s photos and shows them to JFK, who is also impressed. Clifton suggests to JFK that it might be a good idea to have this photographer available to the White House.
Prior to this time, there has never been an “in-house” photographer specifically assigned to the President. (POTP)
Note: Safety and privacy reaasons I suppose?!
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Post by Paul Ernst on Feb 10, 2020 21:18:29 GMT -5
The night of JFK’s inauguration, JFK attends a ball at the Statler-Hilton. JFK slips out of the presidential box and goes upstairs to a private party given by Frank Sinatra. Angie Dickinson is there, along with actresses Janet Leigh and Kim Novak. (AQOC) Peter Lawford arranges a lineup of six Hollywood starlets to entertain the new President. JFK chooses two. “This menage a trois brought his first day in office to a resounding close,” Lawford says later. When JFK returns to the ball he has a copy of the Washington Post under his arm, as if he has just stepped outside to buy a newspaper. Kenny O’Donnell later recalls, “His knowing wife gave him a rather chilly look.” JFK finally attends the largest ball of the evening at the Armory. The president and first lady give the impression of being close and happy. AQOC
Note: There were rumors that President Kennedy would have had relationships with more than 70 women. Must be very busy in his spare time!
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