hu

t we can

poi ii on

'he su

per

collider." B

ackers countered that loss of the sounder w

ould deal a devas-tating setback in future scientific and technological developm

ent Scientists hope to discover new

panicles and learn m

ore about the origin

of matter b

y collidin

g beam

s of subseanic particles at m

ar-light speeds in the 54-m

ile underground tenon.

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While E

nergy Secretary Hazel

O'Leary

has au

urch

ly den

ied

cost ovemm

a exist, she has ini-tiated

reams to in

crease over-sigh and add greater financial con

trols. Th

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Death notice of stripper w

as concocted by Penn Jones

Pen

n J

on

es J

r., 79, and C

leburne resident Gary Shaw

pictured Tuesday at Jones' E

llis C

ounty home near P

almer. (P

hoto: Pete K

endall)

official parad

e lineu

p.

/ Th

e Cleb

urn

e Jun

ior High

S

chool P

TA

wet h

ost an op

en

house for parents, today, from

7 lo

820 p

.m. a

t the sch

ool

Paren

le will fo

llow

their

child

ren's sch

edu

les and

will

meet teach

ers as they travel

aroun

d th

e bu

lkin

g.

/ Th

e find

even

t Sch

edu

led

for the 4th Annual T

exas Wild

West S

how

dow

n In

Cleb

urn

e Is a slick

horse rod

eo br th

e you

ngsters. It Is sch

edu

led lo

begin

at 620 p.m

. on F

riday,

Oct. 8, at th

e John

son C

oun

ty S

heriffs P

oss. Aren

a. T

he stick

horse ro

deo

is op

en b

o kid

s betw

een th

e ages of tw

o and Six who w

ill be rid-in

g th

eir ow

n stick

ho

rses. E

vents in

clud

e bareb

ack rid

-in

g, bu

ll ridin

g, barrel racin

g, p

ole pen

dig an

d calf rop

ing.

Prizes w

ill be aw

arded

, and

w

ord has il that KD

FW

Chan-

nel 4 w

hit b

e on h

and

to film

segments of the stick horse ro-

deo an

d th

e open

rodeo w

hich

w

ill follow it 720 p

.m.

Th

e entry

tee is 85

per

youn

gster. S

lick h

orse rodeo organ

izer A

nn

Meek

said, 'W

e wan

t to d

o someth

ing p

ositive for the

kid

s.' Sh

e wen

t on

to sa

y It

seems like w

e don't hear much

about the good things kids are d

oing th

ese days. T

his activity

win

be a

good

way fo

r ow

you

ng b

uck

aroos to spen

d a

little time an

d h

ave some fu

n.

To en

ter the sk

it horse ro-

deo, or b

r more in

loanalion

. con

tact M

rs. M

eek

at

645.6475. T

he W

ild W

est Sh

owd

own

w

ill contin

ue w

ith an

open

ro- d

eo a

nd

dan

ce on

Frid

ay

night. On Saturday, O

ct. 9, the p

arade b

egins at 10 a.m

. In

dow

ntow

n C

iebu

me, an

d th

e day is packed w

ith a variety of activities celebralkig the w

est- ern

spirit o

f ou

r area

. Th

e sh

owd

own

conciu

des on

Sa-

turday night with a latent show

at th

e Esq

uire T

heatre.

Proceed

s horn

the sh

ow-

dow

n w

ill ben

efit the Joh

nson

C

oun

ty Com

mittee oo A

ging

Meals-on

-Wh

eels Program

.

"it was a privilege to have been a

student during the years Mr. Sm

ith served as superintendent," said Jus-tin H

ewlett, preadult of the O

SD

Board of T

nessees, following the

unanimotta vow

of approval to re-nam

e she PAC

. 'And now

it is a pk-aw

e to be able to honor him for all

de dedication and hard work he de-

voted to this district." "

He is m

ost deservin

g of this

Woof seer his m

any years of dedi-

Oltram

-Review

, 1993

By PETE KEN

DA

LL. T

imes-Floviur eta

The eery began w

ith Pain loner

Jr. some 27 yeas ago at a crusading

weekly new

spaper in Midlothian.

The w

ary ended with w

ife Elaine

Jars on Sept. 28. 1993, in a quaint farm

comers m

ar the Ellis C

ounty o om

muntry of Palm

er. W

ith the 79-year-old Jute at her side, sipping from

a mug of coffee

st the dining MO

M tie*. lob

e Jeers m

aner-of-factly answered one of

the mom

puzzling questions our-roundieg the 1963 Z

IOU

NO

NtO

O of

Presidenolohn F. Kennedy and sub

sequel, murder of L

ee Harvey O

s-w

ald b

y nigh

tclub

own

er lick

Ruby. K

een Lynn B

eeman C

eiba did sot die of a am

ebae wound in H

ous-ton in 1964. M

rs. Jaws said. She

didn't die at alt. She was killed off

by Mr. Jones in his M

et book, VoL

1 of "F

orgive My G

rief; to help her d

isapp

ear and

avoid th

ose wh

o m

ite' won

an d

o her h

um

. It w

ee with "F

orgive My G

rief." published in 1966. that W

. Jones em

erged as the guiding lieu of LI-

211.11illiti011 researchers with a no-

holtrobareed Critique of the Warren

Com

munion R

eport. T

he Warren C

omm

ission staved that O

swald acted alone in sw

ami-

name K

ennedy NI N

OV

, 22, 1963. in D

allas. Jones, legendary former

publisher of the Midlothian M

irror, stated otherw

ise. H

e favored a conspinicy theory

number of special projects 111C

LOM

-pitalicti during Sm

ith's years with

Cleburne schools. "W

e ire very pleased 10 have the high school's P

erforming A

rt Cen-

ter named after M

r. Smith." said

CL

SD Superintendent Jim

Gruneri_

"He w

as way instrum

ental in nuk-ing the district's dream

of a facility such as the P

AC

a reality." D

eming Sm

ith', tenure the Gerard

See S

IAIT

H, p

age 7A

from the very beginning and ad-

vanced his position in rceripsper alhorials and books, in part by re-porting rnyvterious deaths of O

wes

wh

o played

eine p

ert. how

ever large or sm

all, in the deaths of Ken-

nedy and Osw

ald. O

ne w

as Karen

Lyn

n B

eaten

Carlin. aka "L

ittle Lyra; ■ strip

er for three m

oths at Ruby's C

auwel

curb on Com

merce SL

Som

e reseirchers believe Ruby

manipulated L

ittle-Lynn —

via rev-=

1 telephone calls and a Western

Union m

oney order — into provid-

ing him w

ith an "alibi" for a ear-

of-theonosneet shooting of Osw

ald at D

allas Police H

e-edgew

ise. S

ome research

ers believe R

ub

y p

lotted th

e shootin

g to occur n

i-nnies after he w

ired Little L

ynn mo-

ney in Fort W

orth, th

ee Lyn

n w

as interview

ed in

F

ort Wools that faehd w

eekend by a Sem

i Service agent. She testified at R

uby's two trials. She revealed

nothing of significance. T

he Tim

e-Review

reported re-cen

tly that sh

e van m

ost of 1964 changing readaices in F

ort Worth.

that she appeared a final tine as an exotic dancer it the S

kylin

e/ Bill.

mow

on th

e Jackd

aw H

ighw

ay. an

d th

athe w

as wrested by F

ort W

orth police for indexer exposure on L

abor Day.

Itesa she d

ropp

ed ou

t of aim

'Maum

ee two yeller later. hem

published her obit in "F

orgive My

Grief." "1be aw

ry has tear printed." he S

ee DE

AT

H, page 7A

Don

Sm

ith

Tim

es- Rev

iew, T

hu

rsday, S

eptem

ber 3

0, 1

993, 7

A

DE

AT

H

Con

tinu

ed from

pegs 1A

w

rote, "that (Caren L

ynn Bennett. 'L

ittle Lynn.' died of

gunshot wounds in the bead in H

ouston. She died under the nam

e of Teresa N

orton. 'little L

ynn

' it the last know

n person to talk in Ruby before he shot O

swald."

Num

erous authors repeated, and occassionally em-

bellish

ed, th

e death

notice. C

oe, the

Ile Sylvia

Meagh

er. add

ed th

e more sp

ecific date of A

ugu

st. ri1964, in her authoritative w

ork, A

ccessories after the ;F

act." in 1967. '

ilk Only in the last year did any published assassination

iisseircher bring up the possibility that she might be

fsbalive. Cleburne resident G

ary Shaw

was the first and

aptly one to my he had spoken w

ith her by telephone and tocom

esponded with her drough the m

ail. Several au-thors printed Shaw

's claim.

Ire Until M

ead'''. though. Jones' 27-year-old death no-stem

was the fly in the aintm

em. H

is information had to

Wham

come from

somew

here. He had to have had a m

a-BO

B for printing that Little L

yon was dead. H

e did have a reason. Shaw

and a Times-R

eview reporter learned.

According to M

n. Jon a, whose husband w

as =ta-lly hospitalized and suffers m

emory lapses, M

r. Jones T

ab with L

ittle Lym

and an unknown m

an in Hous-

ton in either 1965 or 1966 and was asked to report her

death_

MI W

hat follow%

is the pertinent patios of a 40-minute

IrMcd

interview conducted at the hom

e of Mr. and M

n. es. N

either had read the recent Tim

m-R

eview story

concerning Link L

ynn before Tuesday's Interview

, O

trid neither was m

ade aware before the interview

that

ItM

ITH

Shaw had been in contact w

ith little Lynn.

SH

AW

— W

hat do you remem

ber about what P

erm

told

you

abo

ut L

ittle Lyn

n an

d th

e trip to

Ho

usto

n?

E

LAIN

E JO

NE

S —

W hoever it w

as told Penn tha tfor

her sake hew= to say she w

as dead. She w

ar going into M

a go

vernm

ent p

rotectio

n p

lan. I d

on

't remem

ber

Much the besides that he w

ar supposed to say she war

dead. He did see her. H

t did talk with her. H

e knew she

was alive, but the story w

ar she was supposed to be

dead. (E

DIT

'OR

'S N

OT

E —

Little L

ynn

's mid

'60s &sap

-pearance w

ould predate the government's official w

it-ness protection "rograin).

T-R

— P

enn

did

see her in

Ho

usto

n?

E

LAIN

E JO

NE

S —

Yes, that's w

hat he always told

me. A

nd there MO

/ some m

an he talked to. I &lel know

• th

e ma's nam

e, btu he was a goverw

reast °tidal. The stay w

as to b

e released th

at she w

as dead

for h

er protection.

T-R

— W

het d

id th

at take place L

i Ho

man

?

EL

AIN

E JO

NE

S: 1965 o

r 1966, alon

g in

there.

SH

AW

— S

o P

enn

actually released

that n

ary. E

LA

INE

JON

ES

—T

eak He p

rob

ably saved

kr life. S

HA

W —

r ve been talking to her and w

riting her for a little over a year. S

he wants to tell w

ho she know

s now. S

o, hopefully by the 30th anniversary (of th

e assassinatio

n), w

e'll have h

er story o

w.

PE

NN

JON

ES

— G

reat, great.

Mr. Jones' personal file on L

ittle Lym

isn't passim-

lmly revealing, though these w

e some interesting item

s.

such as the original bier to bet from W

arren Com

mis-

sion chief counsel J. Lee Rankin.

There are aim

several fan labs to her, one in the form

of a Christm

as card, and Little L

ynn's unmailed

responses. One can only conjecture how

Mr. Jones

might have obtained than_ From

the Decem

ber. 1963. Christm

as card, sent by an adm

irer io Chicago, Ill.: "Several yean back, did

you at one time live in San Francisco in a w

alk-up one-flight furnished m

utment7 A

nd were you em

ployed at a basem

ent bar where light w

as provided for by can-dles'? If this is correct, please contact m

e. If you are who

I think you arc. I would like to help you."

Little L

ynn's unmailed Jan_ 7,1964, response, using

the Caram

el Club as a return iddrem

: "Sr, I am not the

girl you are interested in, although !appreciate your let-ter and the lovely C

hristmas card. T

hank you. Sin-cerely, L

ittle Lym

. P.S

., feel free to write again."

Another adm

irer in Greenville, M

iss., wrote to le-

quest a picture, Little L

ynn's 'ensiled response: "Sir. I appreciate your card but do not have any pictures. L

ink L

ynn. P.S., feel free to w

rite again." It's a slim

file composed m

ostly of newspaper clip-

pings, a magazine picture page of C

arousel photo., and huskiest cards.

"It bob like it's been stripped down,' M

il. Jones said "T

hat's the mad pan It looks like at one tim

e there w

as probably a lot more in the file."

Other researchers have exam

ined the file, bxording to M

rs. Jones. Authors H

arrison Edw

ard Livingstone

rid Robert J. G

rodm visited M

r. and Mn. Jones in the

Ism year.

Livingstone and G

roden co-wrote "High T

reason.- L

ivingstone wrote "H

igh Treason 2," in which he de -

Ives into the subject of Little L

ynn's supposed death and her resurrectim

by Shaw.

But neither L

ivingstone nix Groden. M

rs. Jones said. w

ere informed that M

r. knee long-ago. oft-repeated death notice on L

ittle Lyon w

as erroneous and planned. F

rom T

uesday's interview:

T-R

— H

as anyb

od

y the asked

you

abo

ut L

ittle Lynn?

EL

AIN

E !O

NE

S —

On

ly Harry L

iving

ston

e and

R

ob

ert Gro

ttos

T-R

— D

o yo

u recall w

him

you

told

then

?

EL

AIN

E JO

NE

S —

We d

idn

't sell them

this. W

e didn't sell them

anything. I didn't tell them anything be-

cause I didn't know them

at all. I just let them look at

this file, and they wanted so take it to tow

n and make co-

pies of everything.

Mrs. Jones acknow

ledges her facts are sketchy. On

the subject of Link Lynn, she relies on the file and on

her mem

ory of what her husband told her about m

eeting L

ink Lynn in H

ouston in the mid '60s.

"If he (Pain) w

ouldn't have kept so many m

ental notes, that (w

ritten research) would have helped," she

said. N

oneth

eless, the 27-year-old

qu

estion of L

ink

L

ynn's bogus death notice now appears answ

ered. "E

veryleody and his dogs have printed it since then, including yours truly," said Show

, who said he hopes

Little L

yre will soon step forw

ard to fill in all the re-m

aining blanks.

an Continued !torn page 1A

illeFlom

evuary School and the C

HS

e

legred Cen

ter were a

lso em

-end m

ajor imporvem

ents to ..•11 cam

puses including the air con-Ilditioning and relighting of all build-

ings were initiated_

O

And construction is only the be-

giming of w

hit wok place during

Obis

13 years o Cleb

urn

e, wh

ich

turn

ed ou

t to be h

is final stop

in

Mk

edu

cation. U

nd

er Sm

ith's

r p, the district's programs

NW

= exp

and

ed to in

clud

e Com

-''m

inuty Education. A

dult Eckert-

wino, V

olunteers In Public Schools

and the Adopt-A

-School program.

And w

hile he ia proud of these fa-zeilities an

d th

e man

y program

s w

hich continue to be great succes-

sea, what he holds m

ost dear from

his yens in Cleburne are the people,

in the schools and in the comm

un-ity. w

ith whom

he worked.

"The rapport w

ith and the sup-port of the com

munity in those 15

years and the good feelings aboeit the schools and the fam

ily feeling of the school staff is the greatest m

em-

ory !have," he says. "We w

ere all in it together."

Today, Sm

ith is a consultant and m

arketin

g represen

tative with

U

SA. Inc. of C

kburne. a prettifies b

e has h

eld sin

ce Sep

temb

er of 19g6.

He still m

aintain& close ties w

ith m

any local and Mae ed11c1t011 and

is a past president of the Texas R

e-

tired S

chool A

dm

inistra

tor'

Association.

Smith spent 37 years of hit life in

public education. starting out as an eighth-grade teacher and m

ach in G

ranbwy. H

e spent five years width

Granbusy ISD

and was serving as

principal when be accepted the post

of high school principal with Jacks-

boro ISD.

He served nine year' In that posi -

tion beim assuring the nem

maitil -

ides of superintendent of the lacks-born district. Sm

ith oversaw m

any projects in 'L

SD and w

as also a very active participant in com

munity

services, Nervin

g as Clam

ber of

Com

merce president and director,

president of the Jackstoro Lions

Club and the Jack C

ounty Teacher's

Unit. Sm

ith is a native to Elbert, T

exas, sod a andante of N

ewcastle H

igh School H

e is a veteran sod Nerved

as a staff sergeant assign

ed to a

B-24 B

orah Wm

g with the Ilth A

ir F

orce in Aleutian W

ands. F

ollowing his term

in the service he enrolled in W

eatherford Junior C

ollege on a football scholarship and received an A

ssociate of Ana

degree. He then attended T

CU

and T

exas Wesleyan

wh

ere he gra-

duated with a B

achelor of Arts D

e-gree. H

e holds a Master's D

egree kin T

CU

and completed 39 hours

at the doctoral level at North T

exas U

niversity. D

an and Wanda Sm

ith, who is

superintendent of Keene L

SD, have

four ch

ildren

, Tom

my S

mith

of D

allas, Craig Sm

ith of Jackaboro, State R

ep. Sue Schechter of Hous-

ton and Mu N

imm

o of Clebtune.

They also have eight grandchildren. A

formal invitations have only

PE

AC

E

Con

tinu

ed from

page GA

of the stage for the events that w

ill ultim

ately unfold in the end times,"

he told Baptist PIM

. Speculation about the end of the

world is only expected to heighten

with

the ap

proach

of the T

hird

M

illenitart E

vangelist Billy G

raham said he

has lever had so many people ask-

ing him if the end of the w

orld is

hem

sent to ou

t-of-town

guests,

Cleburne ISD

wishes to extend an

invitation to all friends, associates, em

ployees sod

ached

patron

s of D

oe Smith and C

ISD to this very

special event.

mar. N

ot only the upheavals in the M

iddle East, but floods, fam

ines an

d w

ars in recen

t years have

helped reinforce such speculation. "I can't tell you how

the events

are going to tak

e place.... N

or w

ould I say that we are at the end of

the age," Graham

said "But !can't

help last believe in my heel w

e are m

oving tow

ard som

e climax in

history."

°Ha

rmo

n In

su

ran

ce

I "The com

mittm

ent to quality

r"11

:5

Ed

wa

rd D

. Jo

nes &

Co

. I I

Fool Me Once Shame On You - Fool Me Twice Shame On Me A Follow-up

After completing Fool Me Once Shame On You - Fool Me Twice Shame On Me I was still perplexed by the "Penn Jones' story" inconsistencies. For a second time I reviewed the two Clebume Times-Review articles. The first RESURRECTION JFK researcher Shaw believes he's unearthed 'late' Ruby link appeared in the September 5, 1993 issue and covered the discovery of Karen Carlin. The second, Solved Mystery - Death notice of stripper concocted by Penn Jones of September 30, 1993 detailed the admission of Jones, through his wife, that he "concocted" Carlin's death. Trying to resolve the issues these articles advanced, I decided to call the author, Pete Kendall.

I contacted Pete by telephone on October 15, 1993. Pete is an affable, forty seven year old sports writer for the paper. I quickly formed the opinion he wished he never became involved in the Kennedy assassination. Our conversation was most revealing but I still have to admit there are more questions than answers.

At the time of my call, Pete had received two letters concerning his narratives. One from me, actually a copy of my report on the subject. The other letter was from Penn Jones' wife. It appeared she had problems with her statement that 'Whoever it was told Penn that for her (Karen Carlin's) sake he was to say she was dead. She was going into the government protection plan." Evidently Elaine Jones felt Kendall misquoted her. To settle this I asked Pete how he conducted the interview.

The discussion took place at Jones' home. Present were Pete Kendall, Penn Jones Jr., Elaine Jones and J Gary Shaw. Elaine was the primary subject as Penn is elderly and does suffer from memory lapses. I assumed Gary Shaw was there as a friend of the Jones'. However Shaw handled that portion of the interview in which Elaine Jones revealed the "concocted" death notice!

Pete Kendall sees nothing inaccurate with what he wrote. As it is with most good reporters he records his interviews. He has the forty minute meeting on tape. Additionally, if Elaine's comments were inaccurate why did Gary Shaw continue his questioning without requesting a clarification? Incidentally, Kendall did respond to Elaine's letter with an apology of sorts but remains steadfast that he did nothing improper.

I can understand why Mrs. Jones, upon reflection, would be upset with her quotation but Gary Shaw's inaction while Elaine communicated the story mystifies me. The whole scenario they created is not logical. [1) First, let's look at Penn Jones' stance with respect to the government at the time the Carlin incident unfolded.

In his Forgive My Grief I summation Penn states "It would be presumptuous for a weekly newspaper (He was owner/editor of the Midlothian Mirror) to think it could solve such a heinous crime. So heinous, in fact, that every branch of the government involved assisted in covering and obfuscating the evidence left after that terrible day in Dallas." Forgive My Grief I also contains the Carlin "death notice."

[2) Mrs. Jones claims someone from the government met with her husband and Karen Carlin aka "Little Lynn" in Houston sometime in 1965 or 1966. An agent of the government requested Penn publish Carlin's death notice. This was to assist her entry "into the government protection plan." Let's take a minute and look at the witness protection program.

The "Witness Protection and Management Program" was part of The Crime Control Act of 1970 under Title 91-452. The purpose was to protect individuals who observed criminal activity. Before testifying these people were placed in protective custody. Only AFTER they testified did they enter

the program. These witnesses ended up safeguarded, given new identities and relocated by the United States' government in exchange for their damaging revelations.

Elaine admitted to Kendall and Shaw that Penn went to Houston and met " . . . some man he talked to. I don't know the man's name but he was a government official."

Now we have Jones helping the very government he tells us "assisted in covering and obfuscating the evidence. . ." He is supporting the government in protecting a person who may testify against the government. Furthermore, Mrs. Jones has Penn helping Carlin enter a protection program at least four years before the procedure was implemented.

But wait - Carlin did give an affidavit to law enforcement shortly after the assassination and the Warren Commission deposed her. If "Little Lynn" had or has anything of value to add to her story, wouldn't she be a candidate for Penn's mysterious death list? After all the government knew where she was for they had her in the program.

[3] Next - why would the government want to reveal Carlin's death through Jones' publication?

As of September, 1966, the self published Forgive My Grief I had a total print run of 22,500 copies. To protect Carlin I think any governmental body would find a major newspaper with an extensive circulation a better outlet for their purpose.

[4] Can we deduce Penn Jones Jr. was working with or for the government?

The article concludes "Everybody and his dogs have printed it (Carlin's death notice) including yours truly. said Shaw, who said he hopes Little Lynn will soon step forward to fill in all the remaining blanks."

Remaining blanks? The only blanks are in the story. Shaw has missed the point completely. Never mind Jones' concocted death story. If this story is not a fabrication then Jones WAS helping the government to the extent of having clandestine meetings with an agent!

Look, I admit I have never been keen on Penn's research abilities. Even so, I can't believe he ever worked in concert with the government with respect to any facet of the assassination. I would like to chalk this up to a misunderstanding of his wife. But remember some of this stuff came out during Gary Shaw's questioning of Elaine Jones.

I think, a major shortcoming of Gary Shaw and his "assassination research" associates are the trail of unresolved issues they leave in their wake. We can add "Little Lynn" to a list that includes Roscoe White, "Bill X" potentially the "Mexico City Man," The "Black Ace," Chauncey Holt and the assassination "scenario writer." They have listened to, believed, exaggerated and retold so many coincidence and conspiracy stories they can't distinguish fact from fancy.

Unfortunately, for Penn Jones Jr., this one is very different. With an absurd anecdote the image of a "first generation" assassination investigator has been tarnished. I never thought I would be placed in the position of rushing to Penn Jones' defense, but Penn is old and his memory is failing. He couldn't be aware of what was transpiring around him during that interview. No one should be placed in that position. No one deserves that.

Dave Perry 4601 Ainsworth Circle Grapevine, TX 76051 October 20, 1993

Fool Me Once Shame On You - Fool Me Twice Shame On Me

Each year within the research community there is great interest in who will appear at the ASK symposium in Dallas. While reading the September 5, 1993 Cleburne, Texas Times-Review I con-cluded ASK representative J. Gary Shaw had discovered a blockbuster guest. The newspaper article revealed, in October of 1992 while Shaw was at the JFK Assassination Information Center in Dallas, he had been contacted by Karen Carlin, aka Little Lynn. Carlin, one of Jack Ruby's strippers, was not only employed by Ruby the week of the assassination but was the recipient of Ruby's infamous Western Union money order, Ruby transmitted the money to Carlin shortly before he shot and killed Oswald. This event has been used by anti-conspiracy theorists as proof Ruby's act was not premeditated.

There was a problem, however. Many years ago, 1966 to be exact, Shaw's close personal friend and fellow assassination researcher Penn Jones Jr. declared Ms. Carlin dead. On page 174 of his self published Forgive My Grief I Jones maintained Carlin was killed by "gunshot wounds in the head in Houston." I wondered how Mr. Shaw was going to resolve this inconsistency.

During my research into the Kennedy assassination I have been baffled by some of the stories put forward by Penn Jones Jr. A man the Cleburne Times-Review proclaims 'the guiding light of as-sassination researchers." In tracing his narratives concerning Lee Bowers' mysterious death, Buell Frazier's relationship with John Crawford and the revelations of Roger Craig there were, in my view, many dilemmas. Additionally, as the Ricky White episode unfolded I developed doubts about the abilities of his chief protege and ASK emissary, J. Gary Shaw. In the case at hand was Carlin alive and Jones wrong or was Shaw contacted by an imposter?

To me, a weak and disturbing attempt to resolve these issues appeared in the Cleburne Times-Review of September 30, 1993. That publication contained an article by staff reporter Pete Kendall. The title of the piece was "Solved Mystery - Death notice of stripper concocted by Penn Jones." It seems Mr. Jones revealed to his wife that he invented the Karen Carlin death notice in Forgive My Grief I. Jones' wife claimed "Whoever it was told Penn that for her (Carlin's) sake he was to say she was dead. She was going into the government protection plan."

Even the editor of the Times-Review found this new revelation hard to swallow. The paper imme-diately points out the government had no witness protection plan in place at the time Jones faked Carlin's death. 1 also found it curious Jones exhibited a touching concern for Carlin's safety when, without proof, he labeled her a "Ruby prostitute" on page 102 of Forgive My Grief HI

Kendall professes Jones "was recently hospitalized and suffers from memory lapses." This is not a contemporary event. In earlier years, a healthy Mr. Jones was unable to remember the name of the ambulance driver (Noel Coward) who removed the severely injured Lee Bowers from the scene of his accident. Jones was incapable of recalling the name of the doctor (R.H. Bohl) who treated Bow-ers at Waxahachie Hospital. He failed to reveal how preposterious his story of a one year old Buell Frazier meeting with his twenty two year old "lifelong friend" John Crawford was.

The Times-Review article does not give the date Jones confessed this current distortion of the facts to his wife. However, even then he was silent as to the name of the government "whoever" that

requested the death notice be published. His continual forgetfulness makes it difficult to verify the accuracy of his anecdotes.

Additionally Mr. and Mrs. Jones expose the researchers Mr. Jones has deceived. Included in the list are Sylvia Meagher, Robert Groden and Harrison Livingstone.

I believe it is time for researchers attending the ASK symposium to interrogate Mr. Shaw carefully. If Ms. Carlin appears Shaw should be required to provide proof positive his witness is just who he claims she is. Why? This is not the first time Jones or Shaw have created problems for serious in-vestigators of the assassination.

In 1992 when I was working on my Third Decade article on the Lee Bowers' story, I interviewed Noel Coward's wife as well as Doctor Ray Bahl. Both indicated Jones had misrepresented Coward's and Bohl's roles in the Bowers' case. Sadly but somewhat fortuitously, Jones has admitted he is not above fabrication. As for J. Gary Shaw, in the Times-Review article of September 5, 1993 he dis-tances himself from the JFK Assassination Information Center.

"I was not the director of the JFK Assassination information Center at that time. I had resigned from that position in February, 1991."

Many of you will remember he WAS director when the Roscoe White story broke through the Center's August 6, 1990 press conference. In Oliver Stone's book JFK The Documented Screenplay on page 19, Stone declares:

"In what appears to be nothing more than a publicity seeking hoax, a Texas group that included White's son and widow presented 'evidence' in 1990 that White was the real assassin behind the picket fence."

The JFK Assassination Information Center turned much of that "evidence" over to the Texas attor-ney general's office. On February 2, 1991 through the Austin American-Statesman the attorney gen-eral officially closed the Roscoe White case and issued the following statement::

"So far everything we have looked at has not given any credibility to anything these people have been trying to say about the documents and that whole affair."

It is ironic that the JFK Assassination information Center is a sponsor of Mr. Shaw's ASK sympo-sium. The research community makes some strange bedfellows indeed.

David B. Perry

4601 Ainsworth Circle

Grapevine, Texas 76051