Bob,

FYI, Ed Jelks was sitting at his desk at the University of Texas in 
Austinwhen he heard the first radio report that Kennedy had been shot .  
He also remembers well hearing the first radio report that Amelia and 
Fred had disappeared over the Pacific.


On 7/8/2017 7:29 AM, Schuyler, Robert L wrote:
> Thanks for this source. I saw the Curator on TV. This "theory" is actually an old idea and the evidence for it is not convincing.
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> Historical archaeologists need to find the remains of her airplane. The minor clues found so far are interesting but also not convincing. If she (they) crashed in the Pacific Ocean away from land we may never know what happened.
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> By the way, I took the Kennedy Assassination SHA Tour in Dallas - which was excellent. Perhaps Amelia Earhart was on the grassy knoll with the "other 25 assassins" who shot Kennedy. I was one of the few on the tour who could recall the event as an adult (undergraduate at the University of Arizona). It was amazing how much of the physical setting from 1963 was still totally in tact in Dallas. I think Jimmy Hoffa was also on the tour with us. We even visited Oswald's grave. It is interesting that photographs are also items of debate in this event, especially the backyard photo of Oswald holding the rifle. The house, backyard, and stairs are all still there in Dallas.
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> One of the best footnotes from 1963 was that LBJ had Oswald's wife, family members, and children taken to a motel and hidden for their safety. Of course that was a different era in our history. Today we would probably kill all his family, kill his high school teachers in Fort Worth, and declare war on Russia and Cuba. Or we would claim that the event never took place.
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> I wonder if Ed Jelks was still in Dallas (Texas) at that time?
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> Robert L. Schuyler
> University of Pennsylvania Museum
> 3260 South Street
> Philadelphia, PA l9l04-6324
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> Subject: Re: news feed: new photo may show Emilia Earhart after crash
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> Here's another assessment --
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> Smithsonian Curator Weighs In on Photo That Allegedly Shows Amelia Earhart in Japanese Captivity
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> A History Channel special claims that a National Archives photo shows the pilot sitting on a dock in the Pacific, but experts are skeptical
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> http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/smithsonian-curator-photo-allegedly-shows-amelia-earhart-japanese-captivity-180963964/
> [https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/cuutfmSjz1lvpZaVbYviOSE5xzY=/800x600/filters:no_upscale()/https://public-media.smithsonianmag.com/filer/61/50/6150a762-cef7-44d6-aa23-17bcb6be02ae/earhart.jpg]<http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/smithsonian-curator-photo-allegedly-shows-amelia-earhart-japanese-captivity-180963964/>
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> Smithsonian Curator Weighs In on Photo That Allegedly ...<http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/smithsonian-curator-photo-allegedly-shows-amelia-earhart-japanese-captivity-180963964/>
> www.smithsonianmag.com
> The special, titled Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence, focuses on a decades-old photo that was found in the National Archives by retired federal agent Les Kinney.