Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy.jfk
Subject: Re: UP AND COMING APRIL SYMPOSIUM
From: SKTHOMA@UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU (Kenn Thomas)
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 21:16:21 GMT
Organization: UM ST. LOUIS

In article <92287.000906U54778@uicvm.uic.edu>
<U54778@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
 
Alan: The next issue of Steamshovel Press will be out in December.  Please
keep us posted on developments so we can give as much editorial space as
possible to the April conference.  We would also want to get Doug back on
the air to talk about it as the time approaches.  Thanks!
>I would like to share the information that I just got over the phone from
>Doug Carlson, the man who put the Chicago JFK Symposium together last July.
>As you will remember, he is putting together the next symp to be held here
>again in April of 1993.
>He has been hot on the phone, talking to everyone in the researcher
>community, getting the big names to confirm their attendence.  This symp is
>going to be different than the last.  Instead of one speaker per session, he
>is going to have panels of guests centering their discussion around preset
>topics.  The format he has chosen has attracted famous names that have not
>been interested in joining in any of the former conferences in the past.
>The following is a list of those confirmed at this point in time.  Many others
>are expected to join the list.
>
>*  Anthony Summers  --- coming in from England
>*  Josiah Thompson  --- I know. I can hardly believe it.
>*  Paul Hoch        --- This even shocks me more than getting Thompson out
>                        of retirement.  Paul once told me he would never
>                        attend "one of those circuses".  If you don't know
>                        his name because he has never written a book, let
>                        me tell you that next to  Weisberg, Ferrell and
>                        Thompson, he is one of the original major
>                        researchers, one who many including Lifton or
>                        Hurt consult with before putting out any major work.
>*  Tannenbaum      ---  Can't remember his first name.   Was chief
>                        investigator for the HSCA.
>*  John Davis      ---  Major writer on JFK and the mob.  If Doug can get
>                        Scheim and Moldea, I would say the will be a
>                        history making panel on the Mafia connection.
>*  Gaeton Fonzi    ---  Investigator for the HSCA.  He figures large in
>                        any speculation on the Anti-Castro cubans/CIA.
>*  Edwin Lopez     ---  IMHO, he is worth the price of the whole thing.
>                         His report on the Mexico City/LHO factor for the
>                        HSCA is one of the major works suppressed and
>                        hidden away in the National Archives.
>                        National Security, indeed!!!!!
>*  Bert Griffin    ---  If anything can impress you as to the history
>                        making aspect of this coming symp, having one
>                        of the original WC staff should.
>*  Peter Dale Scott --  Great name in defining the politics of the event.
>*  Phillip Melanson --  He has lately been instrumental in getting the
>                        RFK case opened up again, joining forces with
>                        forces with the original FBI agent in charge of
>                        the case.
>* John Newman      ---  Doug is trying to get his critics to take part
>                        in a panel centering around the case Newman has
>                        put forward for JFK/Vietnam.
>* Robert Morrow    ---  I personnally don't put much faith in his accounts
>                        but for those of you who do, he will be there.
>* Cyril Wecht      ---  yes perhaps if Joel Grant attends he can give us
>                        his slant on Wecht's public stance.
>And many others with less of a recognized name factor such as Gus Russo
>Larry Haapanen, Jim Lesar and others, who are nonetheless important figures
>but who are only known to those who follow these matters.  The straw count so
>far is about 35 guests panelists.
>Doug has figured that he will have to expand this symp to 4 days but is
>hesitant to begin it on April Fool's day for the bad publicity.  I'm in a
>good mood, all wisecrack's are welcome.  However it comes down, it will be
>happening around the weekend of April 4th.
>I suggest that all those who are interested and who are able to attend should
>start thinking now about making arrangements.
>For those who have emailed me about the second part of my notes on the last
>Chi Symp, I apologize for not finding the time to finish them.  Perhaps,
>I can have them ready before the next symp gets started.
>ALAN ROGERS
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