Livingstone JFK Medical Article Accepted, Then Suppressed Baltimore Sun

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NOVEMBER 22, 19811
LIVINGSTONE JFK MEDICAL ARTICLE ACCEPTED, THEN SUPPRESSED BY BALTIMORE SUN by Gary Mack
Our March 1981 Briefs column mentions further research of the medicai evidence by a major news organiza­tion.
A few months later the Boston Globe ran a considerably weakened report of the discrepancies between the
Dallas doctors and the JFK autopsy report.
Harrison Livingstone and Robert Groden were heavily involved in providing information and research until the
story was written. Both have expressed great dissatisfaction with the final published version, which is why TCI
didn't reprint it.
Livingstone, considered controversial by some, has continued his work in this extremely important area. The
article printed below, which according to Harry was accepted by the editors and publisher of the Baltimore Sun,
was rejected by the owner. It now rests in the newspaper's computer.
We have confirmed that Harry did talk with all the doctors he quoted, and tape recordings attest to the ac­curacy
of the quotes. With the assistance of Harold Weisberg, this evidence is being persented personally to Tip
O'Neill, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The full text of the computer printout follows:
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photog^raphs o f the b a c k of K e n n e d y ' s head do n o t s h o w the same erunsho t wounds
w h i c h t h e y saw_and r e p o r t e d to the Warren C o m m i s s i o n in 1963—64.
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a s s a s s i n a t i o n k e p t s e c r e t by t h e Warren C o m m i s s i o n , were n e v e r o f f i c a l l y shown
t o the D a l l a s m e d i c a l w i t n e s s e s duriner the v a r i o u s i n v e s t i g a t i o n s i n t o the
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n o t s h o w the wounds as t h e y a c t u a l l y w e r e.
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da t e .
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Warren C o m i r i i s s i o n c o v e r e d up i n f o r m a t o n a b o u t the 1963 m u r d e r ; t h a t t h e r e were
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a s w e l l as from b e h i n d , in a w e l l — p l a n n e d ambush w h i c h was t h e r e s u l t of a
b r o a d c o n s p i r a c y.
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p h o t o and t h e wounds w h i c h he o b s e r v e d in the e m e r g e n c y room.
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t h e l a r g e , g a p i n g wound w h i c h had b l o w n o u t the b a c k of the p r e s i d e n t ' s h e a d.
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w o u n d . ' ' A f t e r s e e i n g the p i c t u r e s , he s a i d , ' ' I d o n ' t t h i n k i t ' s c o n s i s t e nt
w i t h whot I s a w . There was a l a r g e h o l e in t h e b a c k of the head t h r o u g h w h i ch
one c o u l d s e e the b r a i n . But t h a t h o l e d o e s not a p p e a r , i n t h e p h o t o g r n p h . *'
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h e a d to the C o m m i s s i o n : ' ' B u t from the b a c k , you c o u l d s e e , you know, y o u were
* ^ r y i n K to h o l d h i s h a i r and h i s s k u l l on . . , ' '
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