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Authors: Gary M. Lavergne

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17 Leeda Bryce quoted in
Austin American-Statesman
, 1 August 1986.
18 I had the pleasure of meeting Jack Keever and Robert Heard on 16 March 1996 while serving on a panel for the South By Southwest Media Conference in Austin, Texas. My conversations with these gentlemen are hereafter cited by name only. Robert Heard, a distinguished journalist in his own right, graciously agreed to review my manuscript. He summarized his experiences that day in letters to me dated 15 and 23 May 1996. All information about Keever and Heard is from the letters and the following other sources:
Daily Texan
, 1 August 1991;
Austin American-Statesman
, 2 August 1966, Robert Heard quoted in 30 July 1967;
Dallas Morning News
, 4 September 1966.
19 APD Files:
CAPOR
by D. Kidd, 2 August 1966.
20 Fahrenthold and Rider,
Admissions
, pp. 8992; Robert Heard; Robert Heard to Gary M. Lavergne, 15 May 1996 and 23 May 1996; Robert Heard quoted in
Austin American-Statesman
, 30 July 1967,
Daily Texan
, 1 August 1991 and
Time
, 12 August 1966.
21 VHS tapes of news coverage of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Tower tragedy were kindly provided to the author by Neal Spelce (hereafter cited as "Spelce Tapes");
Summer Texan
, 2 August 1966; KLBJ,
The Paul Pryor Show
, 1 August 1995.
22 An audio tape of the Bolton-Roddy exchange was played on KLBJ,
The Paul Pryor Show
, 1 August 1995 and a more complete recording of the entire broadcast was generously given to me by William Helmer of Chicago, Illinois.
23 William Helmer's accounts and quotes are taken from articles he wrote for the
Texas Observer
, 19 August 1966,
Texas Monthly
, August 1986 and
Playboy
, October, 1970.
24 APD Files:
CAPOR
by D. Kidd, 2 August 1966; Bill Helmer quoted in
Texas Observer
, 19 August 1966.
25 Morris Hohmann quoted in
Dallas Morning News
, 1 August 1986 and 1 August 1991.
26 APD Files:
CAPOR
by D. Kidd, 2 August 1966 and an unidentified log; Spelce Tapes;
Summer Texan
, 2 August 1966;
Austin American-Statesman
, 2 and 23 August 1966, 30 July 1967, 1 August 1986, and 27 July 1989;
Texas Observer
, 19 August 1966; KLBJ,
The Paul Pryor Show
, 1 August 1995; Fahrenthold and Rider,
Admissions
, p. 87.
 
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27 Dr. Charles Laughton quoted in
Austin American-Statesman
, 7 August 1966.
28 APD Files:
CAPOR
by D. Kidd, 2 August 1966;
Dallas Morning News
, 4 September 1966;
Summer Texan
, 2 August 1966;
Austin American-Statesman
, 2 and 7 August 1966, Oscar Royvela quoted in 30 July 1967.
29 APD Files:
CAPOR
by D. Kidd, 2 August 1966 and
SOR
by Sgt. Pilgrim, 5 August 1966;
Austin American-Statesman
, 2 and 4 August 1966, and 30 July 1967.
30 APD Files:
CAPOR
by D. Kidd, 2 August 1966.
31
Summer Texan
, 2 August 1966;
Daily Texan
, 1 August 1991.
32 Clif Drummond quoted in
Austin American-Statesman
, 3 August 1966; Bob Higley quoted in
Dallas Morning News
, 1 August 1991.
33
Austin American-Statesman
, 3 August 1966.
34
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
, 12 August 1966 in a clipping provided by Houston McCoy;
Austin American-Statesman
, 2 August 1966.
35 APD Files:
Food and Drug Administration Statement
, Robert C. Stokes, MD, 5 August 1966. Dr. Stokes did not mention his patients by name. The identification was made by the author.
36 Mary Lamport,
The Impossible Tree
, pp. 10911;
Austin Citizen
, 1 August 1977.
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