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film inconclusive
United Press International
DALLAS — An amateur photographer, who filmed President John
Kennedy’s fatal motorcade, says he considers his film inconclusive
regardless of publicity which suggests it shows two people in a sixth-
floor window of the Texas School Book Depository.
In recent days the forgotten film by former Dallas resident Charles
Bronson has been reviewed and publicized as showing two people
one thought to he assassin Lee Harvey Oswald — in the building
from which the fatal shots were fired Nov. 22, 1963.
But fuesday, at a film presentation to the media, Bronson said he
is satisfied with the Warren Commission finding that Oswald acted
I alone. He also said he was unsure the film would provide new infor-
| mation on the slaying.
I don t know how much good it’ll do,” he said.
I The film, accidently taken with a lens wide enough to include the
I upper floors of the depository, shows extremely blurred shapes that
I appear to change or move from one film frame to another.
John L. Sigalos, Bronson’s attorney, and Robert J. Groden, a staff
I consultant for the House Assassinations Committee, viewed the orig-
I inal 8mm film, made 35mm slides of every fifth frame and then
I enlarged the slides.
I Groden said he thought the slides showed activity that indicated
I the completion of “a sniper’s nest. ”
He said the House committee has a copy of the film and is evalua-
I ting it.
The existence of the film was revealed when the FBI declassified
I and released a list of people who had taken photographs just before
I and during the assassination. A reporter for the Dallas Morning News
I contacted Bronson, who now lives in Ada, Okla., and after viewing
I the movie arranged to publish slides taken from the film.
Bronson said he showed the movies to the FBI shortly after the
I ^ sas * i " at * on ^ ut they didn’t see anything of particular value in the
K t ronson s attorneys said the House committee may decide to
I have the movie frames "enhanced,” using a computer technique em-
I ployed by Groden on film shoot by Abraham Zapruder. It was the
I enhancement of the Zapruder film which led to the reopening of the
I investigation.
Asked when the film would be available for public viewing, Bron-
1 sons attorneys said “the matter rests with the committee.”
I l A l t , 0rney ^ aro ^ c ^ Levine said there have been several offers to buy
I the film, but revealed no details.
There s been no auction or anything like that,” he said.
Cah comforts
capture sales
THE BATTALION Page 11
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1978
Santa made a special trip this season to help the Texas A&M
forestry Club sell their Virginia Pine Christmas tree. Santa and
his helpers will he located behind the forestry building all this
week from 2 to 6 p.m. Santa is really George Hersel, a junior
from Cincinnati, Ohio. Battalion photo by Beth Breuker
SHIRTS 4"
United Press International
KALAMAZOO, Mich.— If you’re
^ icekiug the backseat comfort of a
y j}°h s Royce but motoring along on a
J hevy budget, you might consider
raying your own taxi.
But Checker Motors Co., the one
ictallthe bmestic carmaker that blatantly ig-
verv resii 10r n S ‘ n ° Ustr y style trends, doesn’t
eally need your business.
The company, tucked away since
TMPanif in ai) industrial section of
/hereut ^Lmazoo, manufacturers about 25
lercent of the nation’s taxicabs —
ome 4,500 to 4,600 year.
Fleet sales are its bread and but-
er and corporately owned taxi firms
n Chicago, Minneapolis and
fttsburgh are among its largest cus-
omers.
Private sales amount only to 5
rarcent of our business,” said C.M.
Checker’s sales manager.
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,ade $26 s sa,es manager.
■ Ine company grossed $114 mil-
ion last year to generate earnings of
*.23 per share.
L Though Checker makes no c m-
jnercial appeal to the motoring pub
ic at large, company officials appar-
intly use the product themselves, as
he dozen Checker Marathons
larked around the plant each day
vould seem to attest.
u r stui “dy, no-nonsense ear,
vhich features what its "Big Four”
counterparts would consider an ex
cess of backseat leg room, has a
projected lifespan of 10 to 12 years
with preventive maintenance, com
pany spokesman Ray Cunningham
I would say more professional
People buy Checkers,” Cunning-
am sa *d- Retired people like it be-
^nse it has a lot of room and is easy
to get in and out of.”
n in ' nois b-foot-4 governor, James
rii i! 8 Thompson, opted for a
f n er ^ rr,ous i ne lust year instead
5 a Cadillac or Lincoln, more popu-
Wlc ot ^ er government officials.
While the major auto manufac-
nrers have been making their cars
eeker, smaller and lighter to meet
government mileage standards,
■ ec ^ er Marathon’s basic boxlike
reminiscent of the early
a s has remained standard for
the past 20 years.
We haven t changed anything
major since 1958, Cunningham
said.
“We can’t afford to risk millions of
dollars on some speculative design
three or four years down the road
like the big companies can,” said
John J. Love, vice president of
sales.
“Were experimenting with the
use of other metals, including light
weight steel and aluminum in an ef
fort to develop alternatives to a new
body, he said.
Checker, which employs 1,000
persons, produces its own chassis
and bodies, but the steering comes
from General Motors and the brakes
and electrical system from Delco.
The firm also produces a
limousine version of the Marathon
and a 15-passenger aerobus, used
mostly as an airport shuttle.
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