Word: knoll
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...week, however, the committee received a disturbing new analysis suggesting that Oswald might have had an accomplice. A pair of acoustics experts testified in closed session that they had found a high probability that there was a fourth shot fired at Kennedy, and that it came from the grassy knoll in front of the presidential...
...gunfire (to the ear, no gunshots are discernible when the tape is played normally). Their technique, they say, enables them to locate the origin of a sound to within two feet, and they claim that the fourth shot (actually the third in the sequence) was definitely from the grassy knoll...
...years, conspiracy theorists have claimed that a second gunman was located on the knoll. Their view was supported by some witnesses who said they saw a puff of smoke rise from that site during the shooting. In addition, a photograph made at the time showed a policeman running toward the knoll rather than toward the wounded President. Some critics of the Warren Commission even contend that photos may show the shadowy image of a man partially concealed behind a tree on the knoll...
Despite the two experts' testimony, there is no evidence that any gunman on the knoll hit Kennedy and no evidence of who such a gunman might be. The baffled committee members, under a deadline to complete their probe by the end of the year, decided to hold public hearings on the new disclosures this week and will probably turn over their findings to the Justice Department...
...capture of Knoll and Speitel was the latest in a month-long string of triumphs for West German antiterrorist forces. After more than a year of intensive man hunting, they are closing in on the country's elusive urban guerrillas. Of the 25 most wanted terrorists, twelve have now been apprehended or slain. Among the other coups...