Word: scopes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Bullhorns & Crushes. In a close presidential election, any one of these events might have turned into a decisive political issue. But in 1964, the election does not figure to be close, and it is hard to imagine a crisis of any size or scope that could ruin Johnson's prospects...
Like the study groups which President Kennedy appointed prior to his election in 1969, the eleven units are studying a broad scope of domestic topics and a few international concerns. President Johnson chose the panels, about 150 people in all, during the summer, and they have only recently begun their studies...
...hairs on the telescopic sight were off just enough to enable the assassin to hit his moving targets without having "to take any lead whatsoever." The Commission's conclusion: "The various tests showed that the Mannlicher-Carcano was an accurate rifle and that the use of a four-power scope was a substantial aid to rapid, accurate firing. Oswald's Marine training in marksmanship...
...Commission had in its possession three movie films, taken by amateurs, of Kennedy's car at the moment of the assassination. Using these films as its guide, the Commission staged a chilling re-enactment of the assassination. Oswald's rifle, with scope, was pointed out of the sixth-floor window. A camera attachment took pictures, complete with cross hairs, of a car moving past on the street below...
...Commission was careful to note that the amount of foliage on the tree was about the same at the time of the experiment as it had been on Nov. 22). But once the car moved away from the oak tree, the test pictures, taken through the four-power rifle scope, clearly showed what an easy target Kennedy had been...