[J. Edgar] Hoover tells me all three of these shots were aimed for the President [John F. "Jack" Kennedy]. [Verse 2] My man flies today. Richard Russell: Authorities don't believe man who stole Dash-8 Q400 . Rich: Hey, is that pilot on? Uh-hmm. McCloy and Allen Dulles, and maybe somebody from the [Supreme] Court. . ATC said, "they would give you a job doing anything if you could pull this off", to which he replied, "Yeah right! The Warren Report was ready to be sent to the printers when Russell demanded a special meeting of the Commissioners, during which he set out his objections to the central element of the case against Oswald, the singlebullet theory. In Russells words: according to their theory, he not only missed the whole automobile, but he missed the street!. Like, uh, 760? No hint was given of Russells and Coopers arguments with Rankin and Earl Warren, or of the discussions that, according to Russells conversation with Johnson, took place about the wording of the Reports conclusions. After Russell performed an unauthorized takeoff, two McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighters were scrambled to intercept the aircraft. students. Rich: I've got a lot of people that care about me. About; Blog; Projects; Help; Donate. There being nothing further to come before the Commission, the meeting was adjourned. Residents of the island bore some of the cost for cleaning up, and negotiations were initiated for their reimbursement by Alaska Airlines' insurers. Richard Russell: Man who stole SeaTac plane was warm and compassionate Edited by Guian A. McKee, with Ashley Havard High and Patricia Dunn. One witness whose testimony Russell did hear in person was that of Governor John Connally. Lyndon Johnson and Richard Russell on 29 November 1963, Edited by Max Holland, with David Shreve, Ashley Havard High, and Patricia Dunn, See the daily introduction for 1963-11-29 [from the Norton edition]. And they would evaluate it, and then maybe . . If you had some topflight Supreme Courtah, state supreme court chief justice . At our age, members of the Class of '48 have an abundance of free timeand Joyce Van Denburgh Doty, MFA '50, made excellent use of it with a detailed response to the Share Your News form.. Perhaps invigorated by the oxygen she uses (though she never smoked, she presumes she inhaled others'), she goes beyond her own TV watching of both old black-and-white shows and modern news to . Rich: I'm gonna land it, in a safe kind of manner. Ooh, a purple one,' he says cheekily. Yet Johnson couched the question in such a way that Russell probably thought the President was not considering the Chief Justice. He further reported that these had been used as citations in support of various statements in the Report and that it was desirable and proper for these Commission documents at this time to be denominated exhibits and thereby be made a part of the proceedings of the Commission. Air traffic control:Right now he's just flying around, and he just needs some help controlling the aircraft. John Coopers dissent is contained in his own unpublished papers, which can be found at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. The daytoday administration was under the control of the former Solicitor General, J. Lee Rankin. [note 9] The Presidential Recordings Program revised the following section of text in 2021 for inclusion in The LBJ Telephone Tapes, a project produced by the Miller Center in partnership with the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library to commemorate the library's 50th anniversary.