Press keeps perpetuating myth that Oswald killed JFK

Press keeps perpetuatingmyth that Oswald killed JFK
EDITOR:
Once again the American media has fallen prey to pandering to the dictates of certain elements of the government. With the 40th anniversary of the JFK assassination coming up this week, two articles appeared in the Nov. 16 Vindicator that continue to illustrate the ongoing effort of the media to aid in the cover-up of what happened Nov. 22, 1963.
Most anyone who remembers the events of that day already has a pretty firm opinion one way or the other. But now the media is openly and aggressively trying to force their deluded view of the assassination on a generation who learns little or nothing about it in school or anywhere else. Both articles in The Vindicator, from the Orlando Sentinel and the Washington Post, state without reservation that Kennedy was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. They never mention that no trial was ever held and that Lee Harvey Oswald was never found guilty of either Kennedy's or Officer J.D. Tippit's death. Oswald's own death made it easy for the media to permanently label him an assassin. Neither article mentions the tons of evidence that illustrates that Oswald could not have possibly shot Kennedy or the officer. Unfortunately, we cannot go into that evidence in this space, but it is certainly compelling.
JOHN E. BALLANTYNE Jr.
Youngstown
X The writer is an assassination researcher and author of: "Specter of Treason: "The Oswald Trial."
Those involved in Astro strikeneed to put their egos aside
EDITOR:
I am concerned with the mind-set of some people involved in the recent labor disputes in our Valley, and I, as a concerned observer, offer the following:
I was a union president in my hometown of Campbell, and I am a strong union person -- not only with rah-rah talk. I have walked the walk. I am now in a management position, and I realize the responsibilities and principles. I have watched my brother struggle in strikes. At present he again is on strike, and every morning I see people in my hometown standing on the streets instead of working.
I would like to express to the leadership of these unions and their members and to the company and their management members to reflect on the real issues and make sure they are considering the principles involved and to keep personalities out of it. In watching the events in my present city of Struthers unfold, it seems politics and personalities are winning over substance. I have been involved in union disputes, and I know the despair of both sides. The best way to describe it is as the worst family dispute you have ever been involved in. The worst part may not be the fight, but the aftermath, when you need to become a family again.
I would extend this advice and this prayer to both sides: Remember this is not war, this is not a battle of wills, this is not politics, this is a family affair. And though emotions are high, the reason for the high emotions must never be forgotten. It is the lives of families, real families with real needs, the Astro company's and the lives and needs of the people in our community. This is not a time of choosing sides. It is the time to work our way beyond the politics, personalities and egos and get this family back together! It is time for our community and its leaders to be counselors, not antagonists choosing sides. I believe the sides should choose a community leader as a mediator. I believe the mayor has offered, and he has good experience on both sides of union and management.
So to leadership and members of both sides, take a deep breath and look inside. Are our positions for the families, or are they for our egos? Are our issues clearly on the table, or are rumors running the show? Are our words ones we will be able to live with when the ordeal is done, or will we not be able to look each other in the eye when we return to our positions?
RICH DeLUCA
Struthers