Subject: Re: NBC Announces Enfield .303 Rifle Found on TSBD.6th Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:02:24 -0500 From: "Gary Mack" Organization: Posted via RemarQ, http://www.remarQ.com - The Internet's Discussion Network Newsgroups: alt.assassination.jfk,alt.conspiracy.jfk According to the NBC book "There Was A President," reporter Tom Whalen said, at 2:13pm CST, "The weapon which was used to kill the president, and which wounded Gov. Connally, has been found in the Texas School Book Depository on the sixth floor - a British 303 rifle with a telescopic sight. Three empty cartridge cases were found beside the weapon. It appeared that whoever had occupied this sniper's nest had been here for some time." Tom was a reporter for WBAP-TV, the NBC affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth. The video tape shows Tom giving the announcement from the WBAP studio in Fort Worth (in color, as the station acquired color cameras in 1954!) His words read very much like AP or UPI wire copy, which means the information could have been sent out several minutes earlier. The source of the report is not named, but it had to have come from someone actively participating in the TSBD search. Gary Mack Archivist The Sixth Floor Museum