Fifty years ago today — the day after Oswald killed Kennedy, the day before Ruby killed Oswald — a telephone call may have been attempted from the Dallas jail to a number in Raleigh. Regardless, no call went through. This lengthy and evenhanded account of the episode appeared in the News & Observer in 1980, […]
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Pick up the phone, it’s Lee Harvey Oswald
Posted in On This Day, tagged jfk assassination, lee harvey oswald, pat stith, raleigh call, raleigh nc on November 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Sitton recalls ‘greatest mistake’ as editor of N&O
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged claude sitton, day care ritual abuse, edenton nc, edenton seven, little rascals day care case, pat stith, raleigh news & observer on March 19, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
“When I look back, I think my greatest mistake [was] my failure as editor of the News & Observer to make sure we had a top-notch investigative reporter on the Little Rascals [Day Care] case in Edenton…. That prosecutor had gone wild, eaten up by ambition, I suppose, to hang these people…. “All the kids […]