January 1997 News
LHO Neeley St. Home for Sale (scene of rifle photos) Kennedy documents provide peek at the mob [[ CNN News ]] Church Marks Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Electronic Assassination Newsletter by Starks..i (from M.Shackelford)

February News - 1997
Fair Play Magazine #15 now available (from editor John Kelin) News on James Earl Ray legal proceedings (Feb 97)/ Judge Rules MLK Murder Weapon can be Re-tested 2-20-97 King's Confessed Killer Gets Hearing Comment about Court TV on MLK Case Hearing 2-20-97 (Permindex@...) On James Earl Ray's Retrial Hearing
March News - 1997
The ARRB Annual Report (from Federation of American Scientis.. Help Keep the ARRB! Save the ARRB (see addresses) from Joe Backes Why the ARRB must be SAVED! (Joseph Backes) ARRB IMPERATIVE! (from J.Stevens) King Son to Ray: 'I Believe You' (3-27-97) King's Son Thinks James Earl Ray Innocent (3-27-97) King's Son to Visit James Earl Ray (3-27-97) April 2, 97 ARRB Meeting in DC. Important! (Joe Backes) Govt. Report Faults FBI Lab in Oklahoma Bombing ARRB Acquires James Hosty's Notes (from C.Bradford) Coalition Demands Release of King Assassination Files & Public Revi.. JFK/Deep Politics Quarterly, April '97 Issue is out (J.Stevens) March '97 TV Programs about the CIA,also symposium (Ralph McGehee) Card Shower for Harold Weisberg's 84th Birthday April 8, 1997 Latest Prevailing Winds flyer (March 17, 97)
April 1997 News
Ex-FBI Agent Speaks Out About JFK's Assassination (April '97) Mary Ferrell is wearying of her long hospital stay! Craig Roberts (author of Kill Zone and other books) is ill in hospi.. Status of Zapruder Film (from HudsonTom) James Earl Ray is Back in Hospital (April 24,'97 news)
May 1997 News
C.O.P.A. News (May 97) on upcoming events Martin Luther King Bullet Fragments Examined -May 21,'97 (Reuters) Mary Ferrell's Health is Improving! :-) (from Robert Chapman) MLK Assassination Weapon Test-Fired 5-14-97 [Reuters]
June 1997 News
FAS Sues CIA over Budget Disclosure (from Jim Hargrove) empty COPA Updates, Conferences and Action Alert - June 26, '97 Message from Craig Roberts JFK/Deep Politics Quarterly - newest issue is out (J.Stevens) Alabama Executes Ex-Klansman [[ 6-6-97 Yahoo News ]] Kenneth Starr to release report on Vincent Foster (M.Drudge) empty Kennedy cousin starts JFK clothing line [[ AP-CNN ]] empty July TV Schedule (JFK/Related) -and- Netscape Bug Alert (Lancer) Lee Harvey Oswald Handwriting Font Explanation of Frank Olson's LSD Death Questioned 6-11-97 Review of Turning Point's MLK program on 6-19-97 (Jim Hargrove) Judge Delays Hearing on King Rifle 6-17-97 More Data on Dealey Plaza Sewer (from T.Bowden/Conspiracy Museum) Widow of Malcolm X Dies from Severe Burns 6-23-97 ARRB acquires Clay Shaw papers [[ Yahoo News 6/97 ]] Parole Denied for Robert Kennedy's Killer 6-18-97 Tarnished Dynasty [[ Washington Post June 97 ]] A. Young Developing Truth Comm. on MLK Death 6-18-97
July 1997 News
JFK Lancer-- access to special files from their site(Debra Conway - JFK Lancer)     
Moynihan Commission Report (Link)        
Oakes Ticket and also Sixth Floor Expansion 7-4-97       
	On Sixth Floor Expansion and Oakes Getting Ticket (S. Blackwell)   
	On the Sixth Floor Expansion (reply from Deanie Richards) 
Joe Backes: "A Brilliant Idea" 7-4-97 (JoeBackes@aol.com)      
Sheppard's Body To Be Exhumed  (AP  7-12-97)         
Authorities Reopen Probe of '63 Church Bombing (7-10-97)     
Che's Remains Said Positively Identified  (Reuters 7-6-97)         
Clinton Signs to extend ARRB 7-9-97  (Debra Conway)    
COPA: on the recent conference and plans for future ones (7-2-97)   
Warren Commission Report Altered by G.Ford [from AP 7-2-97]     
JFK's 1930's boat restored (March '97 news)         
Fair Play #17 Now Available  (John Kelin, Editor)      
History Channel for July 1997  (Debra Conway - JFK Lancer)   
CIA offered $150,000 to assassinate Fidel (Associated Press) 7-1-97
Lady Bird Sees Kennedy Exhibit (AP 7-27-97)
On James Earl Ray (Rifle), M.L. King Family Meeting Etc (July '97)
	            
	Ex-Green Berets challenge news story-July '97 by By Marc Perrusquia           
	COPA: On MLK Assassination, Ray Rifle Tests, Reinvestigation              
	Dexter King Meets With James Earl Ray - 3-27-97 (CNN transcript)   
	M.Lane wants to be James Earl Ray attorney 7-23-97 (J.Backes)         
	 
	 
	 
	More Tests on Ray Rifle Would Be Futile (by Marc Perrusquia)	
Measure Would Clean up Dr. Samual Mudd's Name
Kenneth Starr: Foster Committed Suicide (Reuters News 7-16-97
August 1997 News
Check out the searchable ARRB Testimony! (McAdams site) 8/97 JFK Lancer Articles (additions, more to follow soon 8-3-97) Part of Dealey Plaza is Sold (from Joe Backes 8-12-97) CIA: U.S. Lied to Explain 'UFO Sightings' (Aug 5 97) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Judge Brown (MLK case) May Order Special Prosecutor (8-12-97) Note on area of sold Dealey Plaza parcel (M.Parks)
September 1997 News
Fair Play #18 Now Available! (John Kelin)
October 1997 News
**Info on "Bloody Treason" by Noel Twyman **Lyndon Johnson Tapes on JFK Ass'n (Challenge of Democracy Si.. Attention To Details now has web site (C.Bradford) COPA Update on Nov.'97 Dallas Regional Meeting SS Agent Hickey's Suit Dismissed (for now) (from David Lifton 9/97) "JFK Honor Guard" Back Issues Now Available (Editor:Deanie Richards. "Voices" Audio Tapes Available (created-produced by Chuck Pratt) JFK Lancer Nov.'97 Dallas Conference Update T.Samoluk to speak at Lancer Conference in Dallas Nov. '97 Cuban Missile Crisis--transcript (from Joe Knapp) A Gathering in Grand Rapids (Martin Shackelford) New Director for ARRB is J.Gunn (from Lancer) ??ARRB Wins One In Court - Must Give Up Files (from J.Backes)
November 1997 News
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Ordering Info for New Book - "PassionGate" by Joanne Brown      
 Bizarre Conspiracy Reference (Humor)     
	Mary Ferrell in Dallas News   
	Al Gore in Oak Cliff      
	Jaynes Report Dallas 97    
	Dealey Plaza Remembrance Article 
"Assassination Science" NEW BOOK!! Edited by James H. Fetzer    
Fair Play #19 Now Available (John Kelin, Editor)             
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JFK TV Special Dec. 4, 1997
December 1997 News
President Kennedy's gravesite disturbed (Dec.22,97)