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I thought the same thing...but we are assuming the New York Times quoted him accurately in the first place.

[TigersEye]

I’m a little surprised that a NYTs article from 1967 was ever online. But you saw it once? (not disbelieving you just asking)

He could have been misquoted and the day after the fire he might have been confused about all the facts. A heck of a lot had just happened in a short period of time.