Full audio here: http://swc2.hccs.cc.tx.us/rmorecook/afvnnewsjerryelliott.ram I came across this old radio broadcast reporting the shooting of Senator John C. Stennis in 1973. There's been curiousity about the status of the shooters, since Stennis' name has turned up in recent revelations of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War's assassination plot against six U.S. Senators in November of 1971, called the Phoenix Project. I figured the broadcast was worth transcribing. Information on the shooting of Senator Stennis is sparse. Here are a few links: Several years ago, the late United States Senator John Stennis of Mississippi was shot during an attempted robbery in front of his Washington, D.C. home. One of the first persons to rush to his bedside was Senator Mark Hatfield of Oregon. The reported story of their friendship amazed many students of politics. Mark Hatfield was a liberal Republican and outspoken critic of the Vietnam War. John Stennis was a conservative Democrat and one of the war's staunchest supporters. Senator Stennis' unselfish achievements during his long years of hard work did not come without great adversity. In 1973 he was shot twice during a holdup attempt in his front yard in northwest Washington, D. C. Although doctors didn't at first give much hope of Senator Stennis' survival, then later of ever walking again, he surprised practically everyone and recovered almost completely. He said his chief thought during those doubtful days was, "Would I be useful?" Senator Stennis' dedication and commitment to duty would not allow him to stop or slow down. This is a weird one, apparently from a foreign language reading comprehension test, but it basically fits with my recollection... Senator Stennis was the victim of a classic street crime. He happened to be an important politician, but that is not why he was shot. What happened to him could happen to anyone else.I can't vouch for the accuracy of this last link. One has to sort through a lot of Bildeburger & Illuminati tinfoil when researching assassinations or attacks on government officials. I'm including it only because it claims that there were convictions in the shooting of Senator Stennis. Robert Olsen of the Rockefeller Commission reported that "HUNT categorically denied...any participation or involvement whatever in the attempted assassination of Governor Wallace, the disappearance of Congressman Hale Boggs or the shooting of Senator Stennis." [NARA SSCIA 157-10011-10090] Senator Stennis was shot on January 31, 1973, in front of his home in the capital during an apparent robbery. Three black men were convicted of this crime. There was no political motive.
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The timing looks to be such that when Kerry and other VVAW members backed away from the plan, the North Vietnamese may have had to shop around a while for someone to do their dirty work for them. Come to think of it, I believe General Westmoreland's wife and kids- daughter Kitsy in particular- acquired bodyguard details right around the same time.
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1973 : (US : MURDERER SHAKUR FINDS SAFE HAVEN IN CUBA) Black Liberation Army leader Joanne Chesimard aka Assata Shakur, one of New Jersey's most wanted fugitives for killing a New Jersey State trooper in 1973, would end up getting safe haven in Cuba.- "CASTRO AND THE INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, A CHRONOLOGY," by Eugene Pons with a foreword by Jaime Suchlicki, Institute for Cuban & Cuban-American Studies, Occasional Paper Series, September 2001
1973 : (US & IRAN BEGIN COVERT EFFORT TO TOPPLE IRAQI GOVERNMENT; US & IRAN FUND KURDISH REBELS) Richard Nixon makes a secret agreement with Shah of Iran to begin covert action against Saddam's government. The U.S. and Iran then begin funding the Kurds in their battle against the Iraqi regime for an autonomous Kurdistan. (See interview with James Akins.) - "A Chronology of US-Kurdish History," PBS, of http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saddam/kurds/cron.html.
MAY 1, 1971 : (ANTI-WAR PROTEST) Anti-war march on Washington, its staff director was David Gelber. He got into network television news, did some producing for Dan Rather, and he ended up as senior producer for Ed Bradley's "60 Minutes."- "Socialist Lobotomies," Notra Trulock, Newsmaxcom, July 29, 2002
MAY 5, 1971 : (DELLUMS ATTEMPTS TO INSTIGATE 'MUTINY') With the United States still engaged in the Vietnam War, Congressman Ron Dellums spoke to demonstrators on the steps of the Capitol while standing under a Vietcong flag which someone had attached to the buildings balcony. And as related in the 1972 edition of Current Biography, he "began his own investigation of army conditions in the spring of 1971 by dropping in on short notice at military posts around the United States and speaking to rank-and-file soldiers, encouraging them to oppose the war in Vietnam...."
This is a pretty good counterpoint.