The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, August 4, 1981-Page 11
Oswald's grave may be opened
DALLAS (UPI)-Convinced that Lee Harvey
Oswald's coffin is empty, the widow of the accused
presidential assassin said yesterday she was being
"forced to take drastic measures" to answer
speculation and doubts.
A legal move by Maria Oswald Porter to open her
husband's coffin would place her in direct legal con-
flict with Oswald's olderbrother, Robert, who set the
stage for a showdown by rejecting a compromise
exhumation offer by Porter.
"I'VE DEFINITELY been forced to take drastic
measures, but I have not yet decided what type of ac-
tions I will take and against whom," said Porter. "I
will be consulting with my lawyer."
Porter had proposed that the coffin be unearthed
and opened solely to determine if it contained human
remains. She offered to drop a motion for an autopsy
to prove conclusively whether Oswald, or someone
else, was buried in Rose Hill cemetery in 1963.
ROBERT OSWALD of Wichita Falls, Texas, said
he did not wish to discuss his reasons for rejecting
any attempt to open the coffin.
"I would like to emphasize to the public that my
contemplated actions are completely independent,
with no connection to Mr. Michael Eddowes or his
theories," said Porter.
Eddowes is the British attorney and author who has
theorized that a Soviet imposter-not the real Lee
Harvey Oswald-assassinated President John Ken-
nedy in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, and was himself shot
two days later and buried in Fort Worth, Texas.
"It appears that I have exhausted all the polite
ways of doing this (having the grave opened)," Por-
ter said. "I think it's high time that I have some of my
questions answered. My children also deserve some
answers."
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proposal is acceptable and preferable
for Weidenbach to review early yester-
day morning.
WEIDENBACH LEFT town,
however, and didn't have a chance to
review the proposal, Huntington said.
Huntington said he and other com-
mittee members are "waiting and
seeing" at the moment, and he has "no
idea what the outcome will be."
But he said he thinks that because of
the publicity and controversy the new
roof has generated, University officials
will be "moving more carefully in the
future" when it comes to the repair and
upkeep of older buildings on campus.
Hey,
U of M-Students!.
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Woman assaulted
near FullerRd.
A woman was assaulted Sunday af-
ternoon on the 2300 block of Fuller Rd.,
police said yesterday. The victim was
approached from the rear and grabbed
by the throat, at about 2:30 p.m., by a
male suspect in his 20s, police said. She
was then forced at knifepoint into the
woods near the road, blindfolded and
gagged, and forced to partially disrobe,
police reported. The suspect then "fon-
dled" her and, after about 20 minutes,
fled.
Break-in on W. Washington
Three thousand dollars worth of
stereo and camera equipment was
stolen from a residence on the 1200
block of W. Washington at 12:30 a.m.
Sunday morning, police said yesterday.
The thief gained entry by cutting the
screen of the living room window.
Pants stolen from Division apt.
The resident of an apartment on the
900 block of Division didn't lose his shirt
after the apartment was broken into
Sunday morning, but his pants. Police
reported that the surprised com-
plainant awoke at about 8 a.m. to see
two hands grabbing a pair of pants
from his bedroom chair. The suspect
then fled. Police have no suspect in
custody.