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- NATION, Page 25American NotesDALLASSee Oswald's Lair -- for $4
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- Now, for just $4 ($3 for senior citizens), one can ride an
- elevator to the sixth floor of the former Texas School Book
- Depository in Dallas and see the perch from which Lee Harvey Oswald
- gunned down a President. The book cartons have been arranged just
- the way Oswald placed them 25 years ago to avoid being seen by
- co-workers. True, a clear screen keeps tourists from entering the
- assassin's lair, but the view of Dealey Plaza from accessible
- windows is about the same. One cannot, however, bring a rifle to
- check out the sights. A metal detector has been set up to spot gun
- toters.
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- The controversial display opened this week, after years of
- local arguments over how, if at all, the site should be preserved.
- A private nonprofit foundation raised $1.3 million to create the
- museum, and Dallas County, which owns the building, built a
- reception area with a $2.2 million bond issue. The Kennedy family,
- which was known to oppose the project, was not consulted on the
- plans.