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词条 Penn Jones Jr.
释义

  1. Early life and education

  2. Military service and career

  3. Personal life

  4. Death

  5. Bibliography

  6. References

  7. Further reading

  8. External links

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| birth_name = William Penn Jones Jr.
| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|10|14|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Lane's Chapel, Texas, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|01|25|1914|10|14|mf=yes}}
| death_place = Alvarado, Texas, U.S.
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| nationality = American
| education = Clarksville High School
| alma_mater = Magnolia Junior College
University of Texas at Austin
| occupation = Journalist, newspaper editor, author
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| spouse = {{marriage|Louise Angove|1941|1983|end=divorced}}
{{marriage|Elaine Kavanaugh|1983|1998}} (his death)
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}}William Penn Jones Jr. (October 14, 1914 – January 25, 1998) was an American journalist, the editor of the Midlothian Mirror and author. He was also one of the earliest John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theorists.[1]

Early life and education

Jones was born in Lane's Chapel, Texas.[2] He was one of eight children born to William Penn Jones, a sharecropper, and his wife Gussie Earline Jones (née Browning).[2][3] Three of his siblings died in infancy. The family later bought a farm in Annona, Texas. After graduating from Clarksville High School in 1932, Jones attended Magnolia A&M Junior College for less than two years.[2][3]

In 1935, he transferred to the University of Texas at Austin. It was there that Jones met an economic professor who he later credited with for influencing him to become a liberal. While at UT, Jones took law classes with classmates Henry Wade and John Connally. Wade later become the District Attorney in Dallas while Connolly would later become the 39th Governor of Texas. Both men were figures in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. In 1940, Jones dropped out of college later admitting that the coursework was too difficult.[4]

Military service and career

In 1933, Jones joined the Texas National Guard. In October 1940, he was called to active duty to fight in World War II.[4] He served in 36th Infantry Division in the European theater of World War II.[2] He retired from the Guard in 1963 upon which Texas governor John Connally promoted him to the rank of Brevet Brigadier General.[5]

In 1946, Jones purchased the Midlothian Mirror for $4,000; he eventually sold the newspaper in 1974.[1] In 1963, Penn received the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for Courage in Journalism.[1][6] Hugh Aynesworth was among those who nominated Jones for the award.[1]

Jones was known for being an early critic of the Warren Commission's report on the assassination of John F. Kennedy and for alleging that 150 people connected to the assassination may have died under mysterious circumstances. In 1967, he self-published Forgive My Grief, a four-volume work on the assassination of President Kennedy.[1][6] In the 1980s, Jones co-edited The Continuing Inquiry newsletter with Gary Mack of the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.[1]

In 1981, Jones stated that he believed nine men, flown into Dallas from Oklahoma, each fired one bullet at Kennedy.[7] He said the fatal headshot to Kennedy was fired from a manhole on Elm Street in Dealey Plaza.[8]

Personal life

Jones was married twice and had two children. He married first wife Louise Angove in July 1941. They had two sons: Penn Jones III (born in 1944) and Michael (born in 1948). They divorced in 1983. That same year, Jones married Elaine Kavanaugh. They remained married until Jones' death.[2]

Death

On January 25, 1998, Jones died of Alzheimer's disease in a Alvarado, Texas nursing home at the age of 83.[1] His funeral was held at the St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Waxahachie, Texas.[2]

Bibliography

  • (1967). Forgive My Grief {{ISBN|0-686-21250-9}}
  • (1967). Forgive My Grief II {{ISBN|0-686-91280-2}}
  • Forgive My Grief III
  • (1974). Forgive My Grief IV
  • (1976 to 1984). The Continuing Inquiry, monthly periodical newsletter
  • (November 22, 1983) Disappearing Witnesses (from The Rebel magazine Rebel)
  • (January 1984) Disappearing Witnesses (from The Rebel magazine Rebel)

References

1. ^{{cite news|last=Shlachter|first=Barry|title=Penn Jones, JFK theorist, editor|newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|date=January 28, 1998|location=Fort Worth, Texas|page=11}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.baylor.edu/lib/poage/jones/index.php?id=57477|title=About Penn Jones|last=Jones|first=Michael|date=May 2013|publisher=baylor.edu|accessdate=October 2, 2014}}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Kelin|first=John|title=Praise from a Future Generation: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy and the First Generation Critics of the Warren Report|year=2007|publisher=Wings Press|isbn=0-916727-32-7|page=103}}
4. ^Kelin 2007 p.104
5. ^{{cite news|title=Midlothian Paper Editor Given Award|date=July 16, 1963|work=Corsicana Daily Sun|page=13}}
6. ^{{cite news|title=Articles Take Up JFK 'Conspiracy'|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FwAdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J5sEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7427%2C1218683|accessdate=May 15, 2013|newspaper=The Tuscaloosa News|date=November 7, 1966|location=Tuscaloosa-Northport, Alabama|page=13}}
7. ^{{cite news |last=Carmichael |first=Dan |date=October 27, 1981 |title=Despite autopsy, Oswald theories live |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19811027&id=4VwaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NioEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6954,4320619&hl=en |newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal |agency=UPI |page=5 |location= |access-date=June 15, 2015}}
8. ^{{cite magazine |last=Rosenbaum |first=Ron |author-link=Ron Rosenbaum |date=November 1983 |title=Still on the Case |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=giwEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false |magazine=Texas Monthly |location=Austin, Texas|volume=11 |issue=11 |page= |issn=0148-7736 |access-date=June 6, 2017}}

Further reading

  • Nash, H.C. (1977). Citizen's Arrest: The Dissent of Penn Jones Jr. In the Assassination of JFK. Latitudes Press.

External links

  • {{IMDb name|id=0427404|name=Penn Jones Jr.}}
  • Baylor University Collections of Political Materials: Penn Jones Collection
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