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Bill Slatter Oral History

Audio oral history interview with Bill Slatter. A longtime broadcaster with NBC affiliate WDSU in New Orleans, Slatter interviewed Lee Harvey Oswald on radio and television in August 1963, three months before the assassination. Oswald had gained local media attention after being arrested for scuffling with Cuban exiles while handing out pro-Castro leaflets in New Orleans. Ultimately, Oswald paid a $10 for disturbing the peace. Slatter later covered New Orleans D.A. Jim Garrison. After a lengthy and highly controversial investigation, in 1969 Garrison unsuccessfully brought local business leader Clay Shaw to trial for being part of a plot to murder President Kennedy. A New Orleans jury found Shaw innocent after less than one hour of deliberations. Interview conducted by telephone on July 14, 2014, by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-two minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Bill Slatter Oral History

Date:

07/14/2014

Medium:

Born digital (.wav file)

Dimensions:

32 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.001.0166

Curatorial Note:

Mr. Slatter passed away on April 12, 2015. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator

Bill Slatter Oral History

Audio oral history interview with Bill Slatter. A longtime broadcaster with NBC affiliate WDSU in New Orleans, Slatter interviewed Lee Harvey Oswald on radio and television in August 1963, three months before the assassination. Oswald had gained local media attention after being arrested for scuffling with Cuban exiles while handing out pro-Castro leaflets in New Orleans. Ultimately, Oswald paid a $10 for disturbing the peace. Slatter later covered New Orleans D.A. Jim Garrison. After a lengthy and highly controversial investigation, in 1969 Garrison unsuccessfully brought local business leader Clay Shaw to trial for being part of a plot to murder President Kennedy. A New Orleans jury found Shaw innocent after less than one hour of deliberations. Interview conducted by telephone on July 14, 2014, by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-two minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Bill Slatter Oral History

Date:

07/14/2014

Terms:

Oral histories

New Orleans

Reporter

Investigations

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Garrison, Jim

NBC

WDSU Radio, NBC

WDSU-TV

News Media (OHC)

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.wav file)

Dimensions:

32 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2014.001.0166

Curatorial Note:

Mr. Slatter passed away on April 12, 2015. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator