Post by John Duncan on Jun 18, 2021 20:04:56 GMT -5
www.odmp.org/media/image/officer/13338/orig/tippit-dpd.jpg
Top Ten Record Shop
By Martha Moyer -- 2009
Tippit was not in that Top Ten Record shop. That's a lie
Have you ever noticed how many unknown people sprout from the ashes of the adversity of a few people to become the stars of the very melodrama that brought them to the public stage? They sometimes become household names and often very wealthy in the process. The deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman are examples. How many people owe their new found fame and wealth to the almost forgotten families who gained nothing but heart ache from the sad event in their lives?
The death of President Kennedy is a more glittering example of celebrity from adversity. The names are endless. Some of them have turned their tale into a lifelong vocation. We need not review their names; they are well known to the serious students of November 22, 1963.
Some have become wealthy. Others have managed to eke out a living from what would normally have been lost to history but for self-promotion and tourist curiosity.
"Liars begin by imposing upon others, but end deceiving themselves” --- ?
And, sadly, they have become so much a part of the accepted landscape, that we dare not question their narrative and their place on the stage.
Louis Cortinis was an eighteen year old clerk in the Top Ten Record Shop, located at 338 West Jefferson Boulevard, in Dallas, Texas, on the morning of November 22, 1963. He claims to have been on duty behind the counter when Officer J.D. Tippit appeared in the store at about 1:00 p.m. and asked to use the phone.
In 1981, during an interview, Cortinis claimed:
"He was behind the counter at the Top Ten Record Shop, 338 West Jefferson Boulevard, on November 22, 1963. Police Officer, J.D. Tippit parked his car on Bishop Street, apparently heading North, and came into the shop in a hurry and asked Cortinis if he could use the phone at the counter. He recalls Tippit being in such a hurry that he had to ask people in the narrow aisle to step aside.
"Tippit said nothing over the phone, apparently not getting an answer. He stood there long enough for it to ring seven or eight times. Tippit hung up the phone and walked off fast, he was upset or worried about something. ? Like what? His girfriend, Jonnie Whiterspoon, wasn't home?
"Tippit sped away in his squad car across Jefferson, down Bishop, to Sunset where he ran a stop sign and turned right down Sunset.
"Maybe 10, no more than 10 minutes Tippit had left when I heard he had been shot on the radio."
For What It's worth....
mcadams.posc.mu.edu/top10.htm
Is this true? Stop by the record hop and see for yourself.
On a visit to this Oak Cliff neighborhood one would see that both Jefferson and Sunset run parallel from East to West and Bishop runs North to South. Also, since Bishop is a thru street; traffic has the right of way and there was no stop sign at the corner of Bishop and Sunset for Tippit to crash.
Cortinas could not have seen Tippit run a stop sign and go right on Sunset from behind the counter at the record shop.
The Top Ten was (is) not the corner store and had windows only on the front, so unless Contraris exited the store to observe Tippit, he could not have seen the police car parked on Bishop, and even if he was able to see the officer drive North on Bishop, he probably could not have been able to watch the car as it reached the corner of Bishop and Sunset, since buildings across the street and along the east side of Bishop would have blocked his view.
Dub Stark, the owner and Cortinis' boss, stated that, "Tippit parked his patrol car outside; his partner was not with him on this occasion...he had just enough time to get to the place where he was shot."
Tippit did not have his partner with him on this occasion, or on any other ocassion, since daylight patrols traveled alone.
Cortinis also claimed that he knew Tippit from other experience, "having been ticketed many times for drag racing near Austin's Barbacue." Tippit did work at Austin's two nights a week, but it is unlikely that he went into the street to ticket drag racers.
It has been estimated that Tippit was in the Top Ten at 1:00 p.m.. If so, it is impossible to know, from the radio, that Tippit was shot ten minutes after leaving the shop; the officer's name was not known until much later in the day.
Tippit was reported seen, at approximately 12:45 to 1:00 p.m., at the Gloco gas station at 1502 North Zangs Boulevard. Since he went.East on Sunset, towards Zangs, from the Top Ten, it is possible that he had been in the record store before 1:00 p.m., but a police car was seen in front of 1026 North Beckley, where Oswald rented a room, at 1:00 p.m., and a right turn on Sunset would have taken him in the direction of the rooming house as well.
As for me, I find it hard to believe that Tippit was ever in the Top Ten Record Shop on November 22, 1963, but staying in business is important and the store is still operating as far as I know and an important stop for tourista.
What many people do not know - the Top Ten was not on the corner. A leather shop was there. Top Ten was next to it. I have been in there. Unless Cortinis went outside and watched JD leave (JD was parked on the street next to the leather shop - not in front of the store) there was no way he could see JD and where he was driving beyond maybe a half block. I can't imagine where Stark came up with JD being alone UNLESS he watched the car speed on across the street and out of his line of vision and noticed there was no passenger - but that is not what he described. JD was not parked in front.
Believe it or not - when you go into the Top Ten today - they proudly point out the "exact" phone JD used when he entered the store.
Top Ten Record Shop
By Martha Moyer -- 2009
Tippit was not in that Top Ten Record shop. That's a lie
Have you ever noticed how many unknown people sprout from the ashes of the adversity of a few people to become the stars of the very melodrama that brought them to the public stage? They sometimes become household names and often very wealthy in the process. The deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman are examples. How many people owe their new found fame and wealth to the almost forgotten families who gained nothing but heart ache from the sad event in their lives?
The death of President Kennedy is a more glittering example of celebrity from adversity. The names are endless. Some of them have turned their tale into a lifelong vocation. We need not review their names; they are well known to the serious students of November 22, 1963.
Some have become wealthy. Others have managed to eke out a living from what would normally have been lost to history but for self-promotion and tourist curiosity.
"Liars begin by imposing upon others, but end deceiving themselves” --- ?
And, sadly, they have become so much a part of the accepted landscape, that we dare not question their narrative and their place on the stage.
Louis Cortinis was an eighteen year old clerk in the Top Ten Record Shop, located at 338 West Jefferson Boulevard, in Dallas, Texas, on the morning of November 22, 1963. He claims to have been on duty behind the counter when Officer J.D. Tippit appeared in the store at about 1:00 p.m. and asked to use the phone.
In 1981, during an interview, Cortinis claimed:
"He was behind the counter at the Top Ten Record Shop, 338 West Jefferson Boulevard, on November 22, 1963. Police Officer, J.D. Tippit parked his car on Bishop Street, apparently heading North, and came into the shop in a hurry and asked Cortinis if he could use the phone at the counter. He recalls Tippit being in such a hurry that he had to ask people in the narrow aisle to step aside.
"Tippit said nothing over the phone, apparently not getting an answer. He stood there long enough for it to ring seven or eight times. Tippit hung up the phone and walked off fast, he was upset or worried about something. ? Like what? His girfriend, Jonnie Whiterspoon, wasn't home?
"Tippit sped away in his squad car across Jefferson, down Bishop, to Sunset where he ran a stop sign and turned right down Sunset.
"Maybe 10, no more than 10 minutes Tippit had left when I heard he had been shot on the radio."
For What It's worth....
mcadams.posc.mu.edu/top10.htm
Is this true? Stop by the record hop and see for yourself.
On a visit to this Oak Cliff neighborhood one would see that both Jefferson and Sunset run parallel from East to West and Bishop runs North to South. Also, since Bishop is a thru street; traffic has the right of way and there was no stop sign at the corner of Bishop and Sunset for Tippit to crash.
Cortinas could not have seen Tippit run a stop sign and go right on Sunset from behind the counter at the record shop.
The Top Ten was (is) not the corner store and had windows only on the front, so unless Contraris exited the store to observe Tippit, he could not have seen the police car parked on Bishop, and even if he was able to see the officer drive North on Bishop, he probably could not have been able to watch the car as it reached the corner of Bishop and Sunset, since buildings across the street and along the east side of Bishop would have blocked his view.
Dub Stark, the owner and Cortinis' boss, stated that, "Tippit parked his patrol car outside; his partner was not with him on this occasion...he had just enough time to get to the place where he was shot."
Tippit did not have his partner with him on this occasion, or on any other ocassion, since daylight patrols traveled alone.
Cortinis also claimed that he knew Tippit from other experience, "having been ticketed many times for drag racing near Austin's Barbacue." Tippit did work at Austin's two nights a week, but it is unlikely that he went into the street to ticket drag racers.
It has been estimated that Tippit was in the Top Ten at 1:00 p.m.. If so, it is impossible to know, from the radio, that Tippit was shot ten minutes after leaving the shop; the officer's name was not known until much later in the day.
Tippit was reported seen, at approximately 12:45 to 1:00 p.m., at the Gloco gas station at 1502 North Zangs Boulevard. Since he went.East on Sunset, towards Zangs, from the Top Ten, it is possible that he had been in the record store before 1:00 p.m., but a police car was seen in front of 1026 North Beckley, where Oswald rented a room, at 1:00 p.m., and a right turn on Sunset would have taken him in the direction of the rooming house as well.
As for me, I find it hard to believe that Tippit was ever in the Top Ten Record Shop on November 22, 1963, but staying in business is important and the store is still operating as far as I know and an important stop for tourista.
What many people do not know - the Top Ten was not on the corner. A leather shop was there. Top Ten was next to it. I have been in there. Unless Cortinis went outside and watched JD leave (JD was parked on the street next to the leather shop - not in front of the store) there was no way he could see JD and where he was driving beyond maybe a half block. I can't imagine where Stark came up with JD being alone UNLESS he watched the car speed on across the street and out of his line of vision and noticed there was no passenger - but that is not what he described. JD was not parked in front.
Believe it or not - when you go into the Top Ten today - they proudly point out the "exact" phone JD used when he entered the store.