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FILES 3 MOTIONS Andrews Seeking Andrews Seeking To Lift Probe Lid To Lift Probe Lid Continued from Page 1 Dean Andrews Jr. filed three motions today in Criminal our stories under oath and District Court aimed at prying open the lid of secrecy drews charges he did not tell the truth when questioned subject to cross-examination S clamped on the Orleans Parish grand jury' S investigation into about whether Clay Bertrand and the laws of perjury of the was actually Clay Shaw. the state of Louisiana. t. assassination Andrews, indicted of President by the jury John for F. perjury, Kennedy filed a motion of for oyer, a motion to inspect "This would give an impar- his testimony before the jury, IN ANOTHER development tial body of 12 men an oppor- and a motion for an order per- today, the district attorney's office filed exceptions to a tunity to decide once and for mitting the disclosure of grand petition by Shaw's attorneys all what is fact and what is jury testimony. to make magazine writer fiction," he said. Each of the motions is a dif- James Phelan a material wit- Sciambra said that the dis- ferent legal maneuver de- ness in the case against trict attorney's office will pay signed to make public An- Shaw. for Phelan's transportation drews' complete testimony be- Phelan is author of an ar- and lodging in New Orleans fore the jury on March 16. ticle which appeared in the and added that "I stand by Saturday Evening Post that A SUSPENDED Jefferson every statement I have ever suggested that Perry Russo, made concerning Mr. Phelan Parish assistant district at- the man who testified he and his article. torney, Andrews was indicted heard Shaw. Ferrie and Os- two weeks ago in an unpre- wald plot to kill Kennedy, cedented 11-foot-long charge may have been under a post- hypnotic suggestion when he after an earlier indictment was questioned, was dismissed by the district Assistant Dist. Attys. James attorney's office. Alcock, Andrew Sciambra In his motions today, An- and Richard Burnes filed a drews argued that he is un- written answer to the de- able "to properly prepare his fense's petition before Judge defenses or to assist his coun- Frank Shea. Judge Shea or- sel." dered a 10:30 a. m. hearing Andrews told the Warren Wednesday on the matter. Commission in its investiga- tion of the Kennedy death that THE STATE argued that he received a telephone call there is no provision under from a "Clay Bertrand" short- Louisiana law to take testi- ly after the assassination ask- mony of a witness in advance ing him to defend Lee Harvey of a trial except in a pre- Oswald, whom the commis- liminary hearing, which has sion says killed the President. already been held, or in the case of a witness who is im- GARRISON HAS identified prisoned. Bertrand and Clay L. Shaw, The assistant district attor- retired managing director of ney contended that the only International Trade Mart, as way testimony can be taken the same man. in advance of the trial is be- Shaw has been accused by fore the grand jury. c Garrison of conspiring with They noted that Phelan has ( Oswald and the late David said he is willing to testify a W. Ferrie to kill Kennedy. and the "state is equally in- s Shaw has denied the charge terested in obtaining his e and also that he used the sworn statement.' t name of Clay Bertrand as 7 an alias. LATER THIS morning, e The indictment against Arl- Sciambra issued a statement 16 (Turn to Page 17, Column 2) asking Phelan to testify with him. In his article, Phelan said tha. the first time Russo talked with Sciambra, no mention was made of the al- leged meeting which Russo attended in which he over- heard the plot. Sciambra has called the article untrue. In his statement, Sciambra said that in law the only way at the present time for Phe- lan to testify under oath "would be a joint appearance by Mr. Phelan and myself before the Orleans Parish Grand Jury. SCIAMBRA SAID Phelan has stated over radio and television broadcasts His will- ingness to testify in New Or- leans and added that "if Mr. Phelan is sincere in his re- quest, at this time I would like to extend an invitation to him to appear with me voluntarily before the grand jury where we can both tell

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