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-PICAYUNE, NEW ORLEANS, LA

GORDON NOVEL PLANS RETURN ,

I'm Tired of Fighting,' He Says

ew Orleans District Attorney Mt thi Jim Garrison over his return

there to testify in Garrison's t' grand jury investigation of da President Kennedy's assassina- in,

tion, has said here he will re- m

turn to New Orleans and testify before the Grand Jury .March 7 find 8.

The Grand Jury is probing Garrison's contention that Lee de Harvey Oswald was part of a So far-flung assassination plot to M. slay President Kennedy. an

Novel, a -former Hew, Orleans ab night club , owner, . came to the Columbus last summer to evade se: a summons to testify before the to Grand Jury. He appeared at a news • eonference here Tuesday with his wife, former Pliyboy "Bunny" Abby Mulligan, and di,spelled rumors of a marital rift.

Noiel said he knows nothing about' ,Garrison's alleged "con-spiracy."

"I'M tired of fighting," Novel told newsmen. "I think it's time to bring this to a head. I want to have a home and raise r familY:" •

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — fa Gordon Novel, long at odds with

Novel 'Tired 2.- Or

righting,' Will Retit to

Gordon NOve long..Sought ; witness in the Kennedy asses-

sination probe, says he turn • to New. Orleant.- "

Novel, a former nightclub owner, left the 'City ahruPtly. last year, when District :Attar-

, ney. Jim Garrison sought to question him. But he said yes-terday in Columbus, Ohio, he is "th•W of fighting" and will appear before the grand jury here March 7. and 8.

HOWEVER, Novel said knows nothing he can tell the Pity in connection with Garri-

: soil's allegation that the .slay-ing of President John F. Ken-

. nedy was rotted hi . New Or-leans.

"I think it's tree- to bring this lo a'head.. I Want to have a home and TIM*: a family," Novel said. at a news confer-ence with bit wife, former Playboy bunny Abby Mulligan.

7" Garrison' contends 'Novel and Kern' Manley, `"the former French: Quarter waiter charged yesterdiy with perjury, both were stonnecteC.with the fed-

i eral government here °before the assassitation.!: Novel, Garrison has .eleimed,' worked for the

; Central Intelligence Agency. Thornley, Garrison said yes-

terday,,was part of the covert federal operation operating in

slyly usletUlti 111 „Lima, along With Lee Har VeY PsWald, Thoraley's one-time Marine

' The perjury charge grew out

of Thornley's statements that he never saw Oswald here dur-

ARRISON Cont en d s that sons associated with the CIA

tiled the President. ,. " In an . interview made public yesterday' in which Garrison was questioned by, a Dutch tele,' vision reporter, the DA was quoted as saying "the next U.S. President who .triee to , put the brakes on the war machine" will also be slain.

Garrison was quoted on The Netherlands Television Founds-

' lion by Willem.Oltmans as say-ing Kennedy was:killed by "ele-ments" of the CIA and the Organization then tried to cast suepicion on others.

"This manner of organizing a mtirder is standard proce-dure with the CIA," Garrison was quoted as saying,

GARRISON waequoted in the Dutch interview as saying that he had to speak out in Europe "because it isr impossible in America. " .

"'I'M U.S. press is controlled to such an extent by the CIA that: 'we - no - longer :. can say the truth. They throttled us," he was quoted in the broadcast on the program 'Panorainiek.'

The television foundation quoted Garrison as saying he assumed . President 'Lyndon B. Johnion knew of the CIA's al-leged involvement because. the Warren Comfnission was com-prised of persons Garrison said were- favorable to the CIA.,

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NoVel Needs- 'l' Not Return to N.0.-COurt

AA Ohio district court of ap-peals has ruled that former nightclub operator. Gordon No-vel does not, have to return to Nil Orleans for the Grand Jury,: probe of the Kennedy assassi-nation:

The decision of the 10th Dis-trict Court at Columbus yester-day came following a hearing..

Novel has beenfighting a long battle with Dist. Atty. Jim Gar-rison who wants him to appear

a 'material witness in the ,

Ming' overturned an ear-lier decipitimin aTranklin Coun-

. court that haye to honor the •

a court ruling said the hnmunity from'airest that 9arklai offered Novel does not' continue; once Novel returns to Loidslani sand . is:faded' with a- . new ehaTge,

Novel hasconsistently termed the 'Garrison'..'initestitation a "fraud," • and said' ,he. knows nothing of the Kennedy Assassi; nation.

The latest subpena grants that immunity. '

Garrison has contended that the Central Intelligence Agency was Involved in the assassina-tion and that Novel, "by his own admission in public state-ments Is affiliated with the CIA."

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Novel Posts Bond Ohio After Hold for N.O. Order

Reportedly Will Try. to Prevent Return

Gordon Novel, subpenaed to testify before the Orleans Par-ish Grand Jury, was ordered held for New Orleans authori- ties Monday by a 'Franklin _ County court in Columbus, Ohio:.

Novel, liter released from the Franklin . County jail after,post-lag a $500 bond, authorities said, is seeking to prevent his trans- , fer to New Orleans on grounds he. will be charged with perjury if he appears before the Grand Jury.

The Grand. Jury is investigat-ing allegations by. District At-torney Jim Garrison of conspir-acy in the assassination of for-mer President John F. Kennedy and 'Novel, said he will testify he knows nothing of the .assas-sination and will be charged with perjury. '

The action to. hold Novel came at a hearing on the subpena be-, fore Judge Henry- Holden of the Franklin County Common Pleas Court.

'Judge. Holden said Louisiana had complied with a uniform witnesses act honored by both states. He said Louisiana grants Novel immunity from any past acts but _"we can't. grant. hfni immunity for anything that may occur in the future.'

In the past,. Garrison has been unable to get Novel, a former New Orleans night club opera-tor, to testify because he re-fused to grant him immunity.

DR. ARCHIE GRAY TAKEN BY DEATH 'JACKSON, Miss. (AP) = Or.

Archie L. Gray, Mississippi's chief health officer, died at 8:45'. p. m. Monday at a meeting at • University Hospital.. .A spokes-

3- je Former Garison Aide Testifies

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A former chief investigator for New Orleans Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison testified Mon-

r day in Franklin County Com-mon Pleas Court that he be-lieves Lee Harvey Oswald

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"acted alone" in the assassi-nation of President Kennedy and that the Warren Commis-sion Report is "basically cor-rect."

William Gurvich, an inves-tigative aide to Garrison from December, 1966, to last June, testified at a hearing for Gor-

, don Novel.

NOVEL, who appeared for 3. the hearing, is fighting a

summons to appear Thursday and Friday before the New

y Orleans grand jury investi-a gating an alleged conspiracy ,f to assassinate the late Presi-

dent. The Monday hearing, con-

tinued from Friday after Nov-el had failed to appear, ended with Judge Henry Holden or-dering Novel held by the shariff's office until he can be turned over to Orleans Parish authorities.

Novel's attorney, Jerry Weiner, immediately filed ha-beas corpus action in the Court of Appeals of Franklin County to gain Novel's re-lease.

e that tend to support his con-' spiracy theory and discounts s reports that fail to do so. e Gurvich's testimony indi- e cated he believes Garrison's e statements about an involved e plot to kill the President are .e based on rumors, suspicions

and few facts. y Garrison once said the in-. et vestigation would end if Clay

Shaw, who has been charged at with being a part of the con-11- spiracy, were to commit sui-

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APPELLATE Judge John C. Duffy set a hearing on the action for 2 p.m. Tuesday and set bond for Novel's appear-ance at $500. Novel was re-leased on bond soon after-ward.

Gurvich, a part owner of the Gurvich Detective Agency of New Orleant, said he con-ducted numerous investiga-tions for Garrison, including investigations of the assassi-nation and of Novel.

He said he found "some in-dication") Novel might have been involved in a burglary of an ammunition bunker on a former air base in Louisia-na, but that he found nothing to link Novel to any conspira-cy to kill the President.

THE INVESTIGATOR indi-cated that Garrison accepts those investigation reports

NOVEL 30, who now main-tains residences at 226 E. Oakland Ave. and in Wash-ington, D.C., testified Garri- son 's investigation is "A p fraud." He said:

"I don't dare go back . . . Truth means absolutely noth-ing in Louisiana in this mat-ter."

Weiner argued that — if his client is returned to New Orleans — Novel will be charged with conspiracy to assassinate the President if he testifies he knows any-thing about Kennedy's death, and will be charged with per-jury if he testifies he knows nothing.

PROSECUTOR C. Howard Johnson and Assistant Prose-cutor John Peck said they were merely presenting the matter before the court as re-quired by law. Johnson made it clear he was not pressing for Novel's return. -

Holden, however, said there was no evidence to show Novel would suffer "un-, due hardship" if returned to

New Orleans to testily, aim' that matters pertaining to the assassination investigation must be determined by the grand jury in New Orleans.

Holden also ordered a copy of the transcript of the Mon-day hearing be sent to Judge Matthew S. Braniff, of the Criminal District Court of Or-leans Parish. Braniff signed a statement that Novel' would be granted granted immunity from ar-rest if he enters Louisiana' to N.. testify.

WEINER argued the immu-nity is only for charges relat-ing to incidents prior to Nov- 1)c el's possbile appearance be-fore the grand jury and not for anything that might hap-pen as a result of 'his testi-mony.

Weiner contends in his ha-beas corpus action that the x. uniform witness act is uncon-stitutional because it does not) guarantee Novel's return t Ohio following his testifyin in Louisiana.

The summons for Novel's appearance before the Or- ti‘ leans Parish Grand Jury was j filed under this act, which maks provisions for witness-es

to be brought from one.

state to another to testify. Ohio and Louisiana are among states that have agreed to the act.

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NEW ORLEANS,. LA, lotar;:.4 • (LNS)—Gordon • Novel, 1

sought-es a material witness, in, Jim Garrison's Kennedy Assaa::-. libation probe, will finally return • to New Orleans to testify after a • year of ignoring and fighting sub-poenas.

.• Novel was first Outopoened in April, 1967 on two grounds.' He was wanted by Houma, 'Louisiana authorities for questionbig re-garding a 1981 inunitioas burglary • and he was wanted by Garrilon for qUestioning regarding the sassinatian. , • . • - • 1, ;

Novel left Louisiana for Col- . umbus, Ohio where he fought the . subpoena. He called 'the Houma burglary lithe most patriotic bur-glary in history:, and explained • that the CIA had placed the mun- • itions in. a-- Schlumberger Well •, Co, warehouse so that Novel and others could take theni out. Gar- • risen has said that David Ferrie, Sergio!) Arcacha Smith,..aad Lay- • ton Martens were antheraldWith Novel and that the tnunitiOns Were deposited in various spots around • Louisiana, including, Guy Bennis-

ter's _office at 544, Noy St. That Office was used by liberal anti-

..:Castro groups and sail:possible conspirators 'frequented the building. ".:',2*

th is now in Dallas, Texas where he successfully, !bight. a subpoena to return to New Orleans. Layton Martens is under indictment for perjury be-,, cable he denied knowing Novel..

...Ferris, named in the indictment of Clay Shaw as a ca,coinipir,- ator, died Mysteriously a few, Ow. after Garrison's investigni; tion *MUM

Novel contested the subpoenas. GOvernor, Rhadat of Oldix held; Garrisan that he wouldretnrnNof), verb talk about the Haim* raid if Garrison guaranteednottodis cuss the Kennedy assassination', with hlm, Garrison refused to

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Novel ,deiounced the Garrison • investigation and vowed to sue Gairlson and Playboy Magazine for $10,000,000 damages. From safety in Cohimbus, he kept a

.close. eye on, 'anything that hap-tubed . in Ohio regarding the as-

' stisinifton.. When Mort Bahl played an engagement at a Colum-bus night club," Novel was in the audience, ablest every night, tak-ing notes, When Mark Lane spoke in Columbus, NoVel was there.

Finally; in October Garrison agreed not • to question. Novel about •the,Kisitiedy assassination and ?limit came to testifyabout the Houma, burglarY.

Last . Meath,. • Garrison again subpoened Novel at the'same time he sidopoened AllenDulles, form-ilk head of the CIA. Garrisonsaid

-"that,. Navel was present -on No Name Key, Whernorreral key in- • &viable were training..

Today, .10dge Henry HoldenOrdered No-

. vel held for Now Orleans author-The jugs ordered Novel to

return-after Garrison) gives him - a pleidgetifininumity-fromarrett. Novel will testify before the Or-leans Parish Graqd Jury March 7 and 8. , •

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NOVEL WINNER IN. NEW RULING

Order for Ftetnni to ':Or-leans Voided •

COLUMBUS,. Ohio (AP)The 10th District.:(Franklin, County) Court:Appeals Friday. re-: versed Franklin County Com-mon Pleas Court . Judge Henry Hoiden. and ruled that:Gordon Notrel "does not hive 'to- return to lievi3 Orleans for a grOld jury appearance. In the Kennedy as- sassinatiooprobe. '

The. declaim moth'. after a heating . in. the :Court, part of Novel's long fight wlth New . Or-leans District Attorneyjhn Gar-rison, who has beeii,cantiucting an investigation of the Kennedy

Judge Holden holed ' earlier in the" week that Novel would have to: henor a subpOena from New -Orleans and return ',there for 1 appearance before the grand jurY'Re was then released uri-der: $1 bond , pending hearing, ef

The appeals court gave an oral:I:riding' Fri* and said written .deciliOn will be issued. latee But, hi "effect the court, said immunity from arrest of- fered Novel by .Ganiste if he would return' does ::not continue once he Is back :in lifelsiana and faced-with any new charge.

Novel has tensistaitlyo'called Gairison'i investigation, a- fraud and, cbdine he knows nothing of &mlady's .easasilnatiOn:'

His attorneys, trashed' aside Garrison's:immunity :offer' and maintained as the court: held Friday that it would have no effect. once 'Novel rebuts to New Orleant and new Charges are 'file& ,-)

Novel's wife, Abby, a former Playboy Cinb.'binuiy, filed mil for divorce against Novel earl er in the *eek,. Chargintgrosa neglect of duty„.Tbey Were mar-, ried in l'amessith last- Dec. ■1 Novel is a former'New: Orleans night club operator.