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Jean Shepherd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Shepherd gave a first hand account as an onlooker during his October 19, 1966 radio show which you can read about here: http://www.flicklives.com/index.php?pg=200&ID=19661019W
I do not know if this is worthy of being included as an "External Link" for people who want more information, but I thought I would include it here. I suppose it would be better if we could find a "free" or online version of Jean's talk. 67.251.217.9 (talk) 23:00, 8 February 2017 (UTC)Reply