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Holiday rush?[edit]

The article says that Oswald worked at the depository as a "holiday-rush temporary employee". Why would a school book warehouse need temporary employees for the holiday rush? Were people ordering school textbooks as Christmas gifts? I would think that a school book warehouse would have its biggest rush for books in August and September. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 12:51, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If its not sourced then its dubious. In fact the entire section is without sources. I don't think you would have too much trouble if you removed the claim. JOJ ^Hutton 12:59, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Owner of the building[edit]

The owner of the Texas School Book Depository, David Harold Byrd, was CEO at Chance Vought Corp. Vought was a huge defense contractor which had sold thousands of aircraft to the US government but its contracts were expiring in the late 50's and early 60's. LTV Corp aquired Vought in 1960. LTV was a Texas company (connected to LBJ). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought

Shortly after the assassination of JFK, 3 months, LBJ signed a huge new contract with Byrd for the A7 Corsair II "which would become heavily engaged in a variety of close support and strike missions during the Vietnam War". The Dallas economy benefitted greatly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-7_Corsair_II http://www.madcowprod.com/09082009.html

Byrd also had a personal connection to Lee Harvey Oswald. Byrd was commander of the Texas and Louisiana Civil Air Patrols. Oswald trained with the latter group.

I think the School Book Depository building article should list some of Byrd's connections. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.53.82.73 (talk) 21:23, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Byrd was a co-founder of CAP, according to the wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Harold_Byrd But what evidence is there that he was "commander" of the Texas and Louisiana CAP in 1955 when Oswald at age 16 was for a few months a member working under David Ferrie? 75.51.148.161 (talk) 06:43, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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The stated floor area of the building, "Floor area 10,000 sq. ft. (929 m2)", is incorrect and should be changed. The footprint of the building itself is 100'x100' (10,000 sq. ft.), but this would only apply to a single floor. According to https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/jdt01, the building, 7 stories tall with a basement, covers 80,000 sq. ft. 208.81.32.206 (talk) 14:33, 20 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done, I also changed feet to primary measurement. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 17:42, 20 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

D H Bard[edit]

The page says "The Texas School Book Depository Company moved out in 1970 and the building was sold at auction to Aubrey Mayhew, a Nashville, Tennessee music producer and collector of Kennedy memorabilia, by the owner D. H. Bard" Isn't the correct name D.H. Byrd? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Harold_Byrd — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.51.148.161 (talk) 06:38, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]