Five stories that have North Texas talking: Dallas is facing a threat of bankruptcy: Rick Perry met with Donald Trump; UT鈥檚 Charlie Strong hopes to stay with the Longhorns; and more.
Fifty three years ago today, Lee Harvey Oswald shot John F. Kennedy as the president traveled through Dealey Plaza in a motorcade. Items related to that fateful day have recently been put up for auction, The Associated Press reports. Dallas-based Heritage Auctions is selling a .38-caliber Colt Police Positive used by late Dallas police officer Gerald Hill in Oswald's arrest. Bidding opened at $4,000, double what was asked for the Hill wore during the arrest.
AP reports that Hill鈥檚 widow, Bobbye Hill wishes her husband鈥檚 gun and sports coat weren鈥檛 being auctioned, but rather donated to the , where she鈥檚 contributed several of her husband鈥檚 belongings in the past.
Goldin Auctions in New Jersey opened bidding for the placed on Oswald at $50,000, although the auction house now predicts they're worth around $250,000, AP reports.
Other artifacts and pieces of evidence from the assassination have been sold in the past, including Kennedy's limousine license plates, Oswald's casket and the gun Jack Ruby used to kill Oswald.
- 顿补濒濒补蝉鈥� for its police officers and firefighters is underfunded and seeking a billion-dollar bailout. That bailout is about equal to the city鈥檚 general fund budget, and it鈥檚 not even close to what the pension needs to be fully restored, reports. 顿补濒濒补蝉鈥� more than 10,000 current and retired safety workers started voting on voluntary pension cuts this month to rescue the fund, but then five police officers and firefighters sued. Dallas is preparing to ask the state for help when the next Legislative session starts in January. . [The New York Times]
- is only 26 seconds long, but that鈥檚 all it took to capture a turning point in American history 鈥� the assassination of JFK. Abraham Zapruder filmed the tragedy from what鈥檚 now called the grassy knoll in 顿补濒濒补蝉鈥� Dealey Plaza. The film was used in the subsequent investigation and countless conspiracy theories surrounding JFK鈥檚 death. But it had an impact on Zapruder鈥檚 family, too. His granddaughter, Alexandra Zapruder writes about it in . Read more from the . [NPR, DMN]
- Rick Perry met with Donald Trump in New York Monday. reports: 鈥淭rump aide Kellyanne Conaway Monday that Perry is under consideration to lead the Departments of Defense and Energy. It is unclear how seriously Perry is under consideration for these posts.鈥� Perry was one of Trump鈥檚 harshest critics, at one point calling him a 鈥�.鈥� However, Perry campaigned for the now President-elect during the general election campaign. [The Texas Tribune]
Here's and earlier today at Trump Tower, per NC's Facebook page:
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek)
- Coach says he wants to stay with the Longhorns.There have been talks of the University of Texas firing Strong. He鈥檚 16-20 in his third year at Texas, including 5-6 this season, The Associated Press reports. Strong said administrators have told him they will review the season after the Longhorns play TCU on Friday. Athletic director Mike Perrin issued a statement calling reports of Strong's pending dismissal "rumors." If he was fired, however, . [The Associated Press, The Texas Tribune]
