Doris Stranghoner hosted Unity Club’s spring luncheon Monday along with Kit McGuffin, Ellen Thompson and Linda Brocker.
Brocker gave the program on the book “The Reporter Who Knew Too Much: Dorothy Kilgallan,” by Mark Shaw.
Kilgallan was a celebrated journalist during the 1940s up through the 1960s who took particular interest in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
According to the author, Killigan made it her mission to investigate the circumstances of the president’s assassination, especially after Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald, the man suspected of shooting Kennedy.
Kilgallan’s research was meticulous, Shaw said, and was kept under lock and key.
Her death occurred within days of telling friends she possessed evidence pointing toward who killed JFK and why. She also stated she was close to breaking the story. Even today, many wonder about the circumstances of Kilgallan’s death in 1965. She was 52 years old.
A dozen members attended the meeting. Unity Club will meet again at 1:30 p.m., July 15 at St. John’s Parish Hall.
