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Judge to Hear Dispute on Ownership of JFK 'Sniper's Perch'

A long-running dispute between two men who both claim to own the "sniper's perch" in the JFK assassination returns to court next month.

They both claim ownership of the sixth-floor window from the Texas School Book Depository where Lee Harvey Oswald hid out to shoot President John F. Kennedy in Dallas.

Caruth Byrd, 67, of Van, Texas, sued 81-year-old Aubrey Mayhew, of Nashville, Tenn. over who owns the "real" window after both had been posted for sale on eBay.

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