Daily Journal (Newspaper) - November 22, 1963, Fergus Falls, Minnesota THI Clearing and WESTERN LEADING DAILY COPY Trice for Carrier 1873 d in Dallas by Assassin DALLAS President John president of the United was shot to death today by a hidden assassin armed with a lived about an hour after a sniper cut him down as his limousine left downtown DALLAS W Two priests stepped out of Parkland Hospitals emergency ward today and said President Kennedy had died of Ms bullet The priests came out of the ward at The announcement by the priests brought audible sobs from a crowd of scores of newsmen and other citizens crowd ed around the emergency Ralph talking only a few min utes before to collapsed in sobs as he told of wit the slaying of the the mantle of the presidency fell to Vice President Lyndon a native Texan who had been riding two cars behind the chief There was no immediate word on when Johnson would take the oath of Kennedy died at Parkland Hospital where his bullet pierced body had been taken in a frantic but futile effort to save his AP Photographer James Altgens said he heard two shots but thought someone was shooting fireworks until he saw the blood on the Altgens said he saw no one with a AP reporter Jack Bell asked Kenneth presi if Kennedy was ODonnell gave no Bell said Kennedy was transferred to an He lay on a seat of the stained his Bell reported three shots were fired as the motorcade entered the triple underpass which leads to the Stemmons Freeway route to Parkland Pandemonium broke loose around the The Secret Service waved the motorcade on at lop speed to the The First Lady cradled her dying husbands blood head in her arms as the presidential limousine raced to the she kept Connally slumped in his seat beside the Police ordered an unprecedented dragnet of the hunting for the They believed the fatal shots were fired by a white about slender of weighing about 165 and standing 5 feet 10 inches The murder weapon was reportedly a 3030 CONNALLY OF TEXAS ALSO WOUNDED DALLAS ffl President Kennedy and John Con nally of Texas were gunned down by a hidden sniper as they drove out of downtown Dallas today in what had been a tri Latest reports indicate a was wounded in the right Connally and his wife had been riding with the Presi dent and Shortly before Kennedys death became he was administered the last rites of the Roman Catholic He had been the first Roman Catholic president in American Even as two hovered over the fallen Presi dent in the hospital emergency doctors and nurses ad ministered blood transfusions Kennedy died of a gunshot wound in the brain at ap proximately 1 CST The new Lyndon and his wife left the hospital a half hour Newsmen had no opportunity to question The horror of the assassination was mirrored in an eyewitness account by Ralph who had been riding three cars behind Yon could tell something awful and tragic had hap the senator told newsmen before Kennedys death became His voice breaking and his eyes Yarborough said I could see a Secret Service man in the Presidents car leaning on the car with his hands in anguish and I knew then something tragic had Yarborough had counted three rille shots as the presi limousine Sell downtown Dallas through a triple under The shots were fired from from one of the bridges or from a nearby One television reporter Mai said he saw a gun emerge from an upper story of a warehouse command ing an unobstructed view of the presidential Kennedy was the first president to be assassinated since William McKinley was shot in It was the first death of a president in office since Franklin Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage at Warm in April JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY President of the United States Johnson Is Sworn In as President BULLETIN DALLAS IH Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as Presi dent of the United States at about CST Johnson took the oath aboard the presidential plane at Dallas Love He was preparing to fly to Washington to take over the When word reached the White House that the President was dead the tension gave way to Women wept unashamedly and the knots of anxious watchers before the television sets broke up Church bells in the neighborhood began to and people began drifting toward the White House to stand silently on the or in Lafayette Park across Pennsylvania just to a passerby would ask a White House guard what the news then stand dumbly when told the President was Fergus Falls Businesses to Close During Funeral Fergus Falls business places will close lor a pe riod at the time of the of President John The Chamber of at the suggestion of Mayor made the announce ment at 3 V Labor Parly Wins in Election Test Scotland AP Harold Wilsons Labor party handed Prime Minister Sir Alec Conservatives another election defeat in Sir Alecs Scottish homeland The prime ministers personal prestige was directly involved in the voting to fill West Dun dees seat in the House of Com He made a television ap peal for the Conservative candi Laborite Peter Doig look 449 votes to for the Con Robert BULLETIN DALLAS AP The Dallas Police Department today ar rested Lee in connection with the slaying of a Dallas policeman shortly aft er President Kennedy was assas He was also being questioned lo see if he had any connection with the slaying of the Presi Oswald was pulled scream ing and yelling from the Texas Theater in the Oak Cliff section of He brandished a pistol which officers took away from him aft er a Police officer N who was cut across the face in the quoted Oswald as saying after lie was its all over A large crowd bad ed around the theater and wit the Police had to hold the crowds back because many apparently connected he arrested man with the slaying of the The officer who was D had been killed by a man answering the description of Oswald In the neighborhood a Tippet was slain with a WASHINGTON AP A shocked Senate adjourned today until noon Monday after a pray er by its chaplain for President shot in The House was not in The Presidents younger Edward Ken was presiding over the Senate when he re word of the He went to his office but left there almost His staff said they did not know where he had Robert the Presidents other brother and closest was having lunch at home when word of his brothers shooting reached Kennedys personal secretary said the attorney general was remaining at the Kennedy es late in AH activity at the White House in every of fice of the swiftly to a stop when news of the ambush shooting in Dallas White House staff from the Presidents closest con to lowliest stood clustered around radio and tele vision and news tickers waiting for news from Dallas The same was true in govern ment departments and clcs throughout the Wind All on Menu Winter Moves in on Large Area 4nrloiT nc Winter swept into Otter Tail County as rains late yes changed to glaze and snow in early morning And the winter will with lows of from zero to 8 degrees e predicted for Fergus Falls weather observer 3oe Felix reported inches of rain until 8 and onehalf inch of snow from 8 to noon snow amounted to inches of Fergus Falls drivers have apparently adjusted to slippery conditions with city police reporting no accidents to noon After a high of 34 temperatures hovered about the 20 degree mark during the night and morning hours The 8 temperature was and by noon the thermometer hal dropped to 20 Weather bureau forecasts call for the glaze and tight snow to end by with occasional cloudiness and colder tempera tures to Lows this afternoon will be between 15 and 20 and the temperature is expected to drop to between zero and 8 above Cooler temperatures are expected to prevail through Dead Lake Woods to Have Trail Area sportsmen will soon be provided with a better access to Ihe shoreline of the GOO acre state game tract on Dead Lake near Dent with the construction of a mile trail through the south edge of the ac cording to Ed assistant game manager for this The project which was submit ted to the slate game and fish division for approval last and recently is ex to start soon and be com in time for winter fishing Weiland noted that the deci sion to open the stand of solid limber was made after careful He said the trail will not only provide an access to the lake for the public in that but im prove the habitat for deer and grouse by providing new growth of food for the wildlife along the The trail will also allow equip ment to be brought Into the area to Improve the potholes close to the proposed path therefore increase the breeding potential for The project Is a joint venture with costs bo shared by the Sportsmans club nnd the state game and fish First Hes Kirby Lincoln cold winds and driving snow whipped Fergus Falls streets Gusts of cold wind helped pedestrians across Bolder Weather o Hold Five Days Minnesota 5Day Forecast Temperatures Saturday through Wednesday averaging near normal south and about 5 degrees below normal Normal highs 2633 33 37 lows 1116 1621 Colder south and extreme east begin ning of warming like ly about Precipita tion expected to average to in several periods of rain or T The Weather FERGUS FALLS AREA Diminishing cloudiness and colder tonight partly cloudy and colder High Thursday Overnight Low At 8 At Noon Precipitation 24 hours ending 8 today 8 to noon Temperatures One Year AK Maximum Temperatures Range from Frigid to West fo Easf Cold with sleet and freezing spread across wide areas in the Upper Plains region today but mild temperatures con in the major part of the The core of the cold air from Canada centered in western North Dakota and eastern Mon with temperatures near Light snow fell in most of the western and central parts of Wyoming and eastern Hazardous driving conditions were reported in the wet belt while livestock warnings were issued by the Weather Sleet and freezing rain and rain mixed with snow also created dangerous driving areas east of the cold Showers and thunderstorms broke out in Ihe moist warm air which spread from the Gulf into the nations The mild air also covered most areas in the eastern half of Ihe nation with temperatures far above seasonal But while Chicago basked in n if 63 rending on many sections to Ihe west imd north had midwinter At Bismarck the high I for the clay was had Winnipeg 17 for the plus Rapid City shivered at 19 but the skies were The Twin Cities still were in the balmy belt on Thursday with a high of And at Fair the high reading for the day was 21 below The low was 32 Ice Brings Fata Crash AP Death of a woman in a headon collision on an icy stretch of Highway 102 southeast of here late Thursday pushed tas 1963 road death toll to or 9 more than a yew Killed Paul of She was a passenger In n car driven by Marlys also of which collid ed with another auto driven by Donald of Twin Danny 9 Steven 4 Christen sen nnd his were all hero with None is believed seriously how
