Mrs Kennedy's harrowing day and public funeral
Frances Lewine recounts Jacqueline Kennedy's ordeal from the Dallas assassination through the Washington funeral weeks later. The narrative follows her shocked reactions, the bloodstained pink suit, the ride in the big blue car, the Parkland bedside vigil, and the ceremonial public mourning that surrounded John F. Kennedy's death and burial.
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Frances Lewine
John F. Kennedy
White House
Dallas
Washington
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Kennedy
Tex
No Liquor for Iowans on Tuesday
Des Moines reports that liquor by the drink cannot be sold during polling hours on Tuesday when Iowans vote on the Shaff plan. Homer Adcock, chair of the State Liquor Commission, notes the attorney general's opinion prohibits sale or consumption of alcohol while polls are open. State liquor stores will be closed Tuesday statewide.
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Des Moines
Adcock
Car Drops 20 Feet Kills Iowa Woman on Overpass
Mrs. Andrew Witt, 61, of Morrison Illinois, was killed Saturday when the car her son Harlan, 17, was driving skidded on an ice covered railroad overpass on Highway 30 and dropped 20 feet. The vehicle landed on its top. Witt’s son was not seriously injured. they were en route to Clinton, Iowa.
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Union Grove
Andrew Witt
Morrison
Ill
Highway 30
Witt
Harlan
Witts
Clinton
Iowa
Two Hunters Die in Air Crash Near Black River Falls
Two Black River Falls hunters died when their light plane crashed while attempting to sight deer from the air. Pilot Jack Duescher, 27, a La Crosse State College student, and passenger Robert Cummings, 29, were killed. The nine day deer season ended with eight gunfire deaths and 17 heart attacks nationwide.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Jack Duescher
la Crosse State College
Robert Cummings
Wisconsin
Iowa to Begin Medical Aid to the Aged Program
Iowa’s Medical Aid to the Aged program opens for applications as the Welfare Department begins administering the aid. About 4 million dollars annually from state and federal funds will cover doctor and dental bills and other health care, with applications routed through county welfare officials for eligible individuals aged 65 or older with limited means.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Welfare Department
Pension recipients to receive payments via institutions
Old age pension rolls will not provide direct payments to individuals. All funds will be disbursed to hospitals, doctors, and dentists.
Tallest Lady Clere Morris Dies in North Carolina
Mrs. Clere Gill Morris, 78, famed as the tallest woman in the world at 6 foot 8 inches, died Sunday in Greensboro North Carolina. A former Ringling Bros circus performer she traveled much of her life with the circus and was born in Orillia Ontario.
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Greensboro
N.C
Clere Gill Morris
Advertisement for Preparation H Piles Remedy
An advertisement touts a new cure for piles using Bio-Dyne now sold as Preparation H in suppository or ointment form. It claims rapid relief and statements from sufferers about piles no longer being a problem, with availability at drug counters.
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James Andrew Fischer
St. Luke’s Hospital
Aberdeen
S.D
James
Fischers
John Connally
Texas
Gov. Connally
Nellie
Trade Mart
Texas School Depository
Jack
Secret Service
Kemp Clark
Kennedeah
Arling
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Kennedys
Air Force One
Arlingon National Cemetery
Caroline
Johnson
Cape Canaveral
Cape Kennedy
Cape Cod
Wold’s
Main
2Nd Ave
Austin
3Rd Ave
N. Carolina
Heise & Roberts
4Th Ave
Hocking Cookwaite
New York, N. Y
TOY
OLD Gamble Store
N. Main
Oakland Ave
Carload
OLD Gamble
N. Main St
Oakland
Mathisen Tread
Athisen Tire & Battery CO
John Thorsell
3Rd Avenue
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