Nation bids final farewell to martyred Kennedy
Washington mourned as John F Kennedy was laid to rest with world statesmen in attendance. Jacqueline Kennedy led the funeral procession on foot from the White House to St Matthew's Cathedral, followed by Lyndon Johnson Lady Bird and family. Kings presidents and leaders from 53 nations joined the ceremony with Cardinal Cushing officiating and music from Luigi Vena and the Black Watch bagpipers.
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Nation Honors JFK As Kansas Pause In Mourning
Virtually all public activities in Topeka and Wichita halted as residents observe a memorial for President Kennedy. Offices closed, schools suspended, and cancelations occur while churches and colleges plan services and reflect on the nation’s loss.
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Area Pays Tribute To John F. Kennedy
Area officials and schools observed a day of mourning for President Kennedy with closures across Chanute. City offices from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. County courthouse in Erie closed. schools dismissed at 10 a.m. and a memorial service held. churches opened for prayer.
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Flower Tribute Grows For Kennedy At Torch Monument
Cuban exiles in Miami laid thousands of flowers at the Torch of Friendship, creating a dramatic one flower at a time tribute to President John F Kennedy. A Kennedy image was placed on the monument as a picture and flowers spread beneath it.
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Weather summary for area with cold change
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Colder tonight and cooler Tuesday. Low tonight around 30. High Tuesday 45 to 50. Highs and lows recorded historically on the date noted. Relative humidity and barometer figures referenced but not fully legible.
Cold air brings clear skies to Kansas with regional highs
Moderate chill settles over Kansas as high temperatures are forecast in the middle 30s in the far northwest to the mid 50s in the southeast. Tonight, overnight low temperatures range from the 20s in the northwest to the 30s in the southeast.
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Crash Kills Six in Hannover Train Collision
Six people died when a slow passenger train rammed an express near Hannover. The German Federal Railways reported the fatalities and noted the collision occurred today, prompting investigations and emergency response.
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Germany
German Federal Railways
Carlson Represents Kansas at Kennedy Funeral
At the funeral of President Kennedy in Washington three Missouri officials attended. Governor John M Dalton, Senator Stuart Symington, and Representative Clarence Cannon led Missouri's delegation. Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas represented his state at the service.
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Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log lists counts over the 48 hours to 9 am Monday with 2 for November 1963 and 38 for 1963, comparing to 522 for the comparable 1962 period and 536.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dallas map tied to Kennedy shooting found in Oswald room
Dallas District Attorney Henry Wade said a city map with X marks and a line tracing the Kennedy gunfire path was found in Lee Harvey Oswald’s room. Fingerprints of Oswald were also found on the foreign-made rifle.
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Move in Congress For Adjournment
Washington AP reports that tax cut and civil rights bills may be set aside by a push to adjourn Congress. House Republican Leader Halleck seeks adjournment by December 14 to give Johnson a breathing spell, with Democrats hoping for Jan 3 opening and a Christmas recess. Halleck plans a temporary funding bill through December 31 and may push Jan 31 if possible. Concerns linger over action on civil rights and tax matters and the session’s fate this year.
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Governor of Texas Improves After JFK Assassination
Dallas AP report states Texas Governor John Connally, wounded during the Kennedy assassination, is “out of danger” and "will be all right" per a statement read by Mrs. Connally at Parkland Hospital. She conveyed sorrow for the President and the nation as Connally heals.
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Joseph Kennedy Grieves in Privacy
Former Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy, 75, grieves in private at his Hyannisport summer home as the nation honors his slain son John F. Kennedy. He remains unable to travel, aided by distant family and friend Rev. John Cavanaugh, with note of his prior stroke and wheelchair confinement.
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Boston
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Nation watches Oswald killing spark nationwide debate
Millions of viewers witnessed the Oswald murder by Jack Ruby and debated its meaning for justice and morality. Clergy and civic leaders urged restraint as others hailed the act or called for due process to prevail.
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Dallas
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Oswald
Albany
N.Y
Ruby
Chicago
Carl Moore
Rolland R. O'Hare
Threatening call targets Atlanta Kennedy connection widow
An Atlanta widow, Mrs. Jack Kirksey, recounts a threatening phone call after being linked to the Kennedys. Police guard her home as she recalls her late husband’s death on PT 109 in 1943 and Kennedy’s role in informing her of the loss. The caller warned of danger and urged staying behind locked doors.
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Jack Kirksey
John F. Kennedy
Greeting Reaches Nun After Kennedy Assassination
Albany AP report notes Sister Catherine Berrissimo, who was about to turn 100, received a birthday card bearing President John F. Kennedy's signature after his assassination in Dallas Texas. The greeting arrived Saturday, delaying prior hopes for a celebration.
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Catherine Berrissimo
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Tex
Tribune Phone Contact Instructions
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Kansan in charge of Kennedy guard
First Lt. Samuel Bird of Wichita leads the White House honor guard and guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He supervised the military handling of President Kennedy’s body at Bethesda Naval Hospital before returning to Washington with the casket. Bird, a Citadel graduate, served 14 months in Korea before joining the 3rd Infantry.
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Korea
Security Officers Staggered Guarding 27 Heads of State
Washington AP reports American security officers, still shaken by the Kennedy assassination, faced the tough task of protecting 27 heads of state and government. Many walked in a slow procession behind Kennedy's casket from the White House to St Matthew's Cathedral while officials employed a maximum security plan prepared months earlier for foreign dignitaries.
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