Johnson acted to secure succession after Kennedy death
In the chaos after Kennedy's assassination, President Johnson moved quickly to conceal the death until safe transport. He flew to Love Field, took the oath aboard Air Force One in Dallas, and coordinated with Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Kilduff and reporters recount Johnson’s concern for safety and the tense oath ceremony.
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Kennedy
Johnson
Mr. Kennedy
Parkland Hospital
Love Field
Dallas
White House
Malcolm Kilduff
Westinghouse Broadcasting Co
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House
John McCormack
D-Mass
Senate
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
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Lincoln
Secret Service
Air Force One
Robert F. Kennedy
Robi J. Donovan
Los Angeles Times
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Sena
Mac
Bobby
Hard to Get a Drink In a Dry Kansas City
In Lacygne Kansas the town of 922 went dry after a Christmas Eve fire at the Charles Fittingberger home cut water supply. Pumps failed to sustain two wells and residents faced water shortages. Seven water tank trucks from Osawatomie were expected to aid the crisis.
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Lacygne
Kan
Charles Fittingberger
Osawatomie
Ten Teams Enter Holiday Girls Basketball Tournament
Ten senior high girls basketball teams enter a holiday tournament sponsored by the Lawrence Recreation Commission. The event starts Thursday at 8 a.m. in the Community Building and runs through next Tuesday with team captains listed as Janet Bartz Margaret Gillispie Cindy Will hoite Gayla Folk Brenda Kidd Dixie Underwood Cynthia Mc Nown Channette Alexander Jeanice Coe and Kylee Smith.
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Lawrence Recreation Commission
Janet Bartz
Margaret Gillispie
Cindy Willhoite
Gayla Folk
Brenda Kidd
Dixie Underwood
Cynthia McNown
Channette Alexander
Jeanice Coe
Kylee Smith
Junior High Lions Den Christmas Dance Planned
Members of the Junior High Lions Den will hold a Christmas dance Thursday at 8 p.m. in South Park Recreation Center. Sponsored by the Senior High Center Youth Council, chaperons will be provided. Junior high members may bring a guest and may join that night per Center Director Patricia Kirby.
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Lions’ den
South Park Recreation Center
Senior High Center Youth Council
Center
Patricia Kirby
Christmas Cease Fire Extends Across Nicosia Amid Tensions
Western Christians hold services as Roman Catholics attend St Louis of the French in Moscow. Nikodim joins in a rare show of interchurch accord. In Cyprus, fighting lingers but a Christmas Eve truce holds in most city sectors. Queen Elizabeth II speaks of hope in the cold war. Archbishop Ramsey and Cardinal Spellman travel on Christmas mercy missions. East Berliners flood into West Berlin, while Korea marks a fragile peace with loudspeakers bearing both carols and propaganda.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
British Commonwealth
Elizabeth II
Britain
Canterbury
Arthur Michael Ramsey
Paul
Holy Land
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Antarctica
U.S
South Pole
Red
North
South Korea
State Regent Renamed topleka four year term
Gov John Anderson announced the re appointment of Clement H Hall of Coffeyville to the State Board of Regents for a four year term. Hall an attorney and former Coffeyville Board of Education member has served two terms on the regents and was chairman in 1959 60.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Clement H. Hall
Coffeyville
State Board of Regents
Hall
Coffeyville Board of Education
Board of Regents
Cathedral Crowded for Midnight Mass at St Patrick’s
A capacity crowd packed St Patrick’s Cathedral New York for midnight Mass celebrating Christ’s birth. About 3,000 parishioner tickets issued drew several thousand more worshipers who waited in the cold along Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st streets.
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New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Birth of
Christ
Fifth Avenue
50Th
51St Streets
Prisoners Host Christmas Party for Children at FCI Terminal Island
Ninety children aged 3 to 12 from needy San Pedro families attend a Christmas party at the Federal Correctional Institution Terminal Island. About 750 prisoners and staff provide the event with Santa Claus and holiday festivities.
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Federal Correctional Institution
Terminal Island
Calif
Santa Claus
Bureau of Public Assistance
San Pedro
Reds Try It to Broadcast Holiday Programs in Spirit of Christmas
In a radio push the Reds planned special holiday programs reflecting the serious spirit of Christmas. Hungary reports two men jailed for attempting to steal from a basilica poor box as heavy snow blocks roads. A deadly train wreck interrupts travel. Czechoslovak youth criticize Father Frost, arguing for genuine Communist alternatives and direct gifts to children rather than middlemen.
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Hungary
Pecs
Budapest
Nyiregyhaza
Czechoslovakia
Father Frost
Kulturny Zivot
Slovak Writers Union
Smena
Father Christmas
Bethlehem
Saint Nicholas
Little Jesus
Prison Inmates Help Polio Victim Regain Walk
Two Ohio Penitentiary inmates Melvin Schrader and Leroy Smedley donated bone sections to Lengthen the leg of Sandra Goldstein of Bexley. Sandra, polio victim, had surgery after the donors were selected from 253 volunteers. The operation, conducted late last week and Monday, gives Sandra hope for walking and dancing.
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Ohio Penitentiary
Melvin Schrader
Leroy Smedley
Sandra Goldstein
Bexley
Sandra
Richard H. Brooks
Schrader
Smedley
Kansas Districts Receive $1.5 Million State Aid
The State Department of Public Instruction sent $1.5 million in state aid to Kansas school districts. Payments average $25 per pupil and range from $14,100 for Greeley County to $1,882,860 for Sedgwick County.
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PERA
State Department of Public Instruction
Kansas
Greeley County
Sedgwick County
Bethlehem Christmas Celebrations Light Up Holy Land
Bethlehem rang with bells and candle light on Christmas Day as pilgrims gathered at the Church of the Nativity and Shepherds Field. Worshipers filled Manger Square near a lit municipal tree as Pope Paul VI planned a January visit from Jerusalem.
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Palestine
Christ
Church of the Nativity
Shepherds Field
Manger Square
Hussein of
Jordan
Christendom
Paul VI
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Deaths-Funeral Notice Lula Harmon 75 Lawrence resident
Lula Harmon 75 of 1208 Almira died early today at home after a 50 year Lawrence residence. Rumsey Funeral Home will announce funeral arrangements. Survivors: three daughters Mrs Harold Burke Houston Tex Mrs Herbert R Gordon Tucson Ariz and Mrs Omer Buck Lawrence. two sons Merton J Harmon Ward and Herbert Harmon Nevada Calif. one brother T J Main Maple Valley Wash.
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Lula Harmon
Almira
Lawrence
Rumsey Funeral Home
Harold Burke
Houston
Tex
Herbert R. Gordon
Tucson
Ariz
Omer Buck
Johnson Ave
Merton J. Harmon
Ward
Herbert Harmon
Nevada
Calif
T. J. Main
Maple Valley
Wash
Christmas Day Weather Brings Bright Package Across Nations
The Associated Press reports a white Christmas across the northern half of the country with dry and warmer weather elsewhere. Snow gentled in the South and East while the Pacific Northwest saw rain and winds. Cold snaps eased in many areas with record lows and dramatic temperature swings in Arkansas and Tennessee.
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Santa Claus
North Atlantic
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Atlantic
Southland
Florida
Weather Bureau
Idaho
Wyoming
Arkansas
Tennessee
Little Rock
Ark
Memphis
Tenn
Cherryvale Goes Daily Publication Starts Jan 20
Cherryvale Kansas publisher J R Haney announced the Cherryvale Citizen will switch from twice weekly to daily publication starting January 20. The move to daily printing expands local coverage for Cherryvale and nearby areas.
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Cherryvale
Kan
J. R. Haney
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