Johnson Begins Task as New Chief Executive
President Johnson, pale and weary, starts his full day as chief executive in the Executive Office Building after the Dallas assassination. He meets with CIA head John McCone and aide McGeorge Bundy, then immediately orders the jet to take off with airborne emphasis. Johnson, with Cabinet members and congressional leaders, seeks bipartisan support and acts on urgent tasks as the nation mourns Kennedy.
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Local Leaders React To Kennedy Assassination In Lawrence
Robert B Oyler president of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce laments Kennedy's assassination and urges unity. A 3 30 p m prayer service will be held at St Luke AME Church with ministers from area churches leading prayers. Kansas University cancels 2 30 p m classes for a memorial convocation and tolls the carillon 21 times at noon.
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Weather Outlook Northeast Kansas Fair and Cool
Fair and continued cool this afternoon and tonight with increasing clouds and warmer Sunday. High this afternoon mid to upper 40s, low tonight 25 to 28, high Sunday around 60. Temperature readings show yesterday high 62, low 90, and year ago today high 57, low 35. Rainfall minimal with historic high 70 and low 12 noted for past records.
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Khrushchev Pays Respects to Kennedy Assassination
Moscow Premier Khrushchev dressed in black visited the U S Embassy with Andrei Gromyko to convey deep sadness over President Kennedy's assassination. He sent a telegram to President Johnson calling it a heavy blow to peace and Soviet American cooperation and urged continued pursuit of negotiated settlement for world peace.
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Governor Could Have Been Goal Of Texas Killer
AP reports Lee Harvey Oswald, charged with Kennedy’s assassination, wrote to then Texas Governor Connally asking to reverse an undesirable Navy discharge. Connally refused. The letter circulated from Oswald’s personnel records, raising questions whether Connally might have been the intended target.
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Johnson recovery noted from 1955 heart attack
Washington AP reports President Johnson suffered a severe heart attack in 1955 but recovered with barely a sign of the brush with death. In the 1960 campaign he said physicians thought he felt too good and worked too long.
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Suspect in Murder Tried to Renounce US
A young man once seeking to renounce his country is charged with firing the bullets that killed President Kennedy. Lee Harvey Oswald, 24, denied the slaying and said he was innocent as authorities described a clear trail from the shooting to his arrest after a police officer was killed. The case proceeds under Dallas District Attorney Henry Wade with possible trial within weeks.
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Oswald Claims and Dallas Police Communist Link
Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry said Lee Harvey Oswald admitted being a Communist. He noted Oswald previously called Marxist and claimed no distinction between the two. Paraffin tests on Oswald’s hands were reported. police mentioned 25 to 30 known Communists in Dallas.
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Memorial service tonight for President Kennedy in Plymouth Church
A union memorial service for President John F Kennedy will be held at 7 tonight at Plymouth Congregational Church 925 Vermont Street. The 30 minute service is led by the Douglas County Ministerial Alliance with prayer scripture reading and hymns. The alliance asks churches stay open until 8 p.m for personal meditation and suggests Psalm 90 as a meditation basis.
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LBJ Faces Burden as Nation Mourns JFK
President Lyndon B Johnson sought divine aid and expert counsel as Kennedy's assassination shocked the nation. Oswald was charged with the murder in Dallas while Johnson moved to the White House amid global grief and Cold War duties, pledging bipartisan support.
Mrs Kennedy Stands by Fallen Husband in Final Farewell
Former first lady repeatedly by Lyndon B. Johnson as he died and was moved from Dallas to the White House. She kissed his lips, slipped her ring on, and wore a pink suit stained by his blood. She remained composed through the emergency room, flight home, and burial preparations, later joining Johnson on the oath plane, then beside his coffin.
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KU Delays Game and Will Refund Ticket Holders
Kansas University postpones the KU Missouri football game to Saturday after President Kennedy's assassination. Refunds will be issued at Allen Fieldhouse, potentially releasing about $5 tickets early next week. The postponement follows a joint decision by KU Chancellor Wescoe and MU President Ellis, with both teams already housed for the night.
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LHS Play Delayed To Monday Evening
Lawrence High School postpones the three act production The Curious Savage to 8 pm Monday as Kansas enters a mourning period after Gov. John Anderson announced the Friday night show was a success despite the President's death. The cast includes Shaun Morey as Mrs Savage Claudia Williams as Fairy May and Dick Doores as Titus.
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