Oswald Life Revealed Little Before Kennedy Shooting
A retrospective profile chronicles Lee Harvey Oswald’s life from childhood in New Orleans to his Marine service, Russia episode, and quiet Dallas years. The piece notes his family struggles, stray Marxist leanings, brief Russian residency, and the fateful ride to the Texas School Book Depository before the assassination.
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Oswald
New Orleans
Marguerite
Fort Worth
North Dakota
New York
Lee
N.M. Merrett
New York City
Beauregard Junior High
Karl Marx
Ethel
Julius Rosenberg
Japan
States
Moscow
Poe
Minsk
U.S
Secretary of the Navy
John B. Connally Jr
Texas
State Department
Dallas
Fair Play For Cuba Committee
Louisiana
Russia
Poland
Europe
Irving
Tex
Michael R. Paine
Paine
Chicago
Kennedy
the Paine’s
West Berlin Holds Final Farewell to Kennedy at Square
About 250000 West Berliners gathered in John F Kennedy Square to honor the late president. Taps from two bugles echoed as candles lit the crowd and Kennedy's portrait hung above the platform in a mood of profound grief.
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Berlin
Kennedy
U.S
Brandt
James H. Polk
West Berlin
Wall
East Berlin
Welk Recovers From Abdominal Surgery in Santa Monica
Lawrence Welk 61 is recuperating satisfactorily after abdominal surgery. A spokesman says the bandleader will likely stay at St. John's Hospital about a week for recovery.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Lawrence Welk
St. John’s Hospital
Santa Monica to Name Arena for Mr. Kennedy
Santa Monica plans to rename its civic auditorium the John F. Kennedy Memorial Auditorium. Mayor Rex Minter announced a ceremony in about two weeks to dedicate the building in honor of the late president who visited his sister at a Santa Monica beachfront home.
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Santa Monica
Arena
Mr. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Civic Auditorium
President Kennedy
Peter Lawford
Selected Guards For Kennedy Rites Highlight Army Special Forces
Washington AP report notes the military districts chose top personnel for honor guards and body bearers at Kennedy rites. The Army and Marines maintain specialized ceremonial units in the capital, with a 43 member Special Forces detachment from Ft. Bragg forming an honor cordon for Mrs. Kennedy and dignitaries at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Washington
Kennedy
Military District of
Army
Marines
Washington Area
Ft. Bragg
N.C
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Edward M. Kennedy
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Aand J Associates
Santa Monica, Calif
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Parker Buick, Inc
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