Oswald Linked to Kennedy Slaying and Connally Shooting
Police say the suspect fired a rapid volley that killed President Kennedy and wounded Gov. Connally from a sixth floor rifle in a Dallas building. Oswald, 24, was arrested at a theater. District Attorney Wade touts death penalty prospects, while an associate is questioned.
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Oswald’s Legal Fight as Offices, Shops Suspend for President’s Memory
The article reports Oswald’s arrest and claim he fired a weapon prior to capture, with details of his possible pistols or rifles. His wife and mother visited him as Justice of the Peace ordered hold without bond. Lawyers John Abt and the American Civil Liberties Union discussed potential representation amid questions of a fair trial. Santa Fe Railway and local businesses planned brief shutdowns in tribute to the late President.
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Chicago
Mourning Proclaimed as City and Area Observe President's Death
Local governments schools and businesses plan closures Monday as Lubbock area observes national mourning for the late President. County offices will open late or resume Tuesday, and church services memorialize the occasion with ceremonies across South Plains cities.
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County Court-at-Law No. 2
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Robert Gerle
Tower probes Oswald passport reissue questions
Senator John Tower plans a deeper look into the reissued passport of Lee Harvey Oswald after he renounced U S citizenship and turned in his passport. Tower also seeks details on an emergency State Department travel loan to Oswald in 1962 when he was stranded in Moscow.
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Monterey High Debaters Capture Top Honors at Seminole Invite
Monterey High School debaters won first place at the Seminole Invitational with standout performances in boys debate and poetry interpretation. The event drew nine area schools while national figures linked to the Fair Play for Cuba Committee faced separate Senate hearings noting Oswald’s disputed affiliations.
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Fund Started For Policeman's Widow
Victoria industrial workers started a relief fund Saturday for the widow and three children of Dallas police officer J D Tippit, shot during the Kennedy assassination. Crosbyton officials urged businesses to contribute, with banks serving as collectors and city offices closing for the drive.
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Midland Youth Found Dead at Home in Asphyxiation
Fifteen year old James Ellis Maberry, a Robert E. Lee High School junior, was found dead in his Midland home Saturday morning. Justice of the Peace ruled the death asphyxiation with no notes left, while investigators noted a plastic bag over the head secured by a Cub Scoutkerchief. Funeral arrangements were pending. Survivors include his parents three sisters and two brothers.
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R. T. Maberry
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Thomas Funeral Home
Lonely Kennedy Kids Seek Playmate After Dad’s Death
Abridged account of John F Kennedy Jr and Caroline reacting to their father’s murder. Mrs Kennedy supports them with Mass in the East Room and vigil at Dallas and Bethesda sources. Robert Kennedy and Harry Truman visit as President Johnson returns home.
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UPT
Washington House
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr
White House
Caroline Kennedy
Dallas
John J. Cavanaugh
University of Notre Dame
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Misfire May Have Saved Man Who Arrested Oswald
Dallas police officer M. McDonald details entering the Texas Theater after the Kennedy shooting. He confronted Lee Harvey Oswald on the third row and grabbed for Oswald’s gun as it jammed when the hammer clicked. The reversal allowed McDonald to restrain Oswald until backup arrived.
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Olton Services Set For Jay Sharp
Funeral services for Jay Thomas Sharp 25 who died in a construction accident near Amarillo will be held at 3 p m today at Main St Church of Christ Olton Burial will be in Olton Cemetery under Parsons Funeral Home direction He died when a dirt loading machine rolled over trapping him beneath He had moved to Amarillo with his family three weeks earlier survivors include his wife Annie a daughter Cathy his father Thomas J Sharp of Idabel Oklahoma four brothers and four sisters in Oklahoma Texas and Kansas
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Rockwall
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Wichita Falls
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