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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1963
Page
8
President Johnson moves through a packed schedule with briefings from Rusk and McNamara, meets congressional leaders, and honors Kennedy. He visits Eisenhower in the East Room, attends a private service at St John’s, and proclaims a national day of mourning for Kennedy.
Texas lawmakers in Washington expressed full support for Lyndon B Johnson as he assumed presidency and offered prayers for Mrs Kennedy and the Kennedy family. Foreman and other Texas delegates recalled the Dallas tragedy while visiting the White House East Room and viewing the casket.
The nation mourns after the assassination of President Kennedy as Dallas hosts dignitaries including Nelson Rockefeller Edmund Brown and Harry Truman. Lyndon Johnson is sworn in as 36th President in a tense period of national grief and unity urges mourning and rededication.
A Lubbock realtor and former fellow Marine, Osborne, recounts Vladimir Oswald Oswald’s quiet, loner behavior at El Toro base in 1959 1960. He says Oswald studied Russian, avoided others, and spoke of plans to go to Russia for citizenship.
Reports detail the death of President John F Kennedy and the related isolation of Dallas as Lee Harvey Oswald is questioned. The nation observes state funerals and a public viewing at the Capitol Rotunda while international leaders respond with condolences and solemn honors.
Four Floyd County residents were injured when a Santa Fe freight train struck a sedan at a Lockney edge crossing around 12:25 p.m. Saturday. Mrs. Tomas Arguello, 40, and her children Tomas Jr., 6, and Lucy, 5, were moved to Methodist Hospital in Lubbock. Mrs. Arguello’s mother, 67 year old Refulgia Valdez, remained in Lockney Memorial Hospital in good condition. The 1958 sedan was eastbound on US Highway 70 when it collided with the train. Engineer G. P. Patfarenn Glatan was identified with the locomotive and five cars.
Castro-Willie D. Hall reported a theft of a red purse containing 41.45 dollars from his car parked in the 1300 block of East 25th Street. A vent window had been broken, police noted Saturday night.
A community Thanksgiving service is planned at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the First Methodist Church under sponsorship of the Ministerial Alliance. Rev. G W Turner, president of the alliance and pastor of Northside Baptist Church, will deliver the message. The high school chorus directed by Bill Chandler will sing two numbers with Tanya McNaughton at the piano. Mrs. Malcolm Wright will be the organist.
Police report two Negro women arrested after leaving Clark's Discount Center with a purse and dresses. The scene sparked theories of Oswald as a tool of ultrareactionary circles and calls for public focus on Kennedy's assassination. Castro denounced UPI dispatches as defamatory while warning Cubans of harsher U S policies and possible invasions under President Johnson.
President Johnson opened a mid afternoon cabinet session with a moment of silence for John Kennedy. The body lay in a closed casket in the East Room as dignitaries from France Britain West Germany and other nations paid final respects. White House aides said the cabinet pledged support for Johnson as Rusk and Adlai Stevenson offered to serve as long as needed.
Bill Benson owner operator of Benson Packing Co died shortly after admission to West Texas Hospital Saturday night. He resided at 2703 East 9th Street. Services are pending at Rix Funeral Home.
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