Journal excerpt details early hours after Kennedy shooting
The Journal continues Jim Bishop's The Day Kennedy Was Shot with a chapter on November 22 1963 describing the confusion and frictions of the early afternoon as the events unfolded.
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1968
Page
2
The Journal continues Jim Bishop's The Day Kennedy Was Shot with a chapter on November 22 1963 describing the confusion and frictions of the early afternoon as the events unfolded.
As Air Force One carries the Kennedys and Johnsons after the Dallas assassination, two camps form in the stateroom. Mrs Kennedy seeks solace while Johnson aides plan a measured response, amid Paris flavored whisky and heavy emotions.
CBSs new weekly news hour 60 Minutes delivers a mixed but absorbing program. The opening informal Muskie interview contrasts with a British discrimination debate reflecting UK law changes. The Pakistan Indian segment follows. A salon segment with Jacqueline Grennan and students aired, then cohost Reasoner dines with Craig Claiborne discussing gourmetry. The piece closes noting Kennedy White House events and plans surrounding the assassination aftermath.
Lucy in Italy on her son's birthday. Daniel Boone features an Army general double crossing the hero. Here Comes the Brides casts Don Pedro Colley as a freed slave leading enforcers. Dragnet follows Friday with a writer. The Good Guys shows an elderly Greek handyman. Bob Hope Special taped in LA with Campbell Mendes McNair Prowse. Beverly Hillbillies travel to Hooterville with Jethro’s Hollywood bid. Green Acres observes an agricultural student in Hooterville. The Outsider follows Ross as he seeks to save a condemned man by new evidence.
Tonight on Channel 9 and 11:30 The Rain Maker stars Burt Lancaster as a suave con man in a drought plagued area. Bikini Beach features Frankie Avalon on a sunny California shore. Marriage Italian Style with Sophia Loren unveils a ruse to wed. The Underwater City follows a man building an underwater metropolis with Roy Roberts.
Preliminary hearing for Allen Jabo Watford, 26, charged with first degree murder in the fatal shooting of Daniel Walker, 20, was continued to Dec. 5 at 9 30 a.m. Judge Marrs ordered Watford moved to Butler County jail. Walker died after three bullet wounds from an early Saturday altercation at his home. The victim's wife Barbara Ann gave birth to a daughter Monday at Mercy Hospital.
An explosion caused by a dynamite bomb wrecked an unoccupied two story home in the $30 million Ledgewood Development in Strongsville, Ohio. Police say the blast caused $10 000 to $15 000 in damage with no injuries as investigators from the state fire marshal arrive. The builder employs nonunion labor and the night watchman saw nothing suspicious before the blast.
Readers are invited to sponsor the column by sending donations to Reverend Dean Sheets at 8x 23 Middletown Ohio, supporting the church or community writing efforts.
A 30 minute Egyptian documentary on African evolution titled I Am the Human Being won first prize and $500 in a week long session sponsored by the Africa National Radio and Television Union in Kinshasa, Congo.
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