Schools and City Offices To Close Monday
New Castle and Lawrence County will pause weekend activities and close schools and city offices on Monday to mourn President Kennedy. Downtown stores will close until 3 p.m. and banks decide at noon. Churches plan special services as city schools head to a Monday announcement by Superintendent John E. Mathews.
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JFK Returns To White House After Dallas Death
John F Kennedy lies in state at the White House 15 hours after his assassination in Dallas. The flag draped casket rests in the East Room as family, officials, and mourners pass by. Public viewing is limited. services on Monday at St Matthews Cathedral with burial likely in Brookline Massachusetts.
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Washington
Lady Bird
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University
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Abraham Lincoln
Capitol Building
St. Matthews’s Cathedral
Brookline
Mass
Lee Oswald Charged With Assassination
Lee Harvey Oswald, a 24 year old former Marine, was charged with Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas. He was booked on a murder charge without bond, with 15 witnesses cited by Dist. Atty. Henry Wade. The case notes a rifle matching the murder weapon and Oswald’s admission of ownership.
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All TV And Radio Programs Canceled
All scheduled television and radio programs have been canceled due to the death of President John F. Kennedy. Schedules will resume after the mourning period.
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John F. Kennedy
Obituary notices list several local deaths in 1963
Death records show Joseph Reynolds Shoaff aged 63 of Volant Road 2 Joseph Nyez aged 76 of 1703 South Jefferson Street Mrs Don Wick aged 48 of Ellwood City John W Donaldson aged 59 of 425 East Euclid Avenue Grover Cleveland Moon aged 77 of 3109 Wilmington Road all reported on Saturday November 23 1963
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Joseph Reynolds Shoaff
Volant RD
Joseph Nyez
S. Jefferson St
Don Wick
Ellwood City
John W. Donaldson
E. Euclid Ave
Grover Cleveland Moon
Wilmington Road
Weather update for Western Pennsylvania turns cold
Cloudy and windy conditions with scattered showers. Snow flurries possible in the north this afternoon as temperatures drop to the 30s. Tonight remains mostly cloudy and cold with additional snow flurries. low 24 to 30. Sunday partly cloudy and cold with more snow flurries over the Alleghenies. Maximum today 65 (52).
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Pennsylvania
Alleghenies
60 Feared Dead In Fire At Ohio Home For Aged
NORWALK Ohio UPI authorities feared about 60 residents died in a fire at a home for the aged ten miles south of Norwalk Fire destroyed the one story facility rescuers pulled 21 residents to hospital with varying injuries Rescue efforts were aided by a truck driver who alerted others and helped evacuate residents as the roof collapsed
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Norwalk
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Here
Fisher - Titus Hospital
U. S. 250
William Swain
WLEC
Sandusky
Swain
Johnson Declares National Day Of Mourning For Kennedy
President Johnson proclaimed Monday as a national day of mourning for slain President John F. Kennedy. He urged Americans to attend church services to pay homage and ordered federal offices to close on the funeral day.
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John F. Kennedy
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Kennedy Death Shocks County In Unified Grief
A Dia mond newsboy cries Extra as the nation learns of President Kennedy's assassination. Citizens from all walks of life react with disbelief and deep sympathy, while City Hall lowers flags to half staff and officials call the loss tragic.
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John F. Kennedy
Lawrence County
Kennedy
Robert W. Rainey
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