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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1967
Page
1
Look magazine excerpt from Manchester book details Jacqueline Kennedy refusing to sit with Lyndon B. Johnson aboard Air Force One after Kennedy’s assassination. Aides pressed to preserve Kennedy’s preference, while tensions with Johnson’s team surfaced during the flight back to Washington.
The memoir recounts Jacqueline Kennedy in the plane bedroom with Lyndon Johnson and secretary Mariel Fehmer after Kennedy’s death. Johnson and Fehmer left quickly as Mrs Kennedy prepared to fly to Washington amid tensions about Dallas authorities potentially taking Kennedy’s remains.
The narrative describes the tense delay before Lyndon Johnson’s oath aboard Air Force One at Dallas Love Field after John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Mrs Kennedy remains at the hospital and later views the coffin, while aides and authorities debate timing, with Johnson’s oath administered by a judicial officer on the plane. The sequence includes pressure from Rose and key aides, Johnson’s vow to become president, and the final swearing in as the body is transported.
U S District Judge Sarah T Hughes testified the Bible JFK used for the oath on November 22 1963 was handed to the first person she saw aboard Air Force One and has not been recovered. She recalled not being persuaded to part with the Bible and that Johnson Kennedy aides behaved without conflict during the ceremony. She said she would not speculate on who took the Bible and wished the matter could be resolved.
In Amman, 31 United Arab Republic officers including an intelligence chief hijacked an Egyptian civilian plane and sought asylum in Jordan. Ayad Kamal Hajjaj, ex-head of Egyptian intelligence, was aboard the Misrair Antonov 24 with 42 aboard. Jordan says the group defected, while Egypt reported the aircraft vanished from Cairo. In Dallas, a garage apartment fire claimed Bernard Davis's life as he saved belongings and was overcome by smoke.
A powerful front battered South Texas with 70 mph winds and up to six inches of snow in parts of Central Texas. Roof damage and scattered injuries were reported as a helicopter from Corpus Christi Naval Air Station airlift two men injured by a toppled oil rig. Schools closed in Austin as snow and rain disrupted activities across the state.
NEW ORLEANS AP says the 10 member Dalton Co high school band won the “best band in Dixie” award for the second year during Mardi Gras. Weather damage hit Corpus Christi stores and Gulf Coast towns. Severe rain caused roof collapses and widespread flooding. power lines and antennas toppled. boats sunk. Local reports quote residents amid coastal damage.
Theodore B. Blockley, a former ICC officer in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, writes in Modern Age that many North Vietnamese told him they hoped the United States would liberate them from the tyranny and oppression of their government, believing the earlier WWII liberation from Japanese rule was their prior freedom.
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