23 Nov 1963
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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1963
Page
1
Fire destroyed a Fitchville home for the aged near Norwalk Ohio injuring 21 with 40 dead in the blaze authorities said. Oswald was charged in the Kennedy assassination as investigators pressed to locate the weapon and verify timelines amid conflicting accounts.
Witnesses describe Oswald fleeing toward a bus stop with Officer J N Tippitt shot nearby. In Oak Cliff, Tippitt, 38, father of three, was killed as Kennedy died. At the Texas Theater Oswald, seated in the third row, yelled This is it and fired a snub nose pistol that misfired before officers overpowered him.
A biographical timeline recounts Lyndon B. Johnson from his 1906 birth near Johnson City Texas through his rise in public service. It covers early work on road gangs, education at Southwest Texas State, teaching, service as a congressman and senator, World War II heroism, and rise to Senate majority leader with key milestones and a 1955 heart attack.
In Dallas and Washington, Lyndon Johnson assumes the presidency with God and unity as aims. He holds urgent meetings with Dean Rusk and Eisenhower, views Kennedy's casket, and vows to lead a united country amid national tragedy. The transition unfolds as Truman and Hoover send regrets and lawmakers pledge bipartisan support.
A dated reflection on the United States in 1963 questions shock culture, civil rights, politics, and the presidency, asking when national unity faltered and how leaders and events defined the era. It laments divisions between whites and blacks, debates foreign policy, and notes presidential actions and public sentiment.
The body of John Fitzgerald Kennedy lies in repose in the East Room of the White House as Jacqueline Kennedy, in the pink suit from Dallas, keeps vigil beside the casket. Robers and the President’s brother accompany the flag draped coffin while priests pray through the night.
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