Secret Service veteran recalls JFK assassination memories
Paul Landis, former Secret Service agent assigned to Jackie Kennedy, recalls Nov 22 1963 in Dallas. He was on the running board behind Kennedy when the shots rang out and described the sequence from the first shot to the fatal head wound. He also recounts Clint Hill’s thumbs down signal and the frantic dash to Parkland Hospital. Landis now serves as vice president of Knutsen Machine Products in Cleveland.
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Tim Curran
Associated Press
Cleveland
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Paul Landis
Landis
Secret Service
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dealey Plaza
Kennedy
Knutsen Machine Products
Miles Avenue
Jacqueline Kennedy
Clint Hill
First Lady
Clint
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Jackie Kennedy
John Kennedy
Man dies after Griswold crash in Elyria
A 75 year old Lakeside resident James E. Brazee died Saturday afternoon after a car crash in front of Bob Evans Restaurant on Griswold Road. He died at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 2 30 p m. The coroner will rule on cause of death. Brazee drove from the restaurant into a westbound van after which his car crossed the eastbound lane and struck a utility pole. His wife Ruth E was treated and released. The van driver William J Clark age 24 of Elyria was not injured.
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Elyria
Lakeside
Bob Evans
Griswold Road
James E. Brazee
N. Sackett Dr
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lorain County
William E. Kishman
Brazee
Brazee Auto
Ruth E
EMH
William J. Clark
W. River Rd
Weather outlook with showers and cool turn this weekend
Occasional showers or thunderstorms and breezy conditions today with a high near 60 then cooler afternoon. Tonight brings more showers and a low around 40. Monday remains mostly cloudy with a slight chance of morning showers and highs 45 to 50. Rain chances 80 percent today and 60 percent tonight. Details on Page A-3.
Ancient Gold Artifacts on Display at Lorain Exhibit
A gold replica of King Tutankhamun's death mask and other Middle East artifacts are shown at the National Slovian Home in Lorain. The exhibit opens at 7 p.m. today and runs November 25 through 27. Admission is free.
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Tutankahman
Middle East
Pearl Ave
Lorain
Syria warns of kamikaze strikes on US ships in Beirut clash
Syria's defense minister Gen Mustafa Tlass threatened kamikaze attacks on American warships and claimed Syria could strike Israel's Negev reactor. The report ties these warnings to fighting near Tripoli Lebanon where pro Arafat protesters clashed with mutineers backing him killing 25 and wounding 75.
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Lebanon
Syria
U.S
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Zahrieh
Arafat
International Red Cross
Nahr el-Sared
Central
Nahr el-Bared
Mustafa Tlass
al- Kifah Al-Arabi
Beirut
Tlass
Damascus
A Lesson in High Rise Parking Etiquette
A columnist notes in a humorous travelogue that in a crowded high rise garage the exact level you park on hardly matters since everyone must take the elevator. He recalls a slow driver and concludes the key truth is simply knowing this idea and sharing it.
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