Fundamentally Conservative Nation Sees Change Under New President
AP Analysis notes Lyndon B. Johnson prompts a gradual shift in U S policy both internationally toward a non Communist stance and domestically toward a reorientation of politics. The piece contrasts Kennedy liberalism with Johnson’s conservative approach shaping the 1964 presidential contest.
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Connally in satisfactory condition after Dallas shooting
Governor Connally remained stable and mentally alert after surgery for a chest wound from a sniper’s bullet that also struck Kennedy. Doctors expect a 10 to 14 day hospital stay and full recovery though Kennedy’s death dominated national news and political speculation.
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Johnson Has Reputation For Getting Things Done
Washington AP Lyndon Baines Johnson, a 6 foot 3 inch Texan, is profiled as a relentless Senate operator and prudent party leader. The 55 year old President is described as hard driving, persuasive, and capable of calming colleagues with calls to reason.
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Stock Market Halted After Assassination News
New York and other major exchanges paused trading after the Friday shooting of the President. The New York Stock Exchange halted 26 minutes after the announcement, with a marketwide selloff totaling billions during the session.
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Picket Parade Faces JFK Assassination Premonition Claim
A lone picket outside the White House, Rev Sidney Lansing of Norfolk Virginia, flashed a sign warning JFK and God punished him. Police restrained potential clashes as Lansing claimed a seven day hunger strike and said God would punish tests of space bombs.
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Court Rules Injured Man Negligent
Circuit Court Judge Elliott D. Marshall ruled yesterday that the plaintiff Clarence Isaac Murray Jainst Robert Elwood Bowley was contributory negligent in a October 26 1962 auto collision on Middle Rd six miles south of Winchester. Murray sustained multiple injuries and hospital stay over three months.
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Third Leadership Change Among Major Western Powers
Washington B Johnson notes a third leadership change among major Western powers in a month. Konrad Adenauer ends his chancellorship of West Germany on October 16 with Ludwig Erhard succeeding him. On October 19 Sir Alec Douglas-Home succeeds the ailing British Prime Minister.
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Biography of a Texas-born U S President and Senate leader
The future president was born in Stonewall Texas on August 27 1908 and educated at Southwest State Teachers College San Marcos and Georgetown Law School He married Claudia Lady Bird Taylor in 1936 The 1948 election brought him to the Senate and in 1952 he became Senate Democratic leader He sought the 1960 Democratic nomination but placed second on the ticket with Kennedy.
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