Tragic Four Days In City
Of Dallas Are Recalled
In brief, here are the happen
ings of a tragic four days in
Dallas, Texas and Washington,
D. C.:
Last Friday at approximately
1:30 p. m, President John F.
Kennedy, riding in an open car
at the head of a motorcade
through a crowded street in
downtown Dallas, received two
head wounds from bullets fired
by a sniper through an open
window in the sixth floor of the
Textbook Depository Building
which borders the street.
Taken to an emergency room
at Parkland Hospital in Dallas,
Kennedy died at about a p. In.
EST. Texas Governor John B.
Connally, also injured by the
assassin, underwent surgery
and was reported to be getting
along satisfactorily.
Meanwhile, ? Texan describ
ed as a Marxist, Pro-Castroite,
Lee Harvey Oswald, injured a
Dallas city policeman, J. D.
Uppett, fatally In a Kan battle
near the scene of the assassina
tion. Oswald was captured soon
after In a motion picture thea
ter a few blocks away, charged
with the murder of Trippett,
add held for questioning in the
assassination of President Ken
nedy.
Vice-President Lyndon Balnes
Johnson was sworn in as Presi
dent by a woman judge just be
fore he left Dallas on the Wash
ingt on-bound plane that bore
the body of President Kennedy.
The swearing-in ceremony took
place at 2:30 p. m. EST.
Johnson returned to Wash
ington, made a brief speech ex
pressing his grief and his firm
intentions of carrying out his
new duties to his fullest capaci
ties, and immediately schedul
ed a full round of conferences
with Cabinet members, Presi
dential advisors. Friday night,
he issued a proclamation nam
ing Monday as a national day
of mourning for the lata Presi
dent.
The late President's remain*,
meanwhile, were flown to Beth
esda Naval Hespitsl in Mary
lsnd. lira Kennedy and the
Kennedy children also went to
the Naval Hospital.
Late Friday night, Lm *. to
wild was formally chaffed #Ki
the murder of President ten
nelly. Saturday morning, H trtt
announced that he was also be
ing charged with attempted
murder in his assault on Gover
nor Connally.
President Kennedy's body
was .flown Saturday to the
White House. Sunday morning,
the body was moved to the
Capitol rotunda where H lay In
state until 1 t> m., the eMkot
being viewed only by members
of the family, elose friends,
government officials and vistt
ing heada of state.
Dallas officials had announc
ed that they had an airtight
case against Oswald, citing
such evidence as ballaatlcs
tests, testimony of the man
who drove Oswald to the text
book depository Friday morn
ing, palm prints oh the murder
weapon and on boxes In the
sixth floor of the depository
building, and handwriting on
the form which Oswald alleged
ly used to procure the murder
weapon. The most damaging
pieces of evidence seemed to
be photographs which were
produced showing Oswald
holding the rifle used to assas
sinate the President.
Sunday morning, prepara
tiona were made ta remove Os
wald from the Dallas city jail
to the county pall nearby. Aa
officer* prepared to lead Os
wald art, a Dallaa night-club
operator naaied Jack Baby, who
had a rather spotty police re
cord, somehow gained entrance
into the baaement of the city
jail. He ran to Oswald, drew a
small pistol, aad shot the prb
oner once through the abdomen
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Oswald, taken alio to Park
land Memorial Hospital, died
tire hour* later ia an operating
room adjacent te the one in
which the Preeident had died
4B hours before, Ruby mi tak
en into police custody and
charged with the murder of Os
wald.
Dallas police stated that, as
far as they were concerned, the
Oswald eeee was closed. This
prompted immediate instiga
tion of an FBI investigation in
to the slaying of Kennedy.
At t p. m. 3?May, the Capi
tol reload* was opened to the
public. Prom thee untU II *.
m. Monday, many thousand* -of
citixens paraded pest the bier
to pay their respects to the late
President.
. Monday, With all the pomp
and ceremony befitting the fal
len leader of the free world,
President Kennedy was buried
in Arlington National Ceme
tery, just acroea the Potomac
River from Washington. An
estimated crowd of 800,000, in
cluding most of the world's
political leaders, looked on.
Oak Grove | ;
Circle Meets
Circle No. 1 of Oak Grove
Bapttot Church mat Monday, No
vember *, wMi Mm. Mary Lee
Hodges a* hrntnae.
Mm. Jean Cole pn*ided durhxg
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ifKr Du^mess ^sreicms wnen foans
wwe made to hvlpaaeody family
A program, taken fttxn the
book "WUHam Wallace at China"
ww prcaontod by DeDtares L?
tone, Mary Lee Hodges and Jean
Reese. The meeting was ctoed
with prayer tar our rational
leaders.
a aeosen cauiw wwb SBrveo oo
the IS membara and one vkrttor,
Sfrs Sue Wtam.
Mrs. SH*-y Ftaa will be hoat
oa far the December lath meet
The Brightest Packages With the
Brightest Names Am Wrapped
At Cupboard
Williams Child
Rites Are Held
Ghffvo^tde setvloea tor Nancy
Etosfcetfi WUliams, one-day-old
daughter ci Paul and Nancy Lota
Beach WflitanM, of Rt. 1. 7Joo
vilte, w.e conducted at Pfeaaent
Grew Cemetery at S p.m.. No
vember IS.
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jfurvrving m acKiiuon w> me
parents are one stater, Kathy Am
WMtame; the paternal grand
parents, Mr. and Sfra. A. C. Wil
Uama; the maternal grand
parenta, Mr. and Mrs Ralph
Beach, tU of ZkxrvtUe.
United States aide, carrying
WO, ooo, to missing
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Carson-Newman Wins
Forensic Trophy
Carson Newmw College won
the championship trophy ia the
23rd annual Appalachian State
Teachers College Mountain For
mic meet in Boom.
Second place affirmative went
to Lenoir Rhyne College; sec
ond place negative was woo by
Eaat Tenneesaee; third place af
firmative went to Maryville Col
lege; fourth place affirmative
and negative were won by Tenn
essee Tech; and fifth place neg
ative was awarded to Carson
Newman.
Appalachian placed fifth in
afflrmatipe and third in the
negtive.
The Appalachian debaters
made a fine showing. A nega
tive team headed I ijr Brenda
Wallace of Hudaon and Carol
Dyson of Washington State,
scored five wins and one loss to
take third place in the negative
division. An affirmative team
of Bill Bingham of Boone and
Tom Philips of Carthage had
four wins and two losses to take
fifth place In the tffirmative di
vision
Ellis G. Boatmen, ASTC di
rector of debate, (aid superior
debaters ware Jim Moore, Tenn
essee Tech; Tom Poatoa, David
son Collate; Jane Dodec, Mary
villa College; George Archibald,
Chowan College; BUI Mauney,
Lenoir Rhyne College; Cath
erine Cain, East Tennessee
Btaie; Barnett Pearce, Carson
Newman College; Keith Stroud,
ASTC; John Cole, Caraon New
man College; William Mitchell,
Maryville College; Ed Ketchie,
Lenoir Rhyne College; and Joe
Hall, Carson Newman College.
Other colleges attending the
forensic , meet were North
Greenville, Belmont Abbey and
Tennessee Wesley an.
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