Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 1

INDEX WEATHER Oh)1 Roagh Yesterday's High Low Temperatures Airport 71-55 Downtown 76-4JI Sunrise 6:59 am Monnrise 2: 17 pin Ikt Set 5:35 pm Set 3:07 am Wednesday Tide Low 4:49 pm 5:55 am Wednesday High 12:23 pni 12:50 am Wednesday VOL 81 -No 264 (cord clou pMtaot paid at Csrput Chrlitl Ttxai CORPUS aiRISTI TEXAS TUESDAY NOVEMBER 26 1963 Publ'ihad (vary woak (toy by tin Callar-Tbnn eubluMng Ca 30 Pages PRICE FIVE CENTS John Kennedy 35th President Is Buried to his father But as the casket was borne from the cathedral in early afternoon to begin the three mile journey to Arlington the youngster handed his mother a book he was carrying and saluted the caisson John-John as his father called him and his sister Caroline who will be 6 Wednesday were spared the trip to the cemetery The shadows cast by a mellowing winter sun were lengthening when the funeral procession came at its measured pace through the huge iron gateway up the foot of the Arlington Heights sweeping up from the Potomac River Slowly the six matched gray horses drawing the caisson made their way to a spot near the open grave Military casket bearers four on either side carried the coffin to the open grave It still wore the flag which had shrouded It for three days Mrs Kennedy and her brother-in-law Ally Gen Robert Kennedy took their places a few feet away heads bowed The late mother Rose was there and others of the family With the ancient rites of the church Cardinal Cushing Sec BURIAL Page 13 Catholic Church for the first Roman Catholic to reach the White House Richard Cardinal Cushing archbishop of Boston an old friend of the Kennedy family said the final ritualistic prayers and sprinkled the casket with holy water before it was lowered into the grave And it was Cushing who had celebrated a Requiem Low Mass for the departed President at St Cathedral in the heart of Washington In the colorful vestments of his high church office the cardinal invoked the blessings and mercy of God upon Kennedy and his family And for the family he offered communion and personal words of comfort Mrs Kennedy and others of the family along with President and Mrs Johnson and the assemblage of notables from over the world had marched in the funeral procession the eight blocks from the While House to the cathedral There were presidents royalty chiefs of state foreign ministers defense ministers in the gathering Towering Charles de Gaulle president of France dwarfed diminutive Haile Selassie emperor of Ethiopia They were side by side for part of the procession and for all the graveside each in uniform HGTON The peace of eternity came in an Arlington grave Monday to John Kennedy whose quest for enduring peace in a dangerous world was cut short by an assassin's bullet Over his resting place will burn an eternal flame In death as in life world statesmen men of power and renown from half the nations of the world honored the fallen I resident They had come here in unprecedented numbers and in mourning The new President Lyndon Johnson and former Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Harry Truman mourned the passing of the man who had served in the same high office they have held But it was Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy sustained by some unknown strength through three racking days of grief who touched a torch to the eternal light on the grave of her husband Army engineers said the flame was requested by the family and is intended to burn night and day forever memory of the assassinated President It is fueled by propane gas as is the eternal torch burning at the Arlington memorial on a nearby hilltop site of the Tomb of the Unknowns The services at the graveside were those of the Roman There were brilliant red fezzes and purple robes worn by some of the foreigners For the Cabinet the Supreme Court and other American dignitaries in the funeral procession the dress of the day was morning coats and striped trousers But it was a day for humble people as well as the mighty It was a day of the mournful slow tolling of church bells or marching military men and the roll and beat of muffled drums It was a day for hundreds of thousands of plain Americans to pour out in person along the way a final measure of homage to the young President whose life was cut short at 46 by a rifle bullet in Dallas Texas last Friday In vast throngs they crowded up to the streets along which the funeral cortege moved on a long route that began at the Capitol plaza paused at the White House for marchers on foot continued on to the cathedral and finally ended among the ordered ranks of the graves of men who like Kennedy served the nation in wartime Largely they were silent crowds with people showing their sorrow here and there with an occasional tear or sob There were moments of tremendous poignancy Little John Kennedy Jr was just 3 years bid Monday a little too young to understand birthdays or what had happened JohnsonOe Gaulle eet Set for 1964 President Has Lons Hard Day Top-Level Inquiry Is Urged JOHNSON APPLAUDED AFTER APPEAL TO 35 GOVERNORS WASHINGTON ifl President Johnson received a standing ovation from 35 governors Monday night after a stirring apieal for unity among all Americans regardless of party Johnson had called the governors hastily into a session at his offices in the executive office building Many were reached as they prepared to board planes on their way home from attending the funeral of the late President Kennedy Republican Gov Nelson Rockefeller of New York dcs-cril)ed speech lo the 20-minule session as a moving statement for unity in He said Johnson appealed for the support of the governors as Americans without regard for partisanship and the full endorsement of all present They gave him a standing ovation It was a most impressive demonstration of unity in the face of our Rockefeller and Gov William Scranton of Pennsylvania another Republican pledged their support to Johnson in seeking enactment of an 311-billion tax-cut and an omnibus civil rights bill These are two key items of the Kennedy legislative program which have been adopted by Johnson as major items in his program Gov Edmund (Pat) Brown of California a Democrat said that while Johnson spoke even the Republican governors "were nodding their heads in agreement It was a real bipartisan appeal not as Democrats or Republicans but as WIDOW (CENTER) WEEPS UNDER BLACK VEIL AS CASKET IS LOWERED AT GRAVESIDE Sen Ted Kennedy (I-r) Atty Gen Robert Kennedy Mrs Rose Kennedy other family members (background) (AP Wirtphoto) Mrs Kennedy Grave Late at Visits Night Wi Vfl WASHINGTON (AP)-A high-" 'UHtP'i level congressional investigation of President Kennedy's assassination was suggested now that the facts cannot be put on record by a trial of the man accused of firing the fatal shots Rep Hale Boggs of Louisiana assistant Democratic leader of the House said in an interview should be a congressional investigation It should be a blue-ribbon inquiry far above any suggestion of FBI Flans Report The FBI is preparing a detailed report of the assassination of President Kennedy and all the details will be made public the White House announced Monday night President Johnson directed the Justice Department and the FBI conduct a prompt and thorough investigation of all the circumstances surrounding the brutal assassination of Presl dent Kennedy and the murder of his alleged Boggs said the killing Sunday of Lee Harvey Oswald 24 who had been charged with the rifle assassination Friday of Kcnnc- hit in the head with shattering in Dallas makes it especially important for Congress to establish the full fads and provide answers to any questions which still may remain in minds Detailed Forum A public trial of Oswald he said would have been a forum fare'8faws jow President was 1 in the head with shattering force by the second of three bul- 'lots fired by the assassin Le maSaziflC is reported tO jave purchascd still picture ngs to the material for about 40 000 This is what the film made by Abe Zapruder is reported to jshow: for detailing the Film Shows Murder Of Kennedy DALLAS (AP) A strip of color movie film graphically depicting the assassination of President John Kennedy was made by a Dallas clothing manufacturer with an 8-millimeter composure throughout the long camera Mrs Kennedy returned to the pUbijC ceremonials of the past! Several persons in Dallas who White House three days have seen the film which lasts Earlier Mrs Kennedy could They arrived at the main en-burn there in his memory trance to the cemetery at 11:53 1 The former First Lady's pm and left by the same gatejtions finally became manifest at minutes later Their White this last parting from the slain House car was followed by a president she had managed second vehicle containing two ii then to retain a erief-stricken Secret Servire men ireSureThS to seconds say it clearly WASHINGTON (AP) A1 grieving Jacqueline Kennedy emo-niade an unannounced visit1 Monday night to Arlington Na-15 liunal Cemetery and placed unsprig of flowers on the grave or tor late husband John Kennedy She was accompanied to the cemetery where the late President was buried earlier Monday by her brother-in-law Atty Gen Robert Kennedy She had dressed in black a long black veil over her for the funeral and burial jccs WASHINGTON (AP) President Johnson reached agreement with French President Charles dc Gaulle Monday night for a full-scale exchange of views here early in 1964 This diplomatic stroke climaxed a long and strenuous day which saw the new President meeting with foreign and domestic leaders after participating in the last rites for the late President Kennedy De Gaulle was one of 17 top foreign executives with whom Johnson had brief private talks but the outcome of his 18-minute session with the tall Frenchman far outweighed anything resulting from the other sessions Strong Opposition De Gaulle has stood In opposition lo many of the international policies which Kennedy sponsored and which Johnson is pledged to pursue So a meeting between the two presidents could have heavy bearing on the whole pattern of the Western alliance Johnson did not disclose any details of the meeting if indeed any have been agreed upon He broke the important diplomatic news obliquely when he apologized for being late for a session with state governors He explained he had been meeting with De Gaulle and decided he would come back and talk some more early next year" Asked if he could be quoted he told newsmen: you can quote Diplomatic Itrrrptlon The President also held private meetings Monday night with Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikcda and Canadian rrime Minister Lester Pearson and the representatives of 14 other nations after a huge diplomatic reception at which he was hast to more than 200 foreign dignitaries here for the funeral Pearson said Johnson assured him that he wants continued friendly relations between the See JOHNSON Page 13 Republican Leader Orders Cease-Fire O11 Political Front WASHINGTON (AP) Chairman William Miller postponed Monday night a December meeting of the Republican National Committee and said suspension of partisan political activity is called during the period of mourning for the late President Kennedy Miller put off the Doc 11-14 meeting until January at the earliest and said in a statement pledge that our serv-l1 i a vj 1h rninn 1 behind the horse-drawn caisson that carried her husband body from the White House to St Matthew's Cathedral for the funeral mass Believed First Time It was believed this was the First the presidential limou- which Dallas authorities have party will stand with the new: called conclusive and would administration in this tragically he is organizing his administra- is coming toward the sine camera As it comes abreast of the photographer Kennedy is hit by the first bullet apparently in the neck He turns toward his wife Jacqueline seated at his left and she quickly begins to put her hands around his head At the same time Gov John first time a president's widow had walked in his funeral procession While House sources said Mrs Kennedy who took part in the detailed planning of the ceremonies had wanted the funeral for her slain husband to be distinguished a tribute as tinn A short time later Gov Nelson A Rockefeller of New York said he mill not push his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination during the 30-day period of mourning for President Kennedy which he already has decreed for New York State i Goldwatcr a leading unan-i nounced candidate for the 1064 Republican presidential nomina-i tion said in an interview that See COP rage 12 unexpected process of The national committee and Its convention-planning committee was to have met at Minneapolis The GOP leader's move followed by a few hours appeals from Sens Barry Goldwatcr R-Ariz and Hugh Scott R-Pa for a moratorium on political speeches at least until Jan 1 They took the position that Democratic President Johnson is entitled to this respite while and that it be modeled 1 of Texas riding di-after that of Abraham Lincoln rertly in front of the President a martyred president assassi-'turns around to see what has nated almost 100 years ago haPPcnei 1A Finally Mrs Kennedy stood Then Kennedy is hit on the by the graveside in the sloping hillside of the Arlington come upper right side nf the back of his head with violent force Ills head goes forward and then snaps back and he slumps down on the seat At this time Gov is wounded in the shoulder and have shown whether further investigation was needed Oswald maintained he was innocent Even while Oswald was alive to be tried there had been some speculation on Capitol Hill about the possibility of an official inquiry possibly on the pattern of the study of the Pearl Harbor military disaster by a specially constituted committee Rep William Ayres R-Ohio said he intends to introduce a bill making any assault upon a president vice president or any federal official or Cabinet rank a federal crime FBI Jurisdiction Such legislation Ayres said would enable the FBI to take jurisdiction immediately in the investigation of such an offense The shooting of President Kennedy as he rode In an open automobile on a public street was legally speaking murder and so an offense against stale rather than federal law However the FBI and the Secret Service participated in the Investigation The federal investigation Ls continuing even though Dallas officials indicated that so far as the question of Oswald's guilt or innocence is concerned they considered the case closed by Oswald's own violent death bv gunfire The While Bouse said John-has "directed son has "directed all federal Oswald Burial Almost Secret I tcry in the cold sunny day with the brothers and his mother Mrs Rose Kennedy beside her Flowers at Head sent two big bunches of white chrysanthemums and lilies which were placed at the head of the grave Then standing there before her own floral tribute to her husband with Ally Gen Kennedy beside her Mrs Kennedy heard the sad sound of the last good-by to thei- commander in chief iiOOl All' Itillll An honor guard carefully fold-'1 1 rr 1 ed the American flag that had FxiICClCu I Dully covered his casket and it was The 34-vear-old widow had droPs forward on hls soat The 34 year-oid widow naa Mrs Kennedy then jumps and crawls across the back dec of the limousine apparently seeking the aid of a Secret Service man who has been trolling behind the slowly moving vehicle He jumps onto the car and shoves Mrs Kennedy back into the seal LEAFLETS IIORE ALIAS OF OSWALD NEW ORLEANS play for Cuba leaflets passed out here last summer were stamped with the name A Hide'll the same name Dallas police say was used in ordering the mail order rifle used to kill President Kennedy Lee Harvey Oswald a former New Orleans resident who was charged with murdering the President handed out such leaflets here several times Dallas police said the name used in the mail op der for the (12 gun was "A with a Dallas postal box DALLAS (AP) Lee Harvey Oswald went to his grave almost In secret Monday while the eyes of a saddened nation were turned half a continent away to the last solemn riles of the President he was accused of killing Even as he was being buried investigators were preparing to place on public view the arsenal neys Faircs Wade of Corpus ChrLstl and Dist Judge Joe Wade and Reese Wade both of Two other brothers Ney and Mart arc lawyers in Dallas) Iluby Oswald's xelf-amiointed executioner was himself transferred from city to County Jail Monday without incident Oswald's transfer had been announced in advance and a crowd o( about 21)0 gathered among them Ruby Ruby's own transfer however was made con-quickly and without prior Kite! not ire Oswald 24 a profess'd Communist was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery In Fort Worth about 30 nilies from here Fort Worth fro OSWALD 12 Wrather Map on Page 8K Occasional light rain nr widely scattered showers with cloudy cool temperatures today and Ls the forecast for Christ! and vicinity of evidence (hey say proves be voml all doubt Oswald was the agencies to cooperate and the assassin who took the life of ssed from hand to hand to er Handed a long slender taper Mrs Kennedy ignited the eternal flame in a stainless steel container As she turned Kennedy came Maxwell Taylor Kennedy's nght and tomorrow Corpus 1 The to leave Mrs- diets toward Genal Kennedy's night US Weather Hureau pre- KoplP of the nation may he John Fitzgerald Kennedy high temperatures today a he forts will Dist Ally Henry Wade in7o degrees with lows made public" firmed that a map with the 1 of 60-64 degrees High Aso- agguncr Carr the of Hie assassination clou temperatures tomorrow are ex- attorney general of Texas plotted was found in Oswai peeled to be 70-74 degrees with announced a public court of in- Dallas apartment the low tomorrow night 60-64 degrees clearly was found in Oswald's iillas apartment (Dist Atty Wade is the Sec INQUIRY Page 13 er of three South Texas THIRD John i Kennedy Jr who was 3 years old Monday carries a religious booklet while leaving St Matthew's Cathedral after the funeral Mass of his slain father Sister Caroline wlio will lie 6 Wednesday looks up clutching her hand (AP Wirepholo) broth chief of staff and she tearfully embraced him Then carrying the flag from See WIDOW Page 12 she tearfully attar.