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7 PAGE 10-A THE ODESSA AMERICAN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1964 rrn QKfe liJDS MEM EC i i line reached for hinr and cried: "Oh, my God, they have shot my husband. I love' you. Jack. -Within a sorrowing nation anda' shocked world echoed that plaintive cry: By FRANK CORMIER WASHINGTON (AP) The weather in Fort Worth, was dark, damp and full of fore- -boding on the morning -of Nov. 22, 1963.

Perhaps for that reason, John F. Kennedy's thoughts turned to a most awful, virtual wear a Texas hat, and gave him one. Always shy about pdskig in out-of-characten costume, Kennedy declined to wear it for photographers. Come to the WhiteJgouse on Monday, he promisedV'tadhe would try it on. he went upstairs and, unaccountably, began philosophizing about the impossibility protection against assassina-.

tion. OnTthe morning of Nov. 22, a rge and boistrous crowd filled ly unthinkable subject lounging in his suite a roped-off parking lot across, position ahead of Mrs. Kennedy. R.

Greer, a Secret Service agent, was at the wheel. Agent Roy Kellerman shared rthe front seat with Greer. In front of him was a small micro-' phone through which' he could k. make instant contact with other 2 agents and with Dallas Police officials. Greerand Kellerman were from the Kennedys and the Connallys by an open A portition, a part of the roof that could not be re.moved, between the.

front seat and the rear com- "partment Slowly, the big Lincoln moved ahead on a 10-mile journey toward the Dallas Trade Mart, a at the old Texas Hotel turned to irom rori worm xexas tioiei, waitmg in the rain to hear Jac! Jack. Kennedy stiffened and threw both hands to his throat. Mrs. Kennedy turned and saw she interpreted a quiz- zical look pass over his face. Two, possibly more shots fol- lowed.

One ripped -open the President's head. He slumped toward his wife, his face now empty of all expression. It was then that Jacqueline Kennedy cried out, "Oh, my they have shot my husband. I love you, Jack." In the jump seat ahead, Connally, shot through the body, wrist and tumbled, into' wife's 'Oh, no, no, no. My God, they are going to kill us all." Agent Kellerman i wheeled around in the front seat, then shouted at driver Greer: handshaking.

schoolgirls squealed with delight and made dervish-like leaps into the air. Approaching downtown Dal-: las; the crowds thickened. Along Main Street, in the business district, thunderous shouts came from a sea of people standing 10 deep or more along both sides. '-Then came a right-angle turn, from main into Houston Street. Overhead loomed the Pallas County Criminal Courts Building.

Prisoners pressed 'their Tfaces against iron bars far over-: head, bodies restrained, arms dangling free in greeting. After one short block, the motorcade turned left againdown the sloping curve of Elm Street -past the Texas School Book I Depository on right, grassy. Dealey Plaza, on the left. Nellie Conally turned to face Krnnftdv. Kennedy.

few minutes later, Kennedy and Tins party drove to the air Kenneth jO'Donhell, hisfriend and aide, and, as O'Donnell later paraphrased itsaid: anybody really wanted to shoot the President of the United Statesit was not a very" difficultjob all one had to do was get a high building with a port, boarded blue-and-silver air force one and flew the short hop to DallasX The big jet landed at' Love Field at 11:40 S.m.X Another noisey crowd: was waiting. The PresidenCSafter shaking free of official greeters, rifle, and" there was if A self onto a footstand built into fie rear bumper. He climbed over the trunk pushing Mrs. Kennedy back into the. seat, threw his body over the seat, to offer protection against any further shots.

MrsV Kennedy does not remember climbing onto the trunk of the car. Parkland Hospital was four miles away. Greer pushed the presidential limousine to speeds of 70 and 80 miles an hour in a futile race to save Kennedy's life. A team of doctors was waiting when the cavalcade arrived and they employed the most ate measures in an effort to-sus-tain the faint spark of life in the Prsidenfs body. While they Lee Har-.

ve yOswald drank a Coca-Cola in the school book depository, a passed scrutiny by a Dallas pirliceman and went into the street to kill again, At 1:36 p.m., at Parkland, acting White House press secretary Malcolm Kilduff stood be- fore reporters, eyes red-rimmed, and announced in a choked voice: "President John F.x Kennedy died at approximately' 1 o'clock central standard time today here in Dallas. He died of a gunshot wound in the brain. I have no other details regarding the nothing anybody, could do to de- fend against such an attempt." big, modern building wnere a luncheon audience awaited the -chief executive. The trip could have been mapped for four About two hours later and 32 At 8:45 a.m., he appeared, bareheaded and spurning a proffered umbrella. The crowd yelled but was disappointed be-, cause Mrs.

Kennedy had remained in the hotel where.they "had spent the night. Kennedy is organizing herself," the President "It takes longer, but, of course, she looks better than we do when she does it." Everyone smiled. Inside the hotel, guests at a. chamber of commerce breakfast waited. The President and vice president, Lyndon B.

Johnson, went there directly i from the parking lot Mrs. Kennedy was there. "Two years ago," Kernedy headed for a fence where" -hundreds of hands" were held out "Let's get out of here. We are iles but a longer route was for him chosen so more people could see 'I 3 (1 "Mr. President," she.

said, nit. "you can't say Dallas doesn't Greer tramped oh the acceler-love you." ator. Kellerman grabbed the VThat" he replied, "is very -microphone and snapped in- obvious." i structionsto the police car lead-Down Elm Street, heading for ing the motorcade: a multi-laned freeway leading to "We are hit. Get us to the.hos--the Trade Mart the presidential pital immediately." Mrs. Kennedy, striking in a pink suit and pillbox hat; and carrying red roses, went to the fence, too, and offered her hand to the crowd.

In a day of travel through Texas, she had shown herself to be a willing and winning-campaigner. the President. AH along the way, happy, en-thusiastic T)eople stood and cheered their elected leader. Only occasionally could Kenne dv glimpse an unfriendly sign one, for instance, expressing absolute contempt for hispoli- 5 car moved at 11 miles an hour. Mrs.

Kennedy, seconds ear- miles away, in Dallas, a flock of pigeons roosting on a seven-story warehouse and office building of yellow brick, wheeled into now-sunny skies frightened by the brack of a rifle. From this tall, drab-building called the Texas" School Book Depository, a man armed with a rifle and telescopic sight had assassinated the 35th president cf the United States, and nobody r-ad been able toefendagainsT" Death struck without warning and, as John F. Kennedy slumped mortally, wounded in his open-topped limousine a specially designed luxury vehicle that symbolized, in a small way, the power and grandeur of the presidency wife. Jacque- the JCennedvs told the breakfasters, "I intro "From-a-partiaDy lier, had begun clambering out -aes-but-avowlng -great -respei for his office. cow on me sixtn ioor oi, me of the back seat and onto the trunk deck of the big car.

From xtbook warehouse a rifle was thrust forward and aimed at the Kennedy limousine. The hands of a massive clock atop the building pointed to 12:30 p.m. settled back on the deep cushioned rear seat of the President's bubbletop limousine. Because -skies -were bright, the clear plastic roof had been removed. Into the jump seat ahead of Kennedy moved Gov.

Joho B. Connally of Nellie Co-nnally, his wife, took a similar duced myself in Paris by saying that I was the man who had accompanied Mrs. Kennedy to Paris. I am getting sjomewhat tlat same sensation as I travel around Texas. Nobody wonders what Lyndon and I Someone at the breakfast' thought Jack Kennedy ought to of giving a president certain- "Please shake my hand," said another sign.

And Kennedy ordered the limousine stopped so he could do just that. Farther along, some nuns stood with their pupils along the curb in front of a Catholic high school. Again Kennedy made an unscheduled stop for more a secret Service convertible directly behind, agent Clinton J. Hill was sprinting toward the presidential limousine. He grabbed a handhold on the trunk just as Greer, hit the accelerator.

Hill stumbled momentarily, then pulled him- The rifle cracked once, those "below heard an echoing report, assassmation of the president." Sixty-two minutes later, Lyn-dor B. Johnson took the oath as 36th president of the United States. A firecracker, some thought. A 5 backfire, others believe UK- STILL DEFENDS TEXAS--- eecs New YEAR TO THE MI NUTE-- DallasWUIPaWB To Recall Kehnedy To His Life DALLAS (UPI) Dallas wiU Wii JRv Mm tp AUSTIN, Tex. (APJ Gov.

t. "Iohn Connally can'x avoid con- slf i reminders of that day In struck last November, will also stop for a minute. Memorial services will be Connally, 47, said his "and Mrs. Connally's plans for Sun day are indefinite. Thev will come to a halt for 60 seconds Sunday and stand in silence to the memory of President John held in many churches." Flags uaiias whenpresjdemlxlied.

feither-spendrthe- day "at theif rode intohistory ranch near Floresville' with A year ago, a sniper's bullets killed President John Kennedy and gravely wounded the Texas governor as the two rode togeth their children, attending serv-' ices i at Floresville Methodist Church, or else Temain in Austin attend memorial services for Kennedy at University er in a motorcade, -In that year, Connallv's podu Methodist Church. larity soared, carrying him to down one jOI its freeway approaches. If everything "goes according to plan, at 1 p.m. CST, one year to the minute since the official hour of Kennedy's death, all traffic will stop and all citizens will put aside what they are doing. "Presumably; the "cars that swish in an almost endless stream around the curve on Elm street, where three bullets The -late president was to landslide re-election.

But he heard xDallas and the state he have spoken in Austin at 3 o.m.. Nov. 22 after his Dallas address, governs maligned bitterly and er delivered, at the Trade ne spoKe tneir detense will-beflown at half-staff-agamr reminding Dallas of the moment that brought it a shame, it has continually protested it did not deserve. The full minute of stillness across- the city was requested Friday night by Mayor Erik Jonsson. "As a fitting tribute to his memory in our city, let us stop our cars and otherwise pause in our daily routine at home, at public restaurants, or-wher-ever we might be at that moment, and join together in this one-minute silent, observance," the mayor said.

He added that "the eyes of the will turn to Dallas again this Nov. 22, andi some will judge us, and unjustly." He again 'said the -Warren ever possible Mart Also in that year, the gover his recent goodwill visit to era! Mexican states sharing fmmmmmw y. i nor's thoughts have turned often to Nov. 22, 1963, and to searching questions- qf the purpose of Attends Cancer Meet a common frontier; with Texas along the Rio Grande, he saiL we. Mrs.

Betty Bewley, 3203 Boul there was a warmth of greeting The assassination "is still der, was the delegate of the Ec tor County Unit of the American that must have stemmed from his connection with Kennedy's last day. VWe could detect an emotion- something think, about quite he said. "Unconsciously, there are too many places, too manyj "things, too many incidents that constantly remind me of it. commission report had established that Dallas was "just a Cancer Society at the annual meeting of the Texas Division. The meeting was held in San Antonio last week, Mrs.

John Connally, wife of the Texas Governor, was appointed as State Crusade Chairman Others al feeling on the part of the peo- place where the assassin car In the days and weeks I had Pie mat unquestionaDiy. ried out his work." to. think aboutlt, many thoughts sPrF8 from knowledge that He said that of all the sug- Lwas a part of this tragedy. I gested ways to commemorate the-tirstnnTversaryfKenne--" sensed a desire on the part of dy's the 60-sec from Ector County who attended the meeting were J. C.

McCon-nell, president of the Ector County Unit. crossed my mind, Pondering about my own good fortune, in surviving, wondering why the president had not survived, pondering the whole purpose of life, trying to bring info" focus what is realrwhat is fanciedr!" the people there to express a warmth, a feeling, a personal ond silence is "in every way the most fitting." VOICE STILLED NOW President John F. Kennedy speaks to an estimated crowd of 20,000 at Cheney Stadium, Tacoma, Sept. 27, I963. The President was the guest of Pacific Lutheran University and fhe University of Puget Sound.

The nation today pauses to observe his assassination one yearago. (UPKTelephoto) attachment that must to the tragedy of Nov. 22." By ROBERT H. JOHNSON JR. BRINGS YOU THE BEST IN Opera will present a tribute in dance to Kennedy, featuring premier dancers of great ballet companies around the world.

ers to discuss the- problem of "absolutism" in Dallas. poes he think Dallas still suf--fers from this problem? There was more than grief in Dallas that weekend a year ago. There were shock, shame and 1 f-examination. -There 7 Ijave been changes in DALLAS (AP) The driver ii swings his car into Elm Street. He passes tlfe nondescript or- ange brick building.

The under- WESTI NG HOUSE munity problems of law and morality. This is Last December, a small group of Democrats formed the North Dallas Democratic Club. By the. -time of the second meeting, the club had 400 members. By election time it had 1,600.

and had changed its name to Greater Dallas Democrats. In another year, construe- Dallas since. 7 i L'Have-you -seen me-eleetion- tion may have started on Ken pass lies just ahead. Once more the prickling begins in the back of his neck. Here, at this place on the street, the first shot hit The people no longer talk much about the assassination," but it lies deep within them.

"Sometimes it comesunDidr "den," an executive 7" said." "Maybe when you're shaving in the morning," when there is no reason in world for you to think about it It's sort Of like feeling an old scar. Maybe it hurts only a little, or maybe it The car slips through the brief shadow of the "underpass and turns into Stemmons Freeway. Moving faster, it passes a wide, stark building on the right. nedy Memorial Plaza. This will be a quiet park a block and a half from the scene of the assassination.

The city and public have raised $225,000 for the plaza and for donations to the Ken- nedy Library. in Boston." From Kennedy Plaza, you will be able to walk to the scene of the assassination the School Book Depository and the street dropping into the underpass through Dealey Plaza. 1 Plain people have already results?" said Marcus. "Dallas is changing there are good winds blowing. There will still be differences of opinion, as there should be.

But gradually people are beginning to realize that not only are there two sides to every question but often three or four So I'm optimistic;" Dallas people are less sensi-T tive now about visiting other citiesr they seldom run into the bitter remarks and sneers that met them in the months just after- the- assassination. When they go into other states, people question them about "Dallas Al-iesJngJouse pj 6-Transistor" Pocket Portable. ll Our Special Price: Last summer, more than 300 leading businessmen formed a group called Businessmen for Many of them had 2' been voting Republican since at least Truman in 1948 had been th last Denio- cratic presidential candidate "to carry the county. -y President Johnson carried it on Nov. 3 by a Crashing majority.

Former Mayor Earle Cabellr the speech "That was where would have been. ooesn hurt at all any more 'butit'SThereT Up to 60 now in the rushing traffic, the car flashes past square toners of yellow brick .1 maae a memorial ot Dealey pla thrusting up beyond a railroad embankment a Democrat, defeated U.S. Rep. but curiously, not Strolling up from the Union Arid that was where he died. The tired businessman is When people mention the assassination it is almost always a reference point-a-landmark in time: "That was before the the assassination, J.t." r.

A yearago, questions of per- sonal and guilt seared. Dallas Few, if any, in Dallas believe now tjiat the city was to blame, or fee personal guilt. When the Warren Commission report was released, with its comment that And the city has had plenty of visitors.There have -been-un conventJons77 including 'i Rational meetings of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the American Legion. jr. heading "And the 7 rry feeling, the compulsive; reoogni- Railroad.

Terminal and the bus station, or from parked cars all kinds of license plates, they wander through the Jwhite colonnades where mour- ners first brought flowers and kept bringing them for months. They stand on the grass and Bruce Alger, whd once identi -fied himself in the House as an extremist. Republicans wQn only one county office. "Dallas has always been a -Iprpgressivejnoderater-compas sionate city," Cabell Said.7 "Unfortunately a minority had giv---, en. Dallas its image a year ago.

-they werejiot the true spokes-. Business has never been The towers soar, the lights tion of the Texas School Book; Depository, of the Triple Underpass, the Trade Mart, Parkland Hospital havd become of his. day. -This is the way it is- in Dallas siare at xne sixth floor window. gleam, you can buy his and her sitortoratraHBuessed- I NsmsX gas ascension balloons fo men ot Dallas by any means." at spot on Elm Street nowiiatid: perhapsalwayswilfT be, for thousands of people who.

r- TV the assassination Jouldnotbe "TlnkMlo any in Dallas, newspaper officials and people on the street said, in effect see, Dallas is innocent, just aswe-knew all -along. 1 "go home from work a certain way and who were here on Nov. 22, 1963. at the bustlipg Trade Mart now stands a marker' "placed in memorial, by the friends of. President John Fitz-gerald Kennedy who awaited his arrival." Here's another" of the big values you expect from us! A smart little portable radio thars' power-packed -forrutmost enioy-rjfe Christmas at Neiman-Marcus, -SMU's football team is losing some, the Dallas Cowboys are finally winning a few, the opera-season is on, the symphony is bigger than ever, new managers try off and on to make a go of ack Ruby's old strip joint andTZ oonTthe Christmas decorations will be.out Now, in November, even the 1 weather may the reminder ytt mistymorning giving" way to a luminous blue sky with the -v But the glare of attention jiad long before 'made them -s something else that" Dallas Lettered in its base are words of William Blake: "When -thou seest an eagle thou seest a portion of genius: Lift tin thv touch of a breeze.

A year agoUErik jonsson, then presidenVof the Dallas Citizens Councif groupAof top executives who try- to guide the Tcity in what they consider- its best interests, said: think there will "be -a-re-eTOluation-here. Time is on our side." This as mayor, Jonsson said: "The great tragedy caused, by a stranger, in our town renewed our dedication to the goal of balance." On Marcus, president of the Neimari-Marcus Store, bought a half-page ad in each of -Dallas' daily newspap-. Jonsson has urged the city's ministers, to take note of head Kennedy anniversary espe- cially since Nov. 22 falls on Sun JBWBLBRO rhad become known as atxeig' hold 'of extreme right wing thought! 'and Some" hid decided to change that Soon after the assassination, Methodist University -began a program -of joining with' i 'city. leaders -That's the kind of day it was 7' when John F.

Kennedy' came to town and Lee. Harvey Oswald poked his rifle Put a window of" the Texas School Book Depository -and fired the bullets that Kennedy and-J wounded Gov. John Connally. day. They are likely to be more gentle with Dallas than they were a year ago.

ruggedly cast modern eagle spreads its. wings, for flight atop its tapering stone pedestal. The sun strikes fire from its'bronze feathers, and as you look' I1 light lis blin4ing FE 2-0367 51 6- North Gront Ave. On Nov. 25, the Dallas, Civic is .7, -i.