I ) A I. I A: I I I) - The 11 rw e ie tis dead.

President Kennedy nd o.JohIB. Conally of Texas weIe

cuit down by 1n11 asn' ules

as they toured dtwntowD iallas

ill all open muto-mobile h)(1. ,-vThe Presidest was killed lby a

bullet ill the hlead while ridlhlng illall opel cal.t hrokug'h the ,t reet.-,of

alasa.111s wife Nwav ill the mecar,

hut was not hit. Sbv' cl led the

President ill her arms as he wia

carried to a hospital where he

died.

Vice Prestdent It yndon John-

son was ill the saine motorcade

and was immediately surround-ed ly Secret Service meni untilhe could take the oath of office

ast' president.

The President, his Iimop hodycradled i the arms of his wife,wa.s rustti to Parklaiud hospital.

The gover or , tst wHas tAken to

The incident occur Ied lust eastitf a tilt tptle udettss , fieinlt' a pa ik

((ttwttti IatlsPoporter-, about f i vI, c I

length. behind the chiet Oxt"'l-tiw e irad wh it -m ied likt three

b r t. of i ttttflrit.

Secret Service agents iH afollow-up car uickly inlittnrd

thwir automatic lts.T t if=t i- -

dt at' l,(- i tis tusow .

M I '. 1\elltwdN wa" ml lit, 1,knleswith he hestonardI titttresi-

tin.( it, lit .t ~ y do H

Jhsnw'l'I II :A c.11.bthilldtile

The PresnIent 11.d landed onlya 5I(It t iI t'itbefitre at Dallas loveField and was driving to the tradem11,11t to delk xe a lunch.Ie()n speech

nslt 'tors d by thr-e alas or-

Alt.s idrew their p'stols, hutthe damage dtne.

The Presdent was slumpedover in the battkseat tht car,face down. ('ouially lay ot the

floir of the rear sett.It was impoxtssible to tell at once

where Kennedy was hit, but bulletwitittits litt (ntltialyv's chest were

plminly v is ibl1e, indicating tiletunfirn i t possiblylts come

trom llall aut mllt ic weapons.There were threv oud bursts.Itall' ts tmtorcycle officersex-

At the top of the hill, a man

Alld w(-mlln iappemred tobe huddledoil ti grssytllod.

i fthe turmoil, it was in-

Ims.,ible to determine at oncewhether tilt Secret Service and

tallas police returned the gull-

ir- that ,truck down Kennedy

tol' expI e "-d solI f)w and re-' I ('rtt)e% t b, r twequ'll inaudacity ot to the murder ofAliratami I icolt, atrni(st 100

year- go.tilf the tficials

we rc:

Dr. A. Wayne Pleitz, U F prpsi-

dpnt: - The death of President

Our Town(An Editorial)

The dit iof President Joer Ke afs il' 1 bit't'i tisnstUnna s'd it the samo tite unitd S itco t try of rn n 'lnd t Arr n,

who, regain oflss i their politicA tffii itions, feel th deepest seise

of loss.It i too to evaluate Presiltit Keniedy's record s th

nation'slead r.fi e ray inot have be i i i ieat President, a.s will iow

te Claimed I for years to come. ie was, undoubtedly, a great man.

Watching iMn in action, friends arid foe.s alike 'were unable to deny

a feeling that here was a sincere, humane man who believed that the

future of the world depended upon the t'nited States' effort to liritug

about a lasting world peace.To these ends, he devoted his entire energy and devotion. Even for

the loss of a child, he could lot take time away from his obligation

to the nation. Now, it will be said, tie has given his life, though of

course it xas in actuality taken from him by fanaticism. The more

accurate statement would be that he had already given his life -- and

himself -- to his co antry, before the first shot was fired.

His country will never, perhaps, realize the extent of that gift, but

it will never forget it.

Keo dy oi t ,o tragic oi.I to b

beyond romprehieni.ion. I am

shocked and grievedoverthisloss

to our nation and the world. Itmakes one sick with shtrnie thatany1onw in tthi, 1 i out 1rY could corm -mit sc a hwinou , crime.''

Letter Hiale, demn of studentaffai s: ''Nit om atter what t per-

sion's views on Kennedy or is,

beliels, thtsis t a terrible trage-

(Iy."

oir: h'11tihs as affected tue t're-

rnf-enilou.tly btiI thave' notthintgto

sat at his ti e.''Paul Hendrick, ,-Audfent body

presidetIt: "John Ketiedy was acourageous Amterican. For his

leadership hie ais paid with his

life. His death will live as one of

the ilaikest tragedies in our

itistory. Iet us pray that the

freedoms Presidt'nt Kennedychampioned will become as se-cure in our lifetime as he sought

to make them in his.'

Merle F. Dimbath, president

of Students for Goldwater: "Thedeath of President Kennedy is anational tragedy. I am deeplyshocked at this event, and feel-- as do all Americans -- his

death is a personal loss.

A RemarkableLife He Led

On a bitterly oldm tit snowy day in january, Ihl, When he was

ini augurated 35th President of the United States, John FitzgeraldKennetty statniteti a callto Iiwatioth tat it, nittny ways sturnritet up ttis

own remarkable career.Ie atheIt'wotti go fortithrothittintIiii'atnilplatit, ttofrietid and foe

alike,'' tt said, tiat tte ttch tas ben pasd to a new generation

(af Americans tort in this century, teripered by war, disciplined by a

cold atid bitter peace.''

Kennedy was all these, and tie bore the torch of world leadership

in a society where the old order was changing fast. On that January

day, no man had ever flown in space.on that lay Negroes in southern

cities such as Jackson atid Birmingham were not yet demonstrating.

On that day the world had not co t consciously close to nuclear

destruction as it did in the great Cuban crisis of 1962.

''Sure it's a big job,' Kennedy once said.''But I don't know anybody

who can do It any better than I can. I'm going to be in it for four

years. It isn't going to be so bad. You've got time to think - and be-

sides, the pay Is good."He later found out - and conceded - that it was a bigger job than he

originally believed. But it is most unlikely that he ever once wavered

in the belief that no one could handle it as well as he could. To thInk

otherwise would have been a negation of his whole life.

Shlocked i i ('ll Oin i-pus and (It% official taret to

day the assamminatip u Presi-

dent toh Kenned is a tragic

event th tw foren r mar the

page., of \w;orl ! hi.tory.Contacted :,h()t I rthI le

Presidentt, (death %w i,, ,cmfirmedUF and Gain1e-Ille admlinistra-

The Florida Alligator] ' rV ]M I Vol. 56, No. 56 University Of Florida, Nov. 22, 1963 ]F"3C r IX&

THE PRESIDENT IS DEADKenned DiesVia Assassin

U.S. PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY

UF, City LeadershiExpresses A'Shock'f

Ilage 2 The Florida Alligator Friday, Nov. 22, 1963

Johnson

Sworn In

As PresidentLyndon Johnson is the 30th

President of the united States-.Johnson, elected to the U.S.

Senate in 1948, became rnajorityleader in the mid '50's. Beforethat time, Johnson served asDemocratic whip since 1950.

Born near Stonewall, Texas onAugust 27, 1908, Johnson wasgraduated from Southwest TexasState Teachers College in 1930with a B.S. degree. He attendedGeorgetown law School in Wasti-ington for a year before bewomt-Ing State Director of te NationalYouth Administration of Texas.

After being defeated by JohniF. Kennedy for the presidency ithe 1960 Democratic convention',Johnson chose to seek electionas Kennedy's vice president. iHehas served in that capacity untiltoday.

In a speech bfore tire U.5.

Senate in 1950, the then juniorSenator from Texas stated that"We have committed ourselvesonly to a policy of commnittingourselves."

As chairman of the prepared -ness subcommittee of the SerateArmed Servicer Cotrmittee it1950, Johnson stuied tieea-power situation ad tle stock-piling of essential materials.

On Campus,Its Silence

An erie silence petvaded thecampus as students and failtlyreacted today to the news of lt'assassination of tMe Presidenit ofthe United States.

Classes were called off, stu-dents abnorurally quiet, procs -sors visibly shaken.

Small groups clustered aboutstudents with small traisistorradios. People niet in facultyoffices to hear the latest news.

One student said, 'The ininuteI heard the radio announcer say'John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35thPresident of the United States.'I stopped dead in my tracks. Iknew something had happened.''

The U F reacted the sate waythis afternoon.

(Frotm UPI eports)Details surrounding President

Kendy'rs death were not corn-plrtel clear tonight as the Alli-fator went to press.

A Dallas policeman was shotand killed ais he chased a sus-pected .asaissin of PresidentKeniedy through a movie theaterill the Oak Cliff section.

Officer i. 1t. Tippit, 38, was.stain a he illfellow Policeman

BulletinItA .t AS I PI - Police today

uizsi ci' et ]. Oswald, identified

as chaicrai of a 'I.Fair Play for(',itia Coimiriitte," as tie prime

ip tie is Sni atioirof

President Kennedy.

Police said oswald, 24, was

accuse il the slaying of Da l-tas poli'utilalmn shortly after the

stigl iri ttit ,President.

II

NI. N. MacDonald ran into a rearexit of the Texas theater.

Tippit and MacDonald had re-ceived a tip that t1W assassin ofPresident Kennedy might havegone into the theater.

An usher told them a man ina brot1n shirt had entered thedarkened theater a few momentsbefore.

According to police headquar-.ters, Tippit fired a shot. Mac-Donald rushed the suspect andthesuspect said, "It's allovernow."

MacDonald's face was slashed.Police said it was a four-inchslash.

The suspect was seized.Sheriff's officers took a young

tran into custody at the sceneand questioned him behind closeddoors.

A Dallas television reportersaid he saw a rifle being with-drawn from a window on the fifthor sixth floor of anofficebuilding

The Day Before Was.President John F. Keinedy's

last full day of life Iwas spentbeing greeted by rousing cheerof crowds in San Antonio, Texasand by a cooler group of citizensin Houston.

The President and the Fi!-Lady had journeyc to Texa' t!:,

a two-day swing through ticities of the Lone Star Stl'te.

An estimated 100 00 perniiturnedyout to gree' t'residtrKennedy in his lat 1-le 11 oS,111

Antonio. More that . u,00 pr-sons greeted the Fil ant " in,Houston, but anti-Kerre, i r, i

Goldwater signs poppeit iiur t -troy the warmthof their set rile

A banner readin' r-Existence is surrendet' iwis

flown from a plane circling abe

)th 1retidenit as he rode slowlydown a Houston street.

A Kennedy rode through aNi area in Houston, two white

mnwi 1 tised a Iig Goldwater sign.(ine woman waved a placard thatiread, '- We need another ex-

president."Oiutside the Hice Hotel, Mrs.

K-nnedy shook hands with peoplein the crowd and walked throughIa' lobts smiling aid shakingrants like a first class cant-

igiigne r.At San Antonio the crowders

nec med noisier aid the cheers iort -t dentt Kennedy were louder,alriough there was a scattering of

cr1-Iacrnnedy signs and placaristiaig Sen. Barry Goldwater.Wtrilc the President was visit-

ino Sarn Antonio, Negro civilrights rickets were marching atthe San Antonio airport, and at theAerospace Medical ResearchCenter at nearly Brooks AirForce Base carrying placardsdecrying segregation in San An-tonio.

The President had flown fromWashington for the two-day swingto try to insure the states elec-toral votes for the Democraticcolumn in 1964. The state wentto President Kennedy in 1960 bya slim 43,000 votes.

Former Vice President Ri-chard M. Nixon was in Dallas atthe time of the Kennedy visit toHouston and San Antonio. He wason "private business' for a softdrink company.

shortly after the gunfire.The Dallas sheriff's depart-

ment said a rifle had been foundin a staircase on the fifth floorof a building near the scene ofthe assassination. It was a 7.65Mauser. The German-made armyrifle had a telescopic sight withone shell left in the chamber.Three spent shells were foundnearby.

Charles Brehm, 38, of Dallas,was standing in the big crowdat curbside about 15 feet awayas the President's car ap-proached.

"He was waving and the firstshot hit him and then that awfullook crossed his face," Brehmsaid.

There were at least threebursts of gunfire.

Kennedy BriefsVice president Lyndon John-

son - the nation's new President- was in the same cavalcade buta number of car lengths behind.He was not hurt.

Terribly shocked Johnson, whohas a record of heart illness, waswhisked off under heavy guard toie sworn in as quickly as possibleas the 36th President of theCited States.

It was at the airport that Gold-water heard of the President'sdeath in Dallas.

After expressingdshock, Gold-ster was reported to have re-mained silent and to have re-turned to his plane to continuehis flight.

Poh~ce Capt. Pat Cannaway said

today a suspect held in theassassination of President Ken-nedy was an employee in thebuilding where a rifle was found.

Gannaway said the suspect hadvisited Russia and was marriedto a Russian. This was not im-mediately confirmed. The sus-pect's citizenship was not known.

The military transport planebearing Secretary of State DeanRusk and other Cabinet ministersto a meeting in Japanturned backbetween Honolulu and Tokyo Fri-day upon receipt of a report ofthe assassination of the Pres-ident.

On the plane with Rusk wereTreasury Secretary Douglas Dil-lon, Commerce Secretary Luth-er Hodges and several other highofficials.

The Florida AlligatorEditor-in-Chief.-.-.-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Lawrence Jr.Managing Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Wilson

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o II MI I I I e I o o - I e I

Assassination4th In HistoryIn the annals of American Presidential history, the name of John

Fitzgerald Kennedy will go listed the fourth president assassinatedwhile in office.

In 1865, in the midst of the first year of his second storm-tossedterm in office, President 4braham Lincolm, the leader of a Civil-War torn nation, met his death from an assassins bullet only sixdays following the surrender of Lee and the Confederacy at Appo-mattox.

On April 15, 1865, Lincoln was shot while attending a play in Wash-ington, D.C. The assassin was John Wilkes Booth an ex-actor.

President James A. Garfield, inaugurated in 1881 as the 20thpresident, was assassinated on July 2, 1881 while on a trip to NewEngland where he was to attend the 25th renunion of the WilliamsCollege graduating class.

As he passed through the waiting roonof the Baltimore and PotomacRailroad depot in Washington, the assassin fired one harmless shotat the President, then a second which seriously wounded Garfield.

On Sept. 15, 1881, blood poisoning from the wound appreared, andfour days later on Sept. 19, Garfield died from blood posioning.

President William McKinley met death from an assassin's bulletat the 1901 Buffalo Fair.

Visiting the fair with his wife on Sept. 6 of that year, the Presidentwas holding a reception in one of the fair buildings, shaking handswith hundreds of men, women and children. A man approached Mc-Kinley, a handkerchief concealing his hand.

As the President held out his hand to greet the man, a shot startledthe assembled crowd. McKinley was shot in the arm and stomach bya concealed pistol held by Leon Czolgosz

Following the assassination attempt, it seemed as if the Presidentwould have a good chance to recover, but after a brave fight he passed

95 7. away early the following Saturday morning.

Details Vague

PRESIDENT KENNEDY SPOKEhere at Florida Blue Key banquet of 1

Assassin

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