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A MEMORIAL SERVICE for the late President John F. Kennedy was held Monday
afternoon at Tri-City School with an estimated 425 persons attending. The ser
vice, conducted by the Tri-City Ministerial Alliance, gathered church members
of several faiths from the communities of Canyonville, Myrtle Creek and Riddle
in a last salute to the national leader who was assassinated last Friday. The
Canyonville Bible Academy Choir (seen in photo) participated. (News-Review
Photo)
Roseburg Pays Final Tribute
To JFK In Memorial Service
w
By BILL SPARKS j
News-Review Staff Writer
Nearly 1,000 Roseburg resi
dents gathered at the Douglas
County Fairgrounds Community
Building to pay their final re
spects to the late President
John F. Kennedy at a commu
nity memorial service Monday
afternoon.
The service, sponsored by the
Roseburg Ministerial Associa
tion, was short, simple and col
lected a few quiet moments the
thoughts, hopes and prayers of
the community, the nation and
the entire free world.
The service seemed dedicated
to two ends: To acknowledge
the President was gone and to
pay homage to him and his
family; and to undertake a per
selves and their friends that no!
one will ever take away mat
which John F. Kennedy stood
for and represented.
And these are not things
which have not been felt all
along. They were, rather, some
how shoved into the back
ground but now now have
been brought back where they
belong into the thoughts and
conversations of the nation.
All of these things were said
in a few words, in the songs
and music which were the me
morial service for President
Kennedy at the Douglas County
fairgrounds Monday.
Song, Prayer On Program
The program opened with the
prelude by Mrs. Ruth Trued and
the processional by the Pacific
sonal rededication to the way Lutheran Concert Band. The
of life for which he lived andiRev. Verne A. Robinson of the
Congregational Christian Church
died.
It was a religious service,
and yet unlike a church serv
ice, in that there was no ser
mon, nor was there a division
of church denomination. It was
impossible to tell how many de
nominations were represented
ai mat service, out me an- copal
swer was unimportant, unim-
portant because you knew by
the very nature of the tragedy
that had caused this service to
be -held-that Catholics, Protes
tants. Jews everyone, was
feeling the same sorrow and
the same rededication. There
was only one common denom
inator Americanism.
of indifference and complaccn
cy towards ourselves and those
of readiness and responsibility
toward all men, let us pray that
we may replace all evil in our
lives with that love which comes
from a pure heart, a good con
science and a sincere faith."
National Anthem Sung
The Rev. Smith gave the bene
diction, constructed around the
song, "My Country Tis Of
Thee." The audience rose and
sang The National Anthem to
conclude the service. And the
people left quietly. A part of
each of them had died and was
buried in Arlington National
Cemetery. But a part of each
of them had also been given a
new, more intense purpose.
Similar services were held
throughout Douglas County.
Some in individual churches,
some in schools, some by peo
L6J Plans
Address
To Solons
By MERRIMAN SMITH
UPI White Home Reporter
WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi
dent Johnson began work today
for the first time in the famed
presidential office in the White
House, taking on burdens of
world and national problems
that have befallen him.
I Much of the President's day
was devoted to meeting with
foreign dignitaries and prepar
ing his first address to Congress
and the American people. John
son will speak at a joint session
of Congress Wednesday at 12:30
p.m. EST. He is expected to
outline his domestic and inter
national policies in the speech.
It will be televised nationally.
Until today, Johnson had been
working in the office he occu
pied as vice president under
slain President Kennedy in the
Executive Office Building, ad
jacent to the White House.
On arrival today at the White
House at 8:45 a.m. EST, the
new President moved without
fanfare into the oval office of
the President.
Johnson was sped under po
lice motorcycle escort to the
executive mansion from his
private home in the well-to-do
Spring Valley area of Washing
ton. The seven-mile drive
through rush hour traffic took)
III 1 ' jST . : T..I II I
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For Kennedy
'Eternal Flame Lighted
By Grieving Widow, Ends
Massive Funeral Tribute
WASHINGTON (UPI) - An lowed by "Air Force One," the
eternal flame" burned at the jet transport that carried the
flower-blanketed grave of Johni President to Dallas and brought
F. Kennedy today in lastirighis body back after he was
memorial to the assassinatedkilled by a sniper Friday.
35th President of the United After a silent ceremonial by
States. (Irish guardr flown from Ire-
A white picket fence about land, came the final ceremonies
two feet high surrounded an ar- the blessing of the grave and
ca of about five yards on cachtlu! prayers.
side of the grave in Arlington Behind the grave, on a hill,
National Cemetery. Within the cannon fired a 21-gun salute and
enclosure were piled scores of viflemen their three volleys,
bouquets from other nations, jiaps was sounded by Army
Tho grave was filled in, theism. Keith ciurk of r.,nri nu.
fence installed and the flowers
placed several hours after Ken
nedy's burial Monday a simple
sequel to the massive funeral
tributes witnessed by national
and world leaders.
Kennedy's courageous widow
who maintained a magnificent
bearing during all her appear-
was removed from
and handed to the
LIKE A LITTLE SOLDIER, John F. Kennedy Jr., who
was three years old Monday, salutes as the casket
containing the body of his martyred father the late
President, is carried from St. Matthews Cathedral.
(UPI Telephoto by UPI Staff Photographer Stanley
Stearns)
pids, Mich
The flag
the casket
widow.
An overwhelming silence en
veloped the throng of great and
simple people who came to see
Kennedy laid to rest after the
nnces since the tragedy made a '''" ,uc 01 a "moral mass mat
poignant visit to the grave y. me composure oi ms
shortly before midnight about "'" "".
eight hours after the final Caroline Cried
rites. She laid a sprig of flow-1 n ,. , .
ers on the grave and spent sev-' Caroline, who will
oral minutes, with Atty. Gen. ? "J"10!""' als
uul, M OUU3 ailUI lUttCi
ing as bravely as her mother to
then- tragedy. There was added
Robert F. Kennedy at her side, ,
at the floral-covered site.
I Special Light Installed
i Monday night, specinlly in
stalled lights cast a blue hucli
over the floral blanket wliilocathcdral sIcds and snhitert hi
ilhp I'nK.ferl flnmH tcnitpd hviflillpl-'c pnrrin tnct no i,n
Vaah I eVA WLta UolieA by Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy in diers all around were doing.'
Mrs. Kennedy, Children
poignnnco when John Kennedy
Jr., attending the funeral on his
own third birthday, stood at the
Answer Sought
And you could feel in the
depth of what was being said
and being felt by those who
God Our Help In Ages Past."
This in turn was followed by
the responsive reading of the
23rd Psalm. The Rev.
S. Tyson of St. George's Epis-
Church read from Ro
mans, Chapter 8, verses i4-ib
28, 31-32, 35, 37-39.
The Liturgical prayer was
followed iby the singing of the
124th Psalin by the Roseburg
a cappella choir.
The Rev. James C. Smith of
the First Christian Church led
the directed prayer, in which
jhc outlined the thoughts of
Roseburg and the nation, in the
order in which they occurred
for many. That prayer:
'Having moved from feelings
1. u. "I ; :V ".iiniDortant ho will make as Chief! WAbHllsu IUN turn-Mrs. bllnopia and President bamonguurd will be posted at me silciilusi,P(i lnilrnpra !, nni.l
uuy lo iiuiiui me ihl i ilmuciii .... . ...il.Tllcoilplinp Knnnpilv was ro. Di Viilpi-n ir Irnlanfl. im-miml tlin rlnplt for the. noxti..i ,i u"!
i.wiuii i: uuuuauii is uAtJucicui - - i3pi.-wi3 h iiiu slum rroaiuem
porieu tuuay 10 ue planning ioi inc worm wept more openiy.iwccK.
pic alone, as they paused Mon
gave the Invocation, followed by
included m t ie list ol mi Hie:'" t" ".'
services were those at Glen
dale, where residents gathered
Alfred1 at tnc school for a me-1
murai service cunuucieu oy
members of the Inter-Church
Fellowship. Tri-City area resid
ents gathered at the Tri-City
School for a service conducted
by the Tri-City Ministerial . Al
Glance."" ';''t " .:'
nnlv 12 minutes
in nis snpppn in I nnrrrpsc - - t t --w m m w w iivi nuauiiiiu a muitiuij w,n uu wnclilnntnn'e eti-Aole t,.nH
shaping up as one of the most ,.,,.v, , . brightly behind. A miUtary jjjnel wil, an CBti"iatcd 800,000
listened-that perhaps there was ' unoeuci anu Bnei iu a.u
an answer to be found for tliisi''S- Kennedy and that family,
tragedy. You could sense thcH tnose m assurance anu coin
feeline amonff those who hadif'ft, let us pray that their grief
gathered here as they groped
Grand Jury
Charges Ruby
With Murder
the civil rights and tax cut pro
grams spelled out by his dead
predecessor.
Veteran legislators were said
to feci there would be no slack
ening under the new President
of the drive for congressional
approval of the two corner
stones of the Kennedy program
But wlietliei"Johnsbn would be1
any more successful than his
predecessor remained to be
seen.
"I think continuity without
confusion has got to be our
go to Cape Cod to spend a sad
Thanksgiving holiday with the
family of her slain husband.
Mrs. Kennedy s plans for
moving from the White House
have not been announced, and
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, the
new First Lady, said today she
will not, consider jnovjng into
the 'executive mansion until It
suits Mrs. Kennedy's conven
iencc.
"1 wish to heaven I could
serve Mrs. Kennedy's happi
ness," the new President's wife
The funeral was a monument
to dignity and in her widow's
veil she walked with pride.
II was done with the ceremon
ial flaro her husband loved so
much . . . the muffled drums
the sound , of bagpipes. . .mid
Taps that touched the heart.
It was John ,lr.'s third' birth
day, but no one could celebrate.
The little boy, instead, saluted
the casket of his father where
the military band pluycd "Hail
to the Chief" in mournful strains
Was hl-ntl(lit trnm tho rnnltnl tn
Mrs. Kennedy, who requested the White House, from there to
the flame as an cvorlasting
symbol of her husband's buoy
ant spirit, lighted the fire at tne
conclusion of the Impressive
graveside services.
St, Mathews Cathedral, and then
to the cemetery. ,
It was a solemn military pro
cession, wan tne coffin on a
j .... ..-l0,.irf "I Pn l 1pI si-vp hp- "B iB"--i ""'K
pusswoiu aim nas io ue me ru.v 'V " "r . St. -Matthew's Cathedral
mother and sister.
to our
Monday night in explaining his! the lust chore sllc wishes to doi
decision to appear before Con- 's "one inai i win cumeniiiuiu
grcss. moving."
! Mrs. Kennedy apparently
Meets With Leaders I plans to move quickly, how
The Chief Executive meets! ever.
with
ayeside services. black-draped caisson drawn by
nien sue passeu u,e uircn m slx g h p th m
had used to hor brothers-in-law,)., -athodrHL iy
Atly.-Gon.; Robert Frennedyjiy--,,,-
and her hug-
and Son. Edward M. Kennedy, bml(,s Uvo bl.ot)cl., walked 1)0.
who ceremonially repealed thcllind tho caisson folowcd by
process of igniting the mcmor- p,.ns,rpni. Jnhnsnn nH hm.
inl flame. insKPinliimin nf rni-pinn ipurioi-e
1 1:1.1 l,.,..,,c ol ll,n; o"
UIIU ailLII lifini. uunia k
his
for that answer. They say that
God will bring some good from
even the deepest tragedy if;
those to whom that tragedy oc-
and' loss may be replaced with I DALLAS (UPI) Flashy Jack
comfort and hope through Him! Ruby, the striptease nightclub
owner who killed an accused
presidential assassin before
millions of witnesses, was in-
who is the Resurrection and the
Life
Having moved from feelings
curs will seek the answer. I'cr-iot tiouut ana uncertainly auout um muj n t.6v. u.
haps the good to come from! President Johnson and his cab-jniurder with malice by a coun
this tragedv will be the re jinct associates, to those of con-'ty grand jury,
birth of Americanism whichifidence and direction, let tis It was one of the fastest in
has swept through Hoseburg pray that their sudden respon-jdictments ever returned in Dal
and the rest of the nation sinccisibility will be marked with. las.
the assassin's bullets killed theldivine counsel and continuing Ruby, 52. shot and killed Lcc
President of the United States. Istrcngth through Him who is'Harvey Oswald when he
first today with the world lead
ers who remained after attend
ing Kennedy's funeral, including
Suviet Deputy Premier Anastas
f. Mikoyan, British Prune Min
ister Sir Alec Douglas-Home
and West German Chancellor
Ludwig Erhard.
But from the domestic politi
cal standpoint, his most import
ant meetings were to come la
ter in the day when he confers
Several moving vans pulled
into the south driveway of the
White House Monday night and
more came this morning. Mem
bers of the staff said the for
mer first lady was packing
with all possible speed.
Mrs. Kennedy stayed at the'
White House Monday night aft
er her husband was buried at
Tragedy Multiplies
The tragedy that struck the
First Family is even more pain
ful because it happens at a time
of birthdays for the youngsters,
the Thanksgiving holiday and
Ihe beginnings of the Christmas
season.
Blonde blue-eyed Curulinc will
be 6 years old Wednesday. The
first grader, who adored her fa
ther and knew lie was the Pres
ident, has cried many times
over the past tew days.
Thanksgiving always was
tomb of France's unknown sol
dier at the Arc dc Triomphc in
Paris. Another burns at Gettys
burg, Pu., in memory of Civil
War dead.
Heads Of State
There were kings, presidents.
ministers and princes from near
ly every country of the world,
Communist as well as free, from
Kennedy's grave, on a grconi,,,.,, charIcs d(J Gau0 o
slope of the military cemetery iFl.anco to Deputy promter Ana
which serves as a national stas Mikovan of tlle Soviot Un.
shrine to the honored dead, , Red c, , d , fe
dominates a broad vista of ot ,.cprcscnlcd
Washington. It faces directly . , ,,
nm-nss the. Potomac River to-. i'nling beside the sorrowing
ward the inarble-nillared me- nl .tllc sunny but chilly
morial to Abraham Lincoln, as
sassinated nearly a century ago.
Jl-Gun Salute
There, in the shadow of the
onetime mansion of Robert 15.
Lcc, came the 21-gun salute, the
site, they heard tho funeral si
lence pierced by the bagpipers
and the jet airplanes, by the
cannon and the prayers.
Men who have made history
watched from the sidelines. Do
Arlington National Cemctcrv.
Eight hours after the last ritcsjlinie for traditional gatherings
with top aides and officialslshc returned lo the grave toof the big Kennedy clan at Cape
about his speech before Con-! leave a sprig of flowers and tolt'od. Mrs. Kennedy may take:
:i,.tl.. ,l II. ,'l,ni. cniinililnfa Ihna-p fp enn Ihp
, , r . r r .i ... . . , Ul CSS. ft;tl.U ailCIIUV UIIU UintVI lUHJ .l junii(,ainn vmi, iu abv ni
The feeling of indittercnccot """" " !ull"s "? The tenor of that specchifor several minutes.
seeming reluctance to speak "Having moved from feelings! Jail to a maximum scctiri-) ,ro,ai,v was indicated in the! Only twice Monday
out strongly and stand up firm-;ot anger and vengeance towards ly cell Sunday, it was tne iirsi,new president's remarks to a i magnificent composure break.lnedy, who is ailing and could
)y for the purity and integrity the assassins and their crime.itime in history that the nu- meeting of the governors of 35,Once when she was given the not attend the funeral.'
flue that draped the coffin, curc-i She may also try to lift Caro-
The governors were hastily fully folded by the pallbearers, iline's spirits by taking her back
assembled following the luneral;as snc was leaving the gravc- to the family compound at Hy
ajthrcc volleys of musketry byiijauno ciaspca ana unclasped
the firing party, and the sound"" nanus, r-mpcror iiaue oeias
of "Taps." Isie uf Ethiopia wiped his eyes.
As Mrs. Kennedy , stepped' tnc rrcnen president una tne
' 1 i.fitidnnl '! rrt'lntrinrf fnllnt. fnf.
did hei iiner Ambassador Joseph P. Ken
history that the nu
of purpose upon which this na-to tnose ol cnuiarrassnieni ann tion s television viewers watched s(atcs Monday night,
tion was founded it Has necn Miami;, n;i us piaj u oii,a murder neing commiueo.
said lie did it for Prcs-
washed awav. Up and down the atc. conicmpiuousness ano ar
streets of Roseburg, in t h e'rogancc may he replaced with
phiii-..iips ihp snlinnk Hip cof- mercy, dignity and humility
fee shops, the homes, there hasii"S" a'"nc ll&cf r.n!,was part of a Communist
been a moral tightening of the 'i! Jik'Kos the thoughts and in-isassinatjon plot
holt nnH siiffpnine nf the back ilcnts of the heart. i
bnr.c as people have told them-1 "Having moved f.om feelings
Ruby
idenl Kennedy's wile and fami
ly. He said he believed Oswald
us-
from her limousine, there was
a sounding of "ruffles and
flourishes" followed by the Na
tional Anthem.
At that point, the bagpipe
bearded Ethiopian monarch,
both in uniform, stood side by
side, Hanked by dozens of other
world lenders.
Lyndon B. Johnson, who be-
for the meeting at Johnson s,sjdL,. inni,js i,t, Mass., lo he with
former vice presidential offices.i S,c s,pd tears again when she her young cousins.
Many were halted at airports !recivcd t10 condolences of! A White House aide said Mrs.jto)k tlcir
and summoned to, hear lhCil,inl,. nrimn ministnn ami nlll.iKnnnnilv wnnls In rem u ill III tllP! ' i...
i - ' 'L-iiHuei.
Considering A Change?
Aik v;ur friends about the friendly,
effic!enf, personal service they enjey
at the
"TJ'TTTTOfT1 NATIONAL HANK
Conviction Record
Dist. Ally. Henry Wade, whoi0f crisis following the assassin
has a 100 per cent conviction ation.
record in murder trials, said The Chief Executive was
he would try to send Ruby to; ported to have stressed
unit sounded its dirge and the came President of the United
casket was remuved from the States about an hour and a half
caisson and borne to the gravc.jafter Kennedy died, was almost
As Mrs. Kennedy walked to-iconccalcd In the crowd until the
ward the grave she held to tliejtinie came for Taps to be sound
hand of Robert Kennedy. Thcyjcd. Then he stepped forward,
positions before the hallcss, and stood facing the
grave wim ms rigni Hand over
in silent salute.
i-rcsiocnis ju-minute appeal ioricl. worid leaders at the White' Washington area where she has! Behind them ranged the oth-!hls heart
bipartisan backing in the days,,, af, . fprul. Shelsnent most of Iter life. She has!r i
lulso met privately with Presi-ia new hunt country home at! Enrly in the services 50 jet'. . '
dent Charles dc Uaulle uli Atoka, va. that may Do tne fighter pianos swept over In a
re-
his
the electric chair. lie asked, backing for federal programs to
that the former Chicago street! aid education in expressing gen-
brawler and small time gam-jcral support for Kennedys leg
bler be held without bond. jislative goals.
Tom Howard, Ruby's Dallas; .. r .
k ...... I.I .b r. To Ur9 Cut
a writ of habeas corpus lo free' n w Vrk Gov. Nelson A.
Rubv in bond. ;RocV:e eller, a Candida c for the j
Dist. Judge Joe B. Brown set Republican presidential nom.na
n.. o n ii.o ,i..in rr ii... ,,,r ,tion, said that Johnson told the1
,l,.r Irinl In hoain. Hnuaitl nl.!Sroun ,le
France: Prince Philip of Brit ispol where she will go to find.salute to the departed com-
ain; Emperor Hailc Selassie o( peace and rest.
lmander-in-chicf. They were fol-
Congressmen Return To Work,
Await Message From Johnson
Hurricane Force Rain
Lashes Buenos Aires
BUENOS AIRES (UPI) - A
wind anu rain siorm oi nurn-
I cane torcc wnicn lasnca oucnos
i Aires Sunday evening killed at
j least nine persons, it was re
, ported today.
I
jected to the speedy action by
Dallas authorities and said he
would try lo get the trial post
poned until mid - January at
least.
Judge Brown said he would
consider a postponement.
By a vote of 8 to 7, the Sen-
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
... ... ... I ''J IHU Mill MIC!!,. X n "iiiiuvu tlj
so-called continuing resolution, drv.ing rajni wcrc run down by
UI " "" "';k trains they didn't see until too
Wind velocities up lo 100 miles
an hour were reported.
would urge Congress WASHINGTON (UPi) Con-idoom the late President's mo- That work started toduv with! Four of the victims were
to act on the $11 billion tax cut;Eress swunK bltck into its leg-'posal to sell surplus Americani.h.. .rhpilnllnir nf ,.i!n ,, i killed hy live wires blown down
i,iubio,i,. " '"iisiaiivc misincss today from tne, wheat to Kussia.
tne rnaic r inai cc -omini"--e,itragcd)-.niarrcd weekend of
anu uiu fivu iiiiib iiiuusuii.-. ,
Johnson received was "a most; ' , ,. ('"V recommended against pas- ,
sincere demonstration of unity! ."'''.' ' "r"vsu,c 01 ll1c mea!iUTe Dul scnl 11 i
.i.,. r i.i,Plann'l nly two das of work,... .i.e n.m. ,, wn..id nrohibit:
;uciore recessing lor uie inanKs- lllc govcrmnt.nl from under-
giving nonoays, and tneir iegis-jwri(ing loan for lhe expected
mine iiiiidiinu un- tyji mi iinn ars,in ,
The Soviet Union wants
disburse-
in this monent of tragedy." He
I said Johnson was "impressive.
i Pennsylvania Gov. William
Republican. ' praised Johnson's , Pending word from
Cloudy through Wednesday cch and said he was sure ' :
with occion.l rain W.dn.,- that governors at the .
day. Cooler Wednesday night. ' "" u,.,-,.i ... address a mint scs- ,,alancc- L,"nm,'rc"" n"nns are inlat i ve?. District of Columbia,
last 24 hours 4S ,"",. m, ith,si.n of Congress at 12:30 p.m..n'I. ncu !pnlilie works and military con
December Treasury
ments for the eight agencies.
land programs whose funds for
; tho 19G3-64 fiscal year have not
been appropriated.
All appropriation bills except
foreign aid have passed the
'i House, but seven others Agri
late.
iantmhelperjay;
buy the wheat for 25 per centcuilur stat . Justice Com
down with 18 months to pay themercCi independent offices, leg-
Highest temp.
Lowest temp.
last 34 houri 38
President.
Later. Johnson
Treasury Secretary Douglas Dil
met With . ' V'. "snrh prprlit u-ithrint unvprninpiif -i:u t? i
EST. The general expectation; " .siruvuuii sun rciiuuc oi-uaiu
or other action.
.... ,. treasury accreiary uougias uu--"1 - - ...
Highest temp, any Nov. (SS) 73 n onrt'DH0, n i ifpm.ii is that he will plea for an end,guaramec
Lowest temp, any Nov. (55) 15 fl0(,on ( rfiscuss the na i'0 "hate" talk and embrace the, Few legislators claimed to be! The foreign aid money bill is
Preci.3. lest 24 hours
Vormal Nov. precip,
Precip. from Sept. 1 .
Precip, from Nov. 1
Suntet tonight, 4:41 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 7:21 a.m.
0 tion's pcnnnmv and review the Kennedy program in a general able to read the thoughts o! hanglsg fire until the Senate
4.44 budget be will send to Congresslway. lhe new Johnson administration and House authorization bills!
74 in January. Walter W. Heller.! The Senate is expected to dc- and without such foresight, Ihcjfor the program and the Peace!
4.2s chairman of the council of cco-fcat today or Wednesday a House is set to clean up work;Corps arc completed. The for i
nomic advisers, sat in on thclmeasurc by Rep. Karl E.iit expected to do before Dccieign aid money Issue may be
talk. j.Mundt, H S.D., that might'20 and adjourn. I the last big flap of the session.!
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