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Slain Policeman Buried In Plot Set Aside For Dallas Heroes DALLAS (UPI) Little Cur- tis Ray Tippit, 5, looked with eyes big as saucers at the cam eras, policemen and newsmen Monday and tried hard to un derstand. He only knew that his father was gone. His father, J. D. Tippit, 39, was shot down in cold blood by the same man who was ac cused of killing President Ken nedy. Mrs. Marie Tippit, 39, and the other children, Brenda Kay, 10, and Allen, 14, stared straight ahead at the casket containing Tippit's body. Allen tried hard not to cry, biting his lips and blinking his already tear-swollen eye's. Pastor C. D. Tipps Jr. of the Becklcy Hills Baptist Church quoted from First Thessalon ians, the same book of the Bible quoted from by Richard Cardinal Cushing at the funeral mass, of the President in Wash ington. Doing His Duty The castor said: "He was doing his duty when he was taken by the lethal but let of a poor, confused, mis guided, ungoldly assassin." Human words are futile." After the service, three dozen red roses spread on top of the casket were removed and the lid was opened. More than 1,000 Oswald Rites Held; Only Family Mourns FORTH WORTH (UPI) Po lice with vicious trained dogs stood guard today at. the grave of Lee Harvey Oswald to pro tect it from ghouls. The 24-year-old Communist sympathizer and accused assas sin of President Kennedy gener ated such hatred that police are afraid someone may desecrate the hastily dug grave, or try to dig up the pine coffin. "There is always the possi bility of ghouls,' said Col. E. P. Seltzer, a retired Army regi- n.ental commander who owns Rose Hill Cemetery where Os wald was buried. A police guard and a watch dog were stationed beside the grave. A police patrol car drove slowly back and forth inside the cemetery. It was the first time since the cemetery was started back in the 19th century that guards were necessary dur ing the night. 'Normally, we lock the gates at sundown and open them at sunup, Seltzer said. "But po lice officials talked it over and thought it would be better to have someone inside the park. "Naturally, there are ghouls and grave-robbers. . .and you never know what to expect. Oswald, shot by self-appoint ed executioner Jack Ruby, a Dallas striptease nightclub own cr, was bi'ried Monday just three hours after President Ken nedy was laid to rest in Arling ton National Cemetery. The pine coffin was covered with gray cloth. Reporters served , as pall bearers. Only Oswald's mother, brother and his Russian wife were there to mourn him. They had his two tiny children with them. Just before the coffin was low ered, the lid was lifted so the family could see one last time the face of the man police said was Ken.iody's slayer. One at a time, quickly, the two women bent down and kiss ed the corpse. Only newsmen, Secret Service agents and po licemen witnessed the funeral The public was not admitted. Said Graveside Prayer The Rev. Louis Saunders, ex ecutive secretary of the Fort V'orth Council of Churches, said a prayer at graveside. He said he conducted what servic es there were because "we do not want it said a man can be buried in Fort Worth without a minister." Sheriff Lon Evans said that a Lutheran minister from Dal las was supposed to have con ducted simple services, but he did not arrive. The newsmen served as pall bearers because there was no one else to carry the casket, Police said they had specmcal ly been ordered not to touch it. Oswald was Dunea in tne northwest corner of the ceme tery. Red oak trees and hack-i berry bushes surround the sec-l tion. The grass had Deen burned brown by drought. In the distance, the cemetery flag could be seen flying at half-staff for Kennedy. Below Rose .Hill lies the blue water of Arlington Lake. Fort Worth lies largely to the west. of Tippit's brother officers filed by to say goodbye. An occasional tear could be seen on the grim, set faces of some. Then the mourners filed slow ly out of the church for the one- block trip 'to Laurrel Land Cemetery. Six officers carried the casket between an honor guard of police. Mrs. Tippit walked haltingly behind the casket. Her knees buckled, but she caught herself and was supported by two officers. At graveside, it was too much for her. As the final prayer was recited, officers led her away. Have No Insurance Dallas police have uo insur ance and are not covered by Social Security, but the police will pay Mrs. Tippit a $225 per month widow s pension. Tippit s salary was $490 a month. Contributions began to pour into the police department. Sev eral radio stations and newspa pers set up collections. Capt. Glen King of the police department said $1,500 has been received there and another $15, 000 promised by various organi zations and individuals. The slain officer was honored by being the first hero ever buried in the memorial plot at Laurel Land, set aside a year ago for persons who give their lives in community service. There was also talk of a post humous award or medal for Tippit. Lt. George Butler, president of the association, said "if that man (Oswald) had escaped, there is no telling what might have happened in Dallas. :.-. i ' - - . 1 I 1 - SI -rfl TW Tues., Nov. 26, 1963 The News-Review, Page 3 World Continues Tributes To JFK Grade Honors Won At Glide David Rolf, a junior, was the only student at Glide High School to receive a perfect 4.0 grade point average on the first quarter honor roll. Student listed with first: - honors included Freshmen Martha Ander son, Susan Connine, Fay Ann Hansen, Janet Price and Sam Street. Juniors David Rolf, Judy Boone, Chcri Huseby and Dar- lene Schmidt. Seniors Ruth Hinshaw, Sharon Haas, Gayle Smith, Bar bara Hamcr, Chris Evans, Bar bara Miller and Richard Neal. Listed with second honors were: Freshmen Lee Bailey. Lin da Moore, Ken Taylor, Cheryl Sims, Sherry Hansen, Linda Wilson. Sandra D i g b y, Jane Frazier. Barbara Hatfield and Peggy Stuart. Sophomores Mary Ann " Huseby, Allana Kytola, Gail Haynes. Karen Bryan and Cin dy Wadsworth. Juniors Jack Rust, Jean nctte Spurgeon, Melody Bain. Linda Varncr, Zeta Gilbrealh, Vcrtis Savage and Gary May- field Seniors Carol Wilson, John Degroot, Sue Akin, Bill Bach er, Kathleen Owen, RoberHers. SIGNS OF MOURNING were immediate in Douglas County. Moments after it was announced that Presi dent Kennedy wns dead, Riddle Elementary School lowered its flag to halfmast. Similar scenes were carried out all over the county. (News-Review photo) i Hi .-.iSSstSnsai i 1 -'! - jer 4 v MAN AND WOMAN attending memorial service Monday at Tri-City School bow their heads as clergy man recites prayer for the late President John F. Ken nedy. The program included song and prayer in tribute to the nation's president who was killed by a sniper at Dallas lost Friday. (News-Review Photo) Republicans Take Wary Look At LBJ Hatfields Return From Washington PORTLAND (UPI) Gov. Mark Hatfield returned from Washington in the pre - dawn hours today, bearing a word picture of the nation s new President and an appeal to (lis pel the hatred which has con slimed. some parts of America The governor was accompan ied by Mrs. Hatfield, wearing a black coat and a close-fitting fur hat, as he arrived at Port land International Airport at 5:40 a.m. President Lyndon Johnson is a gregarious and warm human being, the governor said, in ad dition to being a political expert familiar with the ways of Wash ington. "When he took your hand to shake it, and put his arm around your shoulder, you really felt that Texas warmth very quickly," Hatfield commented. The Oregon governor was one of 35 who attended a meeting with the President Monday night. The state's chief execu tives were asked to support the late President Kennedy's pro grams, including a tax cut and civil rights. End to "Hate" Asked President Johnson also ap pealed for an end to "the hate that breeds and spawns the kind of irrational action" that caused Kennedy's death, Hat field said. "American people are in a most meditative mood, recep tive to ideas and concepts to help dispel this hate," Hatfield believes. He found encourage ment in the mass turning of Americans to their churches He added that community, business, political, school and labor should work toward "an intelligent resolution of differ ences." The Hatfields did not visit the Capitol rotunda, where Presi dent Kennedy's body lay in state, because of the traffic jams and long lines of mourn Thcv walked from their By DONALD R. SHANOR Mourning for President Ken nedy continued throughout the world today. In most nations, official mourning was confined to Mon day. But in thousands of churches and homes in Eastern and Western Europe, the pray ers for the President continued. Ireland, home of the Presi dent's ancestors, kept i t s schools, factories, and busincs scs closed a second day. Thca ter marquees remained dark in Dublin, where the President visited last summer, and churches were ' crowded again. Today's mourning was person al and private. Monday was na tional and public. Country by country, it was expressed in these ways: Italy: The bells of the Lean ing Tower of Pisa, rarely rung for fear of the vibration dam aging the building's sinking foundations, tolled a mournful requiem. Britain: The lights of Lon don's Piccadilly Circus flick ered out for four hours. Mem bers of Parliament wept as Macmillan, his hands shaking, said Kennedy's death meant "to the whole of humanity strug gling in this world of darkness, the sudden and cruel extinction of a shining light." Nearly 2,000 persons, many in tears, crowded London's Roman Catholic Westminster Cathedral this morning for a solemn requiem Mass in honor of Prcs ident Kennedy, who visited the cathedral several years ago for the baptism of the son of his sister-in-law, Princess Lee Had ziwill. U.S.S.R.: Millions of Russians watched the funeral procession on television. For the first time Western Europe's 17-nation Eu- rovision network was hooked up to Eastern Europe's 8-nation In- tervision network for the satel lite-relayed broadcasts. Germany: West Berlin named a square where Kennedy addressed its citizens last sum mer "John F. Kennedy Plalz." Algiers, Algeria, and Marseil les, France, also named streets or squares for him. France: Mme. Yvonne de Gaulle, the president's wife, prayed in Notre Dame Cathe dral. Dc Gaulle himself was in Washington. WASHINGTON (UPI) Re publican leaders began taking a wary look at President John son today to see how his policies might affect their campaign and presidential choice in 1964. Sen. Barry Goldwater of Ari zona, who is not an announced candidate, is still judged the man in front in terms of po tential delegate strength at the Republican National . Convention. He has said he would make a decision in January whether to become a candidate for the presidential nomination. He now may delay that decision because of reappraisals coming up inside the GOP. The Republicans must begin to function under a new set of rules because they must pre pare to campaign against John son instead of the late Presi dent Kennedy. While the Johnson administra tion was being launched, how ever, some Republican leaders were willing to declare a politi cal truce to extend beyond the Christmas holidays. If the Goldwater drive should Appeal Notice Served By Convicted Driver Clydo Truman Muggcrud, 1242 NE Fremont St., Roseburg, has filed an appeal in Circuit Court from a Roseburg Municipal Court conviction on a drunken driving charge. Muggcrud was found guilty of the charge by a jury on trial before Judge Warren Woodruff Oct. 23. He was sentenced to serve 10 days in the city jail and to pay a fine of $195 and $5 costs. He has been free in bail since serving oral notice of appeal immediately following the trial. fizzle, former Vice President Richard . M. Nixon and Gov, William W. Scranton of Penn sylvania will get much atten tion as possibilities and Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York can expect more. There is feeling evident in Republican circles here that an other man spoken of as a pos sibility, Gov. George Romney of Michigan, was badly hurt when his Republican dominated state legislature junked his tax program. In any case, the GOP will watch the Johnson program un fold, beginning with his speech to a joint session of Congress Wednesday, and carry on continuing rc-cxammation of their own campaign prepara tions. South is Power A typical appraisal recognizes that the South is at least one of the Goldwater bases of power both for national convention delegates and for electoral votes in the 1964 presidential election. If Goldwater should appear weaker in the South against the Texas-born Johnson than he did against Kennedy, many Repub licans will look for a candidate with more appeal in the heavily populated industrial states. They would look first at Nixon and Scranton unless Rockefeller supplies evidence that he is much stronger than most GOP professionals now believe. IT PAYS TO PATRONIZE NEWS REVIEW ADVERTISERS Steinbeck Tells Poland Reaction To Assassination By JOHN STEINBECK (At Told To UPI) VIENNA (UPI) - It was the most fantastic thing I ever saw. The line-up at the American Embassy began early in the morning and lasted until mid night. The Poles lined up to sign the condolence book. Most of them didn't stop at merely signing their name. Some wrote long sentiments. A young Polish sculptor ap peared at the door of the new embassy early the next morn ing with a bust of the Presi dent and asked if he could' put it in the lobby as a memorial. It was placed there, along with a picture of the President, draped in black. Then they began piling on the flowers. Lny and night the peo ple came. There weren't enough embassy guards to go around so the embassy members took turns at guard duty, I've novcr seen anything like it. The Poles said they'd never scon its like cither, not for any one. We heard about it in Warsaw late at night. We had just got ten home from an official din ner when the phone rang. It was a friend of ours from London with the news. Then the Polish press began calling not to ask questions. but to offer their condolences. Since then they have filed through the embassy by the thousands and thousands. Many, many Poles came to me. They treated me like a relative of Kennedy's. It's amazing, the relationship that Americans have with their President. It is very personal and they seemed to recognize this. Whereas the Polish press had been rather fierce in its criti cism of Kennedy, this stopped. They began presenting their condolences. 1 The Poles were very emotion al. Their response was one of great sorrow. And In the embassy, the flow ersI don't know if you know the price of flowers In Warsaw. Paulson man. and Mary Ann Sled- "TARGET PRACTICE" TOKYO (UPI) The Commu nist Central News Agency of North Korea charged in a broad cast today that nine South Ko reans killed last Thursday were! used as live targets by U.S.er' Army troops during rocket prac tice. 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