Pictures Recall Top
Of 1963 As Listed
Mens Events
UPI Editors
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ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT was ratedfar and away the top news event
of the year. The tragic death pf John F. Kennedy and : the -wounding- of Texas
Governor John Connolly by an assassin's bullets in Dallas, Texas, brought grief
to millions of people, not only in the United States, but , throughout the entire
world. The subsequent slaying of the suspected assassin by .a Dallas night club
operator while millions watched on television sets, added further' impact to .the
history-making event. In photo above, the widow, Mrs 'Jacqueline Kennedy, and
the lote President's brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, leave the grave
after burial service in Arlington National Cemetery' ,''" - '
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PARTING SALUTE In above photo, little John
John, thiee-year-old son of the late President Ken
nedy, renders a final salute as casket containing the
body of his father is taken from St. Matthew's
Cathedral in the nation's capital following funeral
services for the assassinated President. . .' .
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34-HOUR SPACE FLIGHT of Astronaut Gordon Coop
er was rated fourth in the poll. In this photo, taken
from files, Coopet, in1 space suit, waves and smiles
os he steps from space capsule on board the aircraft
carrier USS Kearsarge upon completion of his flight.
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CONSIDERED SECOND top news story of 1963 was the Negro march on Wash
ington. Picture shows huge throng assembled in front of Lincoln Memorial dur
ing the march.
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DEATH OF POPE JOHN was ranked third in the editors' poll. In photo, the late
Pope is borne in state through St. Peter's Square during final rites.
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SIGNING OF PARTIAL nuclear test ban treaty by the three great powers, re
ceived fifth rating. In picture, heads of state of Russia, Britain & U.S. sign the
document simultaneously.
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LOSS AND DESTRUCTION of nuclear submarine USS Thresher wos roted sev
enth too story of 1963 by the UPI editors. Photo shows bathyscaph used in
search for the lost vessel.
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NOT RATED among the top ten stories of ihe yeor, but certainly of major im
portance to the West Coast, was the collapse of Baldwin Hills Dam in California.
Picture of too shows view of woter flowing through breok just os dom gOve way.'
Middle photo shows interior woll breaking up, while bottom photo shows woter
pouring down hillside into heavily populated area. Property damage hit more
than $10 million, and four persons lost their lives in the tragedy.
SUPREME COURT RULING ogomst recitation of The
Lord's Prayer in schools, was given ninth roting in
UPI poll. Two events, not pictured, the assassination
of President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother by a
military junta in South Viet Nam, was rated sixth;
Britain's Profumo scandal involving a society osteo
path, Dr. Stephen Ward, and a harlot, Christine
Keeler, got eighth ranking by the editors.
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RATED TENTH in the notional poll was the birth of the Fischer quintuplets in
Aberdeen, S. Dak. In photo, the mother smiles proudly as she stands outside the
nursery in St. Luke's Hospital.
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