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4 John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States By United Press International "Let the word go forth from he bore the torch of world lead- had not come consciously close It isn't going to be so bad. area sometimes were impres- domestic efforts to the state of his later economic proposals marches which became ,"so . On a bitterly cold and snowy this time and place, to friend ership in a society where the to nuclear destruction as it You've got time to think and sive, his victories frequently we U.S. economy. His bruising, won business support.. grave that the President called day in January, 1961, when he and' foe alike," he said, "that old order was changing fast, did in the great Cuban crisis of besides the pay is good." narrow crushing battle with Big Steel The state of the economy, he the movements a threat to pub was inaugurated 35th president the torch has been passed to a On that January day, no man 1962. ' " : in 1962, when he forced the ma- felt, was the nation's No. 1 do- lie order. To counteract it he of the United States, John Fitz- new generation of Americans had ever flown in space. On "Sure it's a big job,1' Ken- He later found out and con- His great problems at the )r producers to rescind price mestic concern. But this feeling submitted a drastic program of gerald Kennedy sounded a call born in this century, tempered that day Negroes in southern nedy once said. "But I don't ceded that it was a bigger start were foreign policy and creases, gav him an "anti- went out the window in the civil rights legislation to Con to action that in many ways by war, disciplined by a cold cities such as Jackson and Bir- know anybody who can do it i b a h ori(,mallv believed the domestic Monnmv Tn manv business" label which he dis- spring of 1963 when the Negro gress and used all his own per summed up Ms own remarka- and bitter peace." . mingham were not yet demon- any better than I can. I'm go- 1 " " tniiiJL t.t h wv i,ih f ! owned but came to accePl as Population exploded in demon- sonal influence to bring whites ble career, Kennedy was all these, and strating. On that day the world ing to be In it for four years. But " s most unJUjelUiat ne ways both were later to be over- almost inevitable. But many of stations and sit-ins . and and Negroes together. , : ever once wavered in the belief shadowed by the Negro "rev- v-- that no one could handle it as olution" of 1963 which confront- '''; . ' well as he could. To think other- NeWS Medford Sports wise would have been a nega' lion of his whole life. - Tribune SECTION B MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1963 PAGES 1 to 8 mm m ' ' ' ' . ' 1 ca - ' ' Z7 The late President is shown in this 1960 picture at Hyannis Port, Mass., shortly after he was elected. Standing, left to right, are Mrs. Robert Kennedy; Stephen Smith and Mrs. Smitlva sister; the late President; Robert Kennedy; Mrs. Peter Lawford, an other sister; and Lawford. Seated, left to right, are Mrs. R. Sargent Shriver, a sister; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy; Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, and Edward Kennedy. (UPI) , . . .... , j.. ,,. nin,,mB antiVo nf lititp .lnhn Jr. durlne Veterans Dav ceremonies at Arlington Na- tional Ccrtery in Virginia Xlg l? are S the process of leaving the cemetery (right) and heading to the limousine. (UPI) I I 'If i - ill Ur' vr--n A PT boat commander during World War II, President John F. Kennedy is shown at left wearing Navy Marine Corps medal for cllsn'ry In action in pictures m'p in Boston in 1914. and in b?!'lc drs 'n updated picture in South Pacific. (UPI) ed the nation with one of its gravest domestic crises since the Civil War. . The presidency of John Fitz- Overseas, there was the ever gerald Kennedy was born in the present threat posed by the So fierce pride of an Irish immi- viet Union, the troubles in grant family. It was carefully ' Southeast Asia, and over and nurtured in the training stages over again Cuba. The Kenne by a multi-millionaire father, dys had barely unpacked their and brought to fruition by the bags in 1961 when the image of man himself through a career the bright young American in the House and Senate and on President was tarnished by the the campaign trials of Ameri- ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion. The plan to land exiles in Cuba In a manner, typical of his "V8" a"emPt to overthrow Fi family, Kennedy started at the ? Castro wa wd.in the top in many things. ElSeT a,dKmstra'"n' and executed by the Kennedy men. He was a product of 'Choate, , , ... Harvard and the London School e ilsaslZ ,l " of Economics. He produced his n(edv, acPted ful' responsibil- first book, "Why England ty ,!,ke a pa" " Le Slept," in 1940 at the age of 23. "'"'i f" m, ' n , On his second literary try in pr"'if 1 Was 8 ,asco' cl" 1956. he won a Pulitzer Prize bjr'( 1962' was ""Precedent- for his widely acclaimed "Pro- " triumph, files in Courage." The Cuban missile crisis was He also started at the top in test of all the skill and cour- politics. There was nothing up- age that Kennedy could com- from-the-precints in his career. mand. By ordering a blockade SfJS!? f.? ZUi$ but" not sinking any ships,, by House of Representatives from talkin8 softly but carrying the his native state of Massachu- big stick of nuclear retaliation, setts. After six years in the he forced the Soviet Union to House he ran for the Senate, withdraw the missiles it had That year - 1952 - was a bad piaced in Cuba and . thereby year for Democrats because of 5C0red one of the greatest West the Eisenhower landslide. But orn trinmnh.! nt ih , Kennedy defeated Henry Cabot Just as B o pj was - fe' A scl0,n ot, an Jd.Ne.w low-water mark of the first cngiouu im.mjr years, the Cuban crisis was the roots were so vastly different high tide from those of the kennedys. , , Born Near Boston Hero In War , , ... . . , , The man at the troubled U.S. Kennedy's World War II record helm through this vast sea of became a national conversation difficulty was born at his fam- cce The saga of PT109 how Hy.s Brookline, Mass., home Kennedy commanded a PT boat outside Boston May 29, 1917 He in the Solomons that was had an older brother, Joseph P. " -nenneay jr., wno was killed n er, was celebrated in books, a world War II. After John's motion picture and countless re- birth, four girls, Rosemary, telling by magazines, newspa- Kathleen, Eunice and Patricia , pers and television. followed before the thirrt. snn Kennedy coupled this illustri- Rbert F. Kennedy, was born ous background with a headlong ln 1925-, He became attorney , drive for the presidency that general ln his brother's adminis V 'has been seldom matched for tration. After Robert, there was A vigor, tenacity and expense. But another girl, Jean, and then Ed .' despite this, he barely made it ward F., the last of nine chil- ' tn 1fi(Kl Ponnsvlunnin Avnniio ' dren, born ID "1932. The VOUnC- .sler of the family continued the With the largest voter turnout tradition of successful politics in history, he defeated Vice by being elected . . . . senator President Richard M. Nixon in from Massachusetts in 1962 at 1960 by scarcely 100,000 ballots, the age of 30. Kennedy's 34,227,096 popular votes gave him an Electoral Afler me war, Jack Kennedy College edge of 330 to 219 over dabbled in newspaper work, Nixon, who got 34,108,546 popu- '"cn decided to try for a Boston lar votes. congressional scat being vacat ed by the incumbent. Only 29, Not many hours before Ken- he campaigned hard, talked nedy took office, the family pocketbook issues and won the patriarch, Joseph P. Kennedy, nomination over a field of nine voiced deep satisfaction that one other Democrats. Running in a of his four sons had made it normally Democratic district, to the American pinnacle. he easily defeated his Republi- ; But the elder Kennedy, one can PPonont in e olel;lion' of the wealthiest men of his By 1948, Kennedy was begin- time, knew his older son faced ning to seek statewide recogni- problems as no other president tion with an eye to running had confronted. against Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge ' u', t i- k i Jr. in 1952. For the campaign theory Irl - M A S "11 MS"S fhUSwolhLysOUrM anoint " Iouse' where the American president in that 1952 campaign, the en can make damn few mistakes tire Kennedy family of brothers and get away with it. This and sisters and in-laws moved means Jack must make a go jn to help with "coffee hours" . of it right from the beginning and nlhor nolitical innovations. iel and it means he'll need all the They were to be used again "ill support he can possibly get." . iater in Kennedy's 1960 cam- Kennedy entered office on a j'8J ,n state Presidential P surge of towering personal pop- manes' ularity. The new President, his Lodge lost his Senate seat to strikingly attractive wife, Jac- Kennedy while President Eisen queline, and their children made hower carried the state by more one ot tne most appealing ana than 200,000 votes, photogenic families ever to oc cupy the White House. Marries Jacqueline Their styles, their tastes, Kennedy was married Sept. I their preferences in sports from 12, 1953, to Jacqueline Bouvier, I touch fonthall to waterskiine. then 23, at a fashionable wed- 1 cumnf ihn nation tn a .Innlr.anH. dine at NewDort. R. I. Like Ken loui.. tnA Mniiftn nininn, fan npriv. she csmr from a wealthv U uoLfire iau. iiiuiiui, jjiviuiv laii j magazines dropped cinema si- New England Catholic family, rens for months and emblazoned although she had lived mostly their covers with alluring pic- in New York and Washington, tures of the First Lady in bath- A daughter, Caroline, was born ing suits, riding costumes and in 1957; a son, John Jr., in 1960. T'shirts- ;; There were times when Ken Newspaper and feature writ- ncdy's policies seemed as mid ers, night club and television dle-of-the-road as those of his comedians, recording stars and predecessor, Dwight D. Eiscn composers combined to spread hower. This was highly annoy Uhe doings of the Kennedys. A ing to the advanced liberals of great cult of personality swept the party. Deal did a president and S, one was gained If,Hr . IrTTh. r.n w"hout e'ive effort and an object of Interest to the en- c,se marging. Relations with tire nation. Congress were not helped when Undisputed personal popular!- the Democrats scarcely held ty did not protect Kennedy their own In the 1962 mid-term however, from the lash of se- elections. Kennedy, however, de- vere criticism that accompan- rived comfort from the fact led some of the efforts of his that the Democrats did not lose administration. Nor did it rub as many scats as usual for the olf on Congress to the extent party In power during an off- that the lawmakers fell over year election, hut the net re- thcmselves to get his programs suits showed the country still passed. narrowly divided between the . , . L- i, v ii i major parties. In fact, his New Frontier leg islative proposals were often During W 'arly years the embattled. His defeats In this President devoted most of his : ft K Vv- f f I "".'A M c . : O 3.1 fefe- muff i vdiry" 1 . ' i'j- .tf.wni , ii 1 ' President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy and children, John Jr. and Caroline, are shown in a happy family portrait last- April, after they attended private Easter Mass at the President's fa ther's Palm Beach home. (UPI) . . , . ; U 4 1 -4 i. F t - I 3 The late President John F. Kennedy is shown in this combo of-piclures from his boyhood: left, at age 10, in football uniform of Dexter School In Brookline, Mass.; and right, at 8, shortly after he entered Dexter. (UPI) ll i 11 IV H I President John F. Kennedy is shown in these pictures with his daughter, Caroline: carry ing her and giant doll at plane In Hyannis Port, Mass., during I960 campaign (at left); and go ing to visit Mrs. Kennedy at Otis Air Force Air Force Base Hospital last Aug. 11, after Mrs. Kennedy lost a prematurely born son. (UPI)
