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SUSPECTED ASSASSIN SLAIN Jack Ruby, right, is shown had been charged with the murder of the late President Ken
as he shot Lee Harvey Oswald as Oswald was being trans- nedy. (Copyright 1963, The Dallas Times Herald and Photog
fcrred from city to county jail in Dallas, Tex., Sunday. Oswald rapher Bob Jackson.) (UPI)
Killer Silences Suspected
Slayer
DALLAS (UPI) - Sclf-ap-
pointed executioner Jack
Ruby will plead temporary
Insanity in the shooting of
Lee Harvey Oswald,, his at
torney said today.
"I think he was probably
temporarily out of his mind,"
attorney Tom Howard said.
DALLAS (UPI)-Police closed
the books today on Lee Harvey
Oswald and the world will nev
er know what was in his mind.
He was shot to death as Presi
dent Kennedy's assassin by a
self-appointed executioner be
fore a nationwide television au
dience. While the martyred President
was being buried in Arlington
National Cemetery, mourned by
the world, the Communist-Castro
sympathizer accused of slay
ing him lay on a cold marble
slab in a morgue, disgraced.
He died with his lips sealed.
He took to the grave with him
the reason Kennedy was killed
if, as police are convinced with
out doubt, he was the assassin.
The 24-year-old pro-Castro
Marxist was being transferred
in handcuffs from city jail to
a maximum security cell at the
Oregon Observes
Day of Mourning
By United Press International
Local, county, state and fed
eral offices, schools, banks and
many businesses were closed
in Oregon today as the state
observed a day of mourning for
the late President John B'.
Kennedy.
Many churches conducted
special memorial services.
Flags throughout the slate
continued to fly at half staff.
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KHRUSHCHEV TOLD OF JOHNSON'S PLANS
MOSCOW (UPI) President Johnson hat told Premier Nikila
S. Khrushchev he intends to continue John F. Kennedy's efforts
to improve relations with the Soviet Union, it was announced
here tonight.
NATO PLEDGES TO
PARIS (UPI) The North
(NATO) Permanent Council paid
of President Kennedy loday and
Johnson.
BILL ON KILLINGS TO BE INTRODUCED
WASHINGTON (UPI) Rep. Richard S. Schweikcr. R-Pa..
said Sunday he will introduce a bill as soon as possible making
it a federal crime (o kill, assault, or conspire to harm the Presi
dent of the United States.
GUERRILLAS KILL VIETNAMESE SOLDIERS
SAIGON. South Viet Nam (UPI) Communist Viet Cong
guerrillas killed it least 61 Vietnamese soldiers and wounded
more than 80 in I icriei of raids in the put four days, govern
ment sources reported todiy.
HOUSE EXPRESSES
WAMtlMilUN (uri jne House lormally expressed "pro
found rrgrrt and sorrow" over the death of President Kennedy
today and Immediately adjourned
pie V" IFuneral
MEDFORD, OREGON,
of late President
county jail house when Jack
Ruby, a one-time Chicago street
brawler and owner of a Dal
las striptease night club, leaped
from a crowd of newsmen and
policemen' -with curse
jammed a snub-nosed 38 cali
ber pistol into Oswald's side and
fired one shot.
Seven Oregonians
Die in Accidents
By United Press International
Seven persons died in acci
dents ;;in Oregon during the
weekend. There were four traf
fic fatalities, two shooting
deaths and a drowning.
Airman 3c Everett Miller,
19, Gurnee, 111., was killed when
his car hit a utility pole north
east of Portland in Multnomah
County Sunday night.
Norman Rohde, 28, Roseburg,
died in a two-car, head-on col
lision on Interstate 5, three
miles north of Myrtle Creek
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Mary ward, 63, Talent,
was killed when her car struck
the back of a truck on Inter
state S, one mile north of Grants
Pass Sunday.
Mrs. Ward was the organizer
and president of the "Workers
of Wake, Guam and Cavite," an
NAMED CHAIRMAN
PORTLAND (UPI) - Capt.
Eugene Ferguson of the Port
land Police Bureau has been
named chairman of the Region
5 Training Council of the Gov
ernor's Advisory Board on Po
lice Standards and Training.
AROUND THI OlOM
SUPPORT JOHNSON
Atlantic Treaty Organization
solemn tribute to the memory
pledged Its support to President
REGRET: ADJOURNS
out of respect to his memory,
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25,
"You son of a bitch," he
shouted. Oswald jerked back.
So did the police bodyguards
flanking him. But there was no
thing they could do to stop
Rubyi '-'M-v-vm,., ..fc
Dallas policeman P. T. Dean
said Ruby told him he shot Os
wald out of concern for Mrs.
organization which sought, and
finally obtained, compensation
and medical aid for the men
and dependants of construction
men who were captured or kill
ed on Wake Island during World
War II.
John Lansing, 38, Merrill, was
struck and killed by a car on
State Highway 66, 18 miles west
of Klamath Falls Saturday.
Phil Petersen, 17, Eugene,
drowned in the Fern Ridge
Reservoir when his canoe cap
sized Saturday. The body of
Petersen, a senior and star ath
lete at Willamette High School,
was not immediately recovered.
Martin Alexander, 14, Mc
Minnville, was accidentally shot
and killed when a rifle held by
a companion discharged. The
accident occurred in a garage
Saturday.
Jack Fine, 40, a member of
a prominent Harney County
ranching family, accidental
ly shot and killed himself while
seated in his truck near Burns
Saturday.
In addition, James Cotton, 21,
Coos Bay, was killed when a
car he was driving collided
head-on with a truck on U. S.
Highway 99 near Corning, Calif.
Saturday. He was a sailor sta
tioned aboard a Navy ship at
San Francisco.
Soviets Charge
Oswald Cover-up
MOSCOW (UPI) - The Soviet
Union charged today that Presi
dent Kennedy was killed in a
plot by "Fascist minded
forces." It said Sunday night
the murder of his accused as
sassin was a cover-up.
The Soviets gave permission
to an American priest, Father
Joseph Richard of New Bed
ford, Mass., to use a Roman
Catholic Church for a Requiem
Mass for the President. It was
only the second time he had
been able to use the St. Louis
de France Church in his 27
months here. The other Mass
was for Pope John XXIII. Fa-
t h e r Richard usually recites
Mass In his apartment.
Since Friday, the Soviet press
has blamed rightists for the
Kennedy murder and has taken
pains to dissociate the Soviet
Union from Oswald, who called
himself a Communist and who
once came here to live.
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Kennedy. Dean said Ruby did
not want Mrs. Kenedy to "go
through the ordeal of returning
to Dallas" and testifying at Os
wald's trial.
-He said Ruby decided to "ob
viate" the legal process by ex
ecuting Oswald himself.
Oswald was quickly rushed to
Parkland Hospital's emergency
ward where President Kennedy
died Friday. At 1 p.m. (CST),
48 hours to the minute from
the official time of Kennedy's
death, Oswald's heart stopped
beating. Open heart massage
failed. He was pronounced dead
at 1:07 p.m.
Henry Wade, Dallas County
district atttorney, filed murder
charges against Ruby and said
he would ask for the death
penalty.
A second assassination does
n't help justify the first one,"
he said. "I will seek the death
penalty for Ruby even if he
pleads guilty because shooting
a handcuffed man deserves the
death penalty."
Oswald died without speaking
a word. There was no chance
for a death-bed confession. He
had steadfastly maintained that
he had nothing to do with the
assassination of Kcnendy, the
wounding of Gov. John Connal
ly, who was riding with Ken
nedy, and later the slaying of
Dallas police officer J. D. Tip-
pitt. -
Wade said, however, that
there was more than enough
evidence to send Oswald to the
electric chair.
West Berlin Names
Square lor Kennedy
BERLIN (UPI) - West Ber
lincrs tonight honored the slain
President Kennedy by giving his
name tu the square where he
won the hearts of local citizens
only five months ago by telling
them in German, "I am a Ber
liner." West Berlin's famous "Free
dom Bell" tolled as the square
opposite city hall was renamed
"John F. Kennedy Platz" in a
memorial ceremony attended by
a throng of West Berliners.
Earlier today, Berlin's Amer
ican Commandant, Maj. Gen.
James H. Polk, assured grief-
stricken West Berliners that
President Johnson would stand
by their city just as firmly as
did the late President Kennedy.
PATROLMAN BURIED
DALLAS (UPI (-Slain as he
accosted President Kennedy's
accused assassin, Patrolman
J. D. Tippet was buried here to
day minutes - after President
Kennedy was laid to rest in
Arlington National cemetery.
ROME (UPD-The left-wing
Socialists today postponed de
bate on a proposed government
alliance with the Christian
Democrats to see if their pro
Communist wing would carry
out a threat to boll the party.
ARLINGTON NATIONAL
CEMETERY (UPII-Under a
bright and cloudiest iky John
Fitzgerald Kennedy went to
rest today on a grassy hill
side in this cemetery re
served for the nation's heroes.
There was a 21-gun salute
for the young leader who fell
under an assassin's bullets
Friday. Riflemen fired three
volleys. A bugler sounded
Taps.
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
soul of John Fitzgerald Ken
nedy, martyred 35th President
of the United States, was com
mended today to the care and
mercy of God.
At a simple Roman catholic
funeral Mass, conducted by an
old friend, the grief numbed
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
ana her mtie Doy and gin
heard these words of comfort
and promise:
"Life is not taken away . . .
life is but changed."
And from the words of Christ,
recorded by St. John:
I am the resurrection and
the life; he who believes in Me,
even if he die, shall live."
Also listening were the great
of this nation and S3 other na
tions. Among them were the
new President, Lyndon B. John
son, and two former presidents,
Harry S. Truman and Dwignt
D. Eisenhower.
Conducts Mass
The pontifical requiem Mass,
preceding burial on a grassy
slope in Arlington National Cem
etery, was conducted in the 65-
year-old St. Matthews Cathe
dral by Richard Cardinal Dish
ing of Boston, the friend and
pastor who had performed the
Kennedy s marriage ceremony
in 1953 and baptized their chil
dren, Caroline and John Jr.
Caroline will be 6 on Wednes
day. The slain President's be
loved "John-John" was 3 today
the day of his father s funeral.
A moment before the Mass
began, Mrs. Kennedy took her
children by the hand and led
them to where Cardinal Gush
ing stood to greet them.
Sprinkles Holy Water .
As the eight service men
bore the casket Into the cathe
dral, they removed their hats.
The cardinal, in the resplendent
robes of . his office, sprinkled
holy water on the still flag-cov
ered coffin.
Behind Mrs. Kennedy in the
cathedral sat the leaders of
Congress and the Cabinet and
Police Seek Man
In Canby Shooting
CANBY, Ore. (UPI) - Police
today were seeking a caretaker
for questioning in the slaying of
Mrs. Minnie Cornelia Milleson,
63, at her home near here.
The body of Mrs. Milleson
was discovered Sunday by a
neighbor, Mrs. Ethel Skoe. She
had been shot twice in the back
of the head with a small cali
ber weapon. Investigators said
she had been dead about two
days.
Two transients were arrested
in West Slope, near Portland,
Sunday by State Police after
they were found to be driving
the dead woman's car.
They were charged with car
theft and lodged in the Clacka
mas County fail. They denied
any part in the killing and police
saia it was possible they found
the car in Portland s skid-road
area.
A .22 pistol was found in the
vehicle.
Governor Told of
Oswald's Death
DALLAS (UPI)-In a room at
Parkland Memorial Hospital,
where he had just taken his
first steps toward recovery
from an assassin's bullet
wound. Gov. John Connally
learned Sunday that Lee Har
vey Oswald had been brought,
dying, to the same hospital.
The 46-year-old Texas chief
executive, who resigned in-1961
as Kennedy's secretary of the
Navy to run successfully for
governor, was eating hearty
meals ol chicken and pie.
He shaved himself with an
electric razor, left-handed. His
right wrist was shattered by the
sniper's bullet.
The governor will be hospital
ized for about two weeks. He
lost the fifth rib of his right
side, because it was too badly
damaged by the assassin's bul
let to be saved. But his doc
tors said they were successful
In patching a hole In his right
lung, and they expect him to
recover fully.
WEATHER
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during night ind morning
hour. Low tonight 10. High
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the chiefs of state from other
lands. - .
Mrs. Rose Kennedy, the Presi
dent's mother, and Mrs. Hugh
D. Auchincloss, Jacqueline's
mother, heard the magnificent
words uttered by Cardinal Cush-
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PROCESSION STARTS The caisson bearing the remains of
the late President Kennedy pulls away from the Capitol in
Washington to begin the procession to St. Matthews Cathedral
Staff Increase
Needed for Calls
The load of telephone calls
through the Medford exchange
of the Pacific Northwest Bell
Telephone Company was so
great during four hours Satur
day that a 25 per cent increase
in the force was made to care
for the increased demand for
service, Jack Creager, manag
er, said today. -
He estimated thai the long
distance operators cared for
700 more than the normal num
ber of calls during that four
hour period.
Many calls came to the in
formation desk, also, Creager
said. Many of the calls were not
in any way connected with tele
phone service, but were from
persons who were trying to find
out just what Medford was
planning to do during the
period of mourning for Presi
dent John F. Kennedy, Creager
said. ,
The demands on the telephone
company lessened Sunday and
Monday morning, the Medford
manager said. He added that he
was prepared to care for an
other increased demand in case
it occurs today after the funeral
services are concluded in
Washington, D.C.
Holfa Takes Jibe
Al Robert Kennedy
NASHVILE, Tenn. (UPD
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
"is just another lawyer" since
the President has been assassin
ated, Teamsters President
James R. Hoffa said Sunday.
Hoffa, here for a meeting of
Teamsters Local 327 said the
attorney general will not "be
able to guarantee patronage, or
advancement to the court of ap
peals, or Supreme Court, be
cause the passing of our Presi
dent by assassination makes
him just another lawyer . . ."
Hoffa said Robert Kennedy
will not "be able to promise
as he has many times promo
tions if he could secure convic
tions, disregarding all the
ethics that normally are prac
ticed in court cases."
Television Brings
Funeral to Europe
LONDON (UPI) - The big
gest television link-up ever seen
in Europe was set up today to
bring to hundreds of millions of
viewers on both sides of the
Iron Curtain live scenes of
President Kennedy's funeral in
Washington.
The relay was made possible
by an American communications
satellite.
The Soviet Union was one of
the countries that asked to re
ceive the pictures.
The east European "intervl
sion" network also was given
permission to cut into the net
work for the transmission. In-
tervision takes in Communist
East Germany, Czechoslovakia,
Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and
Romania, in addition to the So
viet Union.
All west European countries
also joined in the historic operation.
M
ing.
No flowers were on the altar.
Echoing under the great vault
of the church came the words
"Requiescat in pace" Rest in
peace.
At the foot of the cathedral's
Officials
Targets of Abuse, Threats
SALEM (UPI) - It is ditfi
cult for normal, law-abiding
citizens to comprehend the
abuse, threats and vandalism
that is directed at high public
officials.
The nation will nol soon re
cover from the horror of Fri
day, Nov. 22, 1963.
And Oregonians may not want
to admit such a tragedy could
occur nere.i , . .' . , : i
But it could. It almost has
The security guard placed
around tne home ot Gov. Mark
Oregon Legislature
To Resume Dec. 2
SALEM (UPI) - This was
the 15th calendar day of the
special session of the Oregon
Legislature, but there were no
lawmakers in the House and
Senate chambers.
The legislature will not re
sume deliberations until next
Monday, the 22nd calendar day
of the session.
The session recessed Friday
after word of President John F.
Kennedy's assassination was re
ceived.
Lawmakers have put two
items of unfinished business
awaiting their action next week.
They have to find a solution to
the Boardman Space Age In
dustrial Park problem, and a
salary reduction bill passed by
the House is awaiting a Senate
vote.
CHAMPION RETRIEVER
DAVIS, Calif. (UPI) - Dei-
Tone Colvin, a six-year-old Lab
rador male from Wisconsin,
reigned at national retriever
field champion today for the sec
ond time.
LEADS TRIBUTE
LONDON (UPI)-A pale and
shaken Harold Macmillan made
a dramatic return to Parlia
ment today to lead the Houses
of Lords and Commons in a
moving tribute to President
Kennedy his friend and colleague.
British Musicians Comment on Death of
President During Overnight Stay Here
Members of the Royal Phil
harmonic Orchestra from Eng
land were deeply upset by the
assassination of President John
F. Kennedy, and also much dis
turbed by the killing yesterday
of the man charged with the
President's death, a member of
the orchestra said this morning.
About 70 members of the
more than loo-piece orchestra
spent the night in Medford en
route to Eugene where tonight
the group will give a concert
for the Eugene Civic Music As
sociation. Albert Pievsky, a violinist,
said most of his fellow musi
cians had been greatly shocked
at the double tragedy.
"Most Englishmen had the
highest regard for President
Kennedy," he said. "I daresay
he was better liked than any
other recent president of the
I United Slates. We considered
jCtinnedy
central aisle, separated from
the great altar by the commu
nion rail, was the casket con
taining, all. earthly that was left
of the young President.
Toward the end of the brief
service, the cardinal said "Do-
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where Richard Cardinal Cushmg
Catholic funeral Mass. (UPI)
in Oregon
Hatfield has been the subject
of. much public abuse.
But that security guard was
the direct result of a nearly
tragic cnain 01 events.
The guard force was estab
lished immediately after the
legislature unanimously approv
ed a resolution charging the
state police with the duty of
providing security lor me gov
ernor and his family.
That resolution was adopted
but a tew days after a dozen
shots were fired at the Hatfield
house by a frustrated welfare
recipient. One of the bullets
smashed through the trunk of
the governor s car, which was
parked alongside the house. The
incident occurred about 30 min
utes after the governor, h 1 s
wife, and children left the front
yard.
Twelve months ago the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation and
state police investigated a threat
on Hatfield's life.
Before Hatfield's house was
placed under 24-hour guard, it
was periodically the scene of
vandalism.
Every week the governor's
office receives violent mail or
telephone calls.
Three Die as Car
Smashed by Truck
HOOD RIVER (UPI) -Three
members of a Portland family
were killed early today when
(heir car skidded on rain-slick-ened
U.S. Highway 30 and slid
Into the path of an oncoming
truck.
The victims were the Rev.
Ruthie Lee Drake, 52, pastor of
the Church of the Living God;
her husband, William, 67, and
their daughter, Shirley Ann, 14.
A passenger in the car, Patri
cia Ann Bates, 9, also of Port
land, was hospitalized here with
a broken collurbone and shock.
State Police said Mrs. Drake
was driving and apparently be
came confused when the high
way made a slight curve around
a construction barrier.
him a good friend of our coun
try and his death is a great
tragedy at this time."
The visitor added that many
of the musicians, particularly
the younger ones, had reacted
as if the President's death had
been a personal loss.
Turning to the reaction
caused by the news of the ar
rest of Lee Harvey Oswald and
his subsequent murder, Pievsky
said he believed lhat such a sc
ries of events could not have
taken place in his country. He
seemed to think that the
amount of information given out
by the police in Dallas concern
ing Oswald had caused the citi
zenry to become inflamed and
to pre-juclge him.
"The man wasn't given a
chance," the musician said. "By
the statements they made, the
police convicted nim without
I due process of law. You say
lhat everyone is innocent until
minus vobiscum" "The Lord
be with you" and the choir
and congregation replied: "Re
quiescat in pace."
And then the most sonorous of
all chanted words, "Amen."
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conducted a simple Roman
Often
Not all this insanilv is direct
ed al Hatfield.
Secretary ot Stale Howell An-
pling Jr. recently was rousted
out of bed by an early tele-
pnone. can.
The caller Ihreatened to kill
Appling.
It was nol an unusual inci
dent. Appling said he has forced
himself to "live with" Such
threats. "
"People have no idea of lha
harassment directed at public
officials," Appling reflected- re
cently. Public officials know too lhat
one act of violence always trig
gers a stream of harassment.
Stales that provide an execu
tive mansion for (heir governor
also provide, as an accepted
matter of course, a security
force.
But in Oregon, when such a
guard was provided for Hat-
Held, It drew special attention.
It was a change from the nor
mal pattern.
Every time special mention
was made of the securily force,
Hatfield became defensive. Few
realized why.
Every time the guards were
mentioned, there was another
flurry of harassment.
Stale police, lully aware ot
how one act of violence can
trigger more insanity, wasted
no time Friday rushing another
officer to the Capitol Building.
Slate police monitored calls
to the governor's office.
By nature of their self
chosen iobs. most public offi
cials automatically steel their
"public" lives so they are emo
tionally Immune to cranks,
threats, and normal partisan po
litical abuse.
But in a relaxed off-guard
moment within the sanctity of
their homes a threatenint;
telephone call can have a shat-'
tering emotional cllect.
Not only on the public official,
but on his wife and children as
well. -
Violence seldom results. But
history-is pocked with the tragic
exceptions.
proven guilty, but the Dallas
police were already saving he
was guilty. This wouldn't have
happened in England."
Tlie musician added lhat
many Britishers feel Americans
are somewhat lawless, and said
the happenings of the week
end would strengthen that be
lief. He added, however, that
he himself had been much
more favorably impressed by
Americans during the nine
weeks tour lhan he had expect
ed. Other musicians, discussing
the late President, also praised
his ability and stcti.nanship and
said his death was a great loss
to the whole world. One com
pared him to "our Prince
Philip" and said President
Kennedy, like the Prince, "was
young, enormously popular,
very peisiinble and a family
man devoted to his wife and
children."
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