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Johnson leads Nation in Mourning Late Ohief Executive
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est in Peace' Mass
ffered in Cathedral
The "Rest in Peace" Mass
for America's first Roman Cath
olic President was offered in the
presence of 1,200 persons who
had come from near and far to
make a final gesture of love or
respect.
"Life is not taken away . . .
life is but changed," intoned
white-haired Cardinal Cushing,
as he offered the ancient Catho
lice piayer for the departed:
"Be merciful, we beseech
Thee, 0 Lord, to the soul of
Thy servant, John Fitzgerald
Kennedy, whom You have just
called out of this world . . .
He put his hope and trust in
You: Do not then let him un
dergo the pains of hell, but
bring him to happiness without
end."
By the side of the grief
numbed young widow was Atty.
Gen. Robert F. Kennedy, the
late President's brother and
closest to him of all in the
closely knit Kennedy family.
Many World Figures
Among the mourners were
such diverse world leaders as
Prince Philip of Britain; Anas
tas I. Mikoyan, first deputy pre
mier of Russia; President
Charles de Gaulle of France;
nhancnllnr l.nriwis Erhard of
West Germany; King Baudouin
ot Belgium; president aamon
rto Vnlnrn nf Ireland: and Sir
Alec Douglas-Home, new prime
minister oi Britain.
Anrnce Ampripn. millions of
Kennedy's countrymen said their
own prayers for the repose of
nis soul, iresiaeni jonnsun ue
clared a national day of mourn-
na nnrl "unrnpstlv recommend
ed" that every American attend
ms place oi worsnip 10 vy
hnmnse to the memory of a
great and good man."
St. Matthew's u a i n e a r a i
which was Kennedy's parish
nknrxh U s Hrnh red brick
building with a 200-foot high
dome. Standing since man, ana
begrimed by the soot of the
downtown area it occupies, it
is far from Impressive in its
external appearance.
Glittering Interior
Rill Its Interior is A Glittering
example of Romanesque-Bzyan-
tine arcniteciure, wnn piuars oi
mnnniflrpnt reri-and-white Car
rara marble and richly colored
mosaics oi veneuan glass, us
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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1963
Foreign Briefs
AMERICAN PILOTS KILLED IN SOUTH VIET NAM ACTION
SAIGON, South Viet Nam (UPI)-Two U.S. Air Force pilots
and a Vietnamese observer apparently were killed Sunday when
tiieir propellor-driven B26 bomber was shot down by Communist
guerrillas, military sources laid today.
A U.S. helicopter was downed In the lame action without
fatalities, but four American soldiers were captured by the Com
munists in a separate raid.
A U.S. military spokesman said the plane's crew was being
listed as. missing in action for the present, but he added (here
were no signs of survivors at the scene of the crash.
ITALIAN SHIPYARD ACCIDENT KILLS ONE
TARANTO, Italy (UPD One person was killed and 14 others
reported Injured seriously today when the 451-ton Fcrra Pola
lipped over during repair work at a local shipyard. The skipper
of the ferry, Caot Giuseppe Palumbo, died in a hospital of his
Injuries shortly alter me accident. , . .
' FLAGS IN INDONESIA FLY AT HALF STAFF
JAKARTA, Indonesia (UPD Every flag in this capital city,
except for (hat over the Communist Chinese embassy, was flown
at half staff today as gesture of sympathy for the American
people on the death nf President Kennedy.
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showpiece is a magnificent high
altar of white marble, carved
in India and decorated with col
ored insets in the same manner
as the famed Taj Mahal.
Kennedy's casket rested in
front of this altar and just un
derneath the soaring dome of
tne catnedral.
In keeping with Catholic litur
gical tradition, there were no
flowers on the altar or around
the casket. The usual white
candles on the altar were re
placed with candles of un
bleached yellow wax, the sign
of a funeral Mass. Cardinal
Cushing wore black vestments
instead of the brilliant scarlet
robes of his office as a prince
of the church.
Ave Maria Sung
One of Kennedy's favorite
hymns, the Ave Maria, was
sung before the Mass by Luigi
Vena, a Boston tenor who also
sang at the late President's
wedding.
The cathedral choir then sang
the ancient funeral hymn "Li
bera Me" (which begins with
the words, "Deliver me, oh
Lord, from everlasting death
. ) in a new setting by the
Italian composer Perosi.
The service conducted by Car
dinal Cushing was what is
known technically as a "low"
Mass, which means that it was
the simplest type of Mass, spok
en rather than sung, with a
single priest officiating rather
than the three who would have
been required had the family
chosen a Solemn High Mass.
There was no eulogy. Insofar
as the service itself went, the
deceased son of the church be
fore the altar might have been
an unknown laborer rather than
the President of the United
States.
The emphasis of the service
was strongly focused on the
Christian conviction that death
is not the end, but the begin
ning of a larger, eternal life.
...and let us also give thanks
; or the human dignity which we enjoy as froo
individuals. ..for Ihe preservation of the peace. ..for Ihe
;:; prosperity of our great Nation. ..for lis thrifly
and self-reliant citizens., .for our homos and (ho family
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Cambodia Plans
Appeal to France
To Fill Aid Gap
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia
(UPD Cambodia plans to turn
to France and not the Commu
nist world to fill the gap left by
its refusal of U.S. aid, informed
sources said today.
Chief of state Prince Nor
odom Sihanouk, who asked for
an end to the more than $30
million in U.S. economic and
military aid in a scries nf state
ments this month, had been
feared to be turning toward
Communist China.
But the sources said the
prince has termed Communist
aid "particularly dangerous"
and declared that "France is
the most capable power to rep
resent the Western world in this
part of Asia."
The Americans have been
erased from this country," he
was reported to have said.
"The Communist powers arc
erasing themselves."
Advocated Independence
France gave Cambodia its in
dependence 10 years ago after
a 100-year protectorate. Sihan
ouk was one of the staunchest
advocates of independence, but
French cultural influence re
mains strong here.
Western ollicials were con
cerned that Communist China
or the Soviet Union would step
into the vacuum left when U.S.
military advisers leave at the
prince's request and when U.S.
aid, which pays for 20 per cent
of Cambodia's strategic imports
and 40 per cent of army sal
aries, is terminated.
(Communist China warned
the United States it would give
Cambodia "all out support" if
it is invaded in an action insti
gated by the United States and
Its vassals. )
Makes Plot Charges
Sihanouk, in renouncing U.S.
aid, charged Hint the United
States wns aiding Cambodian
rebels who were plotting to
overthrow him. He said the reb
els were headquartered in
neighboring South Viet Nam.
The sources said the prince
has not yet asked France di
rectly for aid, but has made it
clear Cambodia would be glad
to accept it from France. He is
reported to have said that
France was the only Western
nation not "practicing an im
perialist or neo-colonialist pol
icy in Asia."
The future of the French mil
itary advisers in Cambodia was
not clear. In his original re-
I quest lor the end of U.S. aid.
Sihanouk also called (or their
withdrawal.
His statements on French in
fluence also wero not being
taken as his final word on the
subject. The 41-year old prince
is noted for changing his mind,
and did so several times on the
subject of U.S. aid this month.
President Plans
Reception for
Foreign Leaders
WASHINGTON (UPI Presi
dent Johnson led his fellow citi
zens and the mighty of the
earth today in mourning a fall
en comrade, John Fitzgerald
Kennedy.
The new Chief Executive of
the United States, ramrod
straight, his face etched with
sadness, joined with millions
around the world in paying his
last respects to the slain Presi
dent.
But within hours after the
last, sad rites for his former
chief, Johnson must take up
anew the great burdens of the
office so suddenly thrust upon
him.
He planned a reception for
the many foreign heads of state
attending the funeral, the great
est number ever to gather in
the United States for any rea
son. It was expected that some
of the pressing international
problems facing the new admin
istration would be touched upon,
If only briefly.
Setting Fast Pace
Johnson, working at a breath
taking pace since his elevation
to the presidency in Dallas
Friday, also was expected to
confer with aides and high of
ficials throughout the day.
He goes belore a joint ses
sion of Congress Wednesday a
p.m. iiM to outline nis
concept of the presidency and
to plead once again for nation
al unity. Congressional leaders
pledged him bipartisan coopera-
...... '
Johnson already was receiv
ing suggestions as to his con
duct of foreign policy. Chair
man J. William Fulbright, D
Ark., of the Senate Foreign Re
lations Committee, and Sen.
Bourke B. Hickenlooper, R
Iowa, ranking Republican mem
ber, joined Sunday in urging
him to arrange an informal
"exploratory" meeting with So
viet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev.
The President's third day in
office began at 10 a.m. Sunday
at his home in the Spring Val
ley section of Washington. He
received a briefing from Direc
tor John A. McCone of the Cen
tral Intelligence Agency and
McGcorge Bundy, President
Kennedy's special assistant for
national security.-
Attends Church .
An hour later he attended
services at St. Mark's Episco
pal Church, joining members of
the congreeation for coffee af
terward. Then at 12:40 p.m. he
went to the White House to join
the cortege escorting President
Kennedy s body to the Capitol.
Back at his makeshift execu
tive offices in the old State De
partment building near the
White House, he conferred with
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge
and received a firsthand report
on the situation in South Vict
Nam. With him were Secretary
of State Dean Rusk, Defense
Secretary Robert S. McNamara,
Undersecretary of State George
W. Ball and Bundy.
He left his office at 7 p.m.
The days and hours o( Lyndon
Barnes Johnson had just begun.
Caisson Carries Remains of Late
President Down Pennsylvania Avenue
By BRUCE AGNEW
WASHINGTON (UPD - The
body of slain President Ken
nedy began its last journey
through the capital at 10:48
a.m., EST.
It was a sombre retracing of
the route Kennedy had followed
in triumph after his inaugura
tion 34 months ago.
A crowd of 20,000 jammed
the Capitol Plaza, bareheaded
and silent, as the coffin of the
35th President of the United
States was carried down the
long Capitol steps by its uni
formed bearers.
Waiting at the bottom were
Kennedy's widow, Jacqueline,
her face hidden by a black veil,
and his two brothers, Atty. Gen.
Robert F. Kennedy and Sen.
Edward M. Kennedy.
The band began to play,
"Hail to the Chief." The young
Chief. The dead Chief. The
crowd stood silent in a hushed
city.
Many of them had waited in
line all night in hopes of pass
ing through the Rotunda under
the Capitol dome where the
President lay in state only to
be turned away when time ran
out.
The casket was placed atop
its caisson, a piece of military
equipment older than Kennedy
was. It was the same caisson
which carried the body of , In the sunshine, the wooden
Franklin D. Roosevelt through
the same saddened Washington
streets 18 years before.
At the foot of the marble
stairs, across from Kennedy's
widow and brothers, the Joint
Chiefs of Staff and the com
mandant of the Coast Guard
stood at attention.
Last Procession Starts
Then, with muffled drums
throbbing, John Fitzgerald Ken
nedy was borne on his last pro
cession through the capital of
the nation he had led.
Behind the caisson, a walking
soldier led the black, riderless
horse with boots reversed in
the stirrups which traditionally
follows the body of a fallen
leader. As it did Sunday, the
black horse jerked its head
against its bridle, and drummed
its hooves on the pavement in
nervous distress.
The caisson left the Capitol
grounds and, at 11:10 a.m.,
turned sharply onto Pennsyl
vania Avenue.
The crowds packed densely
along the cortege route were
dressed warmly against the
chill weather. Many had shiv
ered through the night, waiting.
The great government build
ings along Pennsylvania Avenue
cast long shadows, so that the
caisson passed from light to
dark, and then to light again,
as it moved past the watchers.
spokes of the wheels glistened
as if wet.
Waiting at the White House
were French President Charles
de Gaulle, Britain's Prince
Philip, and the other world
leaders who would follow on
foot as Mrs. Kennedy walked
behind the coffin of her hus
band from his home to the ca
thedral. Others gathered at the ca
thedral. Former President Harry S.
Truman arrived at 11:30 a.m.
His daughter Margaret had to
help him up the steps.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
daughter of Theodore Roose
velt who had succeeded to the
presidency when- William Mc-
Kinley was assassinated in 1901,
entered the still incompleted
cathedral, a 65-year-old church
drab on the outside but a gut
tering jewel within.
New York Gov. Nelson A
Rockefeller and his wife were
there just a few minutes be
fore former Vice President and
Mrs. Richard M. Nixon.
An Arab diplomat arrived in
flowing desert robes black
and white, the colors of mourning.
There was a delegation of
House members, also Alabama
Gov. George Wallace, his bitter
disputes with Kennedy forgot
ten
West Berlin Mayor winy
Brandt . . . AFL-CIO President
George Meany . . . astronaut
John Glenn ... the Rev. Billy
Graham, world leaders and
diplomats, filing two by two in
to the church physical evi
dence that a world mourned.
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Green Bay
Thumps SF
MILWAUKEE (UPD - The
Green Bay Packers, using the
old one-two of Bart Starr and
Jim Taylor, kept their National
Football league title hopes alive
Sunday by walloping the San
Francisco Forty Niners, 2R-10.
The Packers rolled up all 28
of their points in the first half
on the pin-point passing of
Starr, who had been sidelined
with a broken hand for four
weeks, and (he power running
of fullback Taylor.
Green Bay took the opening
kickoff and marched into the
Forty Nincr end zone on 12
plays, with Starr hitting Bovd
Dowlcr for the TD.
The two teams traded Ihe ball
twice lo end the opening period,
but on the first scries of downs
in Ihe second, halfback Elijah
Pitts fired a pass to Jerry
Kramer who ploughed over a
21-yard play.
The Kortv Niners made the
scoreboard a few minutes later
on a 32-yard ticld goal by Tom
my Davis, but the Packers hit
for two more touchdowns before
the half ended on a 34-yard run
by Taylor and a 14-yard jaunt
by Pitts.
The Packers were held score
less during the second half, and
the Forty Niners got tiieir only
touchdown of the day on an 11-
yard pass from quarterback La
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