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VOL. 64, No. 44
NationMournsPresident's Burial
Johnson Gets
First Victory
WASHINGTON (£>)—A tie-breaking
proxy vote in the Senate Banking Com
mittee gave President Johnson’s new
administration its first congressional
victory yesterday.
By an 8-7 margin the committee
recommended against passage of a pro
posal by Sen. Karl E. Mundt, R-S.D.,
which threatens to block sale of surplus
U.S. grain to Iron Curtain countries.
Mundt has maintained he is not
against the sales but wants to ban use of
government loans or financing guaran
teeing that American sellers will be paid
for the grain they ship to Russia and its
satellites.
The measure now goes back to the
Senate for its consideration, possibly
today or tomorrow.
The committee vote first was an
nounced as a 7-7 tie, but Sen. Harrison
A. Williams, D-N.J., sent his proxy to
provide the margin against it.
Johnson also reached agreement
with French President Charles de Gaulle
last night for a fullscale exchange of
views here early in 1964.
This diplomatic stroke climaxed a
long and strenous day which saw the
new President meeting with foreign and
domestic leaders after participating in
the last rites for President Kennedy.
De Gaulle has stood in opposition to
many of the international policies which
Kennedy sponsored and which Johnson
is pledged to pursue so a meeting be
tween the two presidents could have
heavy bearing on the whole pattern of
the Western alliance.
Johnson did not disclose any details
of the meeting, if, indeed, any have been
'Evidence Conclusive'
Burial of Accused Assassin
Surrounded With Secrecy
DALLAS (^P)—Lee Har
vey Oswald was taken to a
cemetery almost in secret
yesterday while the eyes of
a saddened nation were
turned half a continent away
to the last solemn rites of the
chief executive he was accused
of killing'.
Meanwhile investigators were
preparing to place on public
view the arsenal of evidence
they say proves beyond all
doubt Oswald was the assassin
who took the life of John Fitz
gerald Kennedy.
District Attorney Henry
Wade confirmed that a map,
with the site of the assassina
tion clearly plotted, was found
in Oswald’s Dallas apartment.
Oswald was shot down Sun
day at approximately the
same time the fallen Presi
dent’s body was being lifted to
its funeral caisson for the
mournful trip to the capitol
Rotunda.
Ruby Transferred
Oswald’s self-appointed exe
cutioner, night club owner
Jack Ruby, was transferred
yesterday from the city to the
county jail.
It was during a similar trans
fer Sunday that Ruby gunned
down Oswald in p frightening
moment viewed by thousands
on television. Oswald’s trans-j
fer was announced and a crowd j
of about 200 gathered; Ruby’s I
Saturday's Rain Symbolizes
Reaction to Kennedy's Death
By DENNIS KNECHT ,
Saturday morning dawned
dark, dreary and miserable at
the University, just as it did in
Washington, D.C.
But none of the University’s
18,000-plus inhabitants really
seemed to care as they walked
dong, heads still lowered, pro
ved by their traditional black
mbrellas.
For all agreed this was the
vay the day should be—the way
it seems every Good Friday;
should be—and it would have
felt dark and dreary no matter
what the weather. i
Old Main’s flag, which had |
flown at half-staff throughout’
die night, was weighted down
by the rain, and hung almost 1
lifeless. • |
Almost all social events had
been canceled or postponed, in
cluding the biggest game of the
year. Monday c’~ ’’ A '■
canceled in accordance with
President Johnson.. .
tion of a national day of mourn
ing.
Such was the tribute of nature,
the world and the University. |
!mlg 111 (Mlegtatt
PRESIDENT LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON,
when he addressed Penn State students dur
ing College of Business Administration's
Career Day April 10, 1962.
agreed upon.
The White House announced yester
day that President Johnson would ap
pear before a joint session of Congress
tomorrow.
"transfer was without prior no
tice.
Associated Press photograph
er Mike Smith said an un
marked white car pulled up
yesterday behind the city jail,
almost at the identical spot
where Oswald was mortally
wounded.
Ruby, handcuffed and
flanked by two detectives on
each side, was whisked into
the car and placed prone on the
seat.
Fort Worth Burial
Oswald, the 24-year-old pro
fessed Communist, was taken
for burial to Rose Hill Ceme
tery in Fort Worth, about 30
miles from here.
The map which police say
they found in Oswald’s apart
ment had x-marks at various
downtown intersections, and a
line drawn at the intersection
of Houston and Elm streets
tracing the trajectory of the
bullet that killed the Presi
dent.
In a mimeographed state
ment, Police Chief Jesse Curry
said his department will make
public its entire dossier of evi
dence against Oswald unless
federal authorities object.
One further piece of evidence
in addition to the map was re
ported yesterday, however. Dis
trict Attorney Wade said Os
wald’s fingerprints were on
the $l2 mail-order rifle which
fired the fatal bullet.
Previously Wade had report-
When first news of the tragedy;
came early Friday afternoon,'
disbelief seemed to be the most 1
prevalent initial emotion.
Few tears were actually shed
at first shock of the tragedy,
but as the seriousness and ac
tuality of the situation seemed to
grow, emotions were more evi
dent.
Greater emotions came to
Ught early Sunday afternoon, as
hundreds of students gathered
around every available television
set to watch the caisson carry-'
ing the President’s ca=ket from
the White House to the Capitol, j
As the camera played on the!
face of Mrs. Kennedy, and then|
on the faces of the two children,
a sigh rose from the viewing
audience in West Halls. |
Procession to the Capitol
The long monotonous proces
sion to the Capitol gave the
audience a chance to relax, but
motions grew once again as!
he casket was carried to the!
totunda of the Capitol. i
The feelings of many students 1
vere summed im by on? gH’s
.eply when asked what she felt
iwhile watching the scenes. Soft-'
ed Oswald’s palm print was on
the rifle, and also on a box
found near the sixth-floor win
dow where the killer sat. j
FBI Investigates
For its part, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation is con
tinuing its active investigation
of the assassination and the
shooting of Oswald in hopes of
revealing the full story of the
wild, almost incredible night
mare that began last Friday.
And in Washington, Rep.
Hale Boggs, D-La., said in in
terview there should be a con
gressional investigation of the
heinous crime.
In Austin, Tex.,' officials
were preparing to meet today
with State Atty. Gen. Wag
oner Carr to arrange for a
court of inquiry to investigate
circumstances surrounding the
assassination. Carr made the
announcement in Washington.
One aspect of the investiga
tion shifted to Mexico. A La
redo, Tex., customs official,
William Kline, said records in
that border city show that
Oswald attempted to get a visa
from both the Soviet and Cu
ban consuls and angrily gave
up both attempts when he dis
covered it would take too long
to process the requests.
Texas Gov. John Connally,
wounded in the same volley of
gunfire which killed the Presi
dent, was reported much im
proved yesterday at Parkland
Hospital.
ly, but proudly, she said, "I
cried.”
Then suddenly breaking up the
scene, was the announcement
that Lee Harvey Oswald, the ac
cused assassin who many had
seen shot earlier, had died in
Parkland Hospital.
“Oh, no, now we’ll never find
out if he was the one,” one
viewer exclaimed. And another
who was already convinced Os
wald was the assassin, said,
“We’ll never find out why.”
“This gives the Communists
an out,” was still another re
action.
Ceremonies End
The main ceremonies of the I
day were over. Most of the ap-J
proximately 200 students filed!
quietly out of Waring lounge. |
Yesterday's activities were!
much the same as Sunday’s, and
the reaction to the church ser
vice, the procession and the final
service at the burial site in;
Arlington National Cemetery;
brought out many emotions. j
Coeds cried outwardly at the
' : nal sc°ne when the flag cov
ering the casket was folded and
presented to Mrs. Kennedy.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 26, 1963
Feeling of Grief
Unites Mourners
In Nation's Capital
' There was a universal feeling of deep personal loss
in Washington Sunday. One could sense it by just walk
ing the people.
t the city, traffic was un-
Iks were beginning to fill up.
ing the streets, or by watch:
When dawn broke ove:
usually light but the sidewal
The walk in front of the'
White House was blocked off,
but across Pennsylvania Ave
nue sad-faced people walked
back and forth, staring at one
another, at the black-garlanded
north door of the executive
mansion, or into space. Some
sat along the sidewalk, read
ing the morning paper.
Everyone was there for the
same reason, to pay homage
to President Kennedy. Many
carried cameras, hoping to
catch a glimpse of one or more
of the many dignitaries gath
ered in the city to pay tribute
to the former President, and
Country Stops
For Funeral
By The Associated Press
A saddened nation paused in
respectful silence yesterday as
martyred President John F.
Kennedy was laid to rest
among other heroes in Arling
ton National Cemetery.
Men and women everywhere
were united in paying tribute
to their fallen leader. Streets
the width and breadth of the
land were deserted while the
services were held. Everyone
who could followed the tragic
proceedings on television.
In Dallas, Tex., the atmos
phere was one of reverence;
Thousands visited the site
where the President was shot.
P nvlied around in small
groups gazing at the myriad
i—c.' arrangements marking
the spot.
The flower arrangements
carried various messages. One
read “God Forgive Us All.’'
Tributes took various forms.
Radio- Corp. of American tele
graph facilities halted trans
missions from noon to 12:05
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Walker Thanks
Students , Staff
For ‘Patience l
President Eric A. Walker
yesterday expressed appre
ciation for the "patience and
forebearance" of students,
faculty and staff during the
period following the death
of President Kennedy.
He noted that it was dif
ficult to make immediate
decisions affecting the en
tire University community
because of the many factors
involved, ranging from co
ordinating 'with national
pronouncements to the' de
tails of maintaining essen
tial services,”
Walker commented also
on the sense of - reverence
that characterized the entire
University community fol
lowing the "awesome trag
edy suffered by the nation."
By WILLIAM LEE
to greet the new President.
Down Pennsylvania Avenue,
the proposed route for the pro
cession scheduled in the after
noon, people selected their
vantage points. They would be
willing to wait for hours to
watch the procession and to
see the horse-drawn caisson
bearing Kennedy’s remains.
College students made up
the largest single group, ex
cept for the military.
Stores throughout the city
were closed. In their windows
had been placed simple tributes
to the President flower
draped portraits.
On corners, newspaper ven
dors sold hastily prepared por
traits of Kennedy. Some of
fered copies of Friday’s and'
Saturday’s papers. None of
fered The New York Times,
which had been sold out since
early morning. The few open
restaurants • were filled and
turned people away.
No Space Along Streets
By noon, there was no space
along the streets. Crowds were
especially heavy in the area of
the White House and the Capi
tol building, where the Presi
dent’s body was to be taken to
lie in state. Marine Corps
guards in full dress uniforms
took their places in front of
the crowd along the street.
Muffled Drums
At about 1:15 p.m., the
muffled drums could be heard
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EULOGY FOR A FALLEN CHIEF: Seriate' Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (left), D-Moni., delivered one of the last
eulogies for President Kennedy yesterday in the Capitol Rotunda while Mrs. Kennedy (right) stands by the flag-draped
casket of the late commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The President was buried in Arlington Cemetery to the sound
of a 21-gun salute and the roar of. 50 Air Force fighters, representing each of the stales.
E ternal
By Mrs.
WASHINGTON (fP) The peace of eternity came in ah Arlington grave yes
terday to John F. Kennedy, whose quest for enduring peace in a dangerous world
was cut short by an assassin’s,bullet.
And over his resting place will burn an eternal flame.
In death as in life, world statesmen—men of power and renown from half the
nations of the world—honored the fallen
President. They had come here in un
precedented numbers and in mourning.
The new President, Lyndon B. John
son, and former presidents Dwight D.
Eisenhower and Harry S. Truman
mourned the passing of the man who had
served in the same high office they
had held
But it was Jacqueline Kennedy, sus
tained by some unknown strength
through three racking days of grief, who
touched a torch to the eternal light on
the grave of her husband.
At the last, this lady in black, with
the long veil disguising some of her
sorrow and weariness, stumbled just a
bit as she left the site of the bUrial of
the 35th president on a gentle slope
of Arlington National Cemetery.
Catholic Rites
The services at the graveside were
those of the Roman Catholic Church,
for the first Roman Catholic to reach
the White House.
Richard Cardinal Cushing, arch
bishop of Boston, an old friend of the
Kennedy family, said the final ritual
istic players and sprinkled the casket
with Holy .Water before it was lowered
into the grave. •
It was Cushing who had celebrated a
Requiem Low Mass for the departed
President at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in
the heart of Washington.
The cardinal invoked the blessings
and mercy of God upon Kennedy and
his family. And for the family he offered
communion and personal words of com
fort.
Mrs. Kennedy and others of the
family, along with President and Mrs.
Johnson, and the assemblage of nota
bles from over the world had marched
in the funeral procession the eight blocks
from the White House to the cathedral.
There were presidents, royalty,
chiefs of state, foreign ministers and de
fense ministers in the gathering.
It was a day for the humble as well
as the mighty
It was a day for hundreds of thous
ands of Americans to pour out in person
along the way a final measure of homage
to the young President whose life was
cut short at 46 by a rifle bullet in Dallas,
Tex., last Friday.
Vast Throngs
In vast throngs, upwards of a quar
ter million of them, they had streamed
past Kennedy’s bier in the Rotunda of
the capitol for 18 hours. Some had wait
ed as long as 10 hours, in a line reaching
out nearly 10 miles, for a mere minute
beside the casket.
In vast throngs, they crowded up to
the streets along which the funeral cor
tege moved on a long route that began
at the Capitol Plaza, paused at the White
House for marchers on foot, continued
on to the cathedral and finally ended
among the ordered ranks of the graves of
men who, like Kennedy, served the na
tion in wartime.
Largely, they were silent crowds,
with people showing their sorrow here
and there with an occasional tear or sob.
The shadows cast by a mellowing
winter sun were lengthening when the
funeral procession came at its measured
John F.
A Great Man
Torch Lit
Kennedy
pace through the huge iron gateway up
the foot of the Arlington Heights sweep
ing up from the Potomac River.
Slowly the six matched gray horses
drawing the caisson made their way to
a spot near the open grave. The site was
below the crest of a hill, perhaps 200
feet from the Curtis-Lee mansion with
its columned portico.
No one ever had been buried in
that particular area. But then, only one
other president, William Howard Taft,
is buried in this national cemetery over
looking the capital.
Military casket bearers, four on either
side, carried the coffin to the open grave.
It still wore the flag which had'shrouded
it for three days.
Mrs. Kennedy and her brother-in
law, Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy, took
their places a few feet away, heads
bowed. The late President’s mother,
Rose, was there, and others of the family.
With the ancient rites of the church,
Cardinal Cushing prayed for the fallen
Kennedy: “The Lord be with you and
with thy spirit.”
A 21-gun presidential salute shat
tered the solemnity and stillness and
seemed to last interminably. The uni
formed mourners, from presidents and
emperors down to American privates,
snapped to salute.
Widow Erect
But Mrs. Kennedy, with eyes closed
at times, stood starkly erect.
A volley of musketry fire shattered
the stillness again.
And then from a lone bugler, the
swelling, lingering notes of “Taps”
flooded over the hillside and out across
the row on row of graves of 126,000
other men who have served their coun
try.
The melody of the. “Navy Hymn”
swelled softly from a band, down the
slope, with its magnificent foreground
of the arches of Memorial Bridge; the
huge, square, white memorial to Abra
ham Lincoln; the giant needle of the
Washington Monument and the mass of
the Capitol building far beyond.
The body bearers lifted the flag
from the casket, folded it carefully and
gently into a neat triangle. In the tradi
tion of the service, this was for Mrs.
Kennedy. She took it and pressed it to
her bosom.
Mrs. Kennedy touched a lighted
torch to the top of the grave to light the
eternal flame. Atty. Gen. Kennedy and
his brother, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy,
repeated this act of family honor to the
dead chief executive.
Slowly, with Robert Kennedy hold
ing her hand, as he had done many times
through the day, Mrs. Kennedy walked
away from the grave, still clutching the
flag.
At the cathedral, Cardinal Cushing
led the procession into the church for
the requiem.
The mass dwells less on the desola
tion of death than on comfort and peace
and hope for resurrection.
The archbishop prayed, too, that,
“Thy servant, John F. Kennedy, may
his soul be taken up by holy angels and
taken to paradise.”
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