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EVENINGEDITIONV O L U M E 5 4 N O . 2 3 Published vrv wek-cSay afternoon lrt Caller-Times Publishing Co. C O R P U SCH RIST ,T EXAS, SAT URD AY , N O VEMBER23 1963 Scofld ctau posloff* paidCoreuiOl-lit . Txai60 Trapped KilledIn Rest Home Fire

N O R W A L K , O h i o ,swift ly-spreading f i r e

A ,8?P^sons.in thebuilding whent r a ppe dan d ki l led about 60 pat ients ata nur s i ng rest home for theaged an d i n f i r m at Fi tchvil letoday . T w e n t y - f o u r p e r s o n swere rescued.

T h e p r e - dawn b l aze bur neddown the G o l d e n .Ag e Nur s i ngH o m e in the r u r a l commun i t yO f 2 0 0 , which i s 2 0 miles south-eas t of Norwalk. The one-storybuilding was of concrete-blockconst ruc t ion . I t had a tar r o o f ,w h i c h collapsed. Ap r opane ga st a n k at the r e a r of the bui ldingan d a strong w i n d he lped f e e dth e f l ames .T h e O h i o H i g h w a y P a t r o lestimated that there were about

the f i re broke out . C h a r r e dbodies wer e be i ng r emovedmor e t han five hour s l a t e r .A U T H O R I T I E S est imated thetoll by assuming t ha t al l thosewho did not escape wer e dead .Th e injured were taken to Fish-er-Titus Memorial Hospital inNo rw a l k ,m any wi t h seconda ndthi rd degree burns. I cou ldn ' t see any th i ng f o rthe smo ke, s a i d E m m e t tEvcge , a49 -year-oldpa t i en t . Hesa i d a nur se woke h im up andled him to sa f e t y . Ta r w as melt ing as the firemoved back t h r o u g h th e build-ing, Evege sa id. T he t a r wa s

PALE AND DRAWNJohnson Takes OverNation s Business

W A S H I N G T O N , f f i P re s i - .Ch u rc h across L af aye t t e Par kden t L y n d o n B. Johnson took f r o m the W hi t e House knownover the migh ty mach ine r y ofg o ve rn m en t today on his f irstf u l l day as chief exe cutive, put-t i ngt he na t ion ' s bus i ness aheado f gr ief for his fallen c h i e f .C atapu l t ed i n t o th e h ighes to f f i c e by the assassin 's bul letst h a t cu t d o w n President JohnF. K e n n e d y inDa l l a sy e s t e rd ay , :th e s o l e m n - f a c e d J ohnson :Mad e a q u i c k visit to th eWhi te H ous e , pe r haps for aPresident 's ear ly morning ses-sion in the map- bedecked sit-u a t i o n r oom wher e t h e n a -sc r eened .2 . T u r n e d away f r o m the ex-ecut ive m a n s i o n w h e re K e n n e d ylay in death, leaving i t as acenter for a n a t ion ' s mour n ing ,an d moved business to his oldvice president ial quar ters in theExecu t i v e O f f i c e Buildingacross a l i t t le st reet ..3 . M ET W I T H Sec r e t a r y ofS t a t e Dean Ru sk , undoub t ed ly

to go over internat ional prob-l ems t ha t may be :mul t i p l i ed bythe passing ofK e n n e d y .4. Working on split-secondt iming , held ano the r qu i ck lya r r a n g e d session there withSec r e t a r y of D e f e n s e Rober t SM c N a m a r a , p r esumably to ass-ess the nat ion 's de f ense s i t ua -tion at home an d abr oad .5 . Me t w i t h cong r ess iona lleaders, also cal led in on shor tnotice, to go over th e legisla-tive s i t u a t i o n an d pe r haps tohelp dec ide whe the r Congr essshould cal l off bus i ness for thewhole - T h a n k s g i v i n g week , inm o u rn i n g and for a reworkingo f p l a n s .6 . T h e n , accompan i ed by thene w F i r s t Lady , Lady B i r dJohnson, m a d e an umbr e l l a -p r o t ec t ed dash t h r ough a pour -in g r a i n backH ous e itself to th e W h i tefo r one semi-ceremonial a f f a i r . T h a t wa sthe visi t of former PresidentD w i g h t D. E i senhower to paylast respects a l o n g w i t h other

digni taries to the man whosuc-ceeded h i m i n o f f i c e .7 . R e t u r n e d to the vice presi-d e n t i a l , chamber s for a p r i v a t ec o n f e r e n c e w i t h Eisenhower .8. Met the legislat ive leadersagain for the rea l business ses-sion, de l ayed by the Eisenhow-er cal l .9 . M a d e an u n a n n o u n c e dvisit to S t . J ohn ' s Ep i scopa l

as the c h u r c h of presidents to at tend a special service.TH E A F F A I R So f state in thevice president ial chamberswere str ict ly business over laidwith an aur a of gr ief .Ri g h t beh ind the cabinet o f f i -ce r s member s of Congress be -ga n arriving.Th e elevator broke down an dt he sena to r s and r ep r esen t a -t ives, some of t hem ag ing ,p u f f e d their w ay u p t w o longcurving flights of sta irs .Short ly Before t hey a r r i v ed ,McGeorge B u n d y , th e latePresident 's special assistantfo r na t iona l secur i ty affa i rs ,w a l k ed si lent ly down the sta irsand out the basement corr idorleading toQuest ioned the W h i te House .a s to whe the r heha d at tended Johnson's confer-ence wi t h McNamar a , the ob-viously gr ief -str icken B u n d ylifted his-eyes only br ief ly f r o mth e f l o o r long e n o u g h . t o say : I have no th ing to say .TH E W H O L E congressionalgroup accompan i ed Presidentan d Mrs. Johnson in their da shacross the s t r e e t to the WhiteHouse.E i s en h o w e r , hi s f ace set ingrim l ines, stepped out of ablack l imous ine and en t e r ed t heWhite H ouse t h rough the b l ack-draped North Port ico, the cere-monial main en t r ance .T h e n ew President an d Mr s .Johnson wer e i n s i de to m e e thim.A n honor guard represent ingthe a r med services Eisenhoweronce led as commander- in-chiefl ine the steps leading to the en-t r yway .Eisenhower told reporterst h a the had come to pay h i sr e spe c t sto the late presiden t an d toPresident Johnson.Johnson was a t i t before 9a . m. EST i n t he t empo se tby h is first ordera s chief execu-

t i ve No w let 's ge t airborne.Th e get airborne direct ivewas Johnson's f i rst move a f t e r ;he w as sworn in aboard th epresident ial jet airplane at Dal-las alm ost beside the body oft he man he was succeed ing .A n d he kep t th e pace goinglast night with a series of con-ferences here af ter flying back.Se e J O H N S O N , Pa ge 8

from th e r o o f , whichl a t e r cavedin and t r apped many wh o werein hal lways seeking an escaperoute. ^ 1 heard people holler ing,shout ing an d crying, saidEve ge . H e w a si n a war d i n {hece nt r a l pa r t of the L-shapedbui ld ing .Those residing at the h o m ewere aged, inf irm an d men t a lpat ients. Many were in their80 s and 90s a n d wer e in wheel -cnairs .T W O PERSONS d r iv i ng byo n O h i o 2 5 0 a t abou t S a mwere credi ted with heroism insaving t h e 21pa t i en t s an d t h r eenurses. O n e w a s Hen r y Dah-man, a t ruck dr iver f r o m Sar-ber , Pa. The other was C l i f f o r dFre nch , a Universi ty of Michi-ga n s t uden t w h o w as en r ou t eto his home in Wooster , O h i o .R. A . Por t e r , a depu ty she r -i f f , said D a h m a n ran u p an dpounded on the door of theh o m e , then kicked the door inwhen he couldn ' t rouse anyone.

D a h m a n g r abbed a f ire extin-guisher and ran down the hal l .H e woke pa t i en t s and led someto sa f e t y . S o o n h e w a s beinghelped by French. The wholer o o fwas i n f l amesan d most of the w indows wer eon fire, said David E. Baueran o t h e r depu ty she r i f f . H e saidhe saw . people being led out byD a h m a n an d F r ench an d anurse, Doris Francis. T H E R E W A S N ' T a nyc r eaming , Baue r sa id. I t washe most horr ible f i re I 've evereen. It was a ter r ible inferno.Ohio Gov. J a m e s A . Rhodes ,v h o w e n t to the scene of theire f r o m his Columbus o f f i c e ,aid : I came because i t wa s myduty a n d I consider it a gre a tr a ge dy , Rhodes sa i d . I havelever seen a sight more devas-at ing to the h u m a n ey e t hanhis. I don' t know any words.ha t can express it. It's almostb ey o n d ,words.

C a s e g a i n s tOswald S t r o n gB y R A Y M O N D H O L B R O O K &P E G G Y S I M P S O N

D A L L A S . IB L e e Har veyO sw a l d , charged with murder-in g President Kennedy, insistedhe is not the assassin, bu t ano f f i c e r said today, I think wegot some g o o d results f r o m th ep a r a f f i n test on both Oswald ' shands .W i t h h i s j aw thrust o u t a n dhi s eyes intent an d piercing,Oswald kept tel l ing newsmen: I did not kill P re s ide nt Ken -nedy . I d i d no t kill anyone. Idon' t knowabout . w h a t this is al lCITY DETECTIVE Char l e sB ro w nsaid hebelieved th ehandtests were positive bu t was no tcertain about results of a paraf-fi n test on Oswa ld ' s f ace . Par a f f i n tests ar e a imed atproving a suspect has f i r e d aw eap o n . P a r a f f i n is poured onth e h a n d s or f a c e to pick upmicroscopic par t icles of gun -powder residue which show upt hen i n chemica l tests .Brown sa i d he has gre a t f a i t hIn par a f f in t e s t s .Dep u t y Police Chief M. W .

Stevenson said Oswald was a r -raigned la te las t night on acharge of murder ing the Presi-den t . He earlier w as cha r gedth killing a policeman.Justice of the Pe a ce DaveJohnston ordered him held with-out bond .Stevenson said quest ioning ofOswald would continue todayTh e deputy police chief sa idth e nes t step would be a prel imina r y hear ing, which Oswaldcould wa ive and a sk th a t th ecase be taken direct ly to thecounty grand jury.A f t e r t he f or ma l c h a r g e sw e r e f i l e d , Oswald was b r ough tbefore newsmen . Speak ing h i alow voice into a cluster ofm icrophones thrust intoh isf ace , hedenied killing th e P re s ide nt .E A P P E A R E D less def i ant h an earlier in the evening, bust i l l was composed. He smilecseveral t imes a s h e wa s beingquest ioned. I don ' t t h i n k he i s a n u t , 1Dist ric t A t to r ney Hen r y W adtold newsmen . I t h i nk he i ssane . I don ' t mean t ha t he ian y Ph . D. , bu t he a n s w e r sSe e O S W A L D , Page

W ife I n f o r m sC o n n a l l y o fK e n n e d y D e a th

D A L L A S . . Gr ave ly w o u n d -d Gov. John Connally, 46, wasold today by hisw i f e that Pres-dent Kennedy is dead.Mr s . . Connally talked to theTexas governor shor t ly af ter 7a.m. (CST) an d Connally 's f i rstquest ion was ab ou t Kennedy ' scondition.A f t e r hear ing her answer , hes a id , T ha t ' s wha t I w a s afraidof.O n e ofConnally 's aides, Jul ianR e a d , descr ibed Connally 's con-dition as much impr oved . Hesaid the governor also askecabout Mr s . Kennedy an d w a s':old that she had returned toW a s h i n g t o n .S E V E R A LOF Connally 'srela-ives hurr ied here yesterday.These included four brothershi s sis ter and h i s mothe r . The f i rst Mrs. Connally knewo f an y shooting wa s when he ruisband whir led an d s aw t h ePresident fal l forward, Rea dsa i d . Th i s mus t have beenabout twoseconds a f t e r Kenne-d y w as shot . Connaily 's turn, which wa s:p the l e f t , probably saved hisife. A f t e r th e governor wa sshot , he also toppled forward.Read said th e most discom-orting thing for Connally is thathis r ight arm Is suspended byropes and pulleys a nd in a castrom above the elbow to belowhe wris t .M R S . C O N N A L L Y talked toKennedy relatives this morningand inquired about Mrs. Kennedy's condit ion. R e a d said M rs

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J O H N S O NSETS DAY OFMOURNING

W A S H I N G T O N . IB -President Johnson todaydes i gna ted M onday a na -tionalday ofmourningf orslain President John F.Kennedy. I invite th e people ofthe world who sha r e ourgrief to join us in thisda y of mourning and re-dedicat ion, the newPresident said in a proc-lamat ion on the dea th ofthe old.Johnson ordered al lf e d e ra l o f f i c e s in W a s h -ing ton and t h r oughoutthenation closed onMonday ,the day of K e n n e d y ' sf u n e r a l .T he P r e s i d e n t a d-dressed his proclamationto the people of the U n i t -ed States. John Fitzgerald K en-nedy, 3 5 t h President ofthe United States, hasb e e n t ak en from us byan ac t which outragesdecent m en everywhere. He uphe ld the f a i t ho four fathers, which isfreedom for al l mea. Hebroadened thefrontiersofthat f a i th , an d backed itwi th the energy and thecourage which a r e t hemar kof thenat ionh eled. A man of wi sdom,s t r e n g t h and peace, hemolded and moved t hep o w e r of our nat ion inthe service of a worldofgrowing l iber ty and or-der .A l l w h olove f r eedomwill mournh isdea th . As he did not shr inkf r o m hi s responsibi l i t ies,bu twe l comed t hem,so hew o u l d not have us shr inkfrom carrying on hiswork beyond this hourofnat ional t r a ge dy . He said it himself :' The ene r gy , t he f a i t h ,th e devotion which webr ing to hisendeavor w il llight ou r country and al lw ho s e rve i t ' and t heg l o w - from that, fi re ca ntruly light the world. ' N o w , therefore, I ,L y n d o n B . J oh ns on ,President of the Un i t edStates ofA m e r i c a , do ap-poin t Monday nex t , No -vember 25, the day of thef uner a l service of Presi-dentKennedy, to be a na-t ional day of mour n ingthroughout the UnitedStates. I earnest ly rec-o m m en d t h e peopleto as-sembl e on t h a t day intheir respect ive placesofdivine worship, there tobow dosvn in submissionto the Will of AlmightyG o d , and to pay theirh o m a g e of love an d rev-erence to the memor yo fa g rea t and good man .I invite the people of theworldw hosha r eour griefto join us in this day ofmour n ing and r eded i ca -t ion.

Kennedy FunerallansAnnounced

Bul le t inL O S A N G E L E S . O H - A u -thor-scholar Aldous Huxley,the l i terary member of oneo f the world's foremostscientific famil ies, died ofcancer last night at hisHol lywood home. He was89 . Private funeral serviceshave already been conduct-ed .T he forthright author'sbestknown work was BraveNew World, which soldnearly a m i l li o n c o p i e ssince it s publicationin 1 9 3 2 .In It Huxley previewed th e2 5 t h c e n t u r y dr a w i ng a c h i l lpicture o f .godless, mecha n-i z e d society. He accuratelyforesawtc levison, jet p lanes,tranqnl l l z ingdrugs and othermedical advances.

Mrs. KennedyAttends2Services

H Y A N N I S PORT, Mass . (B-Th e mother of President Ken-nedy wen t to church this morn-ing and stayed through twoMasses of requiem for her son.Rose Kenned y, the 73-year-oldwife of f o r mer Ambassador Jo-seph P. Ken n ed y , arrived alonefor th e regularly scheduled 7a.m. dai ly Mass a t S t . Fra nc i sXavier R oman Catholic Churchin Hyannis.Sh e stayed for the 8 a.m.Mass , a t wh i ch she was joinedby her son, Sen. Edward M.Ken n ed y ,and he r daugh t e r. E unice (Mrs. Sargent Shr iver) ,b e-fore returning to the familylome.Mrs. Kennedy showed no outt v a r d signs of emotion. Regularpar ishioners touched the saddened mothe r ' s a r m, o f f e r i n gtheir condolences, as she movecdown th e aisle an d into a pewTh epa s to rof St .Fra nc i sXav ier , the Rev. Leonard J. Daleysaid th e Mass.Before Mrs. Kennedy's appear-ance, television camera menwere asked to clear f r o m th ea rea and to remove equipmenwhich had been set up insideth e church th ePresident at tended dur i ng his weekends in CapeC o d .Mr s . Ken nedy sa id l a t e r todayt h a t he r hu sband has no t beentold of the death of their sonMr s . Kennedy to ld newsmenu p o n her return f r o m St . F ranc i s Xav i e r Roman CatholiCh u rc h , that she went to ear lyMass so I c o u l d get back tohave b r eakf as t w i t h my husb a n d .

By The ssociated PressTh e assassinat ion of PresidentK e n n e d y caused shock an dgr iefhroughout , the world.The news of the President 'sdeath reached Europe at nightan d t he F a r E a s t i n t he p r e -

n n f PresidentLndonJohnsonsolemnlyleavestheW h i t e H o u s e on t h e .w a y t ohis old .v i cepresidential o f f i ce i n t h enearby Execu-tive O f f i c e - B u d d i n gtoday a s h estartsh is f i r s t fu l l d a yas ch ie f e xe c u t i v e W i t hthe new p r e s i d e n tisR e p . Homer Thornberry, D-Texas. (AP W i r e p h o t o )S t u n n e d World S h o w sD i s b e l i e f a n d G r i e f

WeatheiFo re ca s t for Corpus Christian d vicinity: Sunny and coolthis af ternoon and tomorrow,ar and cold with scat teredfrost inland a rea s tonight.Low for tonight 4 0 - 5 0 ,high forhis af ternoon an d tomorrow66 -70 .Forecast low and high for ar-ea points : Light f rost . Alice3840 and 66-70, Beeville 3 6 - 4 0and 6 2 - 6 6 , Falfurrlas 38-42 and6 6 - 7 0 , Kingsville 40-44 and 6 6 - 7 0 .Wind forecast : Northtonor th-e a s t15 to 20miles an hour thisafternoon with winds l ight vari-

able tonight , except nor theast6 to 8 miles an hour along thecoast. Northeast 8 to 12 milesan hour tomorrow.Temper a t u r e down town a tn o o n 63 degrees , re la tive hu -midity 28 per cent , barometr icpre s su re 3 0 . 3 6 .Ra i n fa l l pas t 2 4 hour s t race .Highes t t e mpe ra tu r e yester -day and lowest this morning:Interna t ional Airpor t 81 - 47,Chamber of Commerce 81-47.Wa t e r t e mpe ra tu r e a t PortAransas this morning 58 de-grees.Sunr i se 6:58 a.m. tomorrow,sunset 5 :35 p.m. today.Moonrise 1:31 p.m. tomorrow,moonset 11:59 p.m. today.G u l f of Mexico t ides: High11:28 p.m. today and m i d n i g h ttomorrow, low 1:03 p.m. todayan d 2 :14 p.m. tomorrow.Rain f a l l for 1963is 12.41inches which Is 13.37 inches belownormal .(Weather Ma p , Pa g e J)

d aw n hour s . Eve r ywher e t heim -mediate react ion was disbel ief ,then shock, gr ief and t e a r s .Stunned heads of s t a t esomeweeping cabled condolences tohe United States, ordered f lagsf l o w n at half s taff and dec l a r edo f f i c i a l per iods of mour n ing .P A R L I A M E N T S adjourned.Jusiness activities came to alal t . B a r s closed. Church bells;ol led and people wept .They wep tin L o n d o na ndMos-cow an d Tokyo. T e a r s came to:he e ye sof American GI s in thejungles of South Vi e t Nam. ARussian girl cr ied in Moscow's;now-covered Gorky Street .A news vendor wept onVien -na's Mariahi lfer St r a s s e .S o didI ran ' sE m p r e s sFa rahatTehr anAirport, a nd a gray-haired wom-an in L ondon ,V enezue l a 'sPres -ident Romulo Betancour t , ablues singer inParisa nd m a n y

of th e ambassador s at the U.Nheadquar t e r s in New York.Repor t s reaching ViennafromE a s t European Soviet-bloc nat ionsalso told of men andwornen weeping unshamed ly .Moscow Rad io p l ayed f ane r amusic. It sbroadcasts English - l an g u agbeamed to NortAmerica dispensed with i ts usua l p r opaganda .C O M M U N I S T China , wh i ch r ep ea t ed l y had descr ibed Kennedas a war - monger i ng imper i a1st ben t on conquer ing thworld, repor ted the assassinat ion without comment .Pre mie r Khrushchev cut shor ta visit to Kiev an d r ushed bacto Moscow to pay his personarespects to U . S . AmbassadoF oy D. Kohler . Th e Soviet pr emie r sen t a telegram to Presi d en t Johnson saying: The dea th of President Ke nSe e R E A C T I O N , Page

N o o n M o n d a yF u n e r a l M a s s s S c h e d u l e d

W A S H I N G T O N ,ff)- Ahorse-d r awn caisson, accompanied byeremonial t roops from al l thermed services, wil lca r ry JohnKen n ed y ' s body to the Capi-tomorrow and to funeralervices Monday .Th e W hi t e H o u s e announceda r t i a l f une r a l p l an s today asie late president , in a closed,ag - d r aped c o f f i n , lay in deathoday in the histor ic E a s tRoomf th e W hi t e H ous e .

A s t eady s t r eam of presentn d f o r mer gover nmen tdignitar-es, led by former P re s ide nt3wight D. E i senhower , pa i diieir respects.Pre ss Sec r e t a r y Pierre Sal in-;er sa id i t had not yet beenle termined w h e r e K e n n e d y willie buried , but f u r t h e r deta ilsan be expected later today.IT STILL W A S unce r t a i nvh e t h e r bur ial wouldt a ke placein the family bur ial plot atJrookline, Mass . ,or inArl ingtonNa t i o n a lCemet e r y .It wil l l ie in state at the Capi-o lf or viewingby the publicu n-il again on the escortedcais-so n it wil l be taken to St .Mat t hews Ca thed r a l .Mrs. Ken n ed y and he r twochildren, who nowha vebeentoldof th e i r father 's dea th , at tendeda p r iv a t e -Mass in the WhiteHo u se a t . l O ; 3 0 a.m. today with75 relat ives an d close f r iends.A L O N G - T I M E f ami l y f r i end ,Ih e Rev . J ohn J . Cavanaugh ,fo rm e r president of the Univer-sity ofNot r e Dame , officiated atieMass . H e w a samong t hosewh o ra ll ied to the side of thePresident 's fa t h e r , Joseph P.Ken n ed y , when he was str ickenwith a stroke in Palm Beachin D e c e m b e r , 1961.Carol ine , who wil l be 6 ne x tWed n e sd aya ndJohnJr . w ho ob-serves his 3rd bir thday on Mon-d a y , were told last n igh t t ha ttheir father had been killed, Sal-inger repor ted. He said he didno t know wh o told t hem.Sal inger said a police escortwill l ead th e funeral processionto the Capitol tomorrow.Following an escort of serv-icemen wil l come a m u f f l e dd r u m corps of Ar my , Mar i ne

an d Navy d r ummer s . A com-pany of N a v y personnel , f r^ a ith e service whichK ennedy onces e rve d , will f o l l o w . Then t heJoint Chiefs of S t a f f will m a r c has an honor gua r d .A fla t detai l will be next inth e procession, followed by cler-g y m en of all fai ths.T H E N W I L L come the cais-s o n , f lanked by four enlistedme n f r om each of the fiveserv-ices .A single serviceman carryingthe president ial f lag will follow.Mr s . Kennedy , othe r m ember sof the K e n n e d y family, an dPresident an dMrs. Johnsonwillf o l l o w in automobiles.A f t e r lying in s ta te at theCapi tol unti l 10 a . m. Monday ,the body wil l be taken from ther o tunda . T he same processionwill go f r o m th e Capitol to thecathedral for the Pres iden t ' sfuneral a t n o o n .A t th e W h i te House, visitorsS e c K E N N E D Y ,Page 8

Corpus ChristiWill PauseMondayTo Honor Kennedy

Schools, colleges, govern-men t a l o f f i c e s and banks wil lbe closed Monday i n memor i a ltr ibute to the late PresidentJohn F. Kennedy .In addi t ion a number of ac-t ivit ies an d meetings have beencanceled or postponed.School Board President B . F .Harr ison said al l public schoolswil l be closed al l day Monday.H e enour aged s t uden t s an dt e a che r s to spend t ime inp r a y e r for the wor ld in lovefo r mank ind .H A R R I S O N S A I D the r e gu la rschool board meeting, planned

fo r 4 p . m. Monday , a l sobeen canceled.Harr ison said public schoolswil l resume theirnor mal sched -ules T u e s d a y morning.H e said Monday's dismissalalso applies to all school dis-tric t employes.A ll Catholic schools in theCorpus Christi Diocese will beclosed Monday, the Very Rev.Will iam T . Thompson , chance llor of the d iocese , announced .DR . R. L . MILLER, p r es i den to f th e Universi ty o f CorpusChrist i , said classed Mondaywould be let out most of theday and s t uden t s , f acu l t y and

has the s t a f f would take p a r tin a 10a . m. memor i a l service a t theuniversi ty audi tor ium.Mil ler said 8 and 9 a.m. class-es would mee t asusua l Mondaypr ior to the memorial service.He said students would be dis-missed at 10:30 a.m . followingthe service for the r e ma inde ro f the af ternoon. Classes willmeet a s usua l from 6:30 p.m.Monday on, he said.D r. J ames Jernigan, presi-dent of Texas A & I College inKingsvi l le said tentat ive plansare to dismiss classes between10 a . m. and 2 p .m. Monday topa y tr ibute. He said a funeralSe e P A U S E , Page S


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n g a iH5 e-staffâôon flange'to o' ',,;,.?'T;menP siden Pynaon B.Johnson bringsin to ' eWJiite Hpuse-nvitl> h imVgre not only dedicate :but *}ikeitself,i s k i i l e d ,both ia^the Ways bf&v??h&a n < i th eways ,of politics. ./;^ ' - ' . , ;"- .^v , - Hi sjnn m.ove a ta^s lower p^ce, ' alwayS'-ha^â min-"* ty^K. ca nfi nd, a^Mnd wordânyone; bu t mus talso h a v e , he stee l t rap .mihds of'nie ij-wh o drink th esour milk of poUtics and come back \ fo f i -mor eFor thepresentlywill be grafted on/ the crackoverthe6? organization p res iden t 'K ennedy developed

others h a v eM P n i B H . - e t h e Ir is h M a f ia :Men like Kenne th 0'Bonnell,. Uie4ate President's chief -political adviser an d Ric hkd^Mc Guj r e , now working a tthe Democratic National. Committee ,,Some of the brain-SSV* on esident Johnsonhasthedouble-job ofshaping the government to,J i j s , mage an d planningfor a tough political Campaign j ;:' Th e âh,most li ly ,to.r1se;to :mfiuence is 'Bfll' D 'Moyers,-t)ie;29ryear-old;foriner,BapUsb-missiQnary: \vhdns^no w d e p u $ Y ;; director o;th.er eace cbrps. . . ; < ' v \ - ;IDW : e-last-P^wa s P res iden t ,oohnspn 's top..aide-apd lieipe^ coordinate7 a i ; v W:-Prenlialvand p f e s i d t i i i acampaign;;-n this -role: he .forced-.close"; personalrela-'

- 0prps, Moy'ers.;.vvas?pne- 'of vthe'.' ar- :chi tects o f . P re s i d en t .Ken n ed y ' smostsuccessful 'new' f ron-tier program. W i t h Peace Corps Director E. SargentShriver, he was responsible for swinging the reluctantan d .suspicious Congress in to accepting, an d then ravinga bou t the work of the idealistic programW i t h wh at i s . general ly regarded as one of the mostbrilliant mi n d s i n W as h in g ton , Moyers could combine inon e office th etalents jf both Ken n e t h O'Donne l l an d Theo-dore C. Sorensen, ope r a t ing ,at the President's elbow.Although the slight, smi ling Moyers has the gen t l emanner of the South , he is capable of quick , incisive_ _ SeeTOP AIDES,Page12

Caller-TimesW ire ServicesWASHINGTON - The rain inW ashing-t o n , cold, gray and dismal , had begunsooti after th e d a w n .At each corner of the president 's deep-br own , mahogany casket, four w hite can-dlescast fl ickering shadows in thehushedEas tRoomof the Whi teHouse.John F.K ennedy, president of the Uni tedStates, reposed there, in his home, for thelast t ime Saturday, one day after an as-sassin 's bul le t in Dal las had cut short hispresidency, his hopes , and his life at theage of 46,A fami ly mourned, a nation mourned aworld mourned, and as the ra ins camethrough the long, sorrowful day,i t seemedas though the heaven s mourne d too.There wa s shock in Washington Fridaywhen t he president w as m urde red . Satur-day, there w as only sadness.Th e dead president 's immediate familyand the great men of power in Washing-ton filed pa s t the c losed casket SaturdaySunday , they wil l take him on a horse-d r a w n caisson up P enns y lv an i a Aven u e toth e Capito l Rotunda, accompanied by them u f f l e d cadence of the drums. There th epeople will be allowed to see the casketMonday at noon, there will be a RequimMass a t St. Matth ews Roma n CatholicCathedra Then they wil l take him to hisfinal resting place.Kennedy wil lb e buried inArl ingtonN a-t ional Cemetery at "the wish of the fam -ily."This was annou nced Saturday by P ie r reSalinger, Whi te House press secretaryHe said he could not p inpoint at this t imethe exact site of the grave .Kennedy wil l become the second presi-

dent to be buried in the wooded, rollingcemetery just across the Potomac fromthe capitol city. Former President WilliamH o ward Taft is buried a t Arl ington, thesite of the Tomb of the Unkno wns .Up to the time of the announcementthere had been a lmost a presumption thatburia l would be in Kennedy's native Mas-sachusetts af ter some ceremony in Bos*t o n .Kennedy's body will be taken to Arling-ton immediate ly af ter Richard CardinalCushing of Boston, a personal fr iend ofth e assassinated chief executive , officiatesat a Solemn Requiem Mass in Wash-ington's St. Matthew's Cathedral Monday.In addition to the fune ra l service, therewill be graveside r ites a t the cemetery.Salinger said the route of the funera lprocession will be anno unc ed Sunday.He a lso reported that th e family ma yper mi t television and radio broadcasts ofth e funeral Mass.ia leaders of th e wor ld, led by Presi-dent De Gaulle of France, Prime minister

Douglas-Home of Brita in, Chancel lor Er -ha rd of West Ge rm any, an dFirst DeputyPrem ie r Mikoyan of the Soviet Union areprepared to fly to Washing to nfor the Re -quiem Mass Mondayw hich will be the o f f i -cial sta te funeral .During thenight, residents of the capita lcould hear the sirens of the police escortas th e casket containing the president 'sbody moved through the dark s t reets fromBethesda Nava l Ho spi t a l to the Whi teHouse.Th e b l ue -g ray navy am b ul anc e left th ehospitala t 4 a .m. Inside were Mrs. Jacque-line Kennedy, sti l l wearin g the blood-See M OURN, P age1 2

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imported ^ w s a t i s a c i p r y j -condii|ion -Fr iday;vir i^parkland'Hospl-'i.v . , : - . ' ' - X V v - ' / - - "':'Phys ic ians / s a id th e 46-year-old governor /was-expected tosuffer no .disabling effects fromthe bul le t wound he receivedwhen President Ken n ed y wa sslain. Connally,wil l remain hos-pitalized>r10 to 14 days.Governor and Mrs. Connallyvere riding in the sea t aheadofPresident and Mrs. Ken nedy Fri-day ' when a sniper 's bulletstruck the President in: ,thehead.. The governor turned tosee;:w h a t - h a d happned to thePresident an d was struck in the3 & f c ; ' , b y ano the r bu l le t . .M;'Toni Sluresf'chief of slur-p n s - ;at the : University of"Tex-;,- Southwestern-:: M e d r e i i1S. chool,: sa id':the~governorprob-ably:-vi'ould-ha%been kil led/badie-;nqt"turned:j/;- .'onnaliy. and- others1 on thescene,?,V :Jpr^ Shires said, "thecptisensus 'that the governor. . . ,-.that he turned tos ee .wha t , happened^ to th ePresi-dent. If-he. 'h ad no't .turned, hej robaply would ha've been'shotftrougn the heart . A s it was, theb u l l e t caused a tangen tia lwo und."The governor wa s told ofPresident Kennedy's death thismorning when he awoke. Mrs.lonnal ly was at his side."What about the President"he asked."He is dead," Mrs. Connal lysaid. -"I was afra id of tha t , " theSee CONNAL L Y,P age12County Welfare Cases

Face Loss With CalmBy DAVID LOPEZNeedyNueces Countycitizens,facing imminent loss of medi-cal care, had an appearanceofstoic calm last week, bu t theyshowed growing signs of appre-hension an d despair.Because of difficulties in fi-nancing charity care, the Me-morial Hospital board has de-cided to close the ou tpatien tclinic. Medical records showthat the c losing could leavehund r eds of seriously a f f l i c t e dpatients without t r e a t men t ormedicat ion.The board met in a longses-sion Fr iday to develop a re-quest for additional c o u n t yfunds which would a l low con-t inued operation of the clinic.The board has announced planstodost th clinicJan.1unless

adequate financing can be pro-vided.In the simply furnished clinicwaiting room, patients sat de-jectedly last week, waiting forw h a t m ay have been their lastappointment. A random checkofa number of patients disclosedtheir mixed feelings."If I should die because oflack of medical care let it beGod's wil l ," a man said. "Thereis nothing we can do. We haveno money for a doctor." Hesaid he, his w i f e an d the i r sixchildren aged 4 to 14 live onhis Social Security pension. Heis a diabetic and has suffereda coronary occlusion.He is at once one of 640 dia-betics and one of more than 100heart patients being treated attheclinic.

Dr , J . M.Garrett, clinic med-icaldirector, said both sickness-es require constant supervisionand laboratorytests which willbe unavailable when the cliniccloses."The diet, activity and insu-lin level of diabetics must beclosely regulated," he said."Those wi th severe cases coulddevelop serious complications ifthey are deprived of their insu-lin supply."Those wh o have sufferedhea r t a t t a c ks would have tog ive up t a k ing antic o agul antdrugs, he said. The medicineinh ibi t s clotting and is bel ievedto reduce the chances of a re-curring attack. Taken wi tho utmedical supervision and regu-lar laboratory tests, however,Set WELFARE,Pag*

Johnson Galls for Unity;OswaldTightens

InKill ingD AL L AS (AP)- T h e ' P o -b'ce Chief Jesse Curry said Sat-urday night photographs f o u n din the home of Lee Harvey Os-wald's Russian-born wife l inkhi m wi th the r ifle used in theassassination of President Ken-nedy.Curry said,th e pictures f oundin. the home in suburban Irving,Texas, will be used as evidenceinOswald's , murder tr ia l .Inrec.Charges . .He has, been .charged withmurdering th e President, kiUinga Dallas policeman . and nowwith attempting to kill TexasG o v . Jphn,B .rCpnna l l y . ';:The ' l as t charge, assaul t with.ntemVto. murde r Connaliy, w asfiled Saturday af ternoon, '. thechief said.' 'We had th is case in good;hape this morning an d it "iseven stronger tonight," Currysaid."We are going to work on thisunt i l w e have a perfect case"Homicide Capt . Wil l Fritz said.Mail-Order GunCurry said th eF B I has a le t-ter, inOswald's handwriting, or-dering th e rifle from a mail or-der hou se in Chicago. Oswaldused an a l ias and a Dal las postoffice box number in the le tter ,he said.The rifle cost $12.78, Cur rysaid."This ma n killed th e Presi-dent ,' Fritz said.In all probability, Curry add-ed , Oswald will not be ques-tioned m uch more Saturdaynight. He is to be transferredto the Dal las County Jailhe'sSee NET, Page 12

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--_ , * M W Au ASUiiVLij L l l C L t L U U f t . LflS,.ntn ,5 a1F\K?1TdyshaUeretl the proud record of thecentury-old United States Secret Service and the 400 menwh o wea r its star. I t a lso shattered a myth about the men- w h o p rotect.th e lives ofpresidents .. . Over the years th e m yth ha s grown that th e SecretService can dic ta te to the president what he may and maynot do where the safety of his person and his fami ly areinvolved. It is a myth that presidents have helped perpe-tra te by their grumblings over the protective measures ex-ercised by. he Secret Service.The Ken nedy assassination now seems l ike ly to turn thism y t h into rea l ty .The agency that until.Friday boasted it had never losta president was officially silent Saturday. But every agentknew tha t some-ch anges, would be mad e in the protection:of;a.president/'.-.ry';;-..:".-;.?'.' . ; o-"-Security^protedures.,would be tightened. If a presidentA te ie l dedjb .veni r e on foot-.heyond the W hite House groundshe would be preceded./flanked and fol lowed bv agents form-niga protective/screen. ;-V T h e same system would-be followed on motor trips be-yond th egrounds. Th emotorcycle escort on which PresidentK ennedy firs t frowned and then banished was back on thejob Saturday. ; 7, H o w-f a r the tightening of security would go depends onthe personal habits of Lyndon B. Johnson as President But ix-necessary, he would be;"told." Either that or Congresswould be advised -that its orders to safeguard the life of the. P res iden t could not be.carried out.

CoolFront HitsCoastal BeiidTh e Corpus Christi areaweather wil l be sunny and cooltoday after what was forecastas the coldest night this year.A low of 42-50degreesh ad beenpredicted.U . S . Weather Bureau saidtemperatures today wil l in-crease to a high of 66-70 de-grees, and a high of 70-74 de-grees tomorrow. Skies will be-come partly c loudy this af ter-noon.Lo w t em pe ra tur e tonight willbe 5 0 - 5 6 deW i n d s will ieslight northerlyearly today and northeast to east8-18 miles an hour later today.Winds will beeast to southeast10-18 miles an hour tomorrow.

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Full KennedyCabinet,Advisers Will Stay On

By J A M E S RE S T O Nm A c TJ?ht'I963'New YorkTmesNvsServiceW A S H I N G T O N President Johnsontook over themachinery of government Saturday amid pledges ofsupport f rom the other leaders of the nation and thef r e eworld.It was a bleak andmelancholyday, withrain fallingslowly out of gray skies, an d j OVAU QVthe bodyof the assassinated 35thPresident of the United Stateslying in the Eas t Room of theWhite House.Citizens of th e union camequiet ly to the Executive Mans-ion to look at the c o f f i n of JohnFitzgerald Kennedy and ex -press their best wishes to hissuccessor.The new chief executive helda full-scale session of the cabi-ne t and renewed the request he

ha d m ade to most of the m em -bers just after hi s re turn to thecapita l Fridaynight.White House Press Secretary-Pierre Salinger said the m ee t -ing lasted about2 5m inute s .He said Johnson opened itwith a minute of s ilent prayerfor s la in President John F. Ken-nedy.

Sorensen, specialthe President; Je-

the Kennedy cabinet were pres-en t a t the f i rst session calledby Jo hnso n.In addi t ion , Salinger saidthese officials were on h a n d :Theodorecounsel torome B. Wiesner , science advis-er to K ennedy; Wa l t e r W .Heller , chairman of the councilof econom ic advisers; TimothyJ. Riordan, secretary of thecabinet; Bu dget DirectorKer-mi t Gordon; Wil l iam Moyers,deputy director of the PeaceCorps and a close Johnson as-sociate; George Reedy, specialassistant to the vice president;and Salinger.Salinger did notsay,bu t sincStevenson joined Rusk in prom-isingt o remain as long as John-son wishes, the pledge appar-rit .- . . UMVJ, mpcugc aUUcU-i nen , Sal inger sa id, Johnsonent ly covered the other Kenne-S K P n raninof mo mKaT c > n *?,, . j. -:^_ . _ .T.. i . _ _ -asked cabinet members to con-t inue to serve, "saying he need-ed their help in the time ahead."

The commercial and sociallife of Corpus Christi will slowMonday as the Coasta l Bendjoins with the nation inmourninga leader.Mayor J a m e s B a rna rd urgedall citizens to set aside tomor-row as a day in mournin g inresponse to President John-son's proclamation. Most busi-ness houses will be closed untilnoon tomorrow.Most schools,colleges,govern-m enta l offices an d b anks an dsavings an d loan associationswill be closed all day,ARADMAC will be closed to-morrow. The Navy is expectedto make an annou ncement to-da y as to whether or not theirinstallations will be closed.A spokesman said "98 percent of the stores in the down-town business distr ic t wil l beclosedunt i lnoon Monday." Mostother stores wi l l close for th esame period.M any activities an d meetingshav e oeen canceled or post-:poned.The Post O f f i c e wil l not havewindow service or home del iv-ery. Mail will be put in posto f f i c e boxes except during thehour* of 11a.m. to 12 noon,

when all postal operations willbe suspended.State Highway Departmentoffices will be closed tomorrow,an d La Re tam a and the P a rk -dale Branch Libraries will beclosed both today and tomor-row.The Corpus Christi Buildingand Construction Trades Coun-cil askedwo rke r st ohonorPres-ident Johnson's request to ob-se rve Monday as a day ofSee CLOSING, P age 9INDEX

PageAmusements 1-3DBooks & Art 4-DBusiness 1GClassified 511GCrossword Puzzle 3GEditorials 2BFarm & Ranc h 4GObituar ies 6AO i l 2 GOutdoors SFSports 17FTravel 6DTV Tab 1-16IIWeather Map 6AWomen's News 112C

Secretary of State Dean Ruskan d U.N.*~' J- 'Stevenson

dy advisers who, like the U.N.ambassador, are not actual lycabinet members .

said.He said

,._.. Johnson set up the cabinetAmbassador Adlai meeting on short noticeresponded, Salinger Earlier, President JohnsonRusk an d Stevenson"pledgedt he support of the cab-inet and said tne cabinet wasprepared toservet he Presidentas long as he wanted them toserve.Salinger said all members of

had received former PresidentsTruman and Eisenhower, at-tended church, conferred withSecretary of State Dean Rusk,Secretary of Defense RobertMcNamara and other offic ia lsand issued his first official pro-See JOHNSON,PageliR. Morgan, 84Dies SaturdayRandolphMorgan, 84,widelyknown CorpusChristifarmer and ranchman,diedat 3p.m.yesterdayat hishomefollowingalongillness.Hewas born March 9,1879, in Italy,Texas,and was inthe lumber, cotton, and general merchandise businessmGrandview,Texas, before moving to CorpusChristill J.I/J.O*He started herewi th320 acresof brushy land, whichh e helpedto c lear himself.One of the pio-neer farmers in the Clarkwoodarea, hi s fanning venturesprospered, and as they did, heacquired more land.By the time the Saxet oil fieldcame in in 1934,he wa s alreadyone of the major landowners inthis area.At the tira of hix deati he

owned fa rm s an d ranches inNueces, San Patrido,J im Wel lsan d Bosque Counties.P r iva te fune ra l services \villbe held at the residence, 3215UpRiver Road at 4:30p.m. to-day. Th e Rev.LangstreetAmes of Austin will official*.Graveside services for thostwishing to attend willbeatROMSee MORGAN,Pa*12

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