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Not So Cold Fair and a little warmer Sunday. High in 40s. Partly cloudy not so cold Sunday night. Low in lower 30s. Partly cloudy and warmer Monday.

Sunday Edition 15c 118th Year. 328th Day. Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, Sunday, November 24, 1963. GS Pages. eclare Photographs Show Po ice Osw Holding Slaying Weapon a than two hours after the assas- innocence since his arrest less sination.

than two hours after the assas- Police continued questioning sination. Oswald stuck to his story that he left work early in the Oswald into the night. State To Ask Death Penalty When newsmen asked him if he aimed at Connally, whom he building from which the shots once had threatened, he said: were fired because he thought "Look, I don't know what you it would close in honor of the people are talking about. I have; President. He said he rode a not committed anv act of vio-ibus halfway to a room he rent By JOHN V.

YOUNG DALLAS (UPD Police said Saturday thev have knee an airtight case against pro-Castro Marxist Lee Harvey "I have nothing against any If Ml 1 irin ft irii MU: ed under a fictitious name, took a cab home, changed clothes and went to a movie. He was subdued in a fight with police at the theater. His boss said Oswald as the assassin of President Kennedy, includ- body. ing photos of him holding the rifle No Accomplices Police said they had all the Police, were reported showing ri the photos to the sullen, 24- loffM MUM Ml vear-oid ex-Marine trom sui)ur- rC( iJ II 8 I I il lit a dusty sixth floor room of the evidence they need to prove in Texas schoolbook depository court that Oswald was the buildings about 100 yards from fourth presidential assassin in the spot where Kennedy was U.S. history.

ban Irving, who has steadfastly maintained his innocence fi Mm. RI More Pictures, Stories on Pages 2, 3, 5, 16, Accounts of local observances appear on pages 6, 7, 8, 9 10. and has also denied slaying a slain, had been ordered sent to They said he had no accom-Dallas policeman. a Dallas post office box. plices, though they continued to The photos, police said, show rne weapon was now In question several men, apparent- him with both the rifle usedjy-asnjngton and being tested, 'y connection with the 24-to kill President Kennedy and Police said thev were sure it 1 year old ex-Marine's move- was the assassination weapon.

before and after a snip-Three shots were fired at the er fired two bullets into Presi-President and Gov. John B. dent Kennedy from ambush in Connallv who was wounded. downtown Dallas. he saw Oswald in the building right after the assassination.

Officers continued questioning a second man described as a "The case is cinched," said known subversive and friend of Three spent shells were found by the rifle. homicide chief Capt. Will Fritz, 'Oswald, who was discharged as one of the most respected po- the pistol used to kill pursuing Patrolman J. D. Tippitt shortly after the assassination.

"This case is cinched," said homicide Chief Capt. Will Fritz. "Yes, we have a picture of him with the rifle and with the pistol," Fritz said. Police were reported having shown him several photographs. Evidence Grows Tighter Police Chief Jesse Curry wove police evidence tighter around undesirable by the Marine Corps "We have no final ballistics li'n nffifnrc in Tnvnc reserve.

Wade said Oswald will be report, but we understand it, IThpre was a npw dowop. win uc idvui duic, uiij niont in the case since this tried first probahly in mid- saia. morning," he said, "but I am January in the death of the Famed Lawyer Wanted not in a position to reveal it. Oswald shouted that his rights Hovever, we are sure of our President. "If we get the death penalty as expected, there will be no case.

Oswald. He said the FBI being violated. He de ported that Oswald bought the manded either New York attor- need to try him in the other Sticks To Story District Attorney Henry Wade; case," said Wade. He has pros-cautiously agreed. There was ecuted 24 murder cases and ob- Itahan 6.5 Carcano bolt-action ney John Abt, who has defend-rifle with a telescope sighted the Communist party, or aid from a Chicago mail order from the American Civil Liber no question but that they would 'tained the death penalty 23 house for $12.78.

ties Union. He has not had an seek the death penalty for Os- times. He got a life verdict the other time. The handwriting on the mail attorney since his arrest less wald, who has maintained his order was Oswald's, Curry said. Mansion.

Behind casket is a large bouquet of rhododendron and in front is a great spray of lilies and carnations. Coffin goes to rotunda of nation's Capitol Sunday. Washington (AP) Members of the White House staff file past the body of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, lying in repose Saturday in a closed, flag-draped coffin in the historic East Room of the Executive The photographs were found at Oswald's home in Irving. They showed him with the pis tol strapped around his waist, holding the rifle in his hand. Behind him could be seen Slain President Going To Arlington Cemetery two periodicals.

One had the headline. "Be Militant." The other had a line reading "The Worker." Gov. Connally Learns Wounds Fatal to Friend DALLAS (UPI)-Texas Gov. John Connally, recovering from a sniper's bullet after four Weapon Under Test The pictures were believed to be transparencies. Police said the rifle, found in will take the body to the Capitol.

Ceremonial troops, military Various Nations Send Emissaries to Funeral musicians with muffled drums. I rint rfciof ctaff Ki hours of surgery, was told by his wife Saturday that his in ii ic jji uccaanm. had friend John F. Kennedy WASHINGTON (AP) President Kennedy will be Treading behind the caisson died of his wounds. Kennedy's Father Told Of Slaying buried in Arlington JNational Cemetery at tne wisn otjwjn g0 a sjnge serviceman! "It was pretty well resolved the family." bearine the presidential flag.

in his own mind that the Presi- This was announced baturday ny nerre malinger, Th "motor cars carrvins 1 dent was dead," said Connally's White House press secretary. He said he could not pin point at this time the exact site of the grave. Jacqueline Kennedy, other; administrative assistant, bin members of the family, Presi-tinson. dent Johnson and his wife. Ladv Connally rested well during ivenneuy win oecuinc uie bcu-i HYANNIS PORT, Mass.

(UPI)-Ailing Joseph P. Ken ond president to be buried in assassination, will have their ir the night, the wooded, rolling cemetery turn to pray silently at the bier Th'e same Drocession will ac-l President Johnson called to just across the Potomac from in the great rotunda of the I mno kj check on his condition. nedy was told Saturday mai nis son, the President of the United States was dead. the capitol city. Former Presi-! Capitol.

7:1 I A medical bulletin issued at dent William Howard Taft is Then on Mondav. at the fu-' 13 p.m. said Gov. Connally "is He took the tragic news re- buried at Arlington, the site ofinpml wnrps th hnweH lieaHsl in control of his faculties. His on.

wimi ta otis fniilsp. resn ra well. the Tomb of the Unknowns Up to the time of the announcement there had been al kS 21 ls, SK'looi Doc" are pleased with broke the news of the Kennedy dissolved by death most a presumption that burial, would be in Kennedy's native Mioyan Coming ui udj dui nc vidiicu ii Bevcim hjS continuing progress. He is nation ot fresiaeni jonn ien-times, to pray at the casket, to mentally clear to the father, study the state or world affairs I nr. Tom shires had said The elder Kennedy, 75-year- Massachusetts after some cere Sir Alex Douglas-Home, new mony in Boston nrime minister of Britain, and in the map-lined "situation cin.

ore nlH nntriarch of the clan, was rweiuieuy uuuy win uc icmcn irince Fni ID. renresentinu rnnm" whprp sppret rpnnrts 4ij to Arlington immediately after Queeri Elizabeth II. ifrom around the globe are rt mwmnr fhp p-I Mrs. Rose Kennedy, the am Richard Cardinal Cushing of Dnotnn norcnnal fripnH flf tllfl I King Baudouin of Belgium. screened.

Teardrops In Rain ident in the White House wife, and Mrs. Eu-ousine swiveled in horror when nice Shriver, a daughter, were the first two bullets struck Ken- i there. A doctor, a nurse, and And then again he and Mrs. assassinated chief executive of-1 Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of Sea at a Solemn Reqde Germany and Mayor Wil- Mass In WashrnS's of West Berlin, thew's Cathedral Monday. Foreign Minister Masayoshi Tn nrlditinn tn the funeral serv- 0hira of JaPan- Johnson, shielded by umbrellas, MY- The quick movement Kennedy niece Ann Oargan dashM across the rain-drenched probably saved his life.

also were present. street from the vice-presidential POLICEMAN HERO Ice there will be graveside rites Anastas I. Mikoyan, first dep-j executive suit where Johnson uty chairman of the Council of at the cemetery was functioning, to greet former President Eisenhower. Dallas (AP) IiC? Harvey Oswald, 21, su.srKvt in the assassination of John F. Kennedy, holds up his manacled hands as he is led through rx)lice station.

He has been chatted with murder in the killing of a Dallas policeman trying to arrest him in a theater. Rout To Be Told Ministers of the U.S.S.R. And from the Old Sod of Ken Honor guards clicked their Salinger said the route of the ill hp an. nedy's ancestors, President Ea- heels as the man who preceded Another Funeral Not Forgotten Nursing Home Fire nounced Sunday mon de of Ireland, the Kennedy stepped out of a large t. i a 81-year-old rebel whose spirit is black limousine.

Hi, face solemn and hi, bear- radio broadcast, or the ftonlj be brated at noon Monday at St. ramp tn nav mv rp-Like a magnet of tragedy, the MaUhews Cathedral by Cardi-! ds closed, flag-enveloped casket of nal Cushing. I' John Kennedy is attracting, Qf Mournim, LV'S By KYLE THOMPSON southern edge of Dallas. She ls DALLAS (UPI)-There is an-; 38. Ohi Fatal to 63 "Daddy had just come home other funeral, another grief- io in I for lunch at 11:30 a m.

He had fnHS Xr i But President Johnson ,3" pitt shares with Jacqueline a sandwich and some milk be-, IICpnnoHv thn enrrntv nf uiHnW-1 tm-a Via uront harlf t1 HlltV." wonaay a aay oi na- Mrs. Warren. Tears were evi NORWALK. 'Ohio (AP) Sixty-three persons per- crushed by the collapsing roof on Mrg yvarren cneeKS. t- -l mint ArJ tUn lifMll'n nnnnlA uunai iiiuuiiiiui: iui iciiiicuv, rtpnt nn Mrs Warrpn'j rhPk nj raying nonidKe Ocuuiuav as unnJ fnr hnshanH wa am Mrs Tinn cniH li: I IU niviicu uic runu a uuuuic I ished Saturday in a fire that swept a path of devastation -two heroes emerged.

They thrniifih a niirsintt home for the aped, infirm and were the Cood Samaritans who thronrth a nnrsini? home for the aped, infirm and me siain esiuu.i to tn nj fo "all who love free- i too. "Then the next thine I heard I fnrpJ I nuiaht dom wil1 mourn his death dSTrO rears one man Is charged with was that he was dead." mentally ill. Twenty-four other persons were rescued. driving by on U.S. 250 and EisSwer sormwing1 steajH 'Worse Policv' heir deaths.

But there all simi- Mrs. Tippitt said she "cer- Twelve hours after the fire 62 mt the bUi'd'ng lMrfprVnMne government I rain that dnpPed from the VVOrie r0llt lanty ends. tainly knows" how Mrs. Ken- bodies had been removed to a cause can be determined. He liv- ncludfng the MIAMI (LTD Premier FT- Pr Kennedy was nedy feels.

She said the slain VJm Oxti the time of the fire's Tt)e two who risked their lives Son Johnson iHoUse north entrance; the delro said Saturday ight man of history and wealth. President's brother, Atty. 7 of Ee had been ten- origin at 5 a.m. Gov. James A.

adly moke rt flames Friend; Opponent, Alike ToT forgSn" Cuba ma face "e'Sti J- D. Tippitt, 39, made $490 Robert Kennedy, called her Fri- tativel i entified and two the scene truck Also: former President Harry thT Sie of the East worse Policy" from the United a PSem1fn HTl "'g claimed by relatives. Authon- from Columh office or- 21, 'a gra'duate S. Truman; three possibilities Room with its prkeless three States as a result of President Prt threC Gratitude tics said one more body was red a full invcstig wj by he from fn th. nonnhiiran nrndHpnti.nl llL Kpnnpdv's assassination.

dren. He had no insurance. The! being sought in the rubble. Ohio Highway patrol and the cmin.jru in Mi.C iui ciidiiueiHTS overneaa, siooa a 'c v-aniii uu ciofp urp mnriha nff ip state fire marshal's office. French was headed to his home i behalf of Mrs.

Kennedy," The blaze destroyed the 10- nomination, Govs. Nelson A. catafalque draped in black vel-l Cuba may be confronted with Provldes none- -t 1 11 XTa.h mint i 1 4 Carter said the flames had wrier wia me narms ridu Rockefeller of New York, vet. 0n it rested the casket a new U.S.-backed invasion un- Tippitt was shot and killed on Tippitt said. "He expressed year-old Golden Age Nursing jn Woosteri Ohio, with his wife, George W.

Romney of Michi-i One could not tell whether the der President Lyndon B. John- a Dallas street while pursuing their sympathy and sorrow Home near rjtchvwe, 15 miles Elaine, 22. can and William W. Scrafiton of ra.L.Pt hrnnp son. he said.

President Kennpriv's accused ovpr our loss. I told him to ex southeast of here. The one-story ne saw was ot wood construe- Kennedy's Pennsylvania; and one of Ken- er material, because an Ameri-1 But the Cuban leader, who assassin, nedv's bitterest critics. Gov. nn umvu 11 nds luiiuiiuuum diidCKCu, ill- nomi TOT Luncn Georce C.

Wallace of Alabama. Rrnpaih th n( fh t- i u. itfnw hnw shp fnels and tar roofing. A brisk wind irance. HST SAYS: Left not confute like and ditliket with right and wrong.

Read Mr. Tru- lldllllc'J life illiu lilc ai'Jl ui nwi i in Sunday, and, on Monday posed the handsome head struck even before he won the 1960 children, Allen. 14; Brendai Mrs. Tippitt said she was1 Harold Carter, state arson in- elderly persons trapped in their morning, common folk, many of by the assassin gunfire. presidential election, said his Kay, 10, and Curtiss Glenn, 5, 'grateful for the thouchfulness! whom cried in the streets on At 1 p.m.

Sunday a caisson! assassination "has no justifica- live in a neat suburban area of of the Kennedys in calling their 'spector. said it will be two or beds, others crippled or too1 man't article) on civil hearing the news of Kennedy's drawn by seven white horses ttion." medium brick homes on the concern. ithret days before the exact weak to walk and still others' rightt on Paga 4 today. '4.

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