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Bloomington, Illinois
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ranlagraph, Monday, Nov. )9i3 4 521 a 4 VASHINGTOi, D.C una fi I i 1 Mill bnnoooQn 3 J'-' -ife y-y. 4 ifrif tf- fin no then to Arlington National Cemetery for burial services. This is the route President Kennedy's funeral cortege took today. It started at the Capitol; went to St.

Matthew's for a requiem mass, and PAY HOMAGE 30,000 March In St. Louis Procession ST. LOUIS (AP)-More than 30,000 persons marched Sunday in crisp 45 degree weather to pay homage to assassinated President John F. Kennedy and rededicate themselves to racial AfcfJSi A5l Hr.i'if a'f! 1 equality. The interfaith procession of r--tiri whiTii ammmrttf 'S-' Roman Catholics, Jews and Protestants began a silent i 'i rfr- -ate Funeral cortege tearing the Ixxiy of the late President Kennedy to its final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery crosses Memorial Bridge leading into the shrine.

The Lincoln Memorial, to another president who died at the hands of an assassin, is at top center. yu t.v W'j-I I somber walk at the soldier's memorial. They wound their way through St. Louis streets to the white antebellum columns of the old court house, where the Dred Scott case was heard in the 1840s and 1850s. NIGHTTIME VISIT in? Gov.

Connally Out of Danger; Conveys Sorrow Highly Impressed "Oh Lord, hear our prayer," Mrs. Kennedy Mingles With Mourning Crowds 4 thousands of voices intoned as the Rev. Dr. Ralph C. Abele CTM- ry-bfrf ff -V' A "-MIlP 'It i 'ft niT in rn a prayed for the nation and President Kennedy.

Rev. William J. Kenealy, S.J., law professor at Boston University in Newton, said after the meeting: "I was very Washington (AP) Archbishop Richard Cardinal Cushing presides in funeral mass over the flag-covered casket of John F. Kennedy Monday at St. Matthew's Roman Catholic Cathedral.

Cardinal was close personal friend of the lata President. also went to kneel at the casket I i. Gov. John Connally, seriously in the Capitol rotunda. wounded at the lime President Joining Mrs.

Kennedy at the Kennedy was assassinated, has tory, agreed on the marching procession in the streets, a theme dating back to Washington's funeral. By FRANCES LEWINE WASHINGTON (AP) Mrs. John F. Kennedy went back for a second look at her husbund's casket in the Capitol rotunda and pleading, "Let me walk, let me walk," mingled with crowds highly impressed by the deep White House were the attorney regained enough strength to Kennedy's Irish cousin, Miss prayertulness and praycrfulness Mary Ann Ryan in Dublin 1 wasW.nl, his wife, Ethel the walk around his hospital room-jspirituality. Mrs.

Connallv, still obviously dedication of these people, am.ly President sisters, Lu.uce Shn- the do'ath of tne Pr(si. Re Amos Rvce, wno led unset bv the death ol the 1'resi- Rnv. Amos Rvce' who ed sent a special Kennedy About 50 persons stood outside the funeral home as tha body was carried out and slid into a hearse for the trip to Fort Worth's Rosedale Cemetery and burial. guarded Fort Worth funeral home to a cemetery for quick burial. There was no sign of Oswald's family wife, mother, children, or brother.

i1 i I il I r- BULLETIN DALLAS (UPI) His lips sealed forever, the body of Lee Harvey Oswald was removed today from a heavily the mat mournea me siam i rcsi- invitation, relayed by the U. ver. Patricia Lawlord and Je dent. Smiih, with their husbands, the husband Friday, said the govcr-l house steps said: was a re- The 34-year-old It 1 t. 11 4 I President Kennedv seemed re-nodv nn hi, vi.it hie 1 11 8 1,1,111 out oi tension ana gnei lor me T.V! ,1 President from people who didn't know what to do.

We brought the church to the mar- luctant to leave his casket. tra. home at Dunganstown, In me to tell every- With her two children, she last summer. nedy's younger sister, Lee Rad-one he is going to be all right." imu tunic in a iuwviu. piwa- rtu me memDers oi me ziwi who ew here from Lon- Mrs.

Conna read Sundaviknt nlarA whnro thp nmh sion Sunday to leave the Pres-, President's family, except his'don. from a prepared statement to lems are. I think we answered ldents body to lie in state in father. Josenh P. Kennedv.

75.1 1UI PUU111- naa gainerea in wasningion lorWas under wav here, a special i "Gov. Connally has asked me by many thousands me lUlieral. sfhiHiilir1 at In ronvpv tn thp nonnlp of Tpy. Emotional Release The organizer of the march was a St. Louis University sociology professor, Dr.

Paul Han- Mother Arrives 1 1 he Cape Cod home of Kenne- as, the nation and the world our Mrs. Kennedy, with her daughter Caroline beside her, had knelt and kissed the casket His mother, Rose Kennedy, dy's father- who is still suffer- deep sorrow of the sickening 11 mm -k i er it. i i ia i irnm Mt tinnic irrr imr tim knrc i ciriwa Trnnnnif irmnn cttinu- or rna rT There was a hpfnrp shp dr-nartpH 'h, Mil. lie said: Minaay nigni ana wun sunerea in December iimi and resident Kennedy most in- other members of the family could not make the trip here, umphant great need for an emotional release after the President's death. We felt it was a me morial to Kennedy." The procession originally was planned by the St.

Louis Conference on Religion and Race, an organization of clergymen from the three major faiths in Kneels, Kisses Coffin Unexpectedly, she was back about 9 o'clock Sunday night, on the arm of her brother-in-law, Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy-as long lines of people waited to pass the President's bier. She walked slowly by the ropes keeping the public from the casket area and once again knelt and kissed the coffin.

Until she had left it at the Capitol, Mrs. Kennedy had remained near her husband's body since he was slain in Dallas Friday afternoon. the United States, to point out a i a 1 a i A' i 'A'- 1 ,1 1 iV'T JS 1 I On her sudden nighttime re appearance, the slow moving crowd came to a halt. When Mrs. Kennedy rose, she turned her tear-stained face and looked for a long moment at the faces of those who came to pay their racial injustice in St.

Louis. FLAG USAGE OUTLINED NEW YORK (UPI) The U.S. Flag Foundation announced Saturday that during the 30-day period of mourning being observed in most states the U.S. flag must remain at half staff rain or shine until sunset and can even be displayed after dark if proper illumination is provided. Lawrence Phelps Tower, president of the Foundation, said flags on staffs that cannot be lowered halfway should have a black streamer from the spearhead halfway down the flag.

Other flags hanging horizontally or perpendicularly should have a black bunting border of appropriate depth around the flag. jfr VvTi I jr 8: 1.. Mr ir ft AA' 0 a j3 -I 1 V4 'v'H uVV (' fc.iam Hi mm iiiiiiiiiiii Sti ii OrtirininwH I m4 4 respects to her late husband. Searches Faces As she and the attorney general left, Mrs. Kennedy seemed to look searchingly at the faces of the Incoming throng.

"Let me walk, let me walk," she said as they descended the Capitol steps. At first Mrs. Kennedy went unrecognized, but soon she was discovered and i.ie lollowed after her party of olice and Secret Service agents. It was learned Mrs. Kennedy personally had decided on many of the details of the presidential funeral, including the decision that the mourners would walk some eight blocks from the White House as was done at the funeral of Abraham Lincoln, the president slain almost 100 years ago.

Agrees On Procession Protocol and research experts had brought to the White House plans of the funerals of George Washington, Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt for guidance. Mrs. Kennedy, who shared her husband's interest In his- VH' a A 5.

') -1 On i'', i (-: 'v 4 fi a a my A A v. The Pantagraph Tdwtont All Dtptrtmtnti, W4-J041 Publlthtd dally end Sundiv bv THE DAILV PANTAGRAPH, Ml Wtlhlne Ion SI BloomlnBtorv III Ttrmi Subicnpnoa Cirrltrr 4Sc wtk By Mailt lnirt llllnfllt, dally and lurv day: Vaar, Hi. Mi SB.SOi I moll. 60. Dally only: Vaar, 112.

Mi H7.00I 1 mo, IIUi Outtida llllnoli told I only at Daily and Sunday combination! Vaar, 121. 00 1 II I. Mi 1 mo. 25 Mall tubacrlptlont to mtmbart of Armad Forctl In llllnoli: Vaar, I10.M; 3 WOO outtlda llllnoli, Vaar, sitOOt I 14.50. Sunday only mall tubicrlp.

tloni In llllnoli: 60c par month, 16 00 par ytari outilda llllnoli: 7Sc par month, 17.50 par yaar. (No mall lubtcriptlom taktn whara Ihart It carrlar tarvlct.) Sacondclau poilaga paid at Bloomlno-Ion, III. Mamhar of Tha Aiioclatar Pran, which il antltltd axcluilvaly fo tha usa tar rtoubllcstion ol all the local nawi print ad In thli nawipaptr wall all AP ntwi eiipttchai. Mrs. John Kennedy readies out to touch the casket of her slain husband in the rotunda of the Capitol during Sunday's riles.

Daughter Caroline kneels beside her. Later Sunday night, Mrs. Kennedy made an unexpected return to Hie bier to once again kneel and kLss the President's coif in. (AP Wircphoto) John F. Kennedy three years old today, carries a religious booklet leaving St.

Matthew's Cathedral after the funeral Mass for his slain father. Sister Caroline, who will be six years old Wednesday, looks up at her mother..

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