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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-25
BY ARTHUR EVERETT
Associated Press Staff Writer

DALLAS, Nov. 25.-MrS. JAG
queline Kennedy is the focus OF
sympathy on the worlds stage
today as the bereaved widow OF
Americas martyred president
But in the wings another wo-
man also weepS within her
heart for the man she has lost
The widow in the wings is
Mrs. Marie Tippit, whose po-
liceman husband, ]. D. Tippit
was slain shortly after Presi-
dent John F. Kennedy's aSSas-
sination last Friday.
Police claim the 39-year-old
patrolman was shot during an
attempted getaway by Lee Har-
vey Oswald, the man they said
murdered the President.
81 just don't know what we
are going to do" said Mrs. Tip
pit, her eyes swollen with tears,
as she sat in her neat, three
bedroom pink brick home.
Her husbands slayin G left
her the widowed mother OF
three children, a girl 10 and
boys 4 and Is.
II depended on my husband
so much" she went on. HE
spent all his extra time with
us, and the family Just got used
to him making all the neces-
Sary decisions. The problem of
raising three children suddenly
seems too great. Older children
need a fathers guidance"
Robert Kennedy Phones
At about the hour Monday
that Mrs. Kennedy pays heI
last respects to the President in
funeral services in Washington
Mrs. Tippit also will bid farew-
ell to her husband.
Despite the aweSome tragedy
that struck the White House,
those most deeply involve q
have found time to let Mrs,
Tippit know that she is not
forgotten in her sorrow.
Attorney General Robert F.
Kennedy has telephoned to ex-
press the sympathy that the
Presidents widow feels for Mrs
Tippit. In return, the Dallas
widow said she told him ito ex-
press my concern to Mrs. Ken
nedy and tell her I certainly
know how she feels"
Another call came from the
new President, Lyndon B
johnson.
HE said" Mrs. Tippit re-
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Eyes. he's been shot, and
laughed very loud"
Q.-This was to a lady?
WADE-A lady. He then
asked the bus driver to
stop, got off at a stop. caught
a taxicab driver and went
to his home in Oak Cliff,
changed his clothes hurriedly,
and left.
AS he left. three witnesses
saw a police officer-officer
Tippit-motion to him or say
something to him. He walked
up to the car. Officer Tippit
stepped out of the car and
started around it. He shot him
three times and killed him.
Q.-Was this in front of the
boarding house?
WADE-No. it's not in front
Of the boarding house It's
more than a block. It's a block
or two He was on foot.
And apparently headed for the
Texas Theater. He then walked
across a vacant lot. Witnesses
saw him eject the shells from
a revolver and place-reload
the gun.
Someone saw him go in the
theater. A search was
made of that later by a nu-
Der Of police officers.
AT the time an office of the
Dallas police spotted him and
asked him to come out. He
struck at the officer, put the
gun against his (the officer's)
head and snapped it. but
the bullet did not go off
|. 1t was a misfire. Then
officers subdued him-some six
officers-Subdued him there in
the theater, and he was brought
to the police station here.
Q-Wnat other evidence is
there?
WADE. His fingerprints
were found :. on the rifle.
Q-What about the paraffin
tests?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-25

WADE. I've got paraffin
tests that showed he had re-
Gently fired a CUNT was on
both hands -.
a.. Recently fired a rifle?
WADE-A gun.
Q-The rifle fingerprintS
were his :?
WADE-Yes.
Q-Were there any finger
prints :?
WADE-Palm prints rather
than fingerprints under
on part of the metal-under
the gun.
Odd he admit any
thing at all?
WADE-He never did admit
any of the killing
Q-You have not listed II
then as part Of the evidence?
WADE-No, it's not listed.
Q-Did he display any ami
mostly toward the President q. :?
WADE-He was bitter toward
all of the officers that examined
him is what I've been told 80.
Q-How about ballistic
tests :?
WADE-Well, I said this was
the gun that -.
Q-Killed the President?
WADE-Yes.
Q-You talked with the FBI
Did you leave the rest with
the FBI?
WADE-I won't go-I'm not
at liberty-to go into the FBl
report.
Q.-Are you investigating re-
ports that he may have beer
slain because (Jack) Ruby
might have feared he would
have been implicated in some
thing?
WADE-The police are max
ing investigation Of that (Os-
wald's) murder. I don't know
anything about that. The in
vestigation and charges have
been filed. 1t will be presented
to the grand jury on Ruby. i'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-25

FORT WORTH, Tex, Nov. Is
(AP Two policemen stood
guard today outside the room
where the body of Lee Harvey
Oswald lay in Miller's Funeral
Home.
Funeral home personnel last
night delivered the body of the
man accused of assassinating
President Kennedy to Fort
Worth from Dallas.
I'VE don't anticipate any
trouble" said 1t. S. D. Pruitt,
heading the police guard, but,
we're here to protect the
peace"
Oswald, "a, was himself the
victim of an assassination yes
terday in Dallas. Jask Ruby,
So, owner of a Dallas night club,
was charged with the Staying.
Only a handful of newsmen
along with the officers were
present when the ambulance
arrived with Oswald's body.
Funeral Director Paul Groody
said he had received word at
z pm. from the Secret Service
to come and pick up the body.
The body arrived at 1885 pm.
Policemen B. r. Everett and
R. E. Denton, who were sta
toned outside the room, called
their job ironic.
I'VE were helping guard the
President here Friday" they
explained. Nov we're guard
ing the body Of the man &C.
cused of killing him."
Mr.. Groody said arrange
ments would be announced as
soon as the Oswald family con-
tacted him. Oswald's mother,
Mrs. Marguerite Oswald, lives
here.
Oswald died in an emergency
room in Dallas Falkland Hos
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WADE-I have no concrete
evidence or suspicious at pres
ent.
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FOUND

DOG, nursing mother, auburn cOlored,
with rabies tag. Dl. 1928.
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Drown shirt ana black trousers
he had on when Dallas police
arrested him after he murdered
Pvt. ]. d. Tippit following Pres
ident Kennedy's assassination.
One Of the shouted questions
must have gotten through to
him in the tumult because I
heard him say as he walked
toward tibet elevator: Eyes, ]
want to talk to the American
Civil Liberties Union about. :"
But then the detectives had
whisked him out Of earshot and
I ran toward the stairs to get
down to the basement ahead
of him. Taking the stairs two
at a time, I got there ahead Of
Oswald and his guards.
The basement emerges into
a garage and there an armored
car waited at the ramp ent-
rance about 20 yards from the
basement door into the garage
They said the armored car was
too high to back into the ga
rage. Between the basement
entrance and the armored car
was a blue sedan with a cow
boy-hatted homicide squad de-
tective at the wheel.
NewSmen and police formed
the sides Of a path on either
side Of the basement door that
turned sharply toward the
armored car the Dallas police
had borrowed for the occasion
I walked out of the basement
into the garage area ahead OF
Oswald and his escort, past the
TV cameras set up in the
garage and stood facing the
door Oswald was approaching
In retrospect, I know
walked in front of Ruby anc
turned to wait just five feet tt
his left.
At that moment, the detec-
tive began to back UP the blue
sedan toward the door just al
Oswald and his guard emerged
The driver gave it too much
gas and it lurched backward
toward the curving line Of
policemen and reporters.
Everyone jumped a little al
the screeching Of brakes. The
car stopped in front Of me and
just a few feet short of Oswald
At that moment, I saw the
stocky figure in the brown hal
and dark suit hurry purpose.
fully toward Oswald across the
empty intervening space. HI
had about 10 feet to cross anC
the move was so utterly un,
) expected that no one raised {
hand to stop him.
: Shot Triggers Chaos
I could not see his face O
the gun he held and 1 wa
= looking over his left shoulde
t at a distance Of IL feet whe
0 he seemed to collide with Os
d valid and the shot triggere
It pandemonium in the garage.
:. There is a flash in my men
q DRY of Oswald's face, staine
: with the red medication
' grimacing, eyes widening mol
: in surprise than in terror. tt
Z thin line of his mouth re
manned set but there was dis
! tortion.
Seeking a telephone I went b
: the third floor outside Chic
Curry's office. The ruddy-facet
: chief, whose visage clearl.
bears the marks Of this mos
trrible 48 hours in Dallas his
tory, was standing by his desk
What happened?" he said.
I told him what had seer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-25
Bullet LINKED WIN Rifle

Bullet Linked With Rifle
Some other evidence against
Oswald, as reported by au-
thorities:
The bullet which killed the
President was determined TO
have been fired from Oswald's
rifle.
The rifle was ordered by Os-
valid from a Chicago mail
order house for $12.35. The
handwriting on the rifle pur-
chase order was identified as
his.
The FBI found OSwald's
palm print on the wrapping
paper in which the gun was
carried to the building from
which the shots were fired.
A Dallas City map, with x
marks and a line drawn on it
which corresponds to the path
of the bullet that killed Presi-
dent Kennedy, was found in
Oswald's room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-25
EYEWITNESS
ManacIed Prisoner Shot
In Jail Before Crowd

and the news hit him like q
physical blow.
Then the madness began all
over again: The rushing of,men
the opening and closing Of
doors, the cries Of newsmen,
the gathering Of crowds OUT
side on the street. the ringing
of telephones.
It was Sunday morning in
Dallas. q wild. fantastic, in
credible day in q city already
in shock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-25
PoIicemon's WidowGets
White House Sympathy

called, They all felt sorrow for
me in my time of grief and
wanted me to know that he
gave his life for a good cause 4.
|. that the man OSWALD would
not have been caught had he
not given his life. He said he
hoped other police departments
took notice as to what courage
had been shown"
Nor has the widow in the
wings been forgotten by her
own neighbors here in Dallas.
The Times Herald has initiated
a memorial fund that already
has passed the $500 mark. In
a d dition, Pvt. Tippit had a
$4,000 city life insurance policy
Worked at Othef Jobs
Patrolman Tippit's salary
was $3.50 a month. and to aug
ment it he worked during off
hours at part-time jobs. Mrs.
Tippit said:
1--WE always kept thinking we'd
put money back, but with three
kids it just never worked out. It
was one payday to the next
and the last one was Monday. ("
Pvt. Tippit. on the Dallas po-
lice force IL years, twice had
been cited for bravery on duty,
and his friend, Sergt. Owen C.
Box, recalls:
He was very quiet, Ikea
ble-almost a loveable guy. I
never heard a hard word about
him"
If he was that to his colleag-
ue, he was infinitely more to
his family. Said Mrs. Tippit:
He was a good father. He
always told the kids, If you're
going to do a job, do it right or
not at ALL There was no hol-
lering around here. He wanted
me to stay at home and take
care of the children. He worked
at Austin Barbecue Friday and
s atur d y nights, and at the
Stevens Park Theater Sun
days"
Mrs. Tippit said her husband
stopped home briefly for lunch
Friday, but left hurriedly, even
though his Superiors had not
called him. She added:
He said he couldn't stay be-
cause he might be n de d,
since most officers we're down.
town for the Presidents motor
cade.
THE next thing I knew he
was dead"
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Rare Moment

One Of the spectators along
Pennsylvania avenue was
Charles Roy Of Chicago, q for
mer high school history
teacher, who said it was "one"
Of those rare moments in his
tory and I felt that If I could
get here I shouldn't miss it."
He had been up all night and
after arriving at / am. had
gone to the Capitol to file past
the bier.
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Cubu Rutions Toys

HAVANA, Nov. 25 (AP).-
Cuban families having children
from two to IA years old will be
able to buy one bicycle this
Christmas under a government
distribution plan announced in
Havana's press. Each girl
under Is years old will be al
lowed one doll.
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form some sort of Gordon
around the men writhing on
the floor.
Somebody shouted: Close
off the building. Nobody in
or out"
Detective L. c. Graves Of
the homicide squad, one Of the
first to leap on top Of the
fallen forms Of Oswald and
Ruby, wrested the gun from
Ruby's hand.
Both Carried Behind Bars
Then, amid indescribable
confusion. the fatally wounded
ex-Marine assassination sus-
pect and the man who killed
him were carried hand and
foot into an adjoining room
behind iron bars.
In less than 10 minutes Os-
valid was on his way in an
ambulance to Falkland Hos
pital where President Kennedy
had died Friday afternoon. In
less than two hours Oswald,
too. was dead.
Ruby's shot, which from my
angle appeared to go into Os-
wald's left side, penetrated his
liver. spleen and aorta just
below the rib cage near the
center of his body.
He bled massively, but wher
I went to look in relative calm
later, there was no blood or
the concrete.
Oswald made no deathbec
; confession, nor did he speaE
in the ambulance, according
to Dallas police. He was SC
far gone when they took hin
into Falkland Hospital that hi
, could not speak at all.
Ironically, some of the doc
tors who worked vainly tt
save the life of President Ken
, nedy also did what they coulc
; to preserve the existence Of
the man who everyone believes
killed him.
They opened his chest anc
) massaged his heart manually
as Oswald's life ebbed. Detec-
tives and FBI men bent close
over the dying man to catch
} any word he might utter. There
! was none. At 1:19 pm, Oswald
, died.
What probably were Oswald's
last words were spoken one
. minute before he was slain
With other newsmen. I hao
been waiting in the third flool
hallway of the gray stone po-
lice headquarters building al
Commerce and Harwood street.
in the heart Of Dallas, yester.
= day morning to watch OSWALD
transfer to the nearby count.
jail.
Went Early
Police Chief Jesse E. Curr
had said Saturday night tina
the move would be made at /
am. So I went there a goo
hour before that to catch "
N another glimpse Of the prisUne
u Knowing the layout Of tn
building pretty well by tn
s time, 1 worked it out in m
T mind that I would watch Os
n wald as he was brought out G
e the interrogation room. Their
: while he was being taken t
7, the basement in the elevator
d I would try to beat them Their
by running down the stairs.
!, Just before 1920, the doc
!, opened and Oswald, arrogan
. and intransigent to the end
emerged, handcuffed to Detec,
. tive Lowell and flanked By
! other police.
A dozen newsmen shoutet
) questions at him as he wa
marched quickly the few fee
to the elevator. He was unshav
: en-police said he had beer
allowed no razor since his ar,
rest Friday afternoon.
No Change of Clothing
A cut on his forhead haC
, fresh mercurochrome and hi;
black eye was beginning to fade
He wore a sweater and the same
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-25
By the Associated Press

-
The follo1Ding are excerpts
from a neiGs conference By
District Attorney Henry
Wade of Dallas County, Ter,
concerning the evidence
against Lee HGTUey OSWALD in
the assassination OF Presi-
dent Kennedy:
WADE A number of
witnesses saw the person
with the gun on the sixth floor
of the book store building, the
window where he was look
ing out. Inside this window
the police found a row Of
books, cases, boxes, hiding
someone sitting in the window,
from people on the same floor
looking in.
On the window were some
boxes where, in the little circle
around the window, by the
bookcases, some boxes where,
apparently the person was sit
ting, because he was seen from
that particular window.
On this box that the de-
PENDANT was sitting on, his
palm print was found and was
identified as his. The three
elected shells were found right
by the box. The shells were
of an odd calibre Of the type
and later determined, the gun,
that was found on the floor.
Gun on Same Floor
The gun was hidden on this
same floor behind some boxes
and bookcases. It, as I think
you know, has been identified
as having been purchased last
March by Oswald, from a mail
order house, through an as
sumed name Hidell, mailed
to a post office box here in
Dallas.
On his person was a pocket
book. In his pocketbook was
an Identification card with the
same name as the post office
box on it.
Pictures were found Of the
defendant with this gun and
a pistol on his-in hiS-holster.
Immediately that morning
it was unusual, but that
morning. neighbor brought
Oswald from Irving. Tex. He
usually brought him on Mon
day morning, I think, but this
day he went home one day
earlier, on Thursday night,
and came back to-with this
fellow-and when he came
back he had a package under
his arm that he said was win
dow curtains, I believe, or win
dow shades.
Gun Missing That Morning
The wife had said he had
the gun the night before, and
it was missing that morning
after he left. He got out
around 8 o'clock and went to
the building behind some cars
and went to work.
A police officer, Immediately
after the assassination, ran in
the building and saw this man
in a corner and tried to arrest
him; but the manager of the
building said he was an en-
ploye and it was all right.
Every other employe was To-
Gated but this defendant Of
the company. A description
and name of him went out
by police to look for him.
The next we hear he got
on a bus at Lamar street, told
the bus driver the President
had been shot. Chez told the
lady on the bus that the
President had been shot. He
was asked, how did he know.
He said a man back there told
him. The defendant said,
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LOST

BRIEF CASE, important papers and
identifications; vic. of Cd and T SITS
NV; reward. AID. 4-l722.
DIAMOND RING, lady's, Tiffany set
ting, gold mounting, Nov. 20, Montg
Wards or parking lot, Wheaton Plaza;
liberal reward. CIR. 1897 after $3.50
DOG, Norwegian elk hound, male, Nc,
Lean area. CIR. 3-07I1.
DOG, collie-shepherd mixed, male, hall
grown. Flint Hill School area. CIR. ,
OFT.
DOG, black, male, Labrador retriever
vic. n: Highland st., Arl., Va. REWARD
ia. $3.50.
DOG, German shepherd, male, black
with light brown, collar. Vic. Seal
Pleasant. Reward. I36-5449.
DOG, basset hound, male, brown back
white feet, vic. Washington Cathedral
Mass. and Wis, Wed. Reward. 338-l96o
DOG, poodle, miniatures black, male
gold rhinestone collar, vic. Mclean
Shopping Center, Sat. $50 reward. 524
6sSf ewes, OK. 1862 days.
DOG, cocker spaniel. tan, answers e
name Of Dusty" Last seen Friday eve.
area Northwestern Senior High School
telephone number UN. 1855 written or
collar plate. Reward. Please call UN
GERMAN SHEPHERD, female, ans. e
Princess black and tan, ] IT.; Dist
HEARING AID, fidelity model, il
jewelers. case. vic. Pohanka OldsnO
Reward. Can FE. 1880. ASK for Mr.
HUBER or call HE. 4-3822 after $50 pm
E0TtNn
Jackson advocate., 1963-01-12
Powell May
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Continued From rage One)
reliable sources said Powell
would not leave soon.
They said PowelPs intentions
were to remain at Abysinnian
until DR.. Samuel Proctor. new
ly appointed Peace Corps as
sociate director for volunteers,
completes his present two-year
service with the corps.
1t was also said that Powell :
intends to open a luxury hotel
in Puerto Rico, where his wife,
the former Yvette Marjorie
Flores. now lives with their
son. Adamcito.
II was also disclosed that
Powell plans to convert the
Hotel 22OO in New York for
aged people.
II Powell leaves Congress,
his chair7nanship Of the House
Education and Labor Commit
tee would be given to 2 SOUTH
ern Democrat. Rep. Carl Per-
kirs. Of Kentucky.
Jackson advocate., 1963-01-12

Free Negroes owned several
millions of dollars worth of
property in real estate, planta-
tons, personal property and
slaves when Lincoln's Procla-
nation was signed; but today
the Negro market is worth $40
billion, a total unsurpassed by
all Black Africa, where top
average annual income does
not surpass $500.
THE VERY EXISTENCE of
the Negro population in 1863
was threatened by malnutri.
ton, rickets, tuberculosis and
social disease due to the severe
descriptions incident to the
Civil War, and its extinction
was predicted by Frederick L.
Hoffman at the turn of the
century.
Today the life expectancy of
Negroes is only five years less
than that of whites. and If it
were not for higher infant
mortality (Which is going down
rapidly, they would be living
as long as whites.
One hundred years ago there
was only one Negro white-col-
lar Federal employe, ]. Willis
Menard; but today there are
292.S36 Negroes or 13 per cent
of the total in such employ
ment. whereas the Negro per.
centage of the Us. population
is 10.3.
There is about an equal mum,
her of Negroes in the employ.
of cities, counties and states =:
New York City alone has 10000
Negroes in its civil service.
A HUNDRED years ago it
would have seemed insane to
picture Negroes sitting on the
bench as Judges when most of
them could not even vote.
Today there are 20 Negro
judges. men and women; and
Negroes are sitting in munici.
pal councils and state lcgiSIa-
lures all across the country,
save i'm a few barbarous South
ern enclaves which may soon
see them.
A century ago thousands of
Negro troops were fighting for
freedom for less pay than
whites with some not being
paid until after the war;, all
contingents were racially seq.
regated. .a&cept in the Navy,
and only Is Negro officers
were commissioned to lead Ne
gro troops.
TODAY, the United States
Defense Forces are completely
lntegrated on sea, on land. and
In the air. both as TO enlisted
and commissioned personnel;
and Negro officers are assigned
all over the world, not only
with troops but on staff duties
"a revolution mequalled any,
where.
In a democracy it would be
dangerous if unanimity pre-
vailed at any time. so we must
expect differences of opinion.
conflicts of interests. prpju.
dice, discrimination, log rolling.
of various factions. and all of
the tensions arising from eco
nomic, racial and religious diff
ferences i'm a nation of such
divergent origins.
Sometimes we are a little inn