KENNEDY: ARCHIVE OF DALLAS NEWSPAPERS CHRONICLING TRIP, ASSASSINATION AND AFTERMATH.
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$261.31
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Tuesday, March 13, 2018 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, March 13, 2018 10:00:00 PM)
Item Description
15x22.75" broadsheet newspapers. Editions of The Dallas Morning News from Vol. 115 include: No. 53 Nov. 22 the day of JFKs assassination, this paper features a full page anti-JFK ad attacking Kennedy's foreign policy as communist and anti-American and a small ad for Jack Ruby's night club (two of four sections, see expanded online description for further details); No. 54 Nov. 23 w/headline "Kennedy Slain On Dallas Street"; No. 56 Nov. 25 "Club Owner Kills Oswald" featuring photo of Jack Ruby, gun extended towards Oswald, milliseconds before shooting and Section 4 of No. 57 Nov. 26 w/articles above the fold including "Evidence Mounting On Oswald" and "Curry Says Police Got Tip On Killing." Editions of the The Dallas Times Herald include: No. 292 "Final Edition" Nov. 22, 1963 w/bold headline "President Dead"; No. 293 Nov. 23 (only section A w/missing cover starting on page A3 w/headline "Tragic Journey Of President Kennedy"); No. 294 Nov. 24 w/headline "Oswald Linked To Mail Order Rifle" (section A only); No. 295 Nov. 25 "Final Edition" w/headline "FBI Tipped Oswald Would Be Killed" and featuring a large image of the iconic image of Oswald being shot by Jack Ruby; No. 296 Nov. 26 "Financial Edition" w/headline Eternal Torch Glows Over Kennedy Grave". All have typical age toning of thin paper and handling wear from moderate to extensive including some small separations and tears. VG to VF. A well preserved group from these tragic days in Dallas.
Newsprint ad published the day of Kennedy's assassination in the Dallas Morning News. The idea for the ad came from John Birch Society member Joseph P. Grinnan. Grinnan suggested that he and two right wing friends, Laurie Schmidt and Bernard Weissman, should place an advertisement in the Dallas Morning News on Nov. 22, 1963. The $1,465 cost was funded by John Birch Society member Joseph P. Grinnan and Weissman was listed as Chairman of the American Fact Finding Committee The ad attacks JFK's foreign policy as communist and anti-American. This includes the claim that Gus Hall, "Head Of The U.S. Communist Party Praised Almost Every One Of Your Polices And Announced That The Party Will Endorse And Support Your Re-Election in 1964." Another passage asks why "Robert Kennedy" has been allowed "To Go Soft On Communists, Fellow-Travelers, And Ultra-Leftists In America." Weissman was shocked when JFK was assassinated that day and was terrified the ad would lead to accusations that he was responsible. The Warren Commission investigated the group and the genesis of the ad but found no connection to Lee Harvey Oswald.
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