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•; WASHINGTON (AP) - An eternal flame burning at the office, continues his conferences with foreign dignitaries and words trailed off and soon were indistinguishable. Wild of hit grave, John F, Kennedy slept the eternal sleep prepares for his address, tomorrow to a joint session of Con- At the White House, Mrs. Kennedy and the two Kennedy today in Arlington National Cemetery While the government gress. ' • • • " ..•.-. -• .' y brothers left their limousine while the caisson paused for a 1$ left behind stirred from its sadness to get on with the The day of Kennedy's last journey was sharp and clear, few minutes at the n6rth portico. 1* ahead. its bright criapness in sharp contrast to the gray sorrow that As bagpipes played, the procession moved slowly .from : The muffled drum of the funeral cortege had barely echoed, etched the faces of the one million people who lined the the grounds of the executive mansion and the mourners began Into memory when the new President, Lyndon B. Johnson, streets of Washington to say good-bye. an eight-block march to St. Matthew's Roman Catholic Ca- plunged into a series of meeting! on foreign and domestic In vast, throngs, a quarter million had streamed past the thedral. problems, A slain President's casket in the Rotunda of the Capitol, and: A sailor carrying the presidential flag followed the Cais- Mingling with the foreign luminaries here to pay final re- now bright sunlight streamed through the windows high up on son. Next, led by a serviceman, pranced a riderless horse spects to his fallen chief, Johnson won from President Charles (he dome as Ms.widow, the heavily veiled Jacqueline Ken- symbolic of the fallen warrior. de Gaulle of Prance and Prime Minister Lester B, Pearson of nedy, and his brothers, Robert and Edward, knelt before it. THE EAST AND WEST Canada pledges to return next year for extended talks. 'HAIL TO THE CHIEF* Then, with her head held high and her black veil draping DISCUSS BUDGET Nine servicemen bore the bier from the Capitol as the her shoulders, marched the President's widow with the Ken- Economic advisers were called in to discuss the budget band played "Hail to the Chief." To the steady beat and roll nedy brothers at.her side. Johnson must send to Congress at the beginning of the year. of drums and the mournful tolling of church bells, the caisson President and Mrs. Johnson, next in line, were surrounded Ambassador Adlai Stevenson was told to continue at the United rolled up Pennsylvania Ave. along the historic route the young by Secret Service men. Nations efforts to secure international co-operation in outer President had traveled after his Inauguration less than three Tall fur hats of the East contrasted with top hats of the space. And the 35 governors here for Kennedy's funeral heard years ago. West as the representatives of 91 nations stepped along. They the President promise "continuity without confusion" of the As the caisson turned the corner by the Treasury Building strode purposefully but made no attempt to march. Kennedy program. a woman broke into a high pitched wail, "President Ken- Emperor Haiie Selassie of Ethiopia glittered with ribbons Today, Johnson moves into the White House presidential nedy Is gone. Oh Lord, Lord." She kept up tier cry but the (See KENNEDY, Page 3) Weather 7 a.m. temperature 33. Partly cloudy today, tonight, tomorrow RED BANK and Thursday. High today in the 4ts, low tonight in the low 40's. High tomorrow,'50. See weather, HOHDAY THXOUGU niBAf-ttT. ICT J page 2. Ifsu«d dally," Mondiy through Friday. Second Cl&is PoiUft VOL. 86, NO. 108 Paid at Red Bank ana at AddlLonal Malllnt OHlcei. RED BANK, N. J., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1963 "PAGE ONE 4 A LIGHT BURNS — Flame from an eternal light which was lighted at the grave of President Kennedy in Arling- Our Whole System on Trial,' ton National Cemetery yesterday as an officer salutes the casket in its final resting place. (AP Wirephoto) Johnson Says as He Begins Duties WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- sination puts the American sys- sniper's act, is superior to any a. continuation of Kennedy ad' Rockefeller, dent Johnson moves today from tem to a severe test and must other. ministration programs and pol- temporary quarters into the prompt renewed efforts to prove Beyond that, Johnson pledged icy aims without any immedi- oval presidential office in the that the system, despite one "continuity without confusion" ate shakeup of top officials that White House, feeling "our whole might puzzle and perturb the system is on trial" because of nation and the world. Goldwater the assassination of John F. Fort to Move Air Section Johnson's assessment of the Kennedy, < needs of the day was delivered Since the -murder of President BULLETIN off the cuff to 35 state gover- Kennedy on Friday in Dallas, FORT MONMOUTH - The The move will also accrue con- nors who met with him long Johnson had conducted the pres- Aviation Section of the Elec- siderable annual savings in opera- after sunset. ' Half idency from his old vice presi- tronics Command here will move ting costs, officials added. Evening Session dential quarters in the Execu- from Manmouth County Airport, This was not his final meet- WASHINGTON (AP) — Gov. Seventeen civilian employees of Rockefeller said in a state- tive Office Building next door Wall Township, to the Lakehurst the air section at the county air- ing of the busy day. His sched- Nelson A. Rockefeller of New ment that during the- 30-day to the White House. Naval Air station by Nov. 30. ule was topped off by a late York and Sen. Barry Goldwater mourning period "I shall not port will be offered re-employ- On tap for the first day in the The announcement was made ment rights in consonance with evening session with Secretary of Arizona say they plan no participate personally In any new office were meetings with political speeches for a month in by the public relations office at Department of Army policy. of the Treasury Douglas Dillon public activity in connection foreign' dignitaries arid prepara- and the Council of Economic deference to the late President with the Republican presidential the fort. The Aviation Section has been John F. Kennedy. tion of an address Wednesday to The Army announcement said based at the county field for 11 Advisers. This meeting took up nomination, nor in any other a joint session of Congress. Rockefeller, who has declared public activities with the excep- the move is to be made in the years. the tax cut proposal and the himself a candidate for the 1964tion of those falling within my \ First • Speech interest of safety and economy. The county has offered to buy broad outlines of the federal Republican presidential nomina- official duties as governor of Johnson, in his first speech Lakehurst will provide airfield, the airport from Edward I. budget that will go to Congress tion, said Monday he will not New York State." since becoming chief executive, safety, and operational facilities Brown, owner, and also has of- in January- push his candidacy during the made evident Monday night his superior to those available at the fered to lease facilities to the Johnson headed for his home Goldwater said that so far as Army. 30-day period of mourning he Is concerned, the tragic belief that the Kennedy assas- county airport, officials said. (See JOHNSON, Page 2) which he has decreed for New sequence of events has removed York State. the Kennedy administration as Goldwater, who Wads pails as an l,ssue. .-"• • •"••'. •..•••-•^. 1,1 • a potential GOP presidential JPectpmiM Meeting nominee but has yet to declare "We want to see what Presi- FBI f ewe Slaying Report himself in the running, told a dent Johnson will do," he s reporter he has canceled three "We do not know what course television appearances and will he will take, whether he will • WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi- the fatal shooting of Lee Ha: The announcement came af cence, as part of a right-win make no more political speech- change some of them. dent Johnson has ordered the vey Oswald, the accused slayei er Rep. Hale Boggs of Louis plot that took the president es this year. • "We want to give him all of FBI to prepare a detailed report of .the, iafe president, the Whit* ana, the assistant House Demo- life. •.•',"• Since the assassination of the room he needs to operate on the assassination of Presi- House announced Monday. cratic leader, suggested a high ' Boggs said he favors a "blue- Kennedy "there is an absence and all of the help he needs. It dent John F. Kennedy and that Johnson has "directed all fed level congressional investigation ribbon Inquiry, far above an) PRESIDENT LEAVES CATHEDRAL — President Johnton, of anything political to talk would not be fair for the oppos- the people be told all the facts. eral agencies to co-operate," of Kennedy's assassination. suggestion of partisanship." accompanied by his wife, leaves St. Matthew's Catholic •bout," Goldwater said. (See ROCKEFELLER, Page 2) The report is to cover, too, the White House said. Citing the fact that the kill- Rep. William H. Ayres, R- ing of Oswald, 24, aborted the Ohio, said he will introduce Cathedral yesterday after a funeral Matt for John Fitz- normal public disclosure and legislation making any assault gerald Kennedy, At right is an usher. 'IAP Wirephoto) weighing of evidence in a trial, on the president, vice presfdeni Boggs said he thinks Congress or other high executive or judi- hould conduct a careful inquiry cial officers a federal crime.

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