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By G. MacLeod Ross
THE M.'KING OFA HEROINE
One of my occupations while
watching the waves roll' in, was
to read the 618 pages of William
Manchester's accouet covering
135 hours in November1963. With
typical. disregard for the pledged
word, the book had been released
to me ahead of, the publication
date imposed, by the publishers.
It is Moth graphic and' detailed,
So much 'so that you become a
rn?m`,er of` the 'official family'.
The fabulous research and crafts,
rnanship with which the multitude
of pieces .is fitted together, stamp
the author as a most able writer.
H .s book is called "The Death
of a president", but the story
concerns the making, of a hero.
ine. Those who have only react
accounts of accounts call it con.
troveesial,• rether as, they did of
Lord Moral's "fit' irisf'Church.
i1L: The Struggle for Survival".
But the chief controversy was,
the very one which took Kennedy
to Dallas, weere theState's Dem.
ocratic party wes qr i ven with fact.
ionalism. It was really L. B•
Johnson's busii ess to reconcile,
but his elevation to the vice-
presidency had made him oracb.
ically impotent, since he had been
stripped of all patronage. Grudg.
" ingly Kennedy went himself, feel.
ing that it was, nevertheless, an
imposition.
Like all tragedies, this one
was pervaded with an ler- of in.•'
evitability. Act One, Pretno:iition.
ActTwo. Tragedy. Act Three.
Aftermath.
PREMONITION •
No one knew better than Ken.
nedy that exposure, like patron,
age, was a source of political
strength. To him it was simply
unacceptable that an American
president could not go into any
American city, That Texaswould
be rough he knew full -well, but
like Churchill, he ,believed that -
courage was the one quality that
guaranteed all the rest. Mean.
- while the political cannibals were
waiting- to' eat alive any unsu.
specting outsider who"might ,ven.
ture in. The Governor, Connally,
• a' link with the Texas gas and
oil interests, was determined to
make' personal political capital
out of the visit;
Having apologised for -the visit,
to the powerful citizens' commit.
tee which ruled Dallas, he as.
sured them he would not become
Kennedy's .J errand boy'. And as
a corollary, he intended tQsnub
S enacar Yarboro•igh, the only
Texas libe.al to hold statewide
office and Kennedy's main sup.
porter there. Thus .calculated dis.
courtesies, as a very minimum,
were guaranteed from the outset
.antithreatened to ruin ,the whole
visit.
Qn the night of November 20th,
the White Housereception was
followed by ganting. The band
was playing selections from
'Camelot' and 'My Fair Lady'.
"Don't let it .be forgot/ That
once, there was a spot ......Then
darkness enveloped the mansion.
The Brussels ball of June 14th
1815 ended in a peal of 'Napo.
leon's cannon: The company danc.
ing in the east ballroom on Nov.
ember 20th 1963, was composed,
for the most part, of theKennedy,
official family - secret 'service'
men, close advisors. To them
the ocCe.sionwas .entirely normal.
Life was at flood tide, with a
future of thousands of such even.
Ings. There was no inklieg 'that
in three days time, the corpse
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We Have
BATHING
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Like
This
YESTERDAY
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of the President, whose they had
sworn to protect, would be lying
here, on this very floor, in a
box.' The frontier may have
seethed for one brief •,,shining
moment to have been ase mute
and silent as fate, but all &'rent),
the • Democratic national corn.
mitteeman from Texas had liar.
•bbred a premonition.
The atmosphere of Dallas had
become so highly 'charged 'with'
inflammatory, statements that he
asked that• the, city bei excluded
from the tou. it wasn't sale!
A Dallas resident had saidt "Keil«;
nedy is a liability to the free
world". Handbills were,being dise •
tributed in .Dallas streets • that
very morning: "Wanted for Tread;
son", belch/ a portrait of the
President. Even Connally allowed
the people in Dallas were 'emot.
Tonal'. But the key to all the
absolutism was Ted Dealy, the,
publisher of the"MorningNews",
with his antiadministration cru.
sade.
But to offset the qualms, which
•the4)resident courageously sup.
pressed, he had the great joy that
on this, for the first time, this °
wife hadagreedto accompany him
'on a -political rout. She had only
just recovered from the loss o -
a son, but had pulled herself
together and now Kennedy was
doing all he could to ensure she
would enjoy the trip. She had
to:d him; "There's Just one thing
I couldn't stand. If I -lost yo:t",
And so it was that Lancer and
Lace, the code names for the
President and . Jacqueline res.
pectively• set off.. on Air Force
aircraft 26000 code
.i , ;'n 1 no 1, for Dallas and the
assassin. e•
TRAGEDY,
Intime all fate's shadows ern.',.
erge and become visible. Some
of the' invisible shadows: dom.
mander • Hallett U.S.N. had,,just-
been "posted' as the, President's
assistant naval aide. In 1959,
while attache in Moscow, a youth
with a -southwestern« accent had
appeared at the desk to renounce
his American • citizenship. The
Ha1.letts both remern' ,e •ed the
face and the name' of Lee Harvey
Oswald ani tho igh they had ne
e•ce.i: int )rma ion of him, be.
lieved he was still in the Soviet
Union. • •
Beit Oswald tv. s net in Russia.
In June 1932 he had retractedand
returned to Texas. His defection,
then' his bizarre behaviour in the
United States., had brought him
under the active surveillance of
the F.B.I. His file lay with F.B I.
Agnrat-Q'H•esty; -iii the Dallas office
and Hosty knew he was employed
at the Texas school book de..
pository, which provided the
deadliest sniper's nest on the
route of the President's mator.
cade route. But Hosty failed to.
make the connection. He was not
even notified of the route to be
followed. His interest, he recalls,
was mainly, would he catch a
glimpse of Kennedy,.
The depository lay at a tur••i
wilere the motorcade must slow
down. The aecepted drill was fot'
such an intersection to be check.
ed in advance, rilt was not checked
on November 22nd. Trge, 20,000
windows overlooked ,.the route.
You could not put a man -in every
window.
As cacti successive -shadow
emerges, but always inthewxoiig
time sequence, yottlbegin to real.
ise what .a cat and mouse gime
fate was playing. As leaeleeen-,,the
secret service advance man in.
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Coming in ° Near Future
spected the route . on November
18th with Curry, the Dallas police
chief, he asked: "Say! What's the
Texas school book depository?"
Oh, it's juska warehouse for text
books. .
• And so it came about that an
Austih editor, contemplatingDal.
.las predicted:"He will not get
through this without something
happening to him," However the
Warren Commission found noevi•
dence to connect • the, crime with'
Three' Old Home Weeks
Well now! - There are three
big "old home weeks" in the next
few months.
The weekend of ,June 17th finds
Holmesville in full swing with
theirfestivities. They are doing
everything in a big way. Their
parade they claim will be even
bigger than the one Goderichwill
have on July 1st.
Then they are claiming great
things for their giant B..1t.B.Q.
soends good, - and I'm sure it
will be good, They expect every-
one
veryone to come in Centennial cost.
ume, and I'm sure, now, that
there will' be a big majority of
merrymakers in costume. They
have a big program lined'up for
the evenings and also open air
church service on Sunday. They
will have ,many prizes for many
different events and it all sounds
wonderful. Good luck, have fun
and I know you will have large
crowds come rain or shine!
Goderich old home week should
be outstanding too, altho' they are
worried about the sma11 number
of names and addresses they are •
receiving.
They have invitations ready to
go- just give them some names.•
You noticed the ad asking for the
good looking gals to register for
the beauty contest. There will
be some wonderful prizes forthe•
lucky "queen" and her "prin.
cesses" or "ladies in waiting":
So girls don't be shy about put.
ting: in yo,lr name. We have some
good judges lined ti i and they
have decided you won't have to
parade in a bathirfg suit -(darn!
I think that is :the nicest part
of the contest - it really shows
off their nice tan.)
This contest is open -to' the
' townships of course - and there
are sure Some 1-ovelly girls liv-
ing in the country!
. • The. Goderich ladies are a bit
slow about deciding what•they
will do oa genday, the third, so
please try to get( together and
make a good showing for this,
special week. You won't be sorry,
• I'm sure.
Entries are rolling in just
fine for the parade. I hear there
will be some very special floats.
There is also quite a number of
srilall entries. This is good! You
need the clowns, the TALL men,
the -children's entries, besides
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the> horses and ponies. •
, I hope the teenagers show off
with some special floats: They
have so many wonderful ideas
that they should start right away •
• to work on them. My, but June •
is a busy month, 'and July will
be busier. This month a wonder.
ful little artist, a real clever.
gal, is opening an old school to
teach art and crafts. This is a
Centennial project and M:.ss,Ann
F°aiirservice, who is quite well
known in this area, would be..
happy to have you stop in and
see her setup. The school' is
just a couple .of miles frdm.B.'.yth,
on the road to Welton, so take
a drive put and see it. .
Another "Must" is a trip to
the Alain 'Homestead on Con.5
1 concession south of Carlow,
the Colborne' Centennial' home.
The resideits of Colborne have
.. really been working to refurnish
it as it was in 1867. There will
even be t'sing songs" Sunday
evenings!
Sunday June- 1Lth thee Confed.
.eration caravan is in Goderich
agricultural park: Seems we've
been waiting all year for this
big day. Besides seeing through
these fabulous, caravans, there
will also be special entertainment
•going en, So go- to church early
and, then go to the -park --to see
this one-ort--a-kind Confederation
caravan.
Tuesday the .13th Knox Church
ladies have their famous "Senor.
gasbord". startimg at 5:30. Don't
mss it. Martha
W5th only twenty-five calories
in one small three inch toineto,
Ontario's greenhouse tomatoes
are a boon to the weight wattcher_
•.•.id rn.ie = it.ess:er to meet sone
of•� your vitamin requirements.
Eaten raw, ,they are 4 good source
of Vitamin'C and a' fair source
of Vitamin A.
Store only fully ripened tom.
,toes in the refrigerator, recom.
mend food specialists' at Mac.
donald Institute, University of
Guelph. If immature tomatoes
are stored at a cool temperature
they tend to become watery and
flavorless.
lierione
the' city's , atmosphere of hate.
(Concluded next week)
*The D,eathof a President, by Wil.
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liam Manchester: Harper & Row.
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