Thursday, July 3, 2014

Anatomy of a Front Page: Slaying of Lee Harvey Oswald-- Part 1

From the November 17, 2013, Chicago Tribune.

Headlines of the Monday, November 25, 1963, Tribune.  Price: 7 cents  ($1.50 now.)  "ACCUSED ASSASSIN SLAIN: President's Body Lies in the Capital."

Other front page headlines:

Thousands File Thru Rotunda, View Bier
Widow Will Lead March to Cathedral
Chicagoans to Mourn for Kennedy Today
Find Oswald Palm Prints On Sill, Gun
Oswald Shot in Jail in Custody of 60 Cops
Bears and Steelers Tie

Photos:

Oswald being led out
Oswald being shot by Jack Ruby
Mrs. Kennedy
Jack Ruby


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