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BAY ST. LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1963
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A stunned Hancock County slowly endeavored this week to move - back to normalcy after the death early last F riday afternoon of President John F. Kennedy from an assassin’s wounds.
First word of the tragedy reached most local homes at the lunch hour and spread rapidly as citizens glued their attention to radio and television. Business activity ground to a standstill, where it remained for days, as news came that the President had died and except for the most vital services Bay-Waveland merchants closed their doors in the early afternoon Monday during the funeral.
Telephones at the Echo offices started ringing as soon as die first news flash of the shooting went out over the air, each caller voicing disbelief that such could have transpired and fear that Mr. Kennedy would die. A few businessmen stopped by to inquire if the bulletin was accurate and joined the staff in listening to a radio over which word quickly came of the death of the President. In a daze they turned and left.
American flags were lowered to half mast at all public buildings in the area and will remain there for the next 30 days, prescribed formal period of mourning for a chief executive.
By their faces and their conversations the citizens o f Hancock County conveyed the impact upon them of the incredulous news from Dallas. There was outspoken fear that the assailant was an arch segregationist, “Thank God it didn’t happen in Mississippi," said many. There was almost disbelief it could be a Communist-inspired conspiracy, Many Orleanians, here for the weekend, recalled the visit of Lee Harvey Oswald there only a few months ago.
Clergymen spoke of die . tragedy from their pulpits and in their prayers at Sunday services and most churches opened their doors for meditation Monday. A special mass was said Monday morning at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church. First Baptist Church had a noon service as did First Baptist in Peerlington County and parochial schools were closed Monday while public offices andmanybusinesses were shut during the hours of the funeral.
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1917-1963
The assassination
An editorial
The death last Friday of President John Kennedy perceptibly shocked almost all citizens of the United States of America. It showed up not merely in the public expressions by them, it was apparent in many of their activities and in the one athletic contest we paid attention to, the ninth invitational tournament at Pass Christian lsies Goli Club, it seemea to uii«ct the scores of the participants.
This is as it should be. Whether or not an individual concurred with President Kennedy's governmental policies is beside the point; President Kennedy represented the United States. His assassination was not merely the murder of an able, big and prominent man. To citizens of this country it was the murder of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. All of us should have mourned.
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