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IT tr ii LIU JENAMAZ Serving Th6 Greater Mattoor Area Since 1856 DA; JO Trio Temperatar 3 fjn. 3 Showers Ending Tonight; Colder ILj.11. 108th Year No. 260 Member Associated Press MATTOON, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, "oi u) rp rp nn fl 1 All Phones Fatally 1963 Kennedy uu i i vy I i uu Viet Nam Leaders Need Support From Peasants Sniper; Texas Governor Hit DALLAS (AP) President John F. Kennedy, thirty-sixth president of the United States, was shot to death today by a hidden assassin armed with a high-powered rifle.

Kennedy, 46, lived about 30 minutes after a sniper cut him down as his limousine left downtown Dallas. Newsmen said the shot that hit hi was fired about 12:30 p. m. (CST). A hospital announcement said he died at approximately! p.

m. of a bullet wound in the head. Automatically, the mantle of the presidency fell to Vice WASHINGTON UP Top U. 8. officials who assessed the post-coup situation in South Viet Nam reportedly conducted the sew mil-: stary regim still must prow can win support of the Vietnamese peasants.

Aoxnisistration officials who met fca Honolulu two days ago with American diplomatic and military leaders from South Viet Nam greed cautiously that things are going reasonably well so far. Sources familiar with what went on at the Hawaii conference Indicated the report to President Kennedy is unlikely to oaU for any sharp policy changes. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, who was among those taking part tn the Honolulu talks, will meet Sunday afternoon with Besident Kennedy at the chief executive's country place Virginia. The ambassador's personal report may have a bearing on any decision regarding the timing of possible recognition of the Saigon military regime. The views that Kennedy even John F.

President Lyndon B. Johnson, a native Texan who had been riding two cars behind the chief There was no immediate word on when Johnson would take the oath of office. Kennedy died at Parkland Hospital where his bullet-pierced body had been taken in a frantic but futile effort Price 10 Cents Shot By executive. was Gov. John Bulletin DALLAS A eeret Service agent and a Dallas polire-man were that and killed today some distance from the area where Prenldent Kennedy was assassinated.

blood on the President. Altgens said he saw no one wtth gun. Roosevelt had been enjoying a Vacation when he died. Mc- kin ley had been shaking hands at a reception at sn exposition in Buffalo. N.

Kennedy and his wife had just passed the halfway point in a three -day speaking tour through Texas. The President already had prepared a luncheon address for a Dallas audience before he died. In his prepared text, he awlled his ultraconservative critics Dallas Is considered a center of conservative philosophy and finance. Here, on Oct 34. Adlai E.

Stev. Anann mat nivw hv run hfvfr. and struck by another after making a UnltecTNatlona Day address. It was believed that Kennedy's body would be moved shortly to Washington Traditionally, funeral services for presidents who die tn office are held in the capital city. Kllduff told newsmen that Oov.

Connally, a Democrat, was wound ed in the right chest in the same ambush that felled the President. (Continued on Pag Moose Dance Saturday night, Oene Trimble orchestra. Dining room service I to 10 p. 11-23 Call AD 5-5 1 00 hOf JO riZXa Open 4 p. m- 1113 Broadway.

to save his life. Lying wounded at the same hospital Today in History On this date: In 1918, the late King Albert of the Belgians entered the liberated capital city of Brussels following the end of World War I. In 1935, the first trans-Pacific airmail flight began when the mammoth flying boat, the China Clipper, took off from Alameda, Calif. Former Vice President Is 95 Today UVALDE, Tex. I Birthdays can still be exciting even to a man of 85, says former Vice President John Nance Garner.

"All these packages and cards make my old heart go ptttypat," confessed the white-haired Texan; who spent SO years tn Congress and eight more as vice president' before quitting politics 23 years ago. Now, still rather active but with eyesight dimming, he lives quietly in a little house beside the home' Oarner donated for a museum here some years back. Word came in advance that President Kennedy, a fellow Dem- state, would telephone Oamer congratulations during today's birth day observance. Rain Tops i One Inch Mark Here The Mattoon area Thursday night and today received more rain than fell here in the 74-day period from Aug. 19 until Nov.

1. Heavy rain that started Thurs day evening had produced 1.36 Inches of precipitation up to 11 a. m. today, according to measurements taken by Central Illinois Public Service Company. With showers expected to continue until this evening, the pre cipitation total will be swelled further.

From Aug. 19 until Nov. 1 only 1.22 Inches of rainfall was receiv ed here. September's rainfall total amounted to a meager .40 of an inch and only of an inch of precipitation was received in October. The rainfall up to midnight Thursday was measured at J2 of an inch.

Steady showers since mid night added another 1.04 Inches to the 34-hour total Prior to today's rain, the offi cial precipitation total for this year stood at 37J7 inches, well below the 14-year accumulative average of 34.28 Inches. The Weather Bureau forecast predicts the showers will end to night and temperatures will skid to the high 30a or low 40s. Saturday's outlook is for cloudy skies and coruiderablv colder temperatures. Fire Damage $150 A fire believed started by short in an electric light trans former at Mel's Restaurant, south U. 8.

Route 45, caused an estimated $150 damage today, accord ing to firemen. Russia Rejects Protest Connolly of Texas, who was cut down by the same fusillade that ended the life of the youngest man ever elected to the presidency. Over Convoy Incident Connolly and his wife had been riding with the President and Mrs. Kennedy. Linked To Slain Hoodlum Th First Lady cradled smeared head in her arms raced to th hospital.

"Oh, no," she kept crying. Connally slumped in hit seat betid th President. Suspended Judge Says He Wants Police Probe folic ordrod an unprecedented dragnet of th city, hunting for th assassin. They believed th fatal man, about 30. slender of tually gets from aH of the top participants in the Hawaii meeting are expected to sum up this consensus: The signs are promising but may take six months to tell wheth er tbe evertarow 01 toe uiem re1 gime hat brought victory in the anU-Communist war closer.

U. S. officials do not expect a Democratic regime patterned after the American image to emerge South Viet Nam. This, they be lieve, is not realistic. What they aire hoping for Is government that foreswears brutality and repression and thus far the military Junta seems to be tending In that direction.

The Honolulu meeting was told that the peasant! who make up the bulk of South Viet Nam's 14-million population still are ape thetic It long has been a cornerstone of UA policy that the war against Communist InsurgenU infesting' South Viet Nam cannot be won without the backing of the peas ants. A diary found on Foreman's body named names. Among the names was that of Judge Smith, who befriended Foreman for 20 years. De 8tefano telephoned Justice Bowe and asked: "You think Judge 8mlth is a harmless old man? I out money in the bank to give Smith through Foreman Smith, who was vacationing in Hot Springs, Ark, went to Mem phis Thursday and voluntarily underwent a polygraph test at a private firm. M.

D. Burleson president of the firm, said: "Basically, the Judge told the truth, although there were some questions where there was a reaction." He said 6 of the 51 questions produced re actions, but he did not elaborate. In an Interview, Smith said the investigation was the result of "smear" tactics by De Stefano. 8ml th said he has "had nothing but hell" from De Stefano since Smith fined him 1300 on a con tempt of court charge. "De Stefano said he would fight me in the papers," Smith said.

Smith said his suspension was a routine procedure and that be would have done likewise had be been in Bowel position. State's Atty. Daniel P. Ward ssld he, personally win question Smith and win determing whether a grand Jury Investigation will be conducted. Legionnaires And guests, dance Saturday, Nov.

23, "Epple" and his band playing from 1:30 to No door fee. 11-23 Bazaar Saturday Nov. 23, to in Anderman's window, by Loxa Presbyterian Church. U-22 pounds, and standing 5 feet 10 inch tall. Th murder weapon was reportedly a 30-30 rifle.

Shortly before Kennedy's death became known, he was administered the last rites of th Roman Catholic! Church. He had been th first Roman Catholic president in American history. Even as two clergymen hovered over the fallen Presi-I dent in the hospital mrancy room, doctor and nurses it Kennedy counted. The Western Allies said long -established procedure their to permit their troops to dismount for a Soviet head count only if more than 30 men were aboard. not counting drivers and co-drivers.

The Western Powers spelled ut this procedure to the Soviet Union Oct 39. Discuss Possible Water and Sewer Auditing Changes City officials and a represent- ative of the Paris public account Ing firm of Houston and Associ ates met today behind closed doors to discuss possible changes i in auditing of the water and sew- er departments. Water and sewer department officials are seeking undisclosed changes in auditing procedures. The Houston firm has again been hired to audit both dty departments. The firm has audited most dty accounts for several years.

The water department's current fiscal year ends Nov. 30. The sewer department's current fiscal year ends next April 30. cent of fair cash value, the "actual level of assessments Is reported to be around SO per cent of fair cash value." "Administrative officials each change the level of assessment without vote of the people or action by the legislature." one resolution stated. "Hence propeity taxpayer and voters cannot control tax Th rwvemst from state Income tax.

the resolution on taxes said "should be used in large part to provide relief from taxes upon ml estate and personal property MOSCOW Otl The Soviet Union accused the United States today of trying to make the rules for Soviet policing of Western convoy traffic on the Berlin autobahn. The Russians warned they would not permit this. A Russian note to the U. 8. government rejected an American protest over the stalling of a U.

S. Army convoy for 43 hours Nov. 4-S because the Americans refused to dismount from their vehicles and be counted. The 8oviet reply renewed the threat of more interference with Allied troop convoys on the 110-mile lifeline highway between West Berlin and West Germany. The Allies insist they have the right to move on the autobahn as they like.

The Kremlin note said: The claims of the American authorities to establish at their discretion the range of duties and manner 6f action of Soviet representatives at the checkpoint In checking American servicemen are In general absolutely untenable." Cenveys Detained Since Oct. 10 the Russians have held up trtree American convoys and one British convoy at Soviet checkpoints on the autobahn be cause the convoy commanders refused to allow their men to be Create a state income tax at a fixed or graduated rate up to five cent of net income. Impose a tax on foreign and domestic corporations doing business in Illinois based upon their net income from doing business tn Illinois. Require the state to pay up to per cent of the operating coats of public schools. AMessnent Level The IAA resolution noted that while present tew fixes the asses her dying husband's blood- ai rha presidential limousine shots were fired by a whit build, weighing about 165 ness account by Sen Ralph Yar-borough.

who had been riding three cars behind Kennedy "You could tell something awful and tragic had happened," the senator told newsmen before Kennedy's death became known. His voice breaking and his eyes red- rimmed, Yarborough said "I could see a Secret Service man In the President's car leaning on the car with his hands In anger, anguish srul despair I knew then something had happened three Yarborough had counted rifle shots as the presidential limousine ielt downtown uauss through a triple underpass. The shots were fired from above possibly from one of the bridges or from a nearby building. Saw Gan Esoergt One wrtneea, television report-j er Mai Couch, said he saw a gun emerge from an upper story of a warehouse commanding an unobstructed view of the presldentisl car. Kennedy was the first presi dent to be MaWMnaed since William icKS4 was shot in 1901.

I It was the to death of a presi dent office since Franklin Roosevelt died of a cerebral hem orrhage at Warm Springs, Ga In Aprf AP Photographer James Altgens said he heard two Oiou but thought someone was shoot- log firework wU he saw sbs 'a 1 CHICAGO I Judge Cecil Corbett 8mlth of Municipal Court, barred from the bench because of his long-time relationship with slain hoodlum Leo foreman, said he would return to Chicago today and ask police to Investigate bis judicial behavior. Smith, 6. was barred Thursday by Chief Justice Augustine J. Bowe after Bowe reported re ceiving a telephone call from re puted crime syndicate loan shark Sam De 8tefano. Justice Bowe said he had no authority to suspend Smith, but that Smith would receive no cases and would not be assigned a court room until Investigations art completed.

The Chicago Tribune quoted Bowe as saying he would recommend that Smith be Impeached. A Judge may be Impeached on ly by the Illinois Legislature. But under the Judicial reform which hMnM effective Jan. 1. the Il linois Supreme Court may es tfthitih a commission of five Judges to bear evidence and remove a Judge from office.

Foreman, 42, a former wrestler whose background police said was filled wtth pettiness, double-deal tag and bickering with crime syn dicate chiefs, was found dead in th trunk of a car on the West Side Monday. Quart Special sfiiriv and Sunday only, two quarts of Frigid Queen 79c, choc olate or vanilla. BURGER KING 11-23 1508 Charleston Jumbo Pidurds Your photo work printed in Jumbo slse, book form. 34 hour. arric at ttsr Arcade Drug Btc, Seeks Lower Property Tax" administered blood transfusions.

Kennedy died of a gunshot wound mater in the brain at approxl-1 pm. (CST) according to an announcement by acting White House press secretary Malcolm Kllduff. The new Preatdeni, Lyndon Johnson, and his wife left the hospital a half hour later. Newsmen had no opportunity to question them. Asst.

presidential press secretary Malcolm Kllduff said Johnson was not hit. The new President previously had been reported; wounded. The horror of the assassination was mirrored In an eye-wlt- and to make possible a reduction tn the sates tax" Other resolutions called for repeal of the 8 tat Building Authority Act and the Public Building Commission Act, which permit the state of finance public construc tion through Issuing bonds. "Dependence upon borrowed money for the construction and maintenance of state buildings can lead only to mushrooming state debt and heavier taxation ahead," the resolution on deficit financing stated. IAA Urges Tax Changes cmCAOO (J! The Illinois Ag ricultural Association has adopted a number of resolutions aimed at reducing property tax rates while putting the state on a solvent pay-as-you-go basis.

In Its closing session Thursday the IAA proposed legislation that would: Amend the state Constitution to permit classification of property for taxation put pose. Fix a "realistic" level of property assessment and provide machinery for securing statewide assessments atthatkraL puot ami of propartf aim per.