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I remember being surprised that our evening Omaha World-Herald paper even
had the story since it happened so close to press time but there it was.
The boldest type I had ever seen in the newspaper with two simple words,
KENNEDY ASSASSINATED. They had a file photo and about a two paragraph
story. I'm sure it was a case of "Stop the presses" and they reworked the
front page to announce the news with very sketch details.
I've always wondered how many people there were who hadn't heard the news
and learned of the assassination when they opened up their newspaper.
Probably not very many since the news traveled so fast but I'm sure there
were a few.
Out of curiosity, I did a google search to see if I could find that paper
but what came up was the Wall Street edition which I'm sure was a later
evening edition.
https://omaha.com/news/from-the-owh-archives-jfk-s-assassination/article_d517c50e-9b7d-50bd-b345-2cb58fb77a89.html
It seems to have quite a bit more detail. I looked farther down the page
and saw they quoted a number of eulogies from church services the
following Monday. What caught my eye was this:
From local eulogies:
The Rev. William Kelligar at St. Cecila (sic) Cathedral: “The
death of every man is important, but there is an added dimension in the
assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
“We mourn him as our national leader, as a Catholic leader. He
enriched our national life with his heroism in way, with the clarity of
his intellect, with the warmth and love he offered his family.
“He enriched it with his vitality and humor, with his attention to
common folk ... Surely the work of the late President was not unfinished
in the sight of God.
The reason this caught my eye was I was at that service with the rest of
my family. What I find odd is the priest that is quoted was not one of our
parish priests. I have no idea who he was and I don't remember a word of
his eulogy.
The church was packed and we sat way in the back and I don't remember much
of anything. I do remember there was a flag draped casket and an honor
guard, I'm guessing from a local ROTC unit. I remember one of them members
of the honor guard apparently ready to faint because he suddenly walked
out of the service.
In searching for the front page I remember, I came across this story which
I found somewhat interesting:
Without fanfare, Nebraska-Oklahoma game goes on
Four Air Force jets salute a half-mast flag at the Nebraska-Oklahoma game
on Nov. 23, 1963.
In the midst of the nation’s shock and grief over the Kennedy
assassination, a delicate decision had to be made: Should the
Nebraska-Oklahoma football game proceed as scheduled on Saturday in
Lincoln?
Nebraska Gov. Frank Morrison later said he tried to convince Oklahoma
coach Bud Wilkinson that the game should be postponed. Wilkinson, chairman
of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, reported that he
contacted U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, who advised him to play
the game.
Late Friday night, after a six-hour special meeting, the University of
Nebraska Board of Regents decided to go ahead with the game, but without
the usual pregame festivities. Nebraska won, 29-20, for the Big Eight
championship and a berth in the Orange Bowl.
It was one of the few college games played that Saturday, most having been
postponed or canceled.
— Michael Kelly
As it turned out, that would be Bud Wilkinson's last game at Oklahoma. He
retired at the end of the season. The following year he was the GOP
candidate for the Senate but narrowly lost in the LBJ landslide. LBJ was
the last Democrat to win Oklahoma in a presidential election. Wilkinson
went on to to a broadcasting career with ABC and was a big part of Nixon's
1968 presidential campaign. He hosted Nixon's telethon the night before
the election.
