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7 or 7:30 a.m. 8 or 8:30 a.m. 9 or 9:30 a.m. 10 or 10:30 a.m. 11 or 11:30 a.m. 12 or 12:30 p.m. 1 or 1:30 p.m. 2 or 2:30 p.m. 3, 3:30 or 4 p.m. 5 or 5:30 p.m.
7-9 a.m. 8-10 a.m. 9:30-11:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Noon - 2 p.m. 1-3 p.m. 3:30-5:30 p.m. 3:30-5:30 p.m. 2:30-4:30 p.m. 5-7 p.m.
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Friday, November 15, 2013 Vol. 77 No. 10 Serving Kilgore College since 1936
Photo Illustration by Kristopher Dobbins / THE FLARE
Kennedy’s assassination on Nov. 22, 1963 headlined newspapers across the country. His death left the country in mourning. Nov. 22 marks the 50th anniversary of the tragedy.
Remembering Kennedy Recalling JFK’s assassination in Dallas, a half-century later
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ASHLEY MORALES • Executive Editor
eople often say when a national tragedy occurs, you will remember the time, date and place you were when the news broke. For many KC students that tragedy would be the terrorist attacks of 9/11 in 2001. For KC instructors and staff of a certain age the assassination of John F. Kennedy, on Nov. 22, 1963 is their earliest tragic memory. Kennedy was shot as he rode in a motorcade around 12:30 p.m. through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas. Gun shots reverberated through the plaza, and the car carrying Kennedy speeded off to Parkland Memorial Hospital. The president of the United States was pronounced dead at 1 p.m. Shortly after, Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as president inside of Air Force One at 2:38 p.m. That same day President Kennedy’s flag-draped casket was moved from the White House to the Capitol and the nation mourned. Following are memories of that day contributed by KC faculty and staff 50 years later.
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KC FACULTY AND STAFF RECALL NOV. 22, 1963
On Nov. 22, 1963, it was if time were moving in slow motion. I was a young wife and mother getting ready to go to town with a friend. She came to my front door with a stricken look on her face. She told me in a shaking voice that
the president had been shot. We were both crying and so, instead of going to town, we went over to her house to watch the television report. It was like living in a nightmare – the unthinkable had happened. We drank cup after cup of coffee, and stayed glued to the news reports. There was an unreal quality about the whole thing. We had suddenly been transported into a nightmare – but we were together and didn't seem to be able to wake up! I can still feel the intense sorrow that seemed to pour out of the very air. It was everywhere: sorrow as thick as water filled the air. No one wanted to go anywhere or do anything – our president had been shot! Someone had dared to kill the president of the United States! It was a shock I have never outgrown.” – Lillian Johnston, adjunct teacher, developmental English and reading
Brenda Brown, senior training and development coordinator: I was in my Shakespeare class when the president of the college interrupted with the announcement. We had a prayer session in our class; after which my professor adjourned our class with this statement: “You are living through a major event in your history and you deserve to see what is happening. Therefore, we are going to my home and watch this on television.” The entire class went to the professor’s house to watch the events. Mary Beth Powell, Adjunct math instructor: I was
in junior high when Kennedy was assassinated. I remember the principal coming over the intercom and announcing that the president had been shot. I really didn’t understand the significance of such an event until many years later. As I have talked with current college students, their comparable life event was where they were on 9/11 when the Twin Towers were attacked. Shirley Hankins Arredondo, Rangerette dorm mother: On Nov. 22, 1963, I was a 14-year-old freshman at See JFK on Page 4A