Campus Question: Remembering Kennedy

What do you remember most about the media coverage of the JFK assassination?

Dr. David Overly – Prof. of Language Arts

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“There’s the famous Cronkite shot when he takes off his glasses and says that “President Kennedy dies at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time.”

Dr. Bruce Solheim – Prof. of History, Social and Behavioral Sciences

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“I remember watching the news reports on television and all of the regular shows were cancelled. My brother cut out newspaper clippings and saved them, so I knew it was really important.

Dr. Jack Call – Prof. of Philosophy, Social and Behavioral Sciences

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“When I first heard about it I didn’t believe it. I remember seeing Jack Ruby shoot Oswald on television. I remember watching the funeral.

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