THE PRESIDENT WAS KILLED BY A BULLET THROUGH THE BRAIN FIRED
AS HE RODE IN A MOTORCADE THROUGH DOWNTOWN DALLAS. TEXAS GOVERNOR
JOHN B CONNALLY, J4., RIDING IN THE SAME CAR, WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST,
RIBS AND ARM. HIS CONDI TION WAS DESCRIBED AS XXX SERIOUS, BUT NOT
CRITICAL.
VICE PRESIDENT LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON, RIDING THREE CARS BACK
WAS UNINJURED. MR. JOHNSON WAS SWORN IN AS THE 36TH PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES 99 MINUTES AF TER XXXX MR. KENNEDY WAS
PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 1:00 P.M.(CST). MR. JOHNSON IS 55 YEARS OLD;
MR. KENNEDY WAS 46.
SHORTLY AFTER 2 P.M. DALLAS POLICE ANNOUNCED THEY HAD
ARRESTED A "HOT SUSPECT " IN THE ASSASSINATION. HE WAS IDENTIFIED
AS LEE HARVEY OSWALD, 24, WHO IS EMPLOYED AT THE TEXAS BOOK
DEPOSITORY, ADJACENT TO THE MURDER SCENE. OSWALD, WHO FORMERLY
LIVED IN THE SOVIET UNIOJ, WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SLAYING OF J. 8. TIPPIT, A X DALLAS PATROLMAN, SHORTLY AFTER
PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS KILLED.
THE PRESIDENT WAS STRUCK DOWN AS HE RODE IN AN OPEN CAR XXXX
ON HIS WAY TO THE DALLAS TRADE MART, WHERE HE WAS TO DELIVER A
SPEECH TO A GROUP OF THE CITY 'S LEAD I NG CITIZENS. HE HAD ARRIVED
IN DALLAS FROM FORT WORTH AT 11:37 A.M. (CST) TODAY .
