THIRD DAY
WASHINGTON NOV.24THE BODY OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
WAS BORNE TO THE ROTUNDA OF THE CAPI TOL TODAY ON THE SAME CAISSON
USED FOR PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO.
WITH CROWDS ESTIMATED AT 300,000 PEOPLE LINING THE STREETS OF
WASHINGTON, THEX PROCESSI ON MOVED OUT OF THE WHI TE HOUSE GROUNDS
AT 1:00 P.M. (EST), UNDER MASSED STATE FLAGS DIPPED IN XXXXX HOMAGE.
THE PROCESSION, WITH MRS. JACQUELINE KENNEDY, HER TWO CHILDREN
AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE XXXX KENNEDY FAMILY RIDING IN LIMOUSINES.
MOVED TOWARD THE CAPI TOL TO THE CADENCE OF MUFFLED DRUMS
REPRESENTING ALL FOUR SERVICES.
WHEN THE CORTEGE REACHED THE CAPITOL STEPS, AN HONOR GUARD
OF SERVICE-MEN CARRIED THE CASKET INTO THE GREAT ROTUNDA,XXXX
FOLLOWED BY THE LATE PRESIDENT'S FAMILY
AFTER THE CASKET WAS PLACED ON A CATAFLAQUE, SENATE MAJORI TY
LEADER MIKE MANSFIELD (MONT) HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN W. MC CORMACK
(MASS.) AND CHIEF JUSTICE EARL WARREN READ EULOGIES. AFTER THE
BRIEF CEREMONY, THE KENNEDY FAMILY LEFT THE CAPITOL AND THE XXX
CROWDS OF PUBLIC MOURNERS, SOME OF WHOM HAD WAI TED SINCE EARLY
SATURDAY EVENING, XXXX BEGAN TO FILE PAST THE BIER.
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