THIS STORY WAS NOT IN MY PAPER TODAY!

I was quite shocked not to see any story in my fish wrap this morning remembering JFK's fatal day in Dallas Nov 22 1963 at 12:30 pm. Everyone has a vivid recall of where you were when the news hit that Kennedy was shot while traveling in a open Lincoln. I was Ten years old and was sitting in a classroom when the teacher was interrupted by the Principal as he whispered the shocking words in her ear. She sat for the longest time just staring out the window, we kids knew something was not right. She announced that something awful had happened to President Kennedy and to get our coats on & go immediately home. I knew this was going to be a bad one. We lived in a "Leave it to Beaver" neighborhood that had a ton of old trees where the leaves had fallen and you couldn't see the cement on the ground. I remember like it was yesterday the sound of my shoes crunching the leaves all the way home. We watched the black & white Magnavox TV for three or four days straight. The reporting was award winning when you think that the three networks did not have the technology they have today. Just when we got adjusted to the shock of this young President dying by gunshot, we were blown away while watching Jack Ruby step out of the shadows in the Dallas Police garage and plug Lee Harvey Oswald in the stomach, live on our Television!!!! We were all sitting around glued to this new addition to the biggest story in my lifetime. I have been asked if 9-11 was a bigger deal (especially asked by young people that were not around in 63).....I still feel the Kennedy Assassination was the #1 story. Sept 11th was a doozy for sure but the nation in 1963 had so much hope for the future. Here we had this dashing good looking guy as President with a story book family that followed old man Eisenhower and that weasel Nixon. Who knows where we would be today without the Nov 22nd day in Dallas? Today marks the 44th year since the event. It was sad not see a story in todays paper.