Historic Newspapers: JFK Assassination

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-- "Second Extra", Nov. 22, 1963

• Bizarre JFK - John F. Kennedy assassination issue

This “Second Extra” edition has a curious–if not macabre–combination of headline and photo.
As

THE DALLAS TIMES HERALD, Texas, November 22, 1963

• John F. Kennedy assassination
• Best title to be had (1st report)

Serious collectors always try to obtain historic newspapers from the city where the

THE HOUSTON PRESS--4th EXTRA, Nov. 22, 1963

• From the city where JFK was the previous day

President Kennedy was in Houston the day before his fateful trip to Dallas.
The banner headline announces:

CITIZEN-NEWS, Hollywood, California, November 22, 1963

• Unique JFK assassination issue

See the photos for one of the most dramatic front pages to be had reporting the assassination of President John

CITIZEN-NEWS, Lankershim, New Hampshire, Nov. 22, 1963

• Unusual headline on JFK's assassination
• President John F. Kennedy w/ large photo

This is one of the most dramatic and unusual issues on John F.

THE MIAMI NEWS, Florida, Nov. 22, 1963

• Terrific issue for display
• JFK John F. Kennedy assassination

I believe this to be an "extra" edition put out very quickly to announce: "KENNEDY IS DEAD ! "

NEW YORK POST, Dec. 9, 1980

• John Lennon assassination
• "The Beatles" front man
• From the city of the murder
• Nice headline for display

Here is one of the more desirable newspapers on the death of John

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 5, 1961  Page 39 has an "under-the-radar" report telling of JFK's attendance of the movie "Spartacus" at a local Washington, D.C. theater: "KENNEDY ATTENDS MOVIE IN

NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 27, 1963

• President John F. Kennedy - JFK
• Last policy/ideals speech given
• Pre-Dallas, Texas assassination

Obviously unknown at the time but less than 4 weeks later John F. Kennedy

LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 3, 1992 (Calendar Section only)

*Beethoven Opening Day premiere & review
*Thunderheart Opening Day premiere & review
*Other popular movie advertisements

This issue shows a

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 23, 1983

• Very early Beastie Boys performance advertisement
• Transition to hip hop - rap rock group - "Cooky Puss"
• Over 3 years prior

DAILY NEWS, New York, Nov. 23, 1963

• John F. Kennedy assassination

The front page is dominated by the dramatic report: "PRESIDENT KILLED" with a related subhead, and the famous photo of Lyndon

THE NEWS & OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, Nov. 23, 1963

• John F. Kennedy JFK assassination
• Lee Harvey Oswald as a suspect (early)

One of the more dramatic issues on the assassination of John F.

HERALD EXAMINER--EXTRA, Los Angeles, Nov. 22, 1963

• John F. Kennedy assassination

Bold headline above the masthead: "KENNEDY SLAIN" and also: "Assassinated in Dallas; Johnson Is President" with the

PATERSON EVENING NEWS--EXTRA, New Jersey, Nov. 22, 1963

• JFK John F. Kennedy assassination
• Nice headline w/ photo for display
• Early, same day 1st report coverage

The banner headline is one of the

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 1-6, 1978

• The Police - English rock band - musician "Sting"
• Very first United States performance advertisement
• CBGB - Manhattan music

THE DAILY MAIL, Anderson, South Carolina, November 22, 1963

• Terrific issue for display
• JFK John F. Kennedy assassination

I believe this to be an "extra" edition put out very quickly to announce: "KENN

PRESS-TELEGRAM EXTRA, Long Beach, California, November 22, 1963  Reporting from the day of the tragedy. The front page features a banner headline: "PRESIDENT KENNEDY SLAIN ASSASSIN!" with a subhead

EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Oregon, Nov. 22, 1963

• Terrific publication for display
• JFK John F. Kennedy assassination

A very dramatic front page, with perhaps the largest photo of JFK we have seen on any

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., Oct. 26, 1960

• Martin Luther King Jr. sentenced to 4 months hard labor
• Would be released on this day with the help of JFK
• re. Atlanta sit-ins - re. John F. Kennedy

ULUS ADIMIZ ANDIMIZDIR, Nov. 23, 1963

• President John. F. Kennedy
• JFK assassination - murder

A newspaper from Turkey reporting the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The name of the newspaper

THE PARSONS SUN, Kansas, September 13, 1962

• John F. Kennedy JFK Rice University speech
• Space race vs. Russia - Going to the moon ?

The top of page 2 has a two column heading: "'Theme in Space: We

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Sept. 9, 1971

• John F. Kennedy Center of Performing Arts
• Along the Potomac River - Washington D.C.
• Opening gala opening night - Leonard Bernstein

The front page has a four

THE AUSTIN STATESMAN, Texas, Nov. 22, 1963

• The visit that never happened
• John F. Kennedy - JFK

This is the city where President Kennedy was to be later on November 22 following his talk at the Dallas

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Nov. 12, 1963

• President John F. Kennedy - JFK
• "A Special Day", 11 November, 1963
• Veteran's Day ceremonies w/ photo
• Arlington National Cemetery - Virginia
• Tomb of the Unknown

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 22, 1939

• Very early John F. Kennedy - JFK
• Photo while still attending Harvard

The top of page 10 has a two column photo showing a young John F. Kennedy with heading:

THE CINCINNATI POST - 8 Star Extra, Ohio Nov. 22, 1963  The banner headline announces: "JFK ASSASSINATED; JOHNSON PRESIDENT" with a large photo of Kennedy moments before being shot. Various related

THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE--EXTRA, Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 23, 1963  Presumed complete with all 46 pages, minor wear at central fold, generally very nice.

THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C., June 25, 1975

• Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 crash
• Boeing 727 jet airplane
• John F. Kennedy International Airport

The front page has a banner headline: "109 Perish in

THE NEW YORK TIMES (The Warren Commission's Report) supplement, Sept. 28, 1964

• The Warren Commission's Report
• John F. Kennedy JFK assassination
• Lee Harvey Oswald & Jack Ruby

The front page has a

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, June 26, 1978

• Black Sabbath - English heavy metal rock band
• "Never Say Die!" Madison Square Garden - MSG
• Ozzy Osbourne - Tony Iommi w/ Van

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass. April 28, 1961

• President John F. Kennedy - JFK
• "The President and the Press" speech
• American Newspapers Publishers Association
• Waldorf-Astoria Hotel - New York City

JOURNAL AMERICAN, New York, Nov. 22, 1963  The complete first section with pages 1-26. Very light dirtiness & edge wear, generally nice.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 3, 1960

• Martin Luther King Jr.
• John F. Kennedy - JFK
• 1960 Presidential campaign

The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "Negro Unit Charges King Aids Kennedy" (see images)

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 15, 1944

• Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. killed
• United States Navy lieutenant
• John F. Kennedy JFK's older brother
• World War II - WWII

Page 18 has one column headings: "SON OF J. P.

THE PRATT DAILY TRIBUNE, Kansas, April 13, 1961

• Yuri Gagarin - Vostok 1 - Soviet cosmonaut
• 1st human into outer space

The top of the front page one column heading announcing that the Soviets have

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 9, 1961

• Astronaut Alan Shepard
• 1st American in space
• Mercury-Redstone 3 - Freedom 7
• JFK - White House ceremony

America's first man is space is heralded with a front page

THE PARSONS SUN, Parsons, Kansas, January 3, 1967

• Jack Ruby dies while waiting on death row...
• Hard-to-find same-day reporting
• Slayer of Lee Harvey Oswald... assassin of JFK

The front page reports of

DAILY NEWS, New York City, Special Airplane Disaster Edition, July 19, 1999

• John F. Kennedy Jr. and wife Carolyn tragedy
• "John-John" - son of former President JFK
• Flight to Martha's Vineyard ends in

THE PATRIOT, Harrisburg, Penn. November 26, 1963

• John F. Kennedy death funeral
• Famed photo of JFK Jr. saluting

The front page has a banner headline: "President Who Sought Peace Finds It in an

THE PATRIOT, Harrisburg, Penn., November 25, 1963

• Lee Harvey Oswald killed w/ photos
• John F. Kennedy funeral w/ photos.

The front page has a banner headline: "ACCUSED ASSASSIN IS DEAD, GUNNED DOWN IN

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Dec. 1, 1962

• Eastern Air Lines Flight 512 disaster
• Douglas DC-7 aircraft - airplane crash
• Idlewild - John F. Kennedy JFK airport

The top of the front page has a five column

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 23, 1961

• American Novelist & more Norman Mailer
• Open poem to John F. Kennedy - JFK

Page 4 has a poem headed: "Open Poem To John

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 16, 1960  The headline announces: "Kennedy Calls For Sacrifices In U.S. To Help The World Meet Challenges of 'New Frontier' " with related subheads. The front page photos

THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, October 22, 1960

• John F. Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon
• 4th and final presidential debate

This 24 page newspaper has a two line banner headline on the front page:

AMERICAN OBSERVER, Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 1959

• Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy photo

The front page features 4 photos, one being: "John Kennedy" concerns a compromise labor-,management

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 20, 1962

• American Novelist & more Norman Mailer
• Open letter to John F. Kennedy - JFK

The front page has a heading: "An Open Letter

ORLANDO EVENING STAR--EXTRA, Florida, November 22, 1963  Certainly to go down in history as one of the more memorable events of the 20th century, this newspaper has a bold banner headline

PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, Penn. July 18, 1969

• Apollo 11 moon mission
• Neil Armstrong - Buzz Aldrin - Michael Collins
• JFK's goal in progress - 50th anniversary this year

The top of the front page has

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, October 8, 1960

• John F. Kennedy JFK
• Richard Nixon
• Presidential debate

This 12 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Candidates