THF96070

Teletype Message with Wire Service News Coverage of John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963

Summary

In the routine course of business, Ford Motor Company received a steady flow of news and financial reports from the Wall Street Journal. These dispatches came over the teletype machine on November 22, 1963 describing events from the arrival of President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline in Dallas through the official report of his death several hours later.

Artifact

Dispatch

Date Made

22 November 1963

Subject Date

22 November 1963

Creators

Dow Jones & Co.

Wall Street Journal (Firm)

Place of Creation

United States, Michigan, Dearborn

United States, New York, New York

Creator Notes

Report from Dow Jones Co. / Wall Street Journal wire service, based in New York, New York. Received at Ford Motor Company offices, Dearborn, Michigan.

Object ID

97.1.1798.34

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Theodore H. Mecke, Jr.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Inscriptions

Printed on front: POLICE HOLDING - PRIME SUSPECT - / IN KENNEDY ASSASSINATION / DALLAS - UPI - POLICE TODAY SAID LEE H OSWALD / IDENTIFIED AS CHAIRMAN OF A -FAIR PLAY FOR / CUBA COMMITTEE- WAS THE PRIME SUSPECT IN THE / ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY / POLICE SAID OSWALD 24 WAS ACCUSED IN THE / SLAYING OF A DALLAS POLICEMAN SHORTLY AFTER / THE SHOOTING OF THE PRESIDENT / POLICE CAPT PAY GANNAWAY SAID THE SUSPECT / WAS AN EMPLOYEE IN THE BUILDING WHERE A RIFLE / WAS FOUND / GANNAWAY SAID THE SUSPECT HAD VISITED RUSSIA / AND WAS MARRIED TO A RUSSIAN - THIS WAS NOT / IMMEDIATELY CONFIRMED / THE SUSPECT WAS THE MAN CORNERED AND SEIZED / IN A MOVIE THEATER IN THE OAK CLIFF SECTION / SOON AFTER THE ASSASSINATION - HE HAD KILLED / A POLICE OFFICER BEFORE HE WAS SUBDUED