Teletype Message with Wire Service News Coverage of John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963
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Artifact Overview
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 Details
Artifact
Dispatch
Date Made
22 November 1963
Subject Date
22 November 1963
Place of Creation
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.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
97.1.1798.21
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)
Dimensions
Height: 10.75 in
Width: 8.5 in
Inscriptions
Printed on front: THE PRESIDENT WAS SHOT ONCE IN THE HEAD / CONNALLY WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD AND WRIST / POLICE FOUND A FOREIGN-MAKE RIFLE - / SHERIFF-S OFFICERS WERE QUESTIONING A YOUNG / MAN PICKED UP AT THE SCENE / ADD - KENNEDY / DALLAS - AP - THE NEW PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON / AND HIS WIFE LEFT THE HOSPITAL A HALF HOUR AFTER / KENNEDY DIED - NEWSMEN HAD NO OPPORTUNITY TO QUESTION THEM / ADD - KENNEDY / DALLAS - AP - KENNEDY DIED OF A GUNSHOT / WOUND IN THE BRAIN AT APPROXIMATELY 1 PM / -CST- ACCORDING TO AN ANNOUNCEMENT BY ACTING / WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY MALCOLM KILDUFF /- IT WAS A SIMPLE MATTER OF A BULLET RIGHT / THROUGH THE HEAD - SAID DR GEORGE BURKLEY / WHITE HOUSE MEDICAL OFFICER / SEN YARBOROUGH SAID HE COUNTED THREE RIFLE / SHOTS AS THE PRESIDENTIAL LIMOUSINE LEFT / DOWNTOWN DALLAS THROUGH A TRIPLE UNDERPASS / ONE WITNESS SAID HE SAW A GUN EMERGE FROM / AN UPPER STORY OF A WAREHOUSE COMMANDING AN / UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CAR / ADD - JOHNSON / DALLAS - UPI - TRAVELING BEHIND A POLICE / ESCORT WITH HIS WIFE LADYBIRD JOHNSON HEADED / UNDER HEAVY GUARD FOR SECLUSION SOMEWHERE IN / MIDTOWN DALLAS / PRESUMABLY JOHNSON AND HIS STAFF WILL GO / RIGHT TO WORK ON PLANS FOR TAKING A FORMAL / OATH OF OFFICE TO SUCCEED THE SLAIN PRESIDENT
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