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Oswald’s trip to, 10, 39, 40, 45, 46, 48, 49, 52, 67, 174, 226, 295
Oswald’s views about, 45, 297
questioning of Oswald about, 186, 190, 192, 225, 226
space program and, 32–33
U.S. competition with, 32
in World War II, 26
space programs, 32–33, 72
Spalding, Chuck, 267
Sputnik space program, 32
St. Matthew’s Cathedral, 247, 248, 258
Stalin, Joseph, 25
Stanton, Frank, 270–71
State Department, U.S.: Cuban relations and, 49
Steensland, Bill, 165
Steichen, Edward, 273
Stevenson, Adlai, 63, 115, 116, 240
Stoughton, Cecil, 176, 178–79, 180
Stuckey, William, 41–44, 45, 47, 48, 50
Supreme Court, U.S., 33, 61, 62, 177, 273
Talbert, C.E., 220–21
taxes: as concern in early years of JFK presidency, 33
technology: and conspiracy theories about JFK assassination, 296–97
television
elections of 1960 and, 27
and JFK assassination as shared event, 291
Texas
LBJ’s hostile reception in, 240
as victim of Oswald’s actions, 240–42
Texas, JFK trip to
and flight to Texas, 65–66
Jackie’s wardrobe for trip to, 64–65
JFK plans for campaign trip to, 60, 62, 63–64
warnings about JFK’s trip to, 63–64, 240–41
See also specific city
Texas School Book Depository (Book Depository)
discovery of Oswald’s rifle at, 206
and JFK motorcade route, 68, 70, 79, 95, 111–19, 121–28
and manhunt for Oswald, 174
as museum, 288–90
Oswald as employee at, 59, 68–69, 70, 79, 112, 144, 149, 183, 184, 189–91, 226–27, 228
and Oswald’s comments to the media, 216
and Oswald’s decision to assassinate JFK, 68–69, 70
Oswald’s escape from, 144–45, 146, 147–48, 157, 225, 289
Oswald’s map and, 226–27
and Oswald’s plans for assassination of JFK, 72–77
Oswald’s rifle at, 89–90, 185, 207, 235
and Oswald’s shooting of JFK, 123–41
and Oswald’s wait for the motorcade, 105–6, 110–20, 121–23
and Paine’s and Marina’s concerns about role in assassination, 151
post-assassination activities at, 156
questioning of Oswald about, 189–91, 207–8, 227–29
roll call of employees at, 158, 173
and souvenirs/relics of JFK assassination, 263
visitors to, 289–90
Texas Theatre
Oswald’s arrest at, 181–82, 183, 185, 207, 237, 289
and questioning of Oswald, 207
Thomas, Albert, 77, 81
Thomas, George, 79
Time magazine, 160
Tippit, J.D.
arraignment of Oswald for murder of, 196–97, 200
burial of, 252–53
and conspiracy theories about JFK assassination, 296
Oswald’s actions after murder of, 180–82
Oswald’s arrest for murder, 181–82
and Oswald’s comments to the media, 215
Oswald’s denial about murdering, 207, 222
pistol involved in murder of, 171–73, 206
and plans for Oswald’s trial, 213
questioning of Oswald for murder of, 182–86, 190
reasons for murder of, 173–74
and shooting of Tippit, 171–73, 289
Tobias, Mahlon, 9
Trade Mart (Dallas)
JFK planned lunch and speech at, 67, 68, 82–83, 94, 95, 98, 103–4, 105, 107, 122, 156, 158
Oswald’s demonstrations at, 40
transfer, Oswald’s: from City Hall jail to County jail, 218–19, 220–21, 223–24, 229, 230–35, 242
Treasury, U.S. Department of the, 272
trial, Oswald’s
and Oswald’s death, 242
Wade’s comments about plans for, 212–13
tributes to JFK
Kennedy Library funding and, 279–80
at Lincoln Memorial, 275–76
Truly, Roy, 144, 145, 185
Truman, Harry S., 12, 69
United Nations, 63
United Press International (UPI), 146, 151, 159, 163, 253
United States
and American exceptionalism, 103–4
Oswald’s views about, 67
University of Alabama: desegregation at, 34
University of Mississippi: desegregation at, 12, 34
van der Rohe, Mies, 273
Vietnam, 31, 85, 285, 298
Vogue magazine: Jackie and, 262
Wade, Henry, 183, 212–13, 215, 221
Walker, Bob, 94–95
Walker, Edwin A.
civil rights movement and, 12
Communism and, 11–12
and JFK relief of Walker from command, 12
media coverage of shooting of, 17–19
Oswald at rally with, 59
Oswald’s attempted assassination of, 13, 15–16, 17, 39, 52–53, 57–58, 70, 78, 110, 128, 129, 141, 146, 149, 157, 212, 242
Oswald’s fixation on, 11–12
Oswald’s justification for assassination of, 12
Oswald’s plans for assassination of, 3–4, 10–12, 19
Oswald’s reactions to shooting, 17–20, 21, 22, 110
professional background of, 12
souvenir of shooting of, 19–20
and turning points for Oswald, 22
Wall Street Journal, 93
Wallace, George, 34
War Is Hell (movie), 181
Warren Commission, 264, 283, 284, 292, 295–97
Warren, Earl, 241–42, 264, 284
Washington, D.C.
and anniversaries of Lincoln assassination, 290
Kennedys and Johnsons return to, 169–70, 174–78, 187–88, 192–93, 194–95
return of presidential limousine to, 195–96
Washington, D.C, See also specific location
Washington Star
Bartlett article about Jackie in, 264–65
Jackie as reporter for, 287
WDSU-TV/radio (New Orleans), Oswald on, 40–50, 263
West, B.C., 274
Western Cartridge Company, 9
White, Byron, 62, 286
White House
funeral procession from Capitol to, 247–48
funeral procession to St. Matthew’s from, 247, 248–49, 258
Jackie’s inscription on marble mantle in, 272
Jackie’s post-funeral stay at, 249–50, 252, 260–62, 271–74
Jackie’s refusal to visit, 280, 282
Jackie’s return from Texas to, 202–3
and Jackie’s suggestions for redecorating the Oval Office, 261–62
Jackie’s thank-you notes to staff at, 272
JFK body in East Room of, 201, 202, 203, 219, 242–43
JFK-Jackie’s last night in, 61
JFK motorcade from Bethesda Naval Hospital to, 201–2
JFK receptions and dinners at, 61
LBJ invitations to Jackie to return to, 282
LBJ move into, 205
Lincoln family stay in, 205, 271
Marine honor guard for JFK body at, 202, 242
renovation of, 56
school for children at, 262
White, Theodore, 266–69, 294–95
Whitman, Walt, 290
Wicker, Tom, 158
Wilder, Thornton, 273
Williams, Bonnie Ray, 113–14, 117, 127–28, 129, 130, 131, 147, 150
Wilson, Edmund, 273
Worker journal, 6, 11, 12
World War II, 12, 24, 26, 35, 58, 135, 151, 166, 181
Worrell, James, 126–27, 130
Wyeth, Andrew, 273
Youngblood, Rufus, 143, 154, 162, 174
Zapruder, Abraham, 119–20, 122, 124, 126, 130, 133, 135, 143, 217, 290
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
James L. Swanson is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer and its sequel, Bloody Crimes: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Chase for Jefferson Davis. Manhunt won an Edgar Award for the best nonfiction crime book of the year. Swanson’s other books include the bestselling classic Chasing Lincoln’s Killer, an adaptation of Manhunt for young readers, and Bloody Times, the young adult version of Bloody Crimes. His pictorial book Lincoln’s Assassins: Their Trial and Execution, is an acclaimed photo history of the crime, the pursuit of the conspirators, and their fates. He was awarded a Historic Deerfield Fellowship in Early American History, and he serves on the advisory council of the Ford’s Theatre Society. He has degrees in history and in law from the University of Chicago and UCLA, and he has held a number of government and think-tank posts in Washington, D.C., including at the United States Department of Justice. Follow him on Twitter @JamesLSwanson.
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