RARE: Best moments from the presidential breakfast in Fort Worth TX 11/22/63

[Vince Palamara]

-JFK, Jackie + Secret Service agents Clint Hill, Roy Kellerman & Don Lawton

-Best President Kennedy moments

-WFAA announcer talking about the McKinley assassination?!?!

RARE: Best moments from the presidential breakfast in Fort Worth TX 11/22/63

 

[Joseph McBride]

Mike Wallace of KLRD-TV was the announcer talking

about the McKinley assassination during

the live coverage of the presidential breakfast event in

Fort Worth on November 22, 1963 (no, not the better-known Mike Wallace).

Bob Walker, the station manager and news director of WFAA-TV in Dallas,

also went on about assasinations during his live coverage of

President Kennedy's arrival at Love Field. The concern was "in the air."

Edited May 20, 2022 by Joseph McBride

[Vince Palamara]

22 minutes ago, Joseph McBride said:

Mike Wallace of KLRD-TV was the announcer talking

about the McKinley assassination during

the live coverage of the presidential breakfast event in

Fort Worth on November 22, 1963 (no, not the better-known Mike Wallace).

Bob Walker, the station manager and news director of WFAA-TV in Dallas,

also went on about assasinations during his live coverage of

President Kennedy's arrival at Love Field. The concern was "in the air."

Thanks for the info!

[Ron Bulman]

So, we have the local TV media KRLD in Fort Worth and WFAA in Dallas talking about assassinations the morning of before it happened, and, the Dallas Morning News running the black bordered 'Welcome to Dallas" ad.  Had local media heard rumors of what might happen?  

[George Govus]

1 hour ago, Ron Bulman said:

Had local media heard rumors of what might happen?

I guess! Dan Rather was backed by a full-scale CBS network crew on hand in Dallas. The other networks were under-prepared.

[Joseph McBride]

Dan Rather convinced CBS to have FIVE full camera crews

covering JFK in Dallas, including the only live hookup (at

the Trade Mart). ABC and NBC each had the usual one crew

covering the president's trip to Dallas.

[Joseph McBride]

The assassination wasn't a complete surprise to me

or to some others who followed presidential

security closely. I worried about JFK's assassination early on -- I

wrote a short story about it for my freshman

English class at Marquette University High School in

Milwaukee in October 1961, "The Plot Against a Country."

I wrote it because while acting as a volunteer in Kennedy's

1960 Wisconsin presidential primary campaign and meeting

him twice, I was concerned about his lack of security,

and I was already a student of the Lincoln assassination.

The third time I met Kennedy was in May 1962, when

he came to Milwaukee as president, and I was part of his

honor guard at the Jefferson-Jackson Day event. I came

within five feet of him afterward. My father, Milwaukee Journal reporter Raymond E. McBride, met Kennedy at a VIP

reception beforehand and had time for one question, so

he asked, "Do you ever worry about being assassinated?" The

president said he was aware of the risk but couldn't think

about it because he wouldn't be able to do his job if he did.

Edited May 20, 2022 by Joseph McBride

[Pete Mellor]

God only knows how I got home from a drinking session with John in 1972 after Pentangle's gig at Manchester's Free Trade Hall.

White House Blues for Ron.

 

[Ron Bulman]

Thanks Pete, I've never heard that before.  Regarding the thread topic about JFK in Fort Worth I have fond thoughts about his last night on earth there, as I was born in Cowtown.  The rightwing oil wives provided a stupendous art collection in their suite.  His last public speech is well commemorated there today, a moving tribute.

Outside the former Hotel Texas, now the Hilton.  Where I bought tickets at the Concerts West outlet in the lobby to see the Allman Brothers, ZZ Top, Rod Stewart with Blue Oyster Cult, and Eric Clapton among others across the street from the memorial and hotel.  All unbeknownst to me at the time.

One of my favorite JFK quotes is carved in stone there.  "A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on."

Photos for JFK Memorial - Yelp

John F. Kennedy Tribute Memorial in Fort Worth, TX

 

 

[Pete Mellor]

10 hours ago, Ron Bulman said:

Thanks Pete, I've never heard that before.  Regarding the thread topic about JFK in Fort Worth I have fond thoughts about his last night on earth there, as I was born in Cowtown.  The rightwing oil wives provided a stupendous art collection in their suite.  His last public speech is well commemorated there today, a moving tribute.

Outside the former Hotel Texas, now the Hilton.  Where I bought tickets at the Concerts West outlet in the lobby to see the Allman Brothers, ZZ Top, Rod Stewart with Blue Oyster Cult, and Eric Clapton among others across the street from the memorial and hotel.  All unbeknownst to me at the time.

One of my favorite JFK quotes is carved in stone there.  "A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on."

Photos for JFK Memorial - Yelp

John F. Kennedy Tribute Memorial in Fort Worth, TX

 

 

Yes, excellent tributes in Fort Worth.  One of my favourite bands, the Allman Brothers, never got to see them but those Fillmore albums are top of my Spotify list!