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50 YEARS LATER JFK ASSASSINATION
‘All agog’ for JFK
Austinites were thrilled: John F. Kennedy
would arrive - after a short visit to Dallas.
part of the Long Center, where some 2,500 were expected to attend a fundraising dinner with President
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By Patrick Beach
pbeach@statesman.com
DALLAS
COMMEMORATION
Austin was ready.
The city was bedecked in holiday decorations and lights.
Mayor Lester Palmer and Emma Long, the first woman
elected to the City Council, were among the dignitaries
set to greet President John F. Kennedy when Air Force One
touched down at Bergstrom Air Force Base on the after-
noon of Nov. 22,1963 - 50 years ago today.
A tent was up outside the
Governor’s Mansion for a re-
ception before the big event
of the day. The invitations to
that affair, scripted in hand-
some cursive, had gone out.
Largely because Gov. John
Connally and others had tire-
lessly worked the phones,
checks poured in for the
$100:a-plate fundraising din-
ner at Austin Municipal Au-
ditorium. The caterer didn’t
plates to set. Connally said
sales had “far exceeded” his
predicted 2,500.
The excitement was such
that Superintendent Irby Car-
ruth announced that Austin
schools would close at 2:30
p.m. so students could see
the motorcade. A hand-drawn
map of the route was printed
in the newspaper. Unlike Dal-
las - where Kennedy’s peo-
Today’s commemoration
begins at 11:3 0 a.m. in
Dealey Plaza, site of the
assassination.The limited-
admission event features
remarks by Dallas Mayor
Mike Rawlings and historian
David McCullough, the
tolling of bells around the
city and a moment of silence.
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» Ken Herman: An early encounter with JFK became
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» UT professor Don Graham and Austin writer Harri-
ett Harrow examine the JFK anniversary, A1O
AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL
Fast food near schools passes test
Council kills plan that
could have threatened
fast-food restaurants.
By Marty Toohey
mtoohey@statesman.com
Austin, it turns out, won’t
be telling kids looking for a
bite to eat after school wheth-
er they can have fries with
that.
A split City Council reject-
ed Thursday a proposal to be-
gin carrying out portions of
a communitywide health im-
provement plan - a mea-
sure that irrigated restaurant
owners and civil libertarians
by suggesting Austin consid-
er banning fast-food restau-
rants near “schools, munici-
pal parks, child care centers,
libraries and recreation cen-
ters.”
The ultimate goal, accord-
ing to a resolution offered by
Council Members Mike Marti-
nez and Laura Morrison, was
Healthy continued on A9
POLITICS
Senate
bars most
nominee
filibusters
Some say blocking of
picks too common;
GOP decries move.
By Jeremy W. Peters
New York Times
WASHINGTON - The Sen-
ate voted Thursday to elim-
inate the use of the filibus-
ter against most presiden-
tial nominees, a move that
will break the Republican
blockade of President Barack
Obama’s picks to Cabinet
posts and the federal judi-
ciary. The change is the most
fundamental shift in the way
the Senate functions in more
than a generation.
The vote was one that
members of both parties had
threatened for the better part
of a decade but had always
stopped short of carrying out.
This time, with little left of the
bipartisan spirit that helped
seal compromises on filibus-
ter rule changes in the past,
there was no last-minute deal
to be struck.
The 52-48 vote broke along
party lines.
Sen. Harry Reid, the major-
ity leader, set the change in
motion Thursday with a series
of procedural steps.
“The need for change is so,
so very obvious. It is clearly
visible,” Reid said as the Sen-
Senate continued on A6
CONTINUING
COVERAGE
GRADUATION RULES
Education
board
backs off
Algebra 2
But most students still
may end up taking it to
pursue advanced math.
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By Kate Alexander
kalexander@statesman.com
Members of the State Board
of Education on Thursday
backed off a proposal to man-
date advanced algebra for al-
most all Texas high school stu-
dents under new graduation
requirements that kick in next
school year.
The Algebra 2 requirement
technically would apply only
to students pursuing a math,
science and engineering fo-
cus. But unless and until the
board authorizes more math
courses, most students still
will end up taking Algebra 2
because it is a prerequisite
for almost all advanced math
courses.
That compromise, which
was approved on a prelim-
inary 14-1 vote, allowed the
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