JAN 1, 2012 -

  Presented here are several pages from the St. Louis Post Dispatch from the days immediately following the assassination of President Kennedy. The original newspapers were scanned in the fall of 2011. As the papers were in very poor condition, brown and crumbling, some effort was necessary to present them in readable condition. Hopefully, this effort has been successful. Click the links below to view each page.

Nov.23, 1963

  • Page 1 - Oswald charged
  • Page 3 - Local reaction - Capt.Kangaroo appearance postponed
  • Page 7 - Mr.Kennedy arose early, began last day exuberantly
  • Page 11 - Kennedy's visits to St.Louis - Oswald's background

Nov.24, 1963

  • Page 1 - Johnson assumes control
  • Page 2 - Page 1 stories continued
  • Page 3 - St. Louis reaction - Arch has construction problem
  • Page 5 - Gov. Connally, Billy Graham feared President's Texas trip
  • Page 6 - World reaction - Negro leaders deeply touched
  • Page 7 - More details about Oswald
  • Page 10 - Continued stories
  • Page 12 - Chrysler president pledges 'no more automation'
  • Page 28 - Local woman recalls President McKinley's assassination
  • Page 30 - 63 die in Ohio nursing home fire - worst in 6 years

Nov.25, 1963