tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639845659436318985.post8311400119839496243..comments2023-12-23T09:43:01.361-08:00Comments on Jeff R. Lonto's Chronicles from the Analog Age: Barry ZeVan, Tom Ryther and JFKJeff R. Lontohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09917699334504877905noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639845659436318985.post-35353646202692500702021-11-22T21:01:45.805-08:002021-11-22T21:01:45.805-08:00I was a copywriter for WQAD-TV in Moline. A group...I was a copywriter for WQAD-TV in Moline. A group of us were at lunch at the Hasty Tasty, a restaurant just a few blocks up the street. Shirley, our wait person, came to the table and said, "The station just called, you are to get back there immediately, President Kennedy has been shot and killed." I also remember the switchboard coming alive during the President's funeral with people complaining because "General Hospital" wasn't on that day.<br /><br />dick maynardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441491090517174423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639845659436318985.post-52576541598878875012018-11-22T20:25:00.263-08:002018-11-22T20:25:00.263-08:00And as we all know, Jack Ruby took care of the man...And as we all know, Jack Ruby took care of the man who shot the President in short order.Jeff R. Lontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09917699334504877905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639845659436318985.post-12689661869300432832018-11-22T20:21:42.506-08:002018-11-22T20:21:42.506-08:00I can imagine it would have been hard for a small ...I can imagine it would have been hard for a small child to process. I was just reading about how when Captain Kangaroo finally returned to the air the following Tuesday, he dedicated the entire program to the memory of the President, and read the speech he was to have delivered in Dallas on the previous Friday.Jeff R. Lontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09917699334504877905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639845659436318985.post-85169769390821050232018-11-22T18:05:46.456-08:002018-11-22T18:05:46.456-08:00I was one of those five year olds who witnessed th...I was one of those five year olds who witnessed the days (and week) events mostly through the adults around me. First my older sister came home from school and said that her teacher was crying. Then my cartoon watching ended for the week as the television provided wall to wall coverage of the events that day and ending with the funeral in Washington DC. Being all of five, it was frightening hearing that the man who shot the president was somewhere out there and could hurt someone else.<br />Dan Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05567540514229095118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639845659436318985.post-60589321492921084312018-11-21T22:41:14.461-08:002018-11-21T22:41:14.461-08:00Thanks for the memory.Thanks for the memory.Jeff R. Lontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09917699334504877905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639845659436318985.post-41094462762965581032018-11-21T21:00:14.717-08:002018-11-21T21:00:14.717-08:00The day it happened I was on the couch feeding my ...The day it happened I was on the couch feeding my 5mo.old baby Donna.it was announced on TV PRES.KENNEDY HAD BEEN ASSASINATED.IJUST COULDNT BELIEVE IT😔I COULDNT STOP CRYING.MY WHOLE FAMILY LOVED JOHN KENNEDY.IT WAS A HORRIFIC DAY FOR US ALL.R.I.P.MR.PRESIDENT.YOU ARE MISSEDDiane millicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08545183873984154568noreply@blogger.com