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John and Jackie Kennedy and their daughter Caroline in 1960
It was a story that shocked the world - and the Oxford Mail made sure its readers were kept up to date as the facts unravelled.
Lee Harvey Oswald, a 24-year-old former marine, had been charged with the murder of American president John Kennedy in Dallas.
On Saturday, November 23, 1963, the Mail carried full details of the assassination and a picture of the killer already in custody on its front page.
The president’s body lay in the East Room of the White House and messages of sympathy had come from around the world, including one from President Khrushchev in Russia. ....

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