/internal/media/dispatcher/11056/fullTyped draft of a newspaper article by a Dallas Times Herald reporter11/22/196312 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. (30.8 x 21.6 cm)PaperJohn Schoellkopf Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1996.003.00090Carbon copy of a 2 page draft of a news article for the Dallas Times Herald, November 22, 1963. The story is on tan copy paper with torn upper edges on both sheets.
Text of first page (in full):
"arrival HTK" in upper left corner
"xxxxxxxxxx
Two North Dallas youths showed up at the airport carrying a large white banner reading "Let's Barry King Johnx." They kept unfurling it for the xxxxxxxx growing crowds of people arriving to take up posts behind the chain link fences that separated them from the airport ramps.
The youngsters with the banner, Buck Branson, 16, 4716 Nashwood Lane, and Roland Dickey, 16, of 9900 Preston, said, "We're not representing anybody, just ourselves."
Waving high above the crowd was a large Confederate flag and a Texas flag, carried by members of a young contingent from Carrollton High School led by some of the school's cheerleaders. Several of the boys from the group climbed up a light standard, planted their feet on the top of the link fence and unfurled their xxxx flags.
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Text of second page (in full):
"Arrival -- first add HTK" in upper left corner
" A third youth, Clifford Gilpatrick, 17, of 5350 Montrose, said he believed xxxxx a lot of what his friends were saying "but not all."
"I'm driving the car," he said. "I came along mainly to give them a ride."
The high school boys were xxxxxxxx somewhat lost in a sea of happy xx JFK supporters. Many pro-Kennedy signs dotted the crowd -- "We Love You Jackie," "All the Way With JFK," and some campaign signs left over from the 1960 Presidential election.
One Kennedy greeter, Mrs. Berton Lively, of 7115 Dellrose Ave., said she was the first greeter xxxxx on the scene, arriving at the airport at 6:45 a.m. She said she was born in Cuba and lived in America 23 years and though the President's Cuban policies were "wonderful."
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Documents7351021.590000000030.797500000012338DocumentTwo-page carbon copy draft of a newspaper article typed in black on tan copy paper written for the Dallas Times Herald on November 22, 1963. The article narrates scenes from Love Field before the Kennedy's arrival, including descriptions of individuals from the crowds and the home-made signs, banners, and flags in the crowd.
The full text reads:
"arrival HTK" in upper left corner
"xxxxxxxxxx
Two North Dallas youths showed up at the airport carrying a large white banner reading "Let's Barry King Johnx." They kept unfurling it for the xxxxxxxx growing crowds of people arriving to take up posts behind the chain link fences that separated them from the airport ramps.
The youngsters with the banner, Buck Branson, 16, 4716 Nashwood Lane, and Roland Dickey, 16, of 9900 Preston, said, "We're not representing anybody, just ourselves."
Waving high above the crowd was a large Confederate flag and a Texas flag, carried by members of a young contingent from Carrollton High School led by some of the school's cheerleaders. Several of the boys from the group climbed up a light standard, planted their feet on the top of the link fence and unfurled their xxxx flags.
(more)"
Text of second page (in full):
"Arrival -- first add HTK" in upper left corner
" A third youth, Clifford Gilpatrick, 17, of 5350 Montrose, said he believed xxxxx a lot of what his friends were saying "but not all."
"I'm driving the car," he said. "I came along mainly to give them a ride."
The high school boys were xxxxxxxx somewhat lost in a sea of happy xx JFK supporters. Many pro-Kennedy signs dotted the crowd -- "We Love You Jackie," "All the Way With JFK," and some campaign signs left over from the 1960 Presidential election.
One Kennedy greeter, Mrs. Berton Lively, of 7115 Dellrose Ave., said she was the first greeter xxxxx on the scene, arriving at the airport at 6:45 a.m. She said she was born in Cuba and lived in America 23 years and though the President's Cuban policies were "wonderful."
###"NewspapersReporterSignTexas flagConfederate flagLehrer, JimSchoellkopf, JohnDallas Times HeraldLove FieldDallasThis object is featured in the Museum's special exhibit, "On Assignment: Dallas Times Herald 1963," which opened on April 29, 2026.Jim Lehrer, an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist best known for the long-running PBS NewsHour program and for moderating presidential debates (1988-2012), was a reporter at the Dallas Times Herald in 1963. Assigned to Dallas Love Field on November 22, 1963, he witnessed the Secret Service remove the bubbletop from the presidential limousine shortly before the Dallas motorcade. Following the assassination, he covered the scene at Dallas police headquarters.
Mr. Lehrer recorded an oral history interview with the Museum in November 2013, which may be accessed in the Museum’s online collections database here: Jim Lehrer Oral History – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.
More objects related to Jim Lehrer may be found here: Thesaurus – Vocabularies – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger The Museum's John Schoellkopf Collection includes a number of typed notes and draft stories from November 22, 1963, as well as newspaper proofs, a pencil mock-up of the intended front page and other Dallas Times Herald documents related to the weekend of the Kennedy assassination. John L. Schoellkopf (1938-2018) had a remarkable career at the Dallas Times Herald, starting out as an intern while attending Southern Methodist University in 1957. By the time he left journalism in 1970 for a career in business, farming and politics, he had risen to become the Dallas Times Herald vice president of administration. At the time of the Kennedy assassination in 1963, he was the paper's assistant city editor. Schoellkopf later ran for Dallas mayor and served on the board of a number of organizations including the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Theater Center and the Texas State Historical Association. Schoellkopf recorded an oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 11, 1996. - Stephen Fagin, Curator "HTK" in the world of print journalism stands for "Headline to Come." Universally in journalism, "TK" is used for "To Come" instead of the actual abbreviation "TC." Why? Because "TC" was considered a more natural combination of letters and might, in the fast-paced world of newspaper publishing, be mistaken as part of the text or a typo. Very few English words have a "TK" letter combination, so it was used to indicate that content was "to come" at a later time. - Stephen Fagin, Curator