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I was in my dormitory room. My roommate came in and said "Hey, they shot Kennedy." My roommate was a died in wool Republican and Kennedy basher, so I just waited for the next line, which did not come. Finally I said, "So what's the punch line?"
"No joke," he said, "they really shot Kennedy."
"Bullshit!" I said.
Then a shout came down the hall, "Hey, someone shot the President!"
I went downstairs to the TV room, which was packed. I could not get in and had to stand on my toes to see the screen. I got there just in time to hear Cronkite say "From Dallas, Texas, the flash, apparently official, President Kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, 2:00 o'clock eastern standard time, some 38 minutes ago."
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