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Original United Press International (UPI) teletype news bulletin documenting the funeral of President John F. Kennedy, measuring approximately 8.5 x 4.25 inches. This dispatch, identified as UPI-129, was transmitted from Washington during the state funeral on November 25, 1963, providing real-time coverage of one of the most solemn events in American history.

The bulletin reports on the funeral procession as it made its way toward Arlington National Cemetery, noting the participation of members of the Kennedy family, Cabinet officials, members of Congress, foreign dignitaries, and heads of state. Among those specifically mentioned are French President Charles de Gaulle, Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, and other world leaders gathered to pay their final respects to the fallen president.

The dispatch also recounts the remarks of Richard Cardinal Cushing’s representative, Archbishop Patrick O’Boyle? (actually it references Hannon, who read during the service), explaining that it was thought most appropriate for Kennedy’s own words to express his ideals and aspirations. It concludes with a portion of Kennedy’s inaugural address and the familiar passage from Ecclesiastes:

“There’s an appointed time for everything under heaven… A time to be born and a time to die… A time to weep and a time to laugh…”

Original teletypes such as this were transmitted over wire service machines directly to newspapers and broadcast stations, where editors relied upon them for immediate coverage of breaking events. Because they were intended as working newsroom documents rather than keepsakes, surviving examples documenting the Kennedy assassination and funeral remain increasingly scarce and represent important primary-source artifacts from one of the defining moments of the twentieth century.

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