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John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was shot to death today by a hidden assassin armed with a high-powered rifle. Mr. Kennedy, 46, lived about an hour after a sniper cut him down as his limousine left downtown Dallas. Automatically, the mantle of the Presidency fell to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, a native Texan who had been riding two cars behind the Chief Executive.

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