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Line 50: − + − + − + − + − + + + − "I walked over to Elm Street to see the Kennedy delegation. . . . President Kennedy and [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jackie]] made a handsome couple. She was resplendent in her pink dress and pink pillbox hat. The crowds on the sidewalks applauded, and waved as they drove by. . . . I entered the hotel . . . The room was almost filled, and people were seated at the individual tables. . . . We had the invocation, and many guests began to eat their lunch. Suddenly we heard sirens screaming and someone from outside ran up to the head table and excitedly said, 'The President, Vice President, and Governor Connally have all been shot.' I stood and announced the news. There was stunned silence in the room. Someone then produced a radio, and the news confirmed that the President had been shot.. . . "<ref>Jack Crichton, ''The Republican-Democrat Political Campaigns in Texas in 1964,'' self-published, 2004, pp. 7-8, ISBN 1-4184-2574-5 (paperback).</ref>+ −
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==Intelligence matters==
==Intelligence matters==
Critchton was appointed head of the intelligence component of Dallas Civil Defense. The conservative radio commentator [[Paul Harvey]] wrote in September 1960: "The Communists, since 1917, have sold communism to more people than have been told about [[Christ]] after 2,000 years." He urged his readers to support the "counter-attack . . . mounted in Dallas."<ref name=spartacus/>
Critchton was appointed head of the intelligence component of Dallas Civil Defense. The conservative radio commentator [[Paul Harvey]] wrote in September 1960: "The Communists, since 1917, have sold communism to more people than have been told about [[Christ]] after 2,000 years." He urged his readers to support the "counter-attack . . . mounted in Dallas."<ref name=spartacus/>
In 1961, Crichton joined with fellow Dallas [[conservative]]s to establish the program "Know Your Enemy", which aimed to combat communist influence that "was undermining the American way of life." In 1962, Crichton opened a command post underneath the patio of the Dallas Health and Science Museum with the goal of maintaining the continuity-of-government were the United States attacked.<ref name=spartacus/>{
In 1961, Crichton joined with fellow Dallas [[conservative]]s to establish the program "Know Your Enemy", which aimed to combat communist influence that "was undermining the American way of life." In 1962, Crichton opened a command post underneath the patio of the Dallas Health and Science Museum with the goal of maintaining the continuity-of-government were the United States attacked.<ref name=spartacus/>
In November 1963, Crichton was involved in the arrangements of the fatal visit of U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]] to Dallas. Crichton's friend, Deputy Police Chief George L. Lumpkin, a member of the 488th Military Intelligence Detachment, drove the pilot car of Kennedy's motorcade. Lieutenant Colonel George Whitmeyer, the East Texas Army Reserve commander, was also in the car. The pilot car stopped briefly in front of the Texas School Book Depository, where Lumpkin spoke to a policeman controlling traffic at the corner of Houston and Elm streets.
In November 1963, Crichton was involved in the arrangements of the fatal visit of U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]] to Dallas. Crichton's friend, Deputy Police Chief George L. Lumpkin, a member of the 488th Military Intelligence Detachment, drove the pilot car of Kennedy's motorcade. Lieutenant Colonel George Whitmeyer, the East Texas Army Reserve commander, was also in the car. The pilot car stopped briefly in front of the Texas School Book Depository, where Lumpkin spoke to a policeman controlling traffic at the corner of Houston and Elm streets.
At the time of the assassination of President Kennedy and the wounding of Governor Connally, Crichton was attending the annual luncheon held that year at the Adolphus Hotel on Commerce Street in Dallas on the Friday before [[Thanksgiving Day]] to honor the TAMU and [[University of Texas]] football teams, who meet on the gridiron annually on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Crichton recalls:
At the time of the assassination of President Kennedy and the wounding of Governor Connally, Crichton was attending the annual luncheon held that year at the Adolphus Hotel on Commerce Street in Dallas on the Friday before [[Thanksgiving Day]] to honor the TAMU and [[University of Texas]] football teams, who meet on the gridiron annually on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Crichton recalls:
<blockquote>
I walked over to Elm Street to see the Kennedy delegation. . . . President Kennedy and [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jackie]] made a handsome couple. She was resplendent in her pink dress and pink pillbox hat. The crowds on the sidewalks applauded, and waved as they drove by. . . . I entered the hotel . . . The room was almost filled, and people were seated at the individual tables. ... We had the invocation, and many guests began to eat their lunch. Suddenly we heard sirens screaming and someone from outside ran up to the head table and excitedly said, 'The President, Vice President, and Governor Connally have all been shot.' I stood and announced the news. There was stunned silence in the room. Someone then produced a radio, and the news confirmed that the President (and Connally) had been shot.<ref>Jack Crichton, ''The Republican-Democrat Political Campaigns in Texas in 1964,'' self-published, 2004, pp. 7-8, ISBN 1-4184-2574-5 (paperback).</ref></blockquote>
==Gubernatorial race==
==Gubernatorial race==