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Asseyev is in "satisfactory condition," according to the Cambridge City Hospital, but is still on the danger list. He suffered a ruptured spleen and a severe scalp cut during his fall when he struck the limb of a tree. The doctor who removed the spleen in an operation Friday reported that Asseyev "has a very strong will to live...
Inevitable Reminder. The rest of Jackie's purchases were made by phone or by friends, and on Christmas morning all was ready. Spying his gifts beneath a 12-ft. tree, John-John tore into them without further ceremony, and the room was soon abuzz and awhir with the sounds of a helicopter, some airplanes and a toy boat. Somewhat more sedately, Caroline opened presents described by a family friend as "girl's toys," plus a bright red fire engine from Lucy Baines Johnson. From King Hassan of Morocco, whom she visited in October, Jackie accepted a century...
Whatever Recompense. Hundreds of miles away, Marie Tippit, widow of the Dallas policeman who was shot to death while trying to question Kennedy's assassin, spent the pre-Christmas weekend decorating a tree at home with her three children, Allen, 14, Brenda, 10, and Curtis, 5. But on Christmas Day she left Dallas for visits to the outlying homes of her parents and her husband's parents. The trip was marred by a minor but upsetting auto accident, in which Mrs. Tippit cut her head. For whatever recompense it was worth, mail sacks filled with contributions...
...Christmas-and perhaps only this Christmas-seemed "wonderful." Life with Lee Harvey Oswald had always been hard and unpredictable. But last week, after the seclusion imposed upon her by the Secret Service, she became radiant over the opportunity to attend a midnight Christmas Mass and to enjoy a glittering tree surrounded by donated gifts. Inside the 20 large boxes were clothes and toys, including 15 dolls for two-year-old June and two-month-old Rachel. Marina visited with her brother-in-law, Robert Oswald, made a brief trip to her husband's grave on the outskirts of Fort...
...popular half-form is the adaptation, half novel and half play. A novel has the time to grow imperceptibly, like a tree, acquiring added rings of meaning. A play is more like a duel or a trial. In a brief two hours it must draw blood or render a judgment...