John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963) 35th President of the United States
Three years before that fateful day in Dallas 50 years ago, an assassination attempt on John F. Kennedy was thwarted by a New Hampshire postmaster, a small-town Florida patrolman and some quick investigative work by federal law enforcement officials.
The attempt on the president-elect’s life was barely a blip on the news radar screen, overshadowed by a mid-air crash of two airplanes over New York City that killed 134 people.In the Cape Cod Times of Dec. 16, 1960, the arrest of Richard Pavlick got two paragraphs under a headline, “Man Tells Plan To Bomb Kennedy.” According to that story, Pavlick, a New Hampshire man with a history of mental illness, had “cased” both Kennedy’s summer home in Hyannisport and his winter home in Palm Beach, Fla., and told authorities after he was caught that security was “lousy.”
Around the time of the election, Pavlick had donated his property in Belmont to a program for troubled teens and left town, Sweeney, who eventually became police chief, said.
Murphy noticed that postcards from Pavlick back to New Hampshire were from places where Kennedy had traveled.Meanwhile, a New Hampshire postmaster in the town of Belmont, Thomas Murphy, was sharing his suspicions, too, Rust said. Murphy was familiar with the rants of Pavlick, a former postal worker, against government, in general, and Kennedy, in particular.
“If he gave a speech in St. Louis, the postcard was from St. Louis. If Kennedy was in Detroit, the postcard came from Detroit,” Sweeney said. “Some of those postcards said, ‘You’re going to be hearing from me in a big way.'”
Murphy, though he felt sheepish about reading the rants, shared his suspicions with Sweeney and they decided Murphy should contact postal inspectors. Pavlick’s bizarre behavior was also passed along to the Secret Service and he was labeled a “threat,” according to “The Kennedy Detail.”
“Thomas Murphy was a genius,” said Rust, who prosecuted Pavlick.
via Plot to kill JFK foiled three years before his assassination
I was a kid in school when he was killed, still remember that day.
Not surprised it happened in Texas, with all I know now.
I wondered about all the other things said about his/their life’s?
My dad a WWII PT 281 Gunner in my last conversation with him before passing months ago put another twist to them (glory days)?
He said, you know that Kennedy kid? I think they were napping out there.
Didn’t ask who what when or why, I just looked at him, really?
My family are Republicans as I’m i, but I will not and did not vote for any of them.
The Kennedy’s were a family a lot of us kids growing up loved, but I wonder to this day how human they really were?