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In November 1908, the Star purchased the Telegram for $100,000, and the two newspapers combined on January 1, 1909, into the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The STAR was born! Paul Waples was the President of the Star Telegram publishing company. And Chairman of the Board when he was tragically killed in an Interurban accident at his estate in ...
The most memorable day in the last 75 years is Fort Worth’s happy 1963 breakfast for President John F. Kennedy before Nov. 22 ended in tragedy. But the history also includes a legacy of national ...
The cemetery was advertised daily in the Fort Worth Telegram newspaper throughout 1907 and 1908. In 1908, a new road connecting Fort Worth and then-suburb Riverside was built, making the cemetery far more accessible to local residents. [10] In 1909, a receiving vault with 32 crypts was constructed to facilitate burials and prevent grave-robbing.
Nov. 25, 1963: Lee Harvey Oswald funeral, Fort Worth’s Rose Hill Cemetery; Oswald’s family at gravesite: wife, Marina with young daughter, brother R.L. Oswald of Denton, and mother Marguerite ...
The Star lost money, and was in danger of going bankrupt when Carter had an audacious idea: raise additional money and purchase his newspaper's main competition, the Fort Worth Telegram. [6] In November 1908, the Star purchased the Telegram for $100,000, and the two newspapers combined on January 1, 1909, into the Fort Worth Star-Telegram .
Here’s what the Star-Telegram’s front pages looked like when President Kennedy came to Fort Worth and then was assassinated in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.
Pages in category "Fort Worth Star-Telegram people" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Marguerite Frances Claverie Oswald Ekdahl (July 19, 1907 – January 17, 1981), also known as Marguerite Oswald, was the mother of Lee Harvey Oswald. [1] [2] After the Kennedy assassination and subsequent murder of her son, Oswald maintained her son's innocence and claimed that he was an agent of the Central Intelligence Agency.