Kennedy Friend Threatened
Moscow TASS International in English 2235 GMT 25 November 1963--L
(Text) New York--An AP correspondent reports the following
from Atlanta, Georgia:
"Oh, it's just awful and sickening," an Atlanta widow, Mrs.
Jack Kirksey, said describing a threatening phone call she received because she
was a friend of President Kennedy. Police are now guarding her.
Mrs. Kirksey's husband was killed aboard torpedo boat 109 on
1 August 1943 at the same time that Kennedy was injured. As captain of the
craft, it was Kennedy's duty to inform Mrs. Kirksey of her husband's death. He
kept in touch with her and contributed to her son's education.
She said that the telephone rang on Saturday night and a
man's voice asked: "Are you the Kirksey connected with the Kennedys?" She
replied that she was and quoted the man as saying: "You are a nigger-lover, too.
You had better stay behind locked doors. We will deal with you later."