officer j.d. tippit. >> it was a funeral of a very different sort today in nearby fort worth.swald. alleged murderer of president kennedy. the pathetic group of mourners included oswald's mother marguerite, his wife marina, his brother roberts and oswald's two children, one of them a babe in arms. the six pallbearers you see here are newsmen. there were not enough relatives or friends on hand to serve as paler beers. >> now there is a new flag of the president of the united states flying in the white house. in president kennedy's old oval office, mrs. evelyn lincoln, his secretary and her aids removed every scrap, every vestige of the signs of the personal touches of president kennedy. >> we know from history that one test of society is how do they handle the transfer of power at the top? lyndon johnson, whatever you thought of him, a lot of people disliked him greatly, some hated him would be the president of the united states. i think it shouted about the strength of the country and that we swear by the rule of law. >> the president of the united states. [ applause ] >> my f

. >> narrator: officer j.d. tippit had been patrolling in oak cliff when he was gunned down, killed instantly next to his car. of the seven eyewitnesses to the shooting, the one with probably the clearest view was jack tatum. >> i was preparing to turn left on 10th street from denver. i noticed an individual walking in my direction with a light, zippered jacket on, darker pants, and a squad car pulling over to the curb next to him. as i approached the squad car, i noticed that the individual was leaning over, talking to the officer. he had both hands in the pockets of his jacket. i continued through the intersection, and about in the middle of the intersection, i heard three, maybe four shots. >> narrator: researcher dale myers investigated the tippit shooting. >> the killer gets to about this position on the sidewalk, and tippit's patrol car pulls to the curb and either calls him over to the curb or the man comes ovhi by himself and leans through the window and talks to tippit through the vent window for 10 or 20 seco