" I was never on intimate terms with John F. Kennedy , " Folliard said in a 1967 interview , " but knew him reasonably well . " After Kennedy was elected president , Folliard " wrote a story saying that the talk about Kennedy buying his victory was nonsense . " Folliard himself said , " My admiration of Kennedy is just without limit . I just think he was probably the most brilliant President of our time . " Folliard accepted Pierre Salinger 's claim that Kennedy had written " the whole of his Inaugural Address , " which Folliard called " the best Inaugural speech I ever heard . " Folliard reported on the 1963 White House ceremony in which Sir Winston Churchill was awarded honorary American citizenship . " Heavy clouds floated overhead , " wrote Folliard , " but the scene was brightened by some of the most luminous prose ever heard in Washington . " In March 1962 , Folliard wrote for '' America '' magazine about the presidential prospects of George Romney , which , he noted , had been advanced by words of support from Nixon and Eisenhower . Folliard noted that Romney would be testing his electability by running for governor of Michigan in November 1962 . In answer to the question of why the GOP would " choose a novice " when Nixon , Rockefeller and Goldwater were all available , Folliard explained that as in 1940 , " the Republicans now see a popular Democrat in the White House and doubt whether any of their pros can dislodge him . " Folliard was in the motorcade in Dallas when Kennedy was assassinated . He wrote the page one article that ran the next day , headlined " President Kennedy Shot Dead ; Lyndon B. Johnson Is Sworn In . " Folliard 's friendships with Truman and Eisenhower lasted after their presidencies . In 1969 , Nixon invited Folliard to come with him on Air Force One to visit Truman in Missouri for his 85th birthday
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
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