Darwin Payne was in the newsroom on November 22, 1963, writing a sidebar story on the Kennedys’ visit when news came of shots fired at the Presidential…
Darwin Payne was just a few months into his job at the Dallas Times Herald when he covered the biggest story of his career.
They spent 45 minutes together inside Zapruder’s downtown office, where together they watched the initial TV news updates reporting the president had been wounded. After leaving Zapruder’s office, Payne walked across the street and was among the first reporters led by Dallas detectives to the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, where the fatal shots were fired.Prosper ISD and Lewisville ISD voters approve school and educational upgrades, reject bonds for athletic facilities
“We were able to look out the window ourselves to see what kind of view he had, and I remember it didn’t look like all that tough of shot as you looked out. It wasn’t that far away,” Payne said.
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