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    "ocrText": "PR\nI am at school and it is late. I was going to\nsee President Kennedy and I remember I ran up a long\nramp, an elevated incline, and I am with AL\nSAIZON, and we are just waiting and Kennedy hasn't\narrived. I figured we were late and we just\nstood and waited, and he drove up on the ramp with\nsirens and started his speech.\nDr. F\nWho is that white haired gentleman that is over there\nlooking at President Kennedy?\nPR\nHe is either with the New Orleans Police Department\nor government because my friend remarked about it.\nHe said that he was the only one not looking at the\npresident - he was looking at us. Then AL went\nover to the exit. Kennedy was getting ready to finish.\nAl went to the exit which is like an airplane hanger\nand I stayed because I was interested in Kennedy.\nHe talked a while to the boy and this boy left and\nthe Secret Service man went and talked to these\nother two men. All the Secret Service men had on\nloud coats.\nDr. F\nHow about this white haired gentleman?\nPR\nThat was him.\nDr F\nDO you know his name?\nPR\nNo.\nDr.F\nWe are looking at the television screen again and\nwhen it is clear again your finger will lift up.\nStudy the picture and you are in an automobile\ndriving into a service station. Tell me about that\nprogram on the television.\nPR\nI had trouble with my car because it wouldn't start\nat a red light and I didn't have any money except\n$4 or $5 and I just drove in and an old friend of\nmine came up and he said, \"you remember me?\" and I\nsaid yes. These boys fixed the tire, took the\nbattery out, charged the battery, and I had to\npay $2.50 and I left.\nDr. F\nTell me about the white haired man sitting in that\nautomobile over there.\nPR\nHe is sitting with Dave and they are just talking\nand I interrupted their conversation and he\nthought it was rude and he left. He was sitting\nnext to Dave and I yelled to Dave about getting the\nboys to hustle, I had to go because he was very\nill at ease because Dave and I were suspicious\nof each other.\nDr. F.\nAbout what, Perry?\nPR\nHe told me he was going to kill me.\nDr. F\nWhy, Perry?\nPR\nBecause I broke up he and AL\n-2-"
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