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Ep. 202 Today's Peep Journeys Back to 1963's Somber Sacramento Union Newspaper Headlines, Questions JFK Mysteries, Unravels Mexico-U.S. Tensions, and Laughs at DNC's Non-Binary Voting Fiasco
Can you imagine a Monday morning so tranquil yet steeped in history that it transports you back to 1963? Picture yourself by a warm wood stove, listening to the rain dance on the window as we turn the pages of the Sacramento Union newspaper just days after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Together, we'll navigate through heartfelt headlines and poignant reflections of a candlelight vigil attended by 3,000 teenagers, capturing a nation's sorrow and resilience. This nostalgic exploration uncovers the evolution of print media and offers a glimpse into the everyday lives of people through their newspapers, from tire sales to freshly killed turkeys.
Shifting from the past to the present, intriguing political mysteries and contemporary issues take center stage. Join us as we question the official narratives of the JFK and RFK assassinations, echoing the skepticism of figures like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. We'll also dissect Mexico's strategic response to U.S. tariff threats with border troop deployments, and the complex diplomatic dance over drug trafficking and arms flow. As a humorous twist, we delve into the Democratic National Committee's recent leadership election and the challenges of incorporating gender non-binary considerations into their voting process, revealing the comedic yet intricate face of modern identity politics. This episode promises a captivating blend of historical reflection and current affairs sure to engage and entertain.
here we are back with the peeps. It's another peep. Thank you for listening. Thanks for listening to my peeps. It's a Monday. It's a Monday, third day of February, now 2025. And as I think about that, that means I'm exactly two months as I get ready, on April 3rd, to leave for the Italian Riviera with conservative tours on the Pat's Peeps Tour. Wow, can't believe it. Down to two months.
Speaker 1:As I look out the studio window into the beautiful foothills of Northern California, we are looking at another gray day. It was raining. It's not raining right now, but rained all day and into the night last night. So it's been raining for a couple of days, expecting some more rain, getting some snow up in the mountains, which is a wonderful thing. And hey, this is winter, I love it. I'm sitting here right next to the cozy fire in my wood stove, all nice and cozy. How are you? Hope your week is getting off to a nice start.
Speaker 1:Looking at the newspaper this morning, taking a look at the paper. See what's in the paper. Boy, anyone still get the newspaper? Anyone still read the newspaper? I'll be honest with you here, like I always am, I'm reading the newspaper. I just happened to be sitting here and I thought why not pick this up and see what's in the paper? This happens to be the Sacramento Union, if anyone remembers. The Sacramento Union, not the Sacramento Bee, the Sacramento Union. This is from Monday, this being a Monday, november 25th 1963.
Speaker 1:Think about that date. We're talking two days after the assassination of John F Kennedy. In one of our previous podcasts we talked about RFK. So this is you know, I'm bringing up Kennedy again, because this was John F Kennedy who was assassinated November 23rd. November 22nd, right? All of a sudden I'm confused. 22nd, right, or is it the 23rd? See, I've always known that date. Suddenly, it just kind of occurred to me as I was reading this paper. Yeah, that was 1963, january. No, I mean, excuse me, november 22nd. It has to be the 22nd. I don't know why that popped into my head, the 23rd All of a sudden. I got confused, but I know it was the 22nd. So again, the point is this is two days after his assassination.
Speaker 1:Looking at some of the other pages that would have been in the newspaper that day, one thing that really stands out to me is how big the newspapers were back then. Now it's almost like it's this little, tiny little thing you could just, it's just barely a newspaper. And the newspaper Remember you'd get it on a Sunday. Sunday would be packed with you know, like the extra, I always liked the funnies when I was a kid. You get the colored funnies, the comic fun in the comics. They'd be in color on Sunday, big deluxe copy. Your dad would have the sports page. You couldn't wait for the sports page Once your pops got done with that. I think they used to have like the green page or whatever in the San Francisco Chronicle. I never took that paper but I just remember there was a lot of things that they would put in the newspaper, especially on Sunday.
Speaker 1:But here in this paper Mrs Kennedy takes leave of JFK casket. Here is 3,000. Candle ceremony 3,000 teeners rally at state capitol. Candles cupped against a light oh, I'm sorry, cupped against a light wind and their heads bowed. More than 3,000 teenagers clustered Sunday night sorry, you don't have very good light here on the steps of the Capitol to pay final respects to President Kennedy. The demonstration, in which hymns were sung and several boys and girls expressed their grief at the death of the president, was prompted by the candlelight procession in West Berlin the night the president was shot.
Speaker 1:According to one of the organizers. There's just a lot of it, but there's other things in here. Closed all day today. Joe Mayer Tire Stores. Big old ad in the Sacramento Union Joe Mayer Tire Stores, M-A-H-E-R. Any size white wall or black wall. I don't want to get white walls. These days, white walls are pretty cool, though. Guess how much. Any size white wall or black wall per tire $12. $12 plus tax, tax and trade-in tire of same size off your car. Let's see what else we have here. Firestone, guaranteed Deluxe Champion, new Treads, retreads on sound tire bodies or on your own tires. Same thread design, same tread width. So they're promoting the retreads right there.
Speaker 1:So a Firestone ad and Joe Mayer, fresh Turkey. Hansens or toms, I love it. Just killed, oh God, jeez, yeah, hey, you looking for a turkey? I sure was. Yeah, you want one of these. Just killed it. The kids are standing there. Ah, well, hey, hey, hey, was. Yeah, you want, I want to be. Just killed it. The kids are standing there. Well, hey, oh, yes, kids, you got to kill the turkey. Oh, my god, just killed. Strictly fresh turkey. Wow. Hens, andoms 8 to 14 pounds. Economy birds oh, the economy birds 41 cents a pound. 16 to 24 a pound. Economy birds 35 cents a pound.
Speaker 1:Stuffing and croutons like stuffing. Kellogg's 7-ounce package of stuffing Valuable coupon like stuffing. Kellogg's seven ounce package of stuffing Valuable coupon. Like it's got the periphery, well, it's got the dots, and you just cut it out Guess how much. For the stuffing 10 cents. Now you get a box of stuffing. It's like $4.99, $5.99. Shasta soda five cents each.
Speaker 1:Quality Market Folsom Boulevard at 51st Street, sacramento. Anyone remember that? See what else we have here. Oh, this is the oh. Wow, this is the front page here. I didn't even see the front page of this. Oh, look at the front page. Second extra I didn't even see the front page of this. Oh, look at the front page. Second extra I didn't even see. Well, this isn't really. I can't tell if it's the front page or not. It kind of looks like, but I don't anyhow. Sacramento union. Yeah, it's the front page, okay. Second extra one split, second another and another murder. It says so.
Speaker 1:The top part of this page has a picture of Oswald and Jack Ruby shooting him. The dramatic moment at Dallas City Jail Sunday as nightclub owner Jack Ruby stepped forward and leveled a revolver at Lee Harvey Oswald. A second later, ruby pulled trigger that's what it says, firing a bullet into Oswald's abdomen. Oswald died a few hours later. Picture was made by Jack Boers, staff photographer of the Dallas Morning News. Copyright 1963 by the Dallas Morning News via AP Associated Press.
Speaker 1:And then the next picture you see law enforcement looking over at Jack Ruby and you see Oswald. His anguish is grimacing in pain, anguish confronts. Face of Lee Harvey Oswald. His anguish is grimacing in pain, anguish confronts. Face of Lee Harvey Oswald center as he begins to collapse as a bullet from the gun of nightclub owner Jack Ruby, fired at point blank range, smashes into his body. Photo was made by staff photographer Bob Johnson of the Dallas Times-Herald. You know, if you think about it, when I look at this, I mean we've known now about Lee Harvey Oswald for decades, but here at the time of this photo they had to say Lee Harvey Oswald Center because really I mean this murderer, this assassin, they had just caught him. You know this isn't decades of knowing this guy's name and debating the assassination, which I'm sure some people are already doing that in their minds.
Speaker 1:Arlington will be a resting place. It's got a picture of John F Kennedy on the front page John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1917-1963, 35th President of the United States. Here's a little ad. This is very interesting. They've got Oswald ambushed by Slayer right next to the big Kennedy picture, which is right next to an ad, which is kind of strange. Gene Nelson beauty and wig salons will be closed today in memory of our late president John F Kennedy. Wow, in memory of our late president, john F Kennedy. Wow, what is this? 1963.
Speaker 1:Sacramento County traffic safety Toll Sunday 2. 1962 traffic deaths. Let's see 1962. 102 traffic deaths and year to date, 112. Black days this year, whatever, that is 93. Don't let the black flag fly for you.
Speaker 1:Wow, how about this Anti-red plot seen by Russ? Of course Russia. The Soviet Union Sunday continued its course of praise for the late President Kennedy but charged his real murderers are skulking behind now deadly Harvey Oswald. Wow, wow. So they didn't believe, wow. So they just thought Harvey Oswald was a front man. The Soviet Union Sunday continued its chorus of praise for the late President Kennedy, but charges real murderers are skulking behind the now dead Lee Harvey Oswald. This accusation, they say, was taken up by the official East German news agency. Well, certainly you can trust the East German news agency behind the Iron Curtain back then, which said, quote political observers believed Oswald was shot to cover up an anti-communist plot, which has again been something that's been debated forever.
Speaker 1:Wow, data against Oswald told Hmm, a palm print identified of that of Lee Harvey Oswald. Told Hmm, a palm print identified of that of Lee Harvey Oswald was found on the underside of the rifle. A ballistics test showed fired the bullets it killed President Kennedy. District Attorney Henry Wade said Sunday night. Wade calling a news conference to make police or, excuse me, to make public. What he said was the complete mass of evidence accumulated to prove Oswald was the presidential assassin. Although he revealed more details than he had divulged previously, wade made no startling disclosures. Quote I have sent men to the electric chair with less evidence, wade said. Among the specific links in the chain of evidence against Oswald, he said that, in addition to the print on the rifle, the assassination rifle had been purchased by Oswald last March from a Chicago mail order firm. An FBI check showed that the serial number of the rifle that fired the shots at Kennedy matched that of the mail order rifle Special services.
Speaker 1:It has a little box here. It has a little box here. Thousands of Sacramentans will attend special memorial services today as part of the National Day of Mourning for the Death of President Kennedy. For the first list of places and times by various services, see page B14. And here's another little ad. It says in memorandum in memoriam, louis hold on a second.
Speaker 1:Louis M Nicholas, dispensing opticians. Oh, I couldn't, you can barely read it. Dispensing opticians. Excuse me, couldn't, barely, you can barely read it. Dispensing opticians, excuse me. Regret and mourn the loss of our president, john F Kennedy. Wow, welfare extended to 16,000 new families. Two die in autos, eight sergeants win stripes. Anyhow, that's interesting, interesting newspaper to just have kind of sitting around like that. So yeah, on this Monday, what else will we have? Of course, speaking of the JFK thing. But we have, of course, speaking of the JFK thing.
Speaker 1:I should just bring this up as well, because, since I just talked about that, of course the documents are going to be released. We have heard about that. I think it's the JFK and the Martin Luther King documents. Trump settles in as the presidency for a second time. He's now signed his documents to release the remaining files on Martin Luther King and John F Kennedy, rfk, jfk. So you got MLK, rfk and JFK and they're trying to figure out what is in the remaining assassination files. It was one of his first actions after taking office Signed an executive order to declassify any of the files related to the assassination of the most prominent leaders of the 60s John F Kennedy, who, as we mentioned, was the 35th president, his brother, presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy and then, of course, martin Luther King in 1968. So this order gives the intelligence officials a couple of weeks to come up with a plan to make the remaining JFK assassination files available to the public, and then 45 days for the RFK and MLK assassination files and what they're.
Speaker 1:I don't know what exactly they're trying to find out from these files. I'm not really sure. Maybe someone out there is more familiar with what they're hoping to find out. I'm not sure that anyone's. I'm sure it's unclear to most everyone what they're expecting to find out. You have RFK's son, robert F Kennedy Jr, who is Trump's pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services, expressing skepticism about whether Sirhan Sirhan was his father's killer or whether there was some larger conspiracy going on. See, I don't get that man. I don't get that. I was watching TV as an eight-year-old when that happened. I've seen it over and over. Rosie Greer of the LA Rams grabbed that guy's thumb and grabbed a gun from his hand.
Speaker 1:Some think that the files might be anticlimactic. I don't know. We'll see Basic facts of the assassinations, unlikely to really change. Lee Harvey Oswald fatally shot. Jfk Saran Saran fatally shot. Robert F Kennedy. James Earl Ray fatally shot MLK. Most of the documents have been released. 99% of the JFK assassination files have already been made public, nine investigations into this and still the definitive account of what happened the day of the assassination produced by the Warren Commission in 1964 apparently has some questions.
Speaker 1:So, anyhow, that was going on and I thought that was rather interesting thinking about that after seeing that newspaper there from two days after his assassination, three days after his assassination Hmm, his assassination three days after his assassination. What else is going on? Well, interesting it was going to. The tariffs were going to kick in. I'm not trying to be political all the time on here. This is stuff that's going on right now that I think is really interesting Mexico now agreeing to deploy 10,000 troops to the US border in exchange for the tariff Pause.
Speaker 1:So people are, oh God, why is he implementing these tariffs Now? We still don't know what Canada is going to do. We still don't know what China is going to do. We don't still know who else is going to be hit with tariffs by Trump. But they were supposed to start tomorrow. 25% on Mexico, 25% on Canada. Well then Mexico says, okay, okay, we're going to go ahead and deploy 10,000 troops to the US border in exchange for the pause on the tariffs for a month. I mean, you have to say that's pretty effective. What does that do? Does that allow them to look out for their own border security and perhaps reduce the number of troops that America has to spend on sending troops to the border? But they've agreed to deploy 10,000 troops in exchange for a one-month delay on the president's threatened tariffs.
Speaker 1:Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum made the announcement on social media this morning, roughly 12 hours before the tariffs were set to take effect. Trump and Scheinbaum speaking and saying that they've come to an agreement that Mexico will now do more to combat the drug trafficking into the United States and that the US will then step up efforts to block the flow of firearms into Mexico. That's good both ways. And Scheinbaum also saying that officials with the US and Mexico are beginning talks on wider trade and security issues. So it opened up discussion. It seems effective. Now, again, I don't know what's going to happen with Canada. I love Canada, love Mexico. Listen, no one wants to start any kind of a war with them in terms of tariffs or anything. I mean, shouldn't Mexico be sending their own troops to the border to maintain security. It seems like they should. It seems like it to me. Here's something else that just blew my mind. I'll tell you the DNC.
Speaker 3:The DNC.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh, they were voting for their new leaders yesterday. I don't know if anyone saw this, but wow, how embarrassing. The Democratic National Committee elected their next DNC chair, ken Martin. But literally, when you watch them try to explain this DEI stuff, it is just truly. It's almost like it's a Saturday Night Live skit. Well, it's actually funny, and Saturday Night Live doesn't seem to be that funny anymore. But they've been lambasted for the beyond this parody-seeming leadership vote that included signing the. Oh, you just got to hear it. Honestly, you got to hear this. I may have to throw some music into this. So here they are at the DNC. I guess there's a DNC chair here and he's going to explain or she or it, or they or them. He's going to explain what they're trying to do now to hire Rules specify that when we have a gender non-binary candidate or officer.
Speaker 1:Now they have a graphic up there and this is exactly what it says there's zim, their her z she, his z xe, they them zim, xim, hers Zay or whatever, xey, him and he. So we need to know all of that. So yeah, let's get back to this wonderful explanation. Here we go.
Speaker 3:That when we have a gender non-binary candidate or officer. Explanation, here we go that when we have a gender non-binary candidate or officer, uh-huh, the non-binary individual is counted as neither male nor female, and the remaining six offices must be gender balanced. With the results of the previous four elections, our elected officers are currently two male and two female. Right right, in order to be gender balanced, we must elect one male, one female and one person of any gender Right.
Speaker 1:Are you copying this?
Speaker 3:So again, this is what we have to do for this vice chair race. We have to elect one male, one female and one person of any gender. We have to elect one male, one female and one person of any gender excuse me can I add, to ensure our process accounts for male, female and non-binary candidates, we conferred with our rbc co-chair, our lgbt caucus co-chair and others to ensure that the process is inclusive and meets the gender balance requirements in our rules thank goodness for that and it male, female and non-binary can be elected on that ballot.
Speaker 3:Now, what did he say After a candidate is elected on the first? What did he just say? Right there, I'm trying to write that down, I'm right Taking the one and meets the gender balance requirements in our rules. Any candidate male, female and non-binary can be elected on that ballot.
Speaker 1:Excuse me.
Speaker 3:After a candidate is elected on the first ballot.
Speaker 1:What was the other gender again?
Speaker 3:We'll have one officer of the three, Hello. So then we will know which position is filled of the one male, one female and one vice chair of any gender?
Speaker 1:Yeah, wow. Now to recap, I don't even know. I have no clue. Is that no clue? Did you get that? I didn't quite get that. You want to hear it again? No, I don't either. Oh, my goodness. And they want to know why they lost the election. My goodness, that's kind of embarrassing. Let's see what else. Oh, I pulled the record from my record collection. I love this guy's music.
Speaker 1:Did I forget anything today? Have I forgotten anything on the Pats Peeps 202? Did I forget anything? Did I have anything else I wanted to? Let's see. Let's tell you what.
Speaker 1:Let's go to the record, shall we? I picked out two good records today. I'll play the other one tomorrow. So today, this is really rare. I'm pretty sure I don't think many people have this.
Speaker 1:This says radio station copy. It's on a white label. You can tell it's been around a long time. Columbia Records. It's got several radio stations stickers on there. It must be inventory stickers. Radio station wrote with ballpoint pen on this particular label.
Speaker 1:Let me take a look at the record itself. The record itself appears to be let me see, appears to be in very nice condition. Well, this side has a couple little things on it, little flaws, that one even has a scratch right there, but I'm not sure We'll see, but it has a sticker on there that says 1962, so think about that. Think about that. This record's been up there for what? 63 years or whatever. Is that right? Did I say that right? Anyhow, my math was right. So this song here.
Speaker 1:I ended up loving this song because of my mom I know I say that all the time, but she had this record and, for whatever reason, this artist's voice just kind of, and the style of music. You would call it country, but it's really. It's kind of different for country, even though it's country, it just has a different sound to it, to me Very unique. Released in June of 62. There you go, the first single and title track from the album with the same. Well, it's the title track. It was also this artist's seventh single to reach number one on the country chart. Spent eight weeks at the top spot, so this was number one for eight weeks. It also crossed onto see. That's what I'm saying. It was unique because it crossed over onto the pop chart as well, where it went to number 16.
Speaker 1:Some country songs did that. I remember charlie rich doing that in the in the uh 70s behind closed doors and the most beautiful, uh, I know, um, um, I see, uh, behind closed doors. And uh, ah, uh, hey, no, that's BJ Tom. Ah God, it's going to drive me crazy now. I should have gone down that road. I'll think of it in a second. You're probably saying it out loud right now, anyhow. Now that's going to drive me crazy. Jeez, where was I? So this crossed over to the pop chart. It did very well In the UK number 5, number 1 on a US hot country single, number 16 on a US billboard charts. This, what else can I tell you about this? Well, I'll tell you what I can do. I'll just play it. This is a song called Devil Woman, marty Robbins.
Speaker 2:I told Mary about us. I told her about our great sin.
Speaker 1:Mary cried and forgave me Behind closed doors. And when we get behind closed doors, See, it's still driving me crazy. The Charlie Rich song Sorry, Marty.
Speaker 2:But I don't want to be and I don't want to see Mary cry anymore. Oh, devil woman, devil woman, let me, devil woman, let me be and leave me alone. I want to go home.
Speaker 1:You know, he had just a very unique sound.
Speaker 2:Devil woman, it's over Trap, no more by your charms, cause I don't wanna stay. I wanna get away. Woman, let go of my arm. Oh devil woman, devil woman, let go of me. Devil woman, let me be and leave me alone. I wanna go home.
Speaker 1:You know it was.
Speaker 2:Devil woman you're evil.
Speaker 1:I got an interesting factoid about Marty Robbins.
Speaker 2:Like the winds that bring high tide.
Speaker 1:Did you know? It was him who, inadvertently, his band, came up with a fuzz tone guitar which is responsible for some of the greatest rock songs of all time you bring sorrow and grief.
Speaker 2:True story Made me ashamed to face Mary. Barely had the strength to tell Skies are not so black. Mary took me back. Mary has broken your spell. Oh devil woman.
Speaker 1:Pat's Beeps 202.
Speaker 2:Leave me, devil woman. Let me be and leave me alone.
Speaker 1:This one has a flip side. Let's flip it over. This one does not have the same song on both sides, so let's flip it over. And this is called oh okay, it's called. Oh okay, all right, this is this one is called April Fool's Day the Flipside of Devil Woman, marty Robbins. Here we go.
Speaker 2:It should be April Fool's Day, cause you've been fooling me.
Speaker 1:See now, that's much more traditional country to me.
Speaker 2:All the things you promised Just weren't meant to be. You lied, you lied, you cheated. You never could be true. It should be April Fool's Day and the joke should be on you. It hurt me so to see you go. Your secret love, and you as in the past. For now. At last I found someone too, your secret love.
Speaker 1:Thank you for listening. Very grateful to each and every one of you Been listening to my Pats Peeps podcast, number 202. See you tomorrow for 203. We'll see you tonight on the radio the Pat Walsh Show.
