On the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, we uncover our coverage of the tragic day of November 22, 1963--and the days that followed. These are original scripts. November 22, 1963 CBS network and wires services, Associated Press and United Press International broke the first word of the assassination and here at Channel 8 workers watched the teletypes in disbelief. The news forced the telephone company to enforce emergency priority control measures in San Diego. Outgoing phone calls were curtailed in Escondido, Linda Vista, Pacific Beach and downtown San Diego. In Escondido, outgoing service to 5000 residents was cut-off for a period of seven minutes. This was only for ow priority phones. 12-thousand phones were put out of service in Linda Vista for one hour...10-thousand in Pacific Beach for 42 minutes...and about 15-thousand phones in downtown San Diego for 40-minutes. Additional telephone operators were brought in to handle the heavy volume of long-distance calls. This was the first time an emergency situation has caused curtailment of phone service in San Diego. People in front of KFMB Station While first reports were still coming in...with the president lying in the hospital emergency room. The word still indefinite as to whether he was alive or dead...persons everywhere grouped around radios and television sets for the latest word. They stood in stunned silence around a television monitor set up in front of Channel 8 at Fifth and Ash. Businessmen and women, workmen, shoppers, and students stopped whatever they were doing... stunned by the news...unbelievable news that the President of the United States had been shot. Within thirty minutes of the first reports, word came that the President was dead. Most persons were speechless ...too choked with emotion to describe their feelings. Immediately on word of the President’s death, flags all over the city were lowered to half-mast. Flags of all Navy ships, shore stations, public and downtown office buildings were lowered on their staffs. The action was in accordance with military regulations stating the flags are to be lowered immediately if the president is reported to be dead. Bob Regan at Civic Center It was quiet and restful in the board of supervisors chambers at Civic Center where Board chairman Robert Cozens pointed out the flag-draped portrait of President Kennedy which looks down on the deliberations of the body. Cozens spoke his thoughts. Another supervisor who was at Civic Center this afternoon attempting to conduct business to a background of tragedy was Frank Gibson. At 3 o’clock employees at Civic Center were permitted to leave for home. Western Union Hundreds of messages of condolence are being sent to Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy from San Diego residents. Downtown Jim Price and Mel Knoepp deliver the horrible news to San Diegans—many unaware of the details. Bob Regan reporting from MCRD This was the second of two memorial services held at the Marine Base this afternoon—one for Protestants, one for Catholics. Colonel H.J. Woessner took part in the mass. Churches One activity in which many persons engaged today was to go to their church for silent prayer and meditation. This was a time to call on their God for the strength to face the personal and national challenges ahead. In San Diego, most churches kept their chapels available for those who came for silent prayer. Memorial services were announced for many churches tonight. The Council of Churches will hold an inter-faith memorial service on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Westgate Park. The Catholic Diocese has planned a solemn Pontifical mass of requiem of noon on Monday at Saint Joseph’s Cathedral at 3rd and Beech. San Diego was unusually quite tonight as most people apparently stayed close to their television sets to get the full details on today’s tragedy. Some attended this evening’s services where congregations were able to announce that the services would be held. And as was so pronounced during the day, the sympathy of the public crossed all religious and political lines. A wrap of the day’s events on November 22, 1963 Harold Keen interview with Larry Hollis, a witness to Lee Harvey Oswald’s capture. He was a sailor stationed at Miramar. Immaculata Mass at the University of San Diego A table draped with the American flag, simulating a casket, held the attention of most of the worshippers as the choir sang the ancient and traditional music of the requiem mass. The Bishop of the San Diego diocese, the Right Reverend Charles Francis Buddy, presided at both masses. The bishop praised the late President, calling him a religious man as well as a great leader. Two masses were held at 7 am and 9 am. November 24 Harold Keen interviewed San Diegans downtown. San Diego Union Extra: Lee Harvey Oswald Slain November 25 NTC Memorial Service 22 thousand Naval personnel at the Naval Training Center gathered today at Preble Field to participate in a ceremony.