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Episode Synopsis
Joseph Henry Carter has reported for United Press International in Kansas City, Oklahoma City, and Dallas, for Sapulpa and Honolulu newspapers, and for the Oklahoma Journal.He was an aide to congressmen and to Presidents Johnson and Carter, and was director of communications for the Democratic party. Carter also was press secretary to Gov. David Hall.After leaving his post as vice president for public affairs at Cameron University, he became director of the Will Rogers Memorial. Among his many books is Never Met a Man I Didn’t Like: The Life and Writings of Will Rogers.Joe is one of the last surviving members of the press who can speak firsthand of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22nd, 1963. Joe was a reporter for United Press International when he was in the press bus five cars behind the presidential limousine and heard the three shots aimed at the president.He has received many honors, including induction into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame.
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