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"Fifty years ago Friday, President John F. Kennedy flew into Palm Beach International Airport to spend the weekend before traveling to Texas.Kennedy went to the family compound on North County Road and left Saturday for a day trip to Cape Canaveral.ALSO: Is There More To JFK Assassination?Often, the Kennedy family would troop into Green\u2019s Pharmacy for burgers and fries.\u201CThe whole Kennedy clan used to patronize this store when they were in town,\u201D owner Allen Rutman said. \u201CAnd today people will come in and ask \u2018do you know what seat he sat in?\u2019\u201DMOBILE USERS: Tap right here to watch the videoUsually, the Kennedys attended mass across the street at St. Edward\u2019s Catholic Church, where a plaque now on a pew eight from the rear of the church reads: \u201CPresident John F. Kennedy knelt here at Mass.\u201DBut that Sunday -- Nov. 17, 1963 -- Kennedy attended Mass at St. Ann\u2019s Catholic Church in West Palm Beach. A small peephole behind the vestry into the rectory is visible if you look closely; the Secret Service drilled it to keep an eye on the President as he worshiped.There is a picture in the church vestibule showing Kennedy as he exited the church, smiling at churchgoers eager for his attention.After church, he made a major announcement to party officials: he was going to make Palm Beach his Democratic re-election headquarters.Later, Kennedy went back to the compound and watched a football game, and then a private screening of the movie \u201CTom Jones.\u201DThen Kennedy followed his motorcade back to the airport. Photographer Bob Davidoff snapped a shot of Kennedy waving goodbye on the tarmac. Davidoff recalls in his memoir that Kennedy told him, \u201CGoodbye, I\u2019ll see you in a few weeks.\u201DKennedy never returned to Palm Beach; he was assassinated in Texas just five days later.NOV. 22, 1963: The Day In Pictures:"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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