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New audio tapes of JFK released

BOSTON -- Newly discovered audio tapes provide a look inside the life of John F. Kennedy just as he was getting his 1960 presidential campaign started.

The audio was recorded at a dinner party at the Kennedy home in Georgetown.

Two journalists asked the young senator about life, health, and politics.

The tapes were recorded just over three months before Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
Read entire article at 7 News (WHDH-TV), Boston