Instructive Coloring Book for NYC Schoolchildren
Sept. 3, 1963 - A coloring exercise that carries a serious safety measure will be distributed starting tomorrow to elementary school...
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- Jul 18, 2023
U.S. Crime Rate Soars
July 18, 1963 - FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover said today the crime rate in this country is outstripping the population growth by almost...
- Jul 16, 2023
Federal Judge to FBI: Stop Harassing Giancana
July 16, 1963 - A federal judge today ordered the FBI to scale back its intensive shadowing of Sam Giancana (pictured in 1959), Chicago’s...
- Jun 4, 2023
Hoover: Communist Party “This Nation’s Most Formidable Enemy”
June 4, 1963 - FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (pictured last month) has warned that the Communist Party, “this nation’s most formidable...
- Apr 4, 2023
Brooklyn Hoods Face Wrath of Government and Underworld for Attack on FBI Man
Apr. 4, 1963 - Four Brooklyn hoodlums accused of attacking and stomping an FBI agent outside a church just before the funeral of Carmello...
- Apr 3, 2023
FBI Agent Beaten by Mafia Thugs
Apr. 3, 1963 - An FBI agent was severely beaten and stripped of his pistol today while observing a funeral gathering outside a Brooklyn...
- Dec 13, 2022
Alabama’s Governor-Elect calls RFK “Sapling Caesar”
Dec. 13, 1962 - Alabama Governor-elect George C. Wallace (pictured) today called Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy a “sapling Caesar”...
- Nov 18, 2022
MLK: FBI Sides with Segregationists
Nov. 18, 1962 - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King charged today that FBI agents in Albany, Ga., side with the segregationists. For that...
- Oct 31, 2022
Oct. 31, 1962 - JFK Remarks to FBI National Academy
Oct. 31, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks today at the graduation exercises of the FBI National Academy in Washington, D.C....
- Sep 9, 2022
Two Negro Churches Burn in Georgia, Arson Suspected
Sept. 9, 1962 - Two Negro churches in Georgia, one of them the scene of weekly voter registration rallies, were destroyed by fire early...
- Jul 2, 2022
Director Hoover Wants All Teachers and School Employees Fingerprinted
July 2, 1962 - J. Edgar Hoover, director of the F.B.I., advocates fingerprinting of teachers and other school employees to screen out...
- May 10, 2022
President Acclaims Hoover on 38th Year as F.B.I. Director
May 10, 1962 - J. Edgar Hoover finished his 38th year as Director of the FBI today, adding to what President Kennedy called “one of the...
- Jan 28, 2022
Alvin "Creepy" Karpis Seeks Deportation Parole from Alcatraz
Jan. 28, 1962 - Alvin “Creepy” Karpis (pictured in 1936), once listed as United States Public Enemy No. 1, is seeking a deportation...
- Sep 30, 2021
Hoover Says American Reds Moving Underground
Sept. 30, 1961 - The American Communist party is moving farther underground in order to resist the Supreme Court's ruling that the party...
- Aug 3, 2021
FAA Authorizes Airlines to Arm Crews on All Flights
Aug. 3, 1961 - The Federal Aviation Agency authorized U.S. airlines today to arm their crews on all flights. Meanwhile, the...
- Aug 3, 2021
Father-and-Son Team Try to Hijack Jet Airliner, Arrested by FBI
Aug. 3, 1961 - Leon Bearden (left), a 38-year-old former convict, and his 16-year-old son Cody (right) hijacked a jet airliner in the air...
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