President Kennedy Attends Mass on Day of Feast of the Assumption
Aug. 15, 1961 - President Kennedy attended the noon mass today at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington. Today is the Feast of the...
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- Aug 10, 2021
Vice President Johnson Would Exercise Duties of President if Kennedy Incapacitated
Aug. 10, 1961 - President Kennedy disclosed today that he had made an agreement that Vice President Johnson would exercise the rights and...
- Aug 1, 2021
McNamara Says Bomb Shelters Could Save 15 Million American Lives
Aug. 1, 1961 - Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara said today that 50 million usable shelter spaces could provide a "Spartan" minimum...
- Jul 31, 2021
President Kennedy Empowered by Congress to Call 250,000 Reservists
July 31, 1961 - A resounding 403-to-2 vote of approval in the House completed today Congressional action to empower President Kennedy to...
- Jul 29, 2021
President Kennedy Takes Caroline and Friends to Candy Store in Massachusetts
July 29, 1961 - President Kennedy took his daughter, Caroline, and ten of her cousins and playmates to a neighborhood store in Hyannis...
- Jul 29, 2021
Truman: Soviets Are Bluffing, "Scared to Death of Red China"
July 29, 1961 - Former President Harry S. Truman, who won his own Berlin showdown in 1948-9, said today the Soviet Union was bluffing in...
- Jul 28, 2021
President Kennedy Joins First Lady on her 32nd Birthday
July 28, 1961 - President Kennedy joined his wife in Hyannis Port, Mass., today to help celebrate her 32nd birthday. Pierre Salinger,...
- Jul 28, 2021
Senate Approves Kennedy's Request for More Weapons and Troops for Berlin
July 28, 1961 - The Senate approved overwhelmingly today President Kennedy's request for more weapons and troops to cope with Soviet...
- Jul 27, 2021
President Kennedy's Civil Defense Goals Announced
July 27, 1961 - President Kennedy's immediate Civil Defense goal is to provide fallout shelters in existing buildings for 25 percent of...
- Jul 26, 2021
After Kennedy Speech, Draft-Age Americans Make Inquiries
July 26, 1961 - President Kennedy's call for an increase in military manpower touched off a sharp increase in inquiries from the nation's...
- Jul 26, 2021
Financier Bernard Baruch Says U.S. Will Manage Berlin Crisis, Praises Kennedy
July 26, 1961 - Bernard M. Baruch, financier and friend of Presidents, said today that the U.S. had "all the resources to do all the...
- Jul 26, 2021
Kennedy Administration Wants Home Alarms for National Emergencies
July 26, 1961 - The Kennedy Administration asked Congress today for $10 million to put into operation a home buzzer system that would...
- Jul 26, 2021
President Kennedy Asks for Nation's Prayers in Meeting Soviet "World-Wide Threat"
July 26, 1961 - President Kennedy asked last night for an overall increase in the nation's military preparedness to meet a Soviet threat...
- Jul 24, 2021
RFK Bids Americans to Focus on Physical Fitness
July 24, 1961 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said today there had been a lot of talk but little action to improve the physical...
- Jul 24, 2021
U.E. Baughman, Secret Service Chief, to Retire
July 24, 1961 - U.E. Baughman (pictured), chief of the U.S. Secret Service, plans to retire next month. Mr. Baughman has served in the...
- Jul 20, 2021
President Kennedy Emphasizes Civil Defense, Will Address Nation Tuesday
July 20, 1961 - President Kennedy today put the Pentagon in charge of a greatly increased program to protect American civilians against...
- Jul 19, 2021
President Kennedy's Press Conference: Main Points
July 19, 1961 - Following are the main points of President Kennedy's news conference today: Berlin - The President defended the Western...
- Jul 19, 2021
Congress Backs Kennedy's Space Goal: the Moon before 1970
July 19, 1961 - President Kennedy's sharp acceleration of the race for the moon won resounding approval today from a Senate-House...
- Jul 14, 2021
Goldwater Charges Kennedy Administration with "Drifting"
July 14, 1961 - Senator Barry Goldwater charged the Kennedy Administration today with supporting a foreign policy of "drifting,"...
- Jul 13, 2021
Foreign Students Rush President Kennedy in Virtual Stampede
July 13, 1961 - About 1,800 enthusiastic foreign-exchange students turned a White House visit into a virtual stampede this morning. A...
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