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First Lady Sets Sail for Turkey

Oct. 4, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy (pictured yesterday in Greece) set sail from Greece tonight on an Aegean cruise to Turkey on...

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President Kennedy’s Upcoming Out-of-Town Schedule

Oct. 4, 1963 - President Kennedy (pictured yesterday at Little Rock Air Force Base), just back from a one-day trip to Arkansas, has at...

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President Kennedy Dedicates Dam in Arkansas

Oct. 3, 1963 - President Kennedy, visiting Arkansas to dedicate a dam in the “new South,” heard his civil rights proposals branded as...

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Kennedy Administration Says Vietnam War Could Be Won by 1965

Oct. 2, 1963 - The U.S said tonight that the war in South Vietnam might be won by the end of 1965 if the political crisis there did not...

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First Lady Leaves on Mediterranean Vacation

Oct. 2, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy departed last night for a two-week vacation in Greece and the Mediterranean. The First Lady’s...

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Emperor Haile Selassie Welcomed to Washington by President and Mrs. Kennedy

Oct. 1, 1963 - Emperor Haile Selassie, who became ruler of a nation before John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born, arrived in Washington today...

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Rocky Won’t Share Ticket with Goldwater

Oct. 1, 1963 - Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York (pictured with Mrs. Rockefeller last month in Rome) said today he would not run...

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McNamara and Taylor Confer with Diem

Sept. 29, 1963 - Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and General Maxwell D. Taylor conferred with South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh...

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President Rests at Bing Crosby’s Home

Sept. 28, 1963 - President Kennedy retreated to the desert for a rest today after climaxing a grueling nationwide tour with a declaration...

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McNamara and Taylor Tour South Vietnam

Sept. 28, 1963 - Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and General Maxwell Taylor, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, today toured...

Sep 27

President Kennedy Enters Homestretch of Western Tour

Sept. 27, 1963 - President Kennedy entered the homestretch on his tour of the West today, picking up speed and dropping off gifts along...

Sep 26

President Kennedy Speaks at Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City

Sept. 26, 1963 - In a speech that seemed aimed at such conservative critics as Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.), President Kennedy...

Sep 26

Rep. Roosevelt Unveils Stamp Bearing His Mother’s Likeness

Sept. 26, 1963 - The late Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt once said that she hated all pictures of herself because that she did not look good in...

Sep 25

House Passes Kennedy’s Tax Bill

Sept. 25, 1963 - The House of Representatives passed the President Kennedy’s tax bill today, 271 to 155. The President, at Billings,...

Sep 25

President Kennedy Speaks in Billings, Montana

Sept. 25, 1963 - President Kennedy mixed politics and conservation today as he barnstormed westward on his “nonpolitical” tour of the...

Sep 24

U.S. Senate Votes to Ratify Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Sept. 24, 1963 - The U.S. Senate approved the nuclear test-ban treaty today. By a vote of 80 to 19, it gave its constitutional advice and...

Sep 23

France To Fire Cat Into Space

Sept. 23, 1963 - France announced today she would fire a cat into space late next month aboard a rocket launched from the Sahara. At the...

Sep 22

Civil Rights Protests Spread Throughout Nation

Sept. 22, 1963 - Ten thousand persons in New York City today cheered denunciations of President Kennedy and calls for civil disobedience...

Sep 21

President Orders McNamara and Gen. Taylor to South Vietnam

Sept. 21, 1963 - President Kennedy today ordered Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and General Maxwell D. Taylor, chairman of the...

Sep 20

Cary Grant Joins RFK to Plug Dropout Drive

Sept. 20, 1963 - A graying Englishman born Archibald Alexander Leach fluttered the hearts of government ladies, brought squeals from...