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Nov 3, 2022

Nixon Guarantees Victory

Nov. 3, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon, predicting victory in Tuesday’s election, pressed his campaign for Governor of California tonight with a...

Oct 27, 2022

Nixon Backs JFK on Cuba

Oct. 27, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon (pictured with Fidel Castro in 1959) fully endorsed President Kennedy’s “strong action” on Cuba tonight....

Oct 23, 2022

Ike: Nation Must Back JFK in Crisis

Oct. 23, 1962 - Dwight D. Eisenhower called on all Americans today to assist President Kennedy in the present crisis. He said: “As in all...

Oct 19, 2022

Nixon Draws Big Crowds in California

Oct. 19, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon’s Victory Special train rode slowly through booming southern California today as its star passenger...

Oct 15, 2022

Ike Continues Attack on Kennedy Administration

Oct. 15, 1962 - Former President Eisenhower attacked tonight the Kennedy Administration’s “dreary foreign record of the past 21 months”...

Oct 9, 2022

Ike Continues to Assail Kennedy Administration

Oct. 9, 1962 - General Dwight D. Eisenhower (pictured with President-elect Kennedy in January 1961) turned his Western tour into an...

Oct 8, 2022

Ike Hits Kennedy, Backs Nixon for Governor

Oct. 8, 1962 - General Dwight D. Eisenhower accused President Kennedy today of seeking “one-party government” in his demands for more...

Sep 18, 2022

Nixon Calls for Cuba Quarantine

Sept. 18, 1962 - Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon (pictured in Los Angeles) called today for a quarantine of Cuba to halt the flow...

Sep 16, 2022

Hollywood Celebrities Choose Sides in California Gubernatorial Race

Sept. 16, 1962 - As the California gubernatorial campaign between the Democrat incumbent, Edmund G. Brown (left), and the Republican...

Sep 14, 2022

Goldwater Hits President on Cuba

Sept. 14, 1962 - Senator Barry Goldwater assailed today President Kennedy’s handling of the Cuban situation and asserted that “the...

Sep 12, 2022

Truman Hits Nixon

Sept. 12, 1962 - Former President Harry S. Truman said today that Richard M. Nixon planned to use “every device and means of political...

Sep 12, 2022

Nixon Hits Communist Threat in California

Sept. 12, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon opened his big drive for the California governorship today by stressing communism, a subject that...

Sep 8, 2022

Truman Calls Ike “Laziest President Ever”

Sept. 8, 1962 - Former President Harry S. Truman (pictured in 1953) declared tonight that the country was “now paying the penalty for...

Aug 13, 2022

Romney Rules Himself Out of ’64 Presidential Race

Aug. 13, 1962 - George Romney, Republican candidate for Governor of Michigan, ruled himself out today as a Presidential contender in...

Aug 11, 2022

Nixon Brings Back Chotiner for Showdown with Gov. Brown

Aug. 11, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon, faced with a make-or-break campaign for Governor of California, has summoned Murray Chotiner (pictured...

Aug 6, 2022

Ike Hits Kennedy’s “Crash Space Program”

Aug. 6, 1962 - Former President Eisenhower has assailed what he calls the Kennedy Administration’s “crash program” to put a man on the...

Jul 23, 2022

Former President Eisenhower Revisits Normandy

July 23, 1962 - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (pictured on June 5, 1944) and his grandchildren viewed the Normandy battlefield and some of...

Jun 30, 2022

Eisenhower Hails GOP as "Party of Business"

June 30, 1962 - Former President Eisenhower said today that the Republicans were the party of business and that he was “proud of the...

Jun 23, 2022

Eisenhower Says Kennedy Administration Is "Floundering"

June 23, 1962 - Former President Eisenhower (pictured with President Kennedy in March) said last night that the Kennedy Administration...

Jun 18, 2022

Nixon Calls President Kennedy Sorenson's "Puppet"

June 18, 1962 - President Kennedy was a “puppet who echoed his speechmaker” when he ran for the Presidency, according to Richard M....