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Jan 25, 2022

Rusk Urges Vigilance on Cuba

Jan. 25, 1962 - Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged the conference of American foreign ministers in Uruguay today to adopt a plan “to...

Jan 24, 2022

General Rosson Will Head "Special Warfare" Unit

Jan. 24, 1962 - The Army assigned its youngest general today to responsibility for directing the ground force’s expanding efforts in...

Jan 24, 2022

President Again Gives Milk a Boost

Jan. 24, 1962 - President Kennedy urged the American public again today to put its faith in the American cow and keep on drinking milk....

Jan 24, 2022

Mrs. Kennedy's Press Secretary Hits Back at Luce Charges on Clothes

Jan. 24, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy’s press secretary pointed out today that the First Lady wore American-made clothes practically...

Jan 24, 2022

California Governor Brown Formally Declares Candidacy for Re-election, Hits Nixon

Jan. 24, 1962 - California Governor Edmund G. Brown (pictured center in 1959) formally became a Democratic candidate for a second term...

Jan 24, 2022

Soviet Defense Minister Calls Shelters "Tombs Prepared in Advance"

Jan. 24, 1962 - Soviet Defense Minister Rodion Y. Malinovsky declared in an interview published today in Pravda, newspaper of the Soviet...

Jan 24, 2022

President Vigorously Defends Loyalty of Two State Department Employees

Jan. 24, 1962 - President Kennedy vigorously defended two State Department employees today against a newspaper woman’s statement that...

Jan 24, 2022

28 East Germans Escape to West

Jan. 24, 1962 - Twenty-eight East Germans, including a 71-year-old paralyzed woman and an 8-year-old girl, fled to West Berlin early...

Jan 23, 2022

President Says Milk "Offers No Hazards" from Fallout or Cholesterol

Jan. 23, 1962 - President Kennedy told the public today that its milk supply “offers no hazards” either from radioactive fallout or...

Jan 23, 2022

Ike Shifts Position on "Muzzling" Generals

Jan. 23, 1962 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower suggested today that leading military men assume a major role in warning the public...

Jan 23, 2022

U.S. Seeks to Bar Cuba from Organization of American States

Jan. 23, 1962 - The United States fought for votes today on a new formula for the Cuban problem that would suspend Premier Fidel Castro’s...

Jan 22, 2022

Attorney General Kennedy Rejects Invitation to Visit Moscow

Jan. 22, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy rejected today an informal invitation to visit the Soviet Union. The President’s...

Jan 21, 2022

Sen. Humphrey Says Chinese Could Have Bomb "Any Time This Year"

Jan. 21, 1962 - The assistant Senate majority leader, Hubert Humphrey (left), said today that Red China could explode a nuclear device...

Jan 21, 2022

President Touts Democratic Party as "Party of Progress"

Jan. 21, 1962 - President Kennedy said last night that the Democratic party would win the 1962 elections if it ran “as a party of...

Jan 20, 2022

Soviet Leaders Invite Robert F. Kennedy to Visit Moscow

Jan. 20, 1962 - The Soviet leaders have asked Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to visit Moscow on his world tour next month. President...

Jan 19, 2022

McNamara Says U.S. Resolved to Oppose Communist Aggression

Jan. 19, 1962 - Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara said today that the United States was resolved to oppose Communist aggression “in...

Jan 19, 2022

President Kennedy Welcomes Composer Igor Stravinsky to White House

Jan. 19, 1962 - President Kennedy entertained composer Igor Stravinsky (right) at a small White House dinner last night. Mr. Stravinsky,...

Jan 18, 2022

GOP Leaders Hit Kennedy on Budget Proposals

Jan. 18, 1962 - Republican leaders viewed the Administration’s legislative and budgetary proposals today as power-building projects....

Jan 18, 2022

Soviets Withdraw Tanks from Berlin Border

Jan. 18, 1962 - The Soviet Army has withdrawn a dozen tanks from the heart of East Berlin, where they were encamped about half a mile...

Jan 18, 2022

President Kennedy Presents Balanced Budget to Congress

Jan. 18, 1962 - President Kennedy presented his first complete budget to Congress today. It was balanced, as he had pledged, and it...