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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Jul 12, 2021
NAACP Has Praise and Criticism for President Kennedy
July 12, 1961 - Members of the NAACP called on President Kennedy today to praise and criticize his actions on civil rights. Bishop...
Jul 10, 2021
President Kennedy to Americans: Support Foreign Aid
July 10, 1961 - President Kennedy asked all Americans today to support his long-range foreign aid program as "vital in the fight for our...
Jul 9, 2021
President Kennedy Orders Military Review
July 9, 1961 - President Kennedy has ordered an urgent review to determine whether the U.S. should increase its military strength to meet...
Jul 7, 2021
General MacArthur Revisits Leyte Island
July 7, 1961 - General Douglas MacArthur (pictured in 1944) arrived today in triumph on Leyte Island where 16 years ago he waded ashore...
Jul 6, 2021
Secretary of State Rusk: Don't Cut Foreign Aid
July 6, 1961 - Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned today that any cuts in the Administration's foreign aid program would be "a great...
Jul 5, 2021
Will Goldwater Run in 1964?
July 2, 1961 - Washington D.C. does not take Barry Goldwater as seriously as the rest of the country does. He is universally liked in...
Jul 5, 2021
President and Mrs. Kennedy Go Boating
July 1, 1961 - President Kennedy celebrated his first fiscal new year's day in office today by indulging in a favorite outdoor...
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