Governor Rockefeller Hits Kennedy on Civil Rights
Feb. 16, 1962 - New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, speaking at a Lincoln Day fund-raising dinner held by the Niagara County Republican...
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Feb 15, 2022
First Lady's White House Tour Seen by 46,550,000
Feb. 15, 1962 - Mrs. Kennedy’s televised tour of the White House Wednesday night was watched by 46,550,000 persons, according to survey...
Feb 15, 2022
Nixon Supports President Kennedy on Vietnam Build-Up
Feb. 15, 1962 - Former Vice President Nixon opposed today criticism of the buildup by the U.S. of military forces in South Vietnam to bar...
Feb 15, 2022
TV: Ike Appraises World Figure During CBS Interview with Walter Cronkite
Feb. 15, 1962 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower (pictured right in November 1944) last night gave a TV audience thumbnail...
Feb 15, 2022
Ambassador Nolting Bids South Vietnamese Stop Criticizing Government
Feb. 15, 1962 - Frederick E. Nolting, Ambassador to South Vietnam, said today that social, economic and political reforms in South...
Feb 14, 2022
First Lady Excels as White House Tour Guide
Feb. 14, 1962 - Millions of television viewers toured the White House this evening with Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy leading the way. The...
Feb 14, 2022
TV: First Lady's White House Tour
Feb. 14, 1962 - First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy gives an exclusive televised tour of the White House, hosted by CBS's Charles Collingwood....
Feb 14, 2022
Nationalist Chinese General Hu Tsung-Nan Dead at 62
Feb. 14, 1962 - General Hu Tsung-Nan (pictured in 1936), who wanted to throw his 250,000 troops against the Chinese Communists during...
Feb 14, 2022
Nixon Campaigns in Mariposa
Feb. 14, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon carried his campaign for the Governorship of California to Mariposa today. The former Vice President...
Feb 14, 2022
Governor Rockefeller Talks Impending Divorce
Feb. 14, 1962 - New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller said today that the question of whether his pending divorce would be a political...
Feb 14, 2022
U.S. Seeking Information from Chinese on Missing Korean War Soldiers
Feb. 14, 1962 - State Department authorities said today the U.S. was still trying to get an accounting from Communist China of American...
Feb 14, 2022
Kennedy: Powers a "Free Agent" after Interrogation
Feb. 14, 1962 - Francis Gary Powers can testify before Congressional committees and talk with newsmen after he completes “important...
Feb 14, 2022
General Henry I. Hodes Dead at 62, Combat Commander in WWII and Korea
Feb. 14, 1962 - General Henry Irving Hodes (pictured center in Korea in 1951), a combat commander in World War II and the Korean...
Feb 14, 2022
Main Points of President Kennedy's Press Conference
Feb. 14, 1962 - Following are main points of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Summit — He said he would attend a...
Feb 14, 2022
President Says He's Being as "Frank as Possible" on Vietnam
Feb. 14, 1962 - Responding to criticism, President Kennedy said today he was being as frank as possible about U.S. involvement in the war...
Feb 13, 2022
U.S. Destroyer Escorts Arriving in Vietnam
Feb. 13, 1962 - United States destroyer escorts will arrive at Danang in South Vietnam this week to bolster the South Vietnamese Navy’s...
Feb 13, 2022
GOP Wants "Full Report" on Vietnam from Kennedy
Feb. 13, 1962 - The Republican National Committee called on President Kennedy today to “make a full report to the American people” on...
Feb 12, 2022
Senator Margaret Chase Smith Calls GOP "Fainthearted" About Opposing JFK in '64
Feb. 12, 1962 - Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith (pictured) suggested today that leading Republican Presidential aspirants were seeking...
Feb 12, 2022
President Kennedy Meets with Commission on the Status of Women
Feb. 12, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that it was essential that women workers be assured of pay that reflected the services they...
Feb 11, 2022
TV: CBS Special | "Thunder on the Right"
Feb. 11, 1962 - The various shades of conservative opinion will be reviewed by CBS on Thursday, Feb. 22, at 10 p.m. The hour-long show,...
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