Most Americans See No Protection Against Nuclear 'Super-Bomb'
Sept. 2, 1961 - If the respondents to a New York Times survey are typical, Americans feel that protection against a Russian super-bomb at...
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Sep 2, 2021
Truman: Soviets "Greatest Bluffers in the World"
Sept. 2, 1961 - Harry S. Truman said today that he did not believe that the Soviet Union's resumption of nuclear weapons tests would lead...
Sep 1, 2021
William Z. Foster, Former Head of U.S. Communist Party, Dead at 80
Sept. 1, 1961 - William Z. Foster, former head of the Communist party of the United States and three-time candidate for the U.S....
Sep 1, 2021
🚨Soviets Resume Testing of Nuclear Weapons
Sept. 1, 1961 - The White House announced today that the Soviet Union resumed the testing of nuclear weapons early this morning by...
Aug 31, 2021
Kennedy Calls Soviet Nuclear Tests "Atomic Blackmail"
Aug. 31, 1961 - The White House declared tonight that the Soviet Union's announcement that it would resume tests of nuclear weapons was...
Aug 31, 2021
Chinese Communists Support Soviet Nuclear Tests
Aug. 31, 1961 - Communist China issued a statement today expressing support for the Soviet Union's decision to resume nuclear tests. The...
Aug 31, 2021
U.S. Undecided on Resuming Nuclear Tests
Aug. 31, 1961 - The U.S. declared itself freed today from its promise not to conduct nuclear tests, but it withheld any decision on the...
Aug 31, 2021
🚨Soviets to Resume Nuclear Tests, Claim to Have "Super-Bomb"
Aug. 31, 1961 - The Soviet Union announced today it would resume testing of nuclear weapons. The Government statement said that Soviet...
Aug 30, 2021
President Kennedy to Send Gen. Lucius Clay to West Berlin
Aug. 30, 1961 - President Kennedy said today that Gen. Lucius D. Clay would return to West Berlin next month as his personal...
Aug 28, 2021
Castro Tells Brazil to Follow Cuba's Example
Aug. 28, 1961 - Cuban Premier Fidel Castro today urged Brazil to set up a guerrilla war against what he termed "reactionary militarists"...
Aug 26, 2021
British Soldiers Escort 12-year-old German Boy past Communist Police to School
Aug. 26, 1961 - Eight British soldiers in a jeep and a small armored scout car escort 12-year-old Erwin Schabe (pictured right) to school...
Aug 26, 2021
British P.M. Macmillan Sees No War over Berlin
Aug. 26, 1961 - British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (right) said today that the situation in Berlin was "very worrying, but nothing...
Aug 25, 2021
Pentagon Orders 76,500 Reservists to Active Duty
Aug. 25, 1961 - The Pentagon today ordered to active duty 76,500 members of the reserve military forces - 46,500 in the Army, 23,600 in...
Aug 24, 2021
East German Reds Conduct "Campaign of Intimidation and Oppression" on Citizens
Aug. 24, 1961 - The East German Communists are cracking down on their foes in what was described by West Berlin authorities today as a...
Aug 24, 2021
🚨White House Gives Soviets "Solemn Warning" over Berlin
Aug. 24, 1961 - The White House gave the Soviet Government a "solemn warning" today that any Communist interference with Allied access to...
Aug 23, 2021
Western Powers Place 1,000 Troops along Border of East Berlin
Aug. 23, 1961 - The Western powers deployed 1,000 troops of their West Berlin garrison, backed by 10 40-ton U.S. tanks, along the border...
Aug 21, 2021
President Kennedy's Remarks after Johnson's Return (Video)
Aug. 21, 1961 - Here is video of President Kennedy's remarks at the White House upon the return of Vice President Johnson from Berlin:...
Aug 21, 2021
President Kennedy Welcomes Johnson at White House after Vice President's Trip to West Berlin
Aug. 21, 1961 - President Kennedy said today that "difficult weeks and months" lay ahead in maintaining the freedom of West Berlin. But,...
Aug 20, 2021
With U.S. Aid, South Vietnamese Army Gaining on Communists
Aug. 20, 1961 - The South Vietnamese Army, equipped and trained by the U.S. in new jungle warfare tactics, is reported to have assumed...
Aug 20, 2021
Johnson Greets U.S. Troop Reinforcements in West Berlin
Aug. 20, 1961 - Fifteen hundred additional U.S. troops arrived in West Berlin today. The grateful city poured out its heart to them and...
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