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...
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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....
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