President Kennedy Welcomes "Scouting Family of the Year" to White House
Feb. 8, 1962 - President Kennedy got a mile-swim certificate and a little altered history from the Boy Scouts of America today. Mr....
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Feb 7, 2022
Mozart and Ice Cream at the White House With the First Lady
Feb. 7, 1962 - Teenagers from 64 countries crowded into the White House today for an afternoon of Mozart with ice cream, cookies, and...
Feb 7, 2022
Kennedy Won't Guarantee "Free Flow of Information" on Vietnam
Feb. 7, 1962 - President Kennedy said at his news conference today that he could not guarantee a free flow of information to U.S. newsmen...
Feb 7, 2022
Highlights From President Kennedy's Press Conference
Feb. 7, 1962 - Following are three highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Nuclear Testing — He said the U.S. would...
Feb 7, 2022
Robert F. Kennedy Tours Western Japan
Feb. 7, 1962 - Robert F. Kennedy toured Western Japan today as if he were running for county sheriff. The Attorney General talked with...
Feb 6, 2022
NBC to Produce Show on Communism
Feb. 6, 1962 - A special hour-long television show for young people dealing with the subject of communism is being planned by NBC. The...
Feb 6, 2022
Ethel Kennedy Shops in Tokyo, Buys Seven of Everything
Feb. 6, 1962 - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, wife of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, went shopping in Tokyo today and did nearly everything in...
Feb 6, 2022
Powers Pessimistic on Early Release from Soviet Incarceration
Feb. 6, 1962 - Francis Gary Powers (pictured right at his Moscow trial), the U-2 pilot imprisoned in the Soviet Union, has written his...
Feb 6, 2022
Woodrow Wilson's Typewriter Returned to White House
Feb. 6, 1962 - Woodrow Wilson’s typewriter was returned today to the White House. It had been disposed of as surplus property during the...
Feb 6, 2022
Attorney General Kennedy Visits Waseda University, Reds Make a Scene
Feb. 6, 1962 - A small band of young Japanese Communists turned a warm university welcome for Robert F. Kennedy into a wild demonstration...
Feb 5, 2022
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Enjoys Tokyo
Feb. 5, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy sat on the counter of a working-class bar in Tokyo tonight and discussed world problems...
Feb 5, 2022
President Kennedy Welcomes Congolese Premier to White House
Feb. 5, 1962 - President Kennedy entertained Premier Cyrille Adoula of the Congo at a White House luncheon today and then conferred with...
Feb 5, 2022
President Meets Astronaut Glenn at White House
Feb. 5, 1962 - Two men whose private lives are not very private compared notes at the White House today. Lieut. Col. John H. Glenn Jr.,...
Feb 5, 2022
Robert F. Kennedy Debates Socialists in Japan
Feb. 5, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy replied sharply today to members of Japan’s Socialist party who criticized U.S....
Feb 4, 2022
Rockwell Booed Out of Lewisburg, PA
Feb. 4, 1962 - George Lincoln Rockwell (pictured), head of the American Nazi party, told a jeering crowd today that he had the right to...
Feb 4, 2022
Romney Makes Appearance on Meet the Press
Feb. 4, 1962 - George Romney told a national TV audience today that “the Republican image needs improvement.” In the past, he said, it...
Feb 4, 2022
Communist Military Assistance to Cuba Worth $100 Million and Counting
Feb. 4, 1962 - Cuba now has 50 to 100 MIG jet fighters and may be receiving some Soviet bombers and short-range rockets in new arms...
Feb 4, 2022
Attorney General Kennedy is Welcomed to Tokyo
Feb. 4, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy’s six-day visit to Japan began this evening with a noisy welcome at the airport in...
Feb 4, 2022
Castro Calls Kennedy's Trade Ban "Economic Aggression"
Feb. 4, 1962 - Cuban Premier Fidel Castro charged today that the U.S. embargo on imports from Cuba was “another economic aggression.” In...
Feb 3, 2022
Edwin Walker Says Gubernatorial Run Part of Fight Against Communism
Feb. 3, 1962 - Edwin A. Walker (pictured in 1957), former Army major general, said today that his race for Governor of Texas was part of...
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