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Dec 11, 2021

U.S. Army Helicopters Arrive in South Vietnam

Dec. 11, 1961 - Two U.S. Army helicopter companies arrived in Saigon today. The helicopters, to be flown and serviced by U.S. troops, are...

Dec 8, 2021

President Relaxes in Palm Beach

Dec. 8, 1961 - President Kennedy relaxed at his father’s beach house in Palm Beach, Fla., today after three days of speech-making in New...

Dec 8, 2021

Weekly Seminars Held at Attorney General's Home

Dec. 8, 1961 - Selected members of the Kennedy Administration, including several Cabinet officers, have been attending weekly lectures on...

Dec 8, 2021

U.S. Urges Non-Communist Nations to Back South Vietnam

Dec. 8, 1961 - The U.S. called on non-Communist nations today to rally to the defense of South Vietnam. Warning that the Southeast Asian...

Dec 7, 2021

President Address Convention of Young Democratic Clubs

Dec. 7, 1961 - President Kennedy (pictured speaking to a young supporter) told the national convention of Young Democratic Clubs today to...

Dec 7, 2021

Director Hoover Speaks on Crime and Communism

Dec. 7, 1961 - J. Edgar Hoover, director of the F.B.I., received today a gold medal and $10,000 awarded by an insurance company for...

Dec 7, 2021

Death Threat Draws More Security for President Kennedy

Dec. 7, 1961 - Additional security measures were taken to protect President Kennedy on his two-day visit to New York this week because of...

Dec 7, 2021

Communist China Supporting North Vietnam

Dec. 7, 1961 - Communist China announced in a broadcast today that it would send a military delegation to Communist North Vietnam “in the...

Dec 7, 2021

Unemployment Rate Drops

Dec. 7, 1961 - The unemployment rate dropped sharply last month in the first significant decline in a year, the Kennedy Administration...

Dec 7, 2021

Kennedy Speaks at AFL-CIO Convention

Dec. 7, 1961 - President Kennedy asked organized labor today to back his proposals to liberalize foreign trade. He said that his program...

Dec 6, 2021

Khrushchev Says Kennedy Won't Go Communist for a "Very Long Time"

Dec. 6, 1961 - Premier Khrushchev observed today that it would be a very long time before President Kennedy turned Communist. The Soviet...

Dec 6, 2021

President Kennedy Wants to Increase International Trade

Dec. 6, 1961 - President Kennedy appealed to industry today to support “new and bold” powers for him to bargain on tariff reductions with...

Dec 6, 2021

President Kennedy Says Nation Is Under-Exercised

Dec. 6, 1961 - President Kennedy called last night for broader American participation in sports and other forms of physical activity. “We...

Dec 5, 2021

U.S. Sends Dogs of War to Vietnam

Dec. 5, 1961 - War dogs from the U.S. Army are being brought to South Vietnam to hunt Communist guerrillas in underground jungle...

Dec 4, 2021

The First Lady Supports UNICEF

Dec. 4, 1961 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy ordered 10 boxes of UNICEF greeting cards today as a symbol of her support of the work of the U.N....

Dec 1, 2021

Castro Embraces Communism

Dec. 1, 1961 - Premier Fidel Castro sang the praises of Lenin today and proclaimed, “I absolutely believe in Marxism.” The Cuban leader’s...

Dec 1, 2021

U.N. Ambassador Stevenson Denounces Communist China

Dec. 1, 1961 - Adlai E. Stevenson denounced Communist China today and said that its admission to the United Nations would give the...

Nov 30, 2021

A Lodge May Face a Kennedy Again in Mass. Senate Election

Nov. 30, 1961 - George Cabot Lodge (right) of Beverly, Mass., formally announced today his candidacy for the Republican nomination for...

Nov 30, 2021

Vice President Johnson Defends Anti-Communist Speech

Nov. 30, 1961 - Vice President Johnson said today that he saw “no reason to protect the Communists from the truth.” He was referring to a...

Nov 29, 2021

Attorney General Kennedy Deplores Racial Violence in Mississippi

Nov. 29, 1961 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said today that the F.B.I. would make a complete investigation of today’s outbreak of...