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Mar 17

GOP Leaders Hit Johnson Anti-Poverty Campaign

Mar. 17, 1964 - Republicans suggested today that much of the Johnson Administration’s planned war on poverty would merely duplicate...

Mar 16

President Johnson Declares War on Poverty

Mar. 16, 1964 - President Johnson placed his controversial billion-dollar war on poverty on the Congressional firing line today and...

Mar 15

[VIDEO] Mar. 15, 1964 | A Conversation with LBJ

Mar. 15, 1964 - President Johnson tonight named as his major domestic objectives an attack on the causes of poverty and passage of the...

Mar 7

Lodge Casts Shadow over New Hampshire Primary

Mar. 7, 1964 - The final weekend of the New Hampshire primary campaign opened today with a flurry of activity that projected two...

Mar 5

Write-In Campaign for RFK

Mar. 5, 1964 - A growing write-in campaign may produce more votes for Robert F. Kennedy for Vice President than Lyndon B. Johnson will...

Mar 1

Senate Wrangling Continues on Civil Rights Bill

Mar. 1, 1964 - The leader of the Southern bloc in the Senate, Richard Russell (D-Ga.), said today that the public accommodations title of...

Dec 31, 2023

President Johnson Assures Vietnam of “Fullest Measure of Support”

Dec. 31, 1963 - President Johnson assured South Vietnam today that the U.S. would continue to offer that country “the fullest measure of...

Dec 29, 2023

An Ebullient President Johnson Gives Out Ten-Gallon Hats

Dec. 29, 1963 - In Stonewall, Texas today, President Johnson perched a ten-gallon Texas hat on the head of West German Chancellor Ludwig...

Dec 28, 2023

President Johnson and West German Chancellor Erhard Hold Cordial Meeting in Texas

Dec. 28, 1963 - President Johnson and Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of West Germany, meeting today at Bergstrom Air Force Base near Austin,...

Dec 27, 2023

President Johnson Prepares To Meet New West German Chancellor

Dec. 27, 1963 - President Johnson made it clear today that the two days of talks he is starting tomorrow with Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of...

Dec 26, 2023

Former President Truman Holds Forth

Dec. 26, 1963 - Former President Harry S. Truman said today it was too soon for him to formally assess John F. Kennedy’s career in the...

Dec 24, 2023

President Johnson Visits Governor Connally

Dec. 24, 1963 - President Johnson paid calls on two friends and went deer hunting today before he visited his LBJ Ranch. Mr. Johnson’s...

Dec 24, 2023

Freeze-Out Between Truman and Eisenhower Thaws

Dec. 24, 1963 - Former President Harry S. Truman (pictured at President Kennedy’s funeral) said in New York today that he had exchanged...

Dec 23, 2023

Kilduff Tells of Moments after President Kennedy’s Death in Dallas

Dec. 23, 1963 - In a radio interview taped for broadcast today by the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, Assistant Press Secretary...

Dec 23, 2023

As Official Mourning Period for President Kennedy Ends, Political Speculation Takes Center Stage

Dec. 23, 1963 - The end of the official period of mourning for President Kennedy raised the curtain on politics yesterday, and the...

Dec 18, 2023

Highlights from President Johnson’s News Conference

Dec. 18, 1963 - Here are some highlights from President Johnson’s news conference today: Summit Meeting with Khrushchev — “I am ready and...

Dec 18, 2023

President To Spend Holidays at LBJ Ranch

Dec. 18, 1963 - President Johnson and his family will spend Christmas at their LBJ Ranch near Austin, Texas, “to relax a little” and...

Dec 18, 2023

Senate Authorizes Kennedy Half-Dollar

Dec. 18, 1963 - The Senate completed Congressional authorization today for the use of a likeness of President Kennedy on half-dollars...

Dec 17, 2023

President Johnson Likely to Withdraw Military Aid from South Vietnam in 1965

Dec. 17, 1963 - President Johnson probably will hold to the 1965 withdrawal of military aid to South Vietnam announced by the late...

Dec 16, 2023

Warren: “No Useful Purpose” to Make FBI Findings on Assassination Public

Dec. 16, 1963 - Chief Justice Earl Warren said today it “would serve no useful purpose at this time” to make public the findings of an...