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...
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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...
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