“The chief responsibility of the U.S. Secret Service is to guard the life of the President… In Dallas, on November 22, a sniper hidden in an office building shot and killed President John F. Kennedy… It was the first time since the Secret Service took over its protective mission 62 years ago that a President […]
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By the mid-1960s many Americans began to tire of the fact that Jackie Kennedy would not play the roll that they believed suitable for the former first lady of a slain president. Her halo’s fading luster seemed to grow duller every day and it wasn’t long before she was generally perceived as the mean girl. Journalist Leslie Valentine reported that the trashing of Mrs. Kennedy became so widespread by 1967 that no social gathering was complete without someone pointing out her shortcomings.
Hating Jackie Kennedy (Pageant Magazine, 1967) Read More »
This is a very funny cartoon that was published in a long forgotten satire magazine from the early Sixties – you’ll enjoy it.
Kennedy vs. Nixon: a Cartoon (Monocle, 1961) Read More »
Three months prior to the assassination of Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, the editors of CORONET MAGAZINE posed the question: ‘Will Bobby make a great President?’ Or even a good one? What would his policies be? The numerous assorted answers were all enthusiastically positive – the one that stood out came from the perennial contrarian of the time:
‘The inevitability of Bobby’ comes just after that of death and taxes, say Conservative quipster William F. Buckley, only half in fun.
Anticipating A Robert Kennedy Presidency (Coronet Magazine, 1968) Read More »
This unique (and thankfully humorous) voice lets us know how widespread The Jackie Look was in the America of the early sixties – but she will have non of it:
I am accepting all offers – including Confederate money – for my Jackie Kennedy wardrobe of sleeveless ‘avant-garde’ dresses and pill-box hats. I’ll even throw in a necklace or three of pearls. If you insist, and I hope you do, I’ll also add my French cookbook and my water-color set… I have had it. I just don’t want to look like Jackie Kennedy. The competition is becoming far too keen.
We recommend: Jackie Style
The Woman Who Didn’t Want to Dress Like Jackie… (Coronet Magazine, 1961) Read More »
Attached is a brief notice concerning Joseph P. Kennedy (1888 – 1969), Hollywood producer, politician, adulterer and FDR’s one-time ambassador to Britain – and his thwarted attempt to merge the Boston Post with the Boston Globe in order to best influence voters in the 1952 Massachusetts congressional elections.
From Amazon: Assassination of John F. Kennedy Encyclopedia
Daddy’s Boy (People Today, 1952) Read More »
1970: One year after Mary Jo Kopechne had died in a car driven by U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy – questions still lingered concerning his questionable behavior after the accident. This article concerns the five female campaign aids who attended the party the night of the accident; they were the last to see Miss Kopechne alive as she entered the senator’s car. These five were nicknamed the Boiler Room Girls by those who worked on Kennedy’s re-election campaign and many people were curious as to why they were as tight-lipped as they were.
Chappaquiddick Cover-Up (Coronet Magazine, 1970) Read More »
More than any other president in our history, John F. Kennedy was the public image of the United States of America. Unlike the initial acclaim accorded the stately Roosevelt or the revered Eisenhower, many nations viewed the election of Kennedy in 1961 with alarm. It was not difficult to understand; he was born to great wealth, he was very young and he was inexperienced. Could any country that elected such a man be respected?
Click here to read about Jackie Kennedy’s life after leaving the White House.
JFK – As the World Saw Him (Coronet Magazine, 1964) Read More »
The Washington World was a short-lived Capitol Hill monthly that was created to serve the elected classes and their assorted backscratchers who lived and breathed the world of politics. This is their obituary of President Kennedy.
‘The Torch is Passed” (The Washington World, 1963) Read More »
A profile of the former First Lady following the conclusion of her first year outside of the White House.
She mourns with dignity. And if there are tears, they may
fall only in the dead of night.
CLICK HERE… to read the obituary of President Kennedy.
Jacqueline Kennedy: Her New Life (Pageant Magazine, 1964) Read More »
