His Tragic End
(United States News, 1963)
Here is pithy little article that encapsulates the tragedy that was November 22, 1963 and how numerous people reacted upon hearing of the death of President Kennedy.
The Kennedys
Spotlight on the Secret Service
“The chief responsibility of the U.S. Secret Service is to guard the life of the President… In Dallas, on November
Spotlight on the Secret Service
(United States News, 1963)
“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 had been harmed.”
Hating Jackie Kennedy
(Pageant Magazine, 1967)
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.
Kennedy vs. Nixon: a Cartoon
(Monocle, 1961)
This is a very funny cartoon that was published in a long forgotten satire magazine from the early Sixties – you’ll enjoy it.
Anticipating A Robert Kennedy Presidency
(Coronet Magazine, 1968)
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.
The Woman Who Didn’t Want to Dress Like Jackie…
(Coronet Magazine, 1961)
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
Daddy’s Boy
(People Today, 1952)
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.
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Chappaquiddick Cover-Up
(Coronet Magazine, 1970)
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.
JFK – As the World Saw Him
(Coronet Magazine, 1964)
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.
‘The Torch is Passed”
(The Washington World, 1963)
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.
Jacqueline Kennedy: Her New Life
(Pageant Magazine, 1964)
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.
The Unknown Jackie Kennedy
(Pageant Magazine, 1970)
Seven years must have seemed an appropriate amount of time to withhold information concerning the generally unpleasant character traits that were apparent in First Lady Jackie Kennedy – and so in 1970 Washington writers Lucianne Goldberg and Fred Sparks put pen to paper and recalled all the minutiae they could piece together regarding Her Elegance:
Jackie was master of deception. In the White House, she never wore her double-breasted mink coat when she could be photographed. But after her husband died, and she moved to New York, she wore the mink, as one fashion writer put it, ‘to do errands around Manhattan’.
This article appears on this site with the permission of Lucianne Goldberg
Some of What He Said…
(The Washington World, 1963)
In his speeches, messages, interviews and other papers, President Kennedy left his countrymen a large volume of eloquent words and phrases defining and illuminating the political, economic and social issues of our time… Here are some of them.