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- 111: Lyndon B Johnson
- ... of Massachusetts. Kennedy, a northern Roman Catholic, then selected Johnson as his running mate to balance the Democratic ticket. In November 1960 the Democrats defeated the Republican candidates, Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, by a narrow margin. Johnson was appointed by Kennedy to head the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunities, a post that enabled him to work ... on November 1, he failed to make real concessions at the peace table, and the war dragged on. Humphrey lost in a close race with the Republican candidate, Richard M. Nixon. Retirement After stepping down from the presidency in January 1969, Johnson returned to his ranch in Texas. There he and his aides prepared his memoirs, which were published in 1971 ...
- 112: JFK
- ... only among Southern delegates. Kennedy won the nomination on the first ballot and then persuaded Johnson to become his running mate. Two weeks later the Republicans nominated Vice President Richard Nixon for president and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., who was ambassador to the United Nations and whom Kennedy had defeated for the Senate in 1952, for vice president. In the fast-paced campaign that followed, Kennedy made stops in 46 states and 273 cities and towns, while Nixon visited every state and 170 urban areas. Another important element of the campaign was the support Kennedy received from blacks in important Northern states, especially Illinois and Pennsylvania. They supported ...
- 113: Lyndon B Johnson
- ... of Massachusetts. Kennedy, a northern Roman Catholic, then selected Johnson as his running mate to balance the Democratic ticket. In November 1960 the Democrats defeated the Republican candidates, Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, by a narrow margin. Johnson was appointed by Kennedy to head the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunities, a post that enabled him to work ... on November 1, he failed to make real concessions at the peace table, and the war dragged on. Humphrey lost in a close race with the Republican candidate, Richard M. Nixon. Retirement After stepping down from the presidency in January 1969, Johnson returned to his ranch in Texas. There he and his aides prepared his memoirs, which were published in 1971 ...
- 114: Billy Graham
- ... them. Eisenhower and Kennedy were the first of the presidents to consult Graham on major public issues, and they embraced Graham's opinions as high as they held their own. Nixon, Ford and Johnson increased the consulting of the evangelist preacher and was proclaimed "America's Pastor." Nixon once told Graham "When you went into the ministry, politics lost one of its potentially greatest practitioners." They have said that Billy Graham's finest moment was when he showed ...
- 115: Sammy Davis Jr.
- ... Britt. They had Children, but Sammy’s devotion to his career led to their divorce. Sammy was active in politics. He supported Democrats until 1972, when he ran to President Nixon’s side. When questioned about selling out Sammy said that Nixon had bought him with good deeds for our country. Sammy met Altovise in London and they were married a few years later. When Sammy died May 16,1990, she was ...
- 116: Baseball And American Popular
- ... began writing a regular column for the New York Post. He wrote of social issues, foreign affairs, and the upcoming elections. In the 1960 election, he decided to back Richard Nixon instead of John Kennedy. His logic was that the black community should be represented by the Republican as well as the Democratic Party. This decision led to his fall out of favor with much of the black community. Later in life, he admitted to the bad decision saying, "I do not consider my decision to back Richard Nixon over John F. Kennedy for the Presidency in 1960 one of my finest ones. It was a sincere one, however, at the time."(Lester, p2) In 1964, he organized and ...
- 117: Media And Culture
- ... news report on TV differs from a newspaper account, more than twice as many people will believe the televised version as the newspaper one (Giddens, 79). The listeners of the Nixon- Kennedy debate on the radio saw Nixon as the obvious winner. However, the ones who watched the debate on TV were sure that Kennedy would become the new president of the United States (Hughes, 4). The TV ...
- 118: JFK Assination - Conspiracy
- ... was also an increasing amount of corruption and scandal within the government. This alarmed the public who had completely trusted the government before. The Watergate Scandal in 1974 involving President Nixon had clearly shown that this was not the case anymore. Nixon had abused his authority and power to his advantage. This indicated that even politicians were prone to sleaze and scandal. As a result of this, people also started questioning the ...
- 119: Egyptain Foreign Policy In Reg
- ... through artillery Israeli forced dug along the canal. The result was Israeli air response which virtually destroyed the Egyptian Artillery. During this time, the Israeli Military was supplied by the Nixon Administration, because it supposedly regarded Israel as a bulwark against Soviet expansion in the area. Nassar, seeing that his chances were few, flew to Moscow and asked the Soviet Union ... out an attack on Israel at the same time. For the Arabs, it was the fasting month of Ramadan, and for Israel it was Yom Kippur. The next day, President Nixon formally asked Congress for emergency funds to finance the massive airlift of arms to Israel that was already under way. During this time, the Major Oil producers in the region ...
- 120: Frank Sinatra
- ... the age of 55, he felt that he was becoming too old and decided to retire from his singing career. He then sang at the White House for President Richard Nixon and Nixon told him he should continue with his singing career because he had such an excellent voice. So Sinatra began singing again. He kept on singing into his late 70’s ...
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