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- 131: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- ... 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 ...
- 132: 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 ...
- 133: Fidel Castro: How One Man With A Cigar Dominated American Foreign Policy
- ... into a frenzy with wispy fallacies about American "imperialist" actions against Cuba was his main asset. He constantly found events which he could work the "ol Castro magic " on, as Nixon said , to turn it into another of the long list of grievances, real or imagined, that Cuba had suffered. Throughout Castro's rule there had been numerous minor attacks and ... invasion of Cuba. The fact that this secret was ill kept led to increased arms being shipped to Cuba by Russia in late 1960. President Kennedy inherited from the Eisenhower-Nixon administration the operation that became the Bay of Pigs expedition. The plan was ill conceived and a fiasco. Both Theodore Sorensen and Arthur Schlesinger describe the President as the victim ...
- 134: Neil Armstrong
- ... failure in the control system. Docking and re- rendezvous secondary objectives were not achieved due to the shortened mission. Apollo 11 mission The Apollo 11 mission was funded under the Nixon administration during the heat of the space race with the Russians. The main purpose of this launch was to put a man on the moon, and successfully back down to ... wind equipment, a laser beam reflector, and a seismic experiment package. The two men also put up an American flag, and talked, by satellite communications, with United States President Richard Nixon in the White House. The men found that walking and running at one-sixth the gravity of Earth was not difficult. Also by satellite communication, millions of people watched live ...
- 135: The Ideal American: Malcolm Little
- ... In the mind of Americans, these qualites can effectively override the moral purity qualifications. People such as the great tycoons Rockefeller, and Trump. Or even some of our presidents, namely Nixon. They swindled, stole, cheated and downright stepped on the backs of others to reach their positions. At all times they certainly did not practice ethical business practices to achieve their stature. But, there stature is not diminshed much because of how they achieved their greatness. Twenty five years later, President Nixon is eulogized as a great man by most of the country, and excluding text books, Rockefeller is remembered solely for his unselfish use of his money toward many splendid public ...
- 136: The Atrocities of the Vietnam War
- ... perhaps America’s greatest foreign policy failure, had many consequences that, though unforeseen, could have been avoided. The main policymakers include: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard M. Nixon. These men and their advisors created a "policy of atrocity" in Vietnam. The decisions that created the most widespread destruction, besides the bombing escalation’s by Johnson and Nixon, was Robert McNamara’s proposal to JFK for a "quantified war". A "quantified war" is a war where the enemy body count, not territory, is the measure of winning or ...
- 137: The Vietnam Era
- ... the U.S. had invaded it and left. Well over one million people were killed in the fighting. Pol Pot was the leader of the Khmer Rouge. Vietnamization was President Nixon's plan to get the U.S. out of the war with honor, by letting South Vietnam replace U.S. soldiers. Nixon resigned in 1974 because Watergate. It was the presidential scandal ending his career. He had ordered break ins on democratic offices. Vietnam fell to North Vietnam in 1975. This brought ...
- 138: UFOs
- ... know as the "'Cosmic Watergate' : the ongoing cover-up of the government's knowledge about extraterrestrial UFOs and their terrestrial activities (Stacey 36)" is believed to be started during the Nixon administration, which is still under alot of scrutiny. The Nixon Administration also established the Freedom of Information Act [FOIA] in the 1970s', it opened the door to alot of truth and more coverups. " I don't think they would do ...
- 139: The Life of Deadheads and Music of the Grateful Dead
- ... on it” (Adams 12/97). Of course we cannot use the terms sub/counterculture without identifying the backdrop of mainstream American society, from which they separate themselves. From Eisenhower to Nixon; Pat Boone to Jimi Hendrix; and Neil Simon to Ken Kesey, America was changing, and the backdrop was standing still. From Kennedy's Camelot to Khrushev's walls; Dr. King ... rebelliousness of America's youth, and gave “ splinter groups” a sense of legitimacy. The recent declassification of secret government documents from the Vietnam War era reveal that Presidents Johnson and Nixon, Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, General William Westmoreland (commander of all forces in Vietnam) and military officials, illegally lied to the American people about motivations and operations in Vietnam. “He ...
- 140: Q/A: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... Hearst, the DuPonts and other powerful families. Source: Jack Herer, The Emperor Wears No Clothes. 8. Marijuana use does not lead to physical dependency. Costa Ricaicatudy, 1980; Jamaican Study, 1975; Nixon Blue Ribbon Report, 1972, et. al. 9. Source: Psychology Today, Newsweek, et. al. 10. Source: All university medical studies: UCLA, Harvard, Temple, etc. 11. Costa Rican Study, 1980; Jamaican Study ... captured, then virtually suffocated in marijuana smoke over a period of 90 days. Source: National Institute of Health. 20. Examples: the "LaGuardia" Committee Report (New York, 1944) and President Richard Nixon's Blue Ribbon "Shafer" Commission (1972).
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