Presidential News Conferences Shape US Democracy
A retrospective by AP’s Arthur Edson traces the origin and evolution of presidential news conferences from Wilson to Kennedy. It notes how Eisenhower broadened access, Kennedy moved to live broadcasts, and the practice remains powerful yet lacking formal legal support.
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Arthur Edson
Arthur Edson Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Kennedy
Laos in Southeast Asia Faces US Role Amid Civil War
U S aid sustains Laos as the nation leans on American support amid a growing Communist threat. USOM and PEO operations train Lao soldiers and maintain aid programs while Laos struggles with deficits and shifting alliances under Ambassador Winthrop Brown and the evolving French and Chinese involvement.
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Roy Elsoyan Vientiane
Laos
United States
Soviet Union
Red China
Viet Nam
U. S
Uncle Sam
Southeast Asia
France
Program Evaluation Office
PEO
John A. Heintges
Heintges
Andrew J. Boyle
Mitchells
Britain
Vientiane
Central Intelligence Agency
Pathet Lao
North
Kong le
John H. Tobler
National War College
USOM
U. S. Information Service
Winthrop G. Brown
Brown
Wealth in the White House Through George Washington
The article notes the White House tradition of wealth dates to George Washington. It cites his land purchases across states and an estate valued at about 530000 at his death. Adjusted to current land values, the Washington estate would be worth roughly 20 million dollars.
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Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Coolidge
Puerto Rico
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Harry Truman
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
John Kennedy
White House
George Washington
Washington Estate
Adenauer
United States
Kennedy
United States Sends 22 000 Tons Grain to Libya for Relief
The United States announced a grant of 22 000 tons of grain for Libya to ease drought relief. The shipment includes 17 000 tons of barley and 5 000 tons of wheat and is distributed at no cost.
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Washington
United States
Libya
State Department
Adenauer Faces Crucial Year Before Bundestag Election
West Germany's Konrad Adenauer, age 85, views a pivotal year ahead as Bundestag elections loom. He plans talks with France's Charles de Gaulle and Britain's Harold Macmillan on European unity, disarmament, and the future of the EEC and EFTA while insisting no major changes in leadership.
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West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Charles de Gaulle
Harold Macmillan
Associated Press
Jack Koehler
Bonn
Germany
Bundestag
Adenauer
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
der Alte
Brandt
European Economic Community
France
Pean Free Trade Association
Britain
EEC
EFTA
de Gaulle
NATO
Europe
Berlin
Khrushchev
Washington
Soviet Union
Petersberg
United States
Community of Free Nations
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Marion
Ohio
Harding
Brookings Institution
Richard M. Nixon
Brookings
Franklin Roosevelt
Stepchild
Asia
America
Winthrop Brown
Rhine Valley
United States of Europe
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