Kennedy Makes It Official

Posted on January 3, 2010 by lmharnisch
Jan. 3, 1960, Front Page

If elected, Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) , 42, would be the second-youngest president (after Theodore Roosevelt) and the first Roman Catholic in the White House, The Times says. 

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Jan. 3, 1960, Nixon

Vice President Nixon has no comment on Sen. Kennedy’s announcement.

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Jan. 3, 1960, Nixon

Jan. 3, 1960:   “Kennedy said the current budget for national defense is 'too low by a substantial percentage' and said he would not hesitate to call for higher taxes, deficit spending, reshuffling of available appropriations or a combination of these methods to close the 'missile gap,' which he charged the Eisenhower administration will leave to its successor,” The Times says.

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