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President John F. Kennedy (center) shakes hands with an unidentified law enforcement officer outside the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, following a civic luncheon; Richard M. Daley, son of Mayor of Chicago, Richard J. Daley, stands at left. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents Ron Pontius (left of President Kennedy), Bill Greer (second from right), and Jerry Blaine (far right).
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President John F. Kennedy (standing in car at center) rides in an open convertible as his motorcade travels down West Jackson Boulevard in Chicago, Illinois, en route from O'Hare International Airport to the Conrad Hilton Hotel. Others seated in the car, but not visible, include: Mayor of Chicago, Richard J. Daley; Governor of Illinois, Otto Kerner; and Senator Paul Douglas (Illinois). Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents Ken Giannoules, Ron Pontius, and Toby Chandler. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade; crowds line the street.
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President John F. Kennedy (standing in car at center) rides in an open convertible as his motorcade travels down West Jackson Boulevard in Chicago, Illinois, en route from O'Hare International Airport to the Conrad Hilton Hotel. Others seated in the car, but not visible, include: Mayor of Chicago, Richard J. Daley; Governor of Illinois, Otto Kerner; and Senator Paul Douglas (Illinois). Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents Ken Giannoules, Ron Pontius, and Toby Chandler. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade; crowds line the street.
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President John F. Kennedy (not visible, seated in car at center) rides in an open convertible as his motorcade travels down West Jackson Boulevard in Chicago, Illinois, en route from O'Hare International Airport to the Conrad Hilton Hotel. Others seated in the car include: Mayor of Chicago, Richard J. Daley; Governor of Illinois, Otto Kerner; and Senator Paul Douglas (Illinois). Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents Ron Pontius and Toby Chandler. Crowds line the street.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, seated in car with back to camera) rides in an open convertible as his motorcade travels down West Jackson Boulevard in Chicago, Illinois, en route from O'Hare International Airport to the Conrad Hilton Hotel; Mayor of Chicago, Richard J. Daley, sits left of President Kennedy. Others seated in the car, but not visible, include: Senator Paul Douglas (Illinois) and Governor of Illinois, Otto Kerner. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents Ken Giannoules, Don Lawton, Ron Pontius, and Toby Chandler. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade; crowds line the street.
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President John F. Kennedy tours the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. President Kennedy rides in a motorized cart with Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, James S. McDonnell (driving), Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb, and Vice President of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Sanford N. McDonnell. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Charlie Kunkel, Win Lawson, Joe Paolella, and Ron Pontius. President Kennedy visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (leaning forward) stand in an open car to greet members of the 2506th Cuban Invasion Brigade at the Orange Bowl Stadium in Miami, Florida. Standing in foreground, left of car (left to right): Erneido Oliva, second in command of the brigade (in back); Jose Pérez San Román, commander of the brigade; Manuel Artime, civilian chief of the brigade; former Prime Minister of Cuba and chairman of the Cuban Revolutionary Council, Dr. José Miró Cardona; unidentified. Seated in car: White House Secret Service agent, Bill Greer (in driver's seat, partially hidden near bottom edge of frame; Mayor of Miami, Robert King High (in back seat, mostly hidden behind the First Lady). Secret Service agent, Ronald "Ron" Pontius checks his watch at right. The Brigade was comprised of Cuban exiles who participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion of April 1961.
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President John F. Kennedy (center left) and former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower (left, mostly hidden), greet attendees of the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. Also pictured: Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby; White House Secret Service agents, Stu Stout and Ron Pontius. Chantilly, Virginia.
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President John F. Kennedy and former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, tour the terminal building of Dulles International Airport at dedication ceremonies for the airport named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. Left to right: Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back); General Eisenhower; President Kennedy (holding hat); Director of the Bureau of National Capital Airports, G. Ward Hobbs (in back, mostly hidden); White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger (very back, partially hidden); Aline B. Saarinen (widow of the architect for the airport, Eero Saarinen); Representative Edward P. Boland of Massachusetts (in back); Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Lieutenant General Harold W. Grant; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (in back); Administrator of the FAA, Najeeb Halaby; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Chantilly, Virginia.
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President John F. Kennedy (in car) waves to a crowd following a congressional campaign rally at Weir Cook Municipal Airport in Indianapolis, Indiana. Seated in convertible with President Kennedy: Governor of Indiana, Matthew E. Welsh; candidate for U.S. Senator from Indiana, Birch E. Bayh. White House Secret Service agents, Dick Johnsen, Ron Pontius, Bob Lilley, and Frank Yeager, surround car.
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President John F. Kennedy attends Columbus Day observances in front of City Hall in Newark, New Jersey, during a congressional campaign trip. Representative Peter W. Rodino, Jr. (New Jersey) and his son, Peter W. Rodino, III, stand left of President Kennedy; Mayor of Newark, Hugh J. Addonizio, stands right of the President. Also pictured: Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Ron Pontius.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with officials from Pennsylvania following his arrival at Harrisburg-York State Airport in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, during a congressional campaign trip. In foreground (L-R): Pennsylvania State Supreme Court Justice, Earl S. Keim; Pennsylvania State Representative, Stephen McCann; Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); Internal Affairs Secretary of Pennsylvania, Genevieve Blatt; Governor of Pennsylvania, David L. Lawrence; President Kennedy; candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania and former mayor of Philadelphia, Richardson Dilworth (back to camera). Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Walt Coughlin and Ron Pontius.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with officials from Pennsylvania following his arrival aboard a United States Army helicopter at Harrisburg-York State Airport in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, during a congressional campaign trip. In foreground (L-R): Pennsylvania State Representative, Stephen McCann; Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); Internal Affairs Secretary of Pennsylvania, Genevieve Blatt; Governor of Pennsylvania, David L. Lawrence; President Kennedy; candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania and former mayor of Philadelphia, Richardson Dilworth; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, and Frank Yeager. Also pictured: Special assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Dave Powers; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard.
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President John F. Kennedy walks with Governor of Pennsylvania, David L. Lawrence (left), following his arrival aboard a United States Army helicopter at Harrisburg-York State Airport in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, during a congressional campaign trip. Also pictured: Internal Affairs Secretary of Pennsylvania, Genevieve Blatt; Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); White House Secret Service agents, Bob Lilley, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Ron Pontius, and Frank Yeager.
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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy walk toward the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental with bubble-top) following mass at the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe) in Mexico City, Mexico. Also pictured: General Cristóbal Guzmán Cárdenas; Archpriest of the Basílica, Monsignor Gregorio Aguilar; Archbishop of Mexico City, Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez; Apostolic Delegate to Mexico, Archbishop Luigi Raimondi; White House Secret Service agents, James J. Rowley, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bill Payne, Mike Mastrovito, Lubert “Bert” de Freese, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey, Bob Foster, Clint Hill, and Ron Pontius.