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President John F. Kennedy meets with Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Senator Everett. M. Dirksen (Illinois) speaks to reporters regarding the bi-partisan congressional leadership breakfast. Washington Correspondent for the Guy Gannett Publishing Company of Maine, May Craig, stands third from left. North entrance of the West Wing, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at center) attends a luncheon for newspaper publishers and editors from Illinois. Seated at table (clockwise, beginning right of President Kennedy): First Vice President of the Illinois Press Association and Publisher of the Rochelle News Leader, William Kenneth Smith; Third Vice President of the Illinois Press Association and Publisher of the Melrose Park Star Sentinel, Paul D. Coffman; Co-Owner and Business Manager of the Moline Dispatch, Robert H. Sward; Managing Editor for the Midwest Edition of the Wall Street Journal, John A. McWethy; Publisher of the Southern Illinoisan, Edward E. Lindsay; Executive Editor of the Chicago Daily News, Lawrence S. “Larry” Fanning; Publisher and Editor of the Joliet Herald-News, John F. Lux; Publisher of the Chicago Defender, John H. Sengstacke; President and Publisher of Chicago’s American, Robert Stuart List; Treasurer of the Illinois Press Association and Publisher of the Bridgeport Leader, Roy R. Rucker; White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; President and Publisher of the Waukegan News Sun, Frank Ward Just; Publisher of the Decatur Herald and Review, the East St. Louis Journal, and the Quincy Herald-Whig, Frank M. Lindsay, Sr.; Publisher of the Peoria Journal-Star, Henry P. Slane; Publisher and Editor of the Belleville News Democrat and Advocate, Robert L. Kern; President and Publisher of the Bloomington Pantagraph, Loring C. Merwin; Publisher of the Champaign Courier, Byron C. Vedder; President and Associate Publisher of the Rockford Star and Register-Republic, William K. Todd; Co-Publisher and Co-Editor of the Kankakee Journal, Len H. Small; Publisher of the Elgin Courier-News, William Hoyt Cater; and President of the Illinois Press Association, John A. Holmes. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at center) attends a luncheon for newspaper publishers and editors from Illinois. Seated at table (clockwise, beginning right of President Kennedy): First Vice President of the Illinois Press Association and Publisher of the Rochelle News Leader, William Kenneth Smith; Third Vice President of the Illinois Press Association and Publisher of the Melrose Park Star Sentinel, Paul D. Coffman; Co-Owner and Business Manager of the Moline Dispatch, Robert H. Sward; Managing Editor for the Midwest Edition of the Wall Street Journal, John A. McWethy; Publisher of the Southern Illinoisan, Edward E. Lindsay; Executive Editor of the Chicago Daily News, Lawrence S. “Larry” Fanning; Publisher and Editor of the Joliet Herald-News, John F. Lux; Publisher of the Chicago Defender, John H. Sengstacke; President and Publisher of Chicago’s American, Robert Stuart List; Treasurer of the Illinois Press Association and Publisher of the Bridgeport Leader, Roy R. Rucker; White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; President and Publisher of the Waukegan News Sun, Frank Ward Just; Publisher of the Decatur Herald and Review, the East St. Louis Journal, and the Quincy Herald-Whig, Frank M. Lindsay, Sr.; Publisher of the Peoria Journal-Star, Henry P. Slane; Publisher and Editor of the Belleville News Democrat and Advocate, Robert L. Kern; President and Publisher of the Bloomington Pantagraph, Loring C. Merwin; Publisher of the Champaign Courier, Byron C. Vedder; President and Associate Publisher of the Rockford Star and Register-Republic, William K. Todd; Co-Publisher and Co-Editor of the Kankakee Journal, Len H. Small; Publisher of the Elgin Courier-News, William Hoyt Cater; and President of the Illinois Press Association, John A. Holmes. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at center) attends a luncheon for newspaper publishers and editors from Illinois. Seated at table (clockwise, beginning right of President Kennedy): First Vice President of the Illinois Press Association and Publisher of the Rochelle News Leader, William Kenneth Smith; Third Vice President of the Illinois Press Association and Publisher of the Melrose Park Star Sentinel, Paul D. Coffman; Co-Owner and Business Manager of the Moline Dispatch, Robert H. Sward; Managing Editor for the Midwest Edition of the Wall Street Journal, John A. McWethy; Publisher of the Southern Illinoisan, Edward E. Lindsay; Executive Editor of the Chicago Daily News, Lawrence S. “Larry” Fanning; Publisher and Editor of the Joliet Herald-News, John F. Lux; Publisher of the Chicago Defender, John H. Sengstacke; President and Publisher of Chicago’s American, Robert Stuart List; Treasurer of the Illinois Press Association and Publisher of the Bridgeport Leader, Roy R. Rucker; White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; President and Publisher of the Waukegan News Sun, Frank Ward Just; Publisher of the Decatur Herald and Review, the East St. Louis Journal, and the Quincy Herald-Whig, Frank M. Lindsay, Sr.; Publisher of the Peoria Journal-Star, Henry P. Slane; Publisher and Editor of the Belleville News Democrat and Advocate, Robert L. Kern; President and Publisher of the Bloomington Pantagraph, Loring C. Merwin; Publisher of the Champaign Courier, Byron C. Vedder; President and Associate Publisher of the Rockford Star and Register-Republic, William K. Todd; Co-Publisher and Co-Editor of the Kankakee Journal, Len H. Small; Publisher of the Elgin Courier-News, William Hoyt Cater; and President of the Illinois Press Association, John A. Holmes. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at center) attends a luncheon for newspaper publishers and editors from Illinois. Seated at table (clockwise, beginning right of President Kennedy): First Vice President of the Illinois Press Association and Publisher of the Rochelle News Leader, William Kenneth Smith; Third Vice President of the Illinois Press Association and Publisher of the Melrose Park Star Sentinel, Paul D. Coffman; Co-Owner and Business Manager of the Moline Dispatch, Robert H. Sward; Managing Editor for the Midwest Edition of the Wall Street Journal, John A. McWethy; Publisher of the Southern Illinoisan, Edward E. Lindsay; Executive Editor of the Chicago Daily News, Lawrence S. “Larry” Fanning; Publisher and Editor of the Joliet Herald-News, John F. Lux; Publisher of the Chicago Defender, John H. Sengstacke; President and Publisher of Chicago’s American, Robert Stuart List; Treasurer of the Illinois Press Association and Publisher of the Bridgeport Leader, Roy R. Rucker; White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; President and Publisher of the Waukegan News Sun, Frank Ward Just; Publisher of the Decatur Herald and Review, the East St. Louis Journal, and the Quincy Herald-Whig, Frank M. Lindsay, Sr.; Publisher of the Peoria Journal-Star, Henry P. Slane (not visible); Publisher and Editor of the Belleville News Democrat and Advocate, Robert L. Kern; President and Publisher of the Bloomington Pantagraph, Loring C. Merwin; Publisher of the Champaign Courier, Byron C. Vedder; President and Associate Publisher of the Rockford Star and Register-Republic, William K. Todd; Co-Publisher and Co-Editor of the Kankakee Journal, Len H. Small; Publisher of the Elgin Courier-News, William Hoyt Cater; and President of the Illinois Press Association, John A. Holmes. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at left) attends a luncheon for newspaper publishers and editors from Illinois. Seated at table (clockwise, beginning left of President Kennedy): First Vice President of the Illinois Press Association and Publisher of the Rochelle News Leader, William Kenneth Smith (mostly obscured); Third Vice President of the Illinois Press Association and Publisher of the Melrose Park Star Sentinel, Paul D. Coffman (mostly obscured); Co-Owner and Business Manager of the Moline Dispatch, Robert H. Sward; Managing Editor for the Midwest Edition of the Wall Street Journal, John A. McWethy (mostly obscured); Publisher of the Southern Illinoisan, Edward E. Lindsay; Executive Editor of the Chicago Daily News, Lawrence S. “Larry” Fanning; Publisher and Editor of the Joliet Herald-News, John F. Lux; Publisher of the Chicago Defender, John H. Sengstacke; President and Publisher of Chicago’s American, Robert Stuart List; Treasurer of the Illinois Press Association and Publisher of the Bridgeport Leader, Roy R. Rucker; White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; President and Publisher of the Waukegan News Sun, Frank Ward Just; Publisher of the Decatur Herald and Review, the East St. Louis Journal, and the Quincy Herald-Whig, Frank M. Lindsay, Sr.; Publisher of the Peoria Journal-Star, Henry P. Slane; Publisher and Editor of the Belleville News Democrat and Advocate, Robert L. Kern; President and Publisher of the Bloomington Pantagraph, Loring C. Merwin; Publisher of the Champaign Courier, Byron C. Vedder; President and Associate Publisher of the Rockford Star and Register-Republic, William K. Todd; Co-Publisher and Co-Editor of the Kankakee Journal, Len H. Small; Publisher of the Elgin Courier-News, William Hoyt Cater; and President of the Illinois Press Association, John A. Holmes. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at center) attends a luncheon for newspaper publishers and editors from Illinois. Seated at table, facing camera (L-R): Co-Publisher and Co-Editor of the Kankakee Journal, Len H. Small; Publisher of the Elgin Courier-News, William Hoyt Cater; President of the Illinois Press Association, John A. Holmes; President Kennedy; First Vice President of the Illinois Press Association and Publisher of the Rochelle News Leader, William Kenneth Smith; Third Vice President of the Illinois Press Association and Publisher of the Melrose Park Star Sentinel, Paul D. Coffman; Co-Owner and Business Manager of the Moline Dispatch, Robert H. Sward; and Managing Editor for the Midwest Edition of the Wall Street Journal, John A. McWethy. Seated at table, facing away from camera (L-R): Publisher of the Decatur Herald and Review, the East St. Louis Journal, and the Quincy Herald-Whig, Frank M. Lindsay, Sr.; President and Publisher of the Waukegan News Sun, Frank Ward Just; White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; and Treasurer of the Illinois Press Association and Publisher of the Bridgeport Leader, Roy R. Rucker. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy receives a leather-bound collection of the works of William Shakespeare from Lieutenant Colonel Terry Entner (center), a cadet in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) at Calumet High School in Chicago, Illinois; Representative William T. Murphy (Illinois) stands at left. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy looks at a map during a meeting with governors and highway commissioners of Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, and Illinois. Left to right: Governor of Missouri, John M. Dalton; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Governor of Tennessee, Frank G. Clement; President Kennedy; Governor of Illinois, Otto Kerner; Governor of Kentucky, Bert T. Combs; Federal Highway Administrator, Rex M. Whitton. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (right) meets with Representative Sidney R. Yates (Illinois) in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) shakes hands with Representative Sidney R. Yates (Illinois) during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) shakes hands with Representative Sidney R. Yates (Illinois) during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C.
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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 (center left, seated in car) waves from 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. A motorcycle escort travels with the motorcade; crowds line the street.