August 18, 2012 in The Daily Republic
PIERRE Exactly 50 years after President John F. Kennedy dedicated the Oahe Dam, several hundred people gathered at the same spot Friday to marvel at how much the massive dam has changed life along the Missouri River. Continue Reading
February 27, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Speaking to a suburban Detroit chamber of commerce, Santorum said the interpretation of the Constitution’s freedom of religion provision has been “turned on its head,” and offered his own. “I’m for separation of church and state: The state has no business telling the church what do to,” the former Pennsylvania senator said. Continue Reading
January 24, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The tapes include discussions of conflict in Vietnam, Soviet relations and the race to space, plans for the 1964 Democratic Convention and re-election strategy. There also are moments with John F. Kennedy’s children. Continue Reading
January 22, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
R. Sargent Shriver, who fulfilled his brother-in-law John F. Kennedy’s campaign promise by starting the Peace Corps, developed the aid organization into an international force. He also was George McGovern’s running mate in the 1972 Democratic Party’s bid for the presidency. Philanthropists and politicians who have worked to help others through charities were among hundreds honoring Shriver at a funeral Mass at Our Lady of Mercy Parish, the Shriver family’s church in Potomac, Md. Continue Reading
January 8, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
A controversial miniseries on the Kennedy family will not air on the History Channel because the completed multimillion dollar project does not fit the “History brand,” the network said. Continue Reading
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December 1, 2010 in INFORUM
DALLAS The empty pine coffin that once held the body of Lee Harvey Oswald, and that for three decades Allen Baumgardner kept in a storage room at his funeral home, is going up for auction. Continue Reading
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November 20, 2010 in INFORUM
DALLAS Temple F. Bowley’s life changed forever when he came upon a Dallas police officer lying dead in an Oak Cliff street on Nov. 22, 1963.
“You don’t run up on a dead man every day,” Bowley said. Continue Reading
September 22, 2010 in The Daily Republic
Politics is on the minds of many today, just as it was 50 years ago when Mitchell welcomed perhaps the biggest political star to ever visit the city. On Sept. 22, 1960, presidential candidate John F. Kennedy was greeted by a reported 500 people at Mitchell Municipal Airport, and 6,500 reportedly came to the Corn Palace to hear him speak. During his speech, Kennedy pitched the idea that the surplus food produced in South Dakota and elsewhere in the Midwest could be a means to secure peace in the world: Continue Reading
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