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5 May 1961

This folder contains the official White House transcript of the President's News Conference of May 5, 1961 (News Conference 11). President Kennedy began the press conference with an update on the status of the nuclear test ban negotiations in Geneva. He then announced that Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson would be undertaking a fact finding mission...

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Topics include communication satellites, the resignation of FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow, additional VHF channels to certain U.S. cities, and a proposal for the three networks to pro...

Astronauts: Alan Shepard, 1961: 17 May-2 June

This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr.'s successful completion of the Mercury-Redstone 3 test flight, also known as the Freedom 7, during which Shepard became the first American to make a suborbital flight to space. Materials...

Remarks on Signing the Minimum Wage Bill, 5 May 1961

Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks in the President’s Office upon signing the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1961 (referred to as the Minimum Wage Bill), which increased the minimum wage.

Exchange of Remarks in the Rose Garden with President Bourguiba Following Issuance of Joint Statement, 5 May 1961

Sound recording of an exchange of remarks between President John F. Kennedy and President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia following the issuance of a joint statement in the White House Rose Garden.

Press Conference, 5 May 1961

Sound recording of the President’s News Conference of May 5, 1961 (News Conference 11). President Kennedy begins the press conference with an update on the status of the nuclear test ban negotiations in Geneva. He then announces that Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson would be undertaking a fact finding mission to Asia; that the United States represe...

Exchange of Toasts Between Presidents Kennedy and Bourguiba, Tunisian Dinner, 5 May 1961

Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s toast to President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia at a state dinner held at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. In his remarks President Kennedy discusses Tunisia’s ancient history, President Bourguiba’s international leadership, and cooperative efforts between Tunisia and the United States.

President Kennedy views the lift-off of astronaut Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard, Jr., on the 1st US manned sub-orbital flight

Bill signing – H. R. 3935 Public Law 87-30, Minimum Wage Act, 9:37AM

Meeting with the US Ambassador to Peru, James I. Loeb, Jr., 1:10PM