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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 delivers remarks to representatives of the National Council of Senior Citizens during a visit in the Rose Garden. President of the National Council of Senior Citizens and former U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, Aimé J. Forand, stands left of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Annie Butler of Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Mrs. Harold Hancock of Detroit, Michigan; Bessie Gottlieb of Wilmette, Illinois; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Ron Pontius. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with representatives of the National Council of Senior Citizens in the Rose Garden. President of the National Council of Senior Citizens and former U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, Aimé J. Forand, stands at far left. Also pictured: Annie Butler of Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Mrs. Harold Hancock of Detroit, Michigan; Bessie Gottlieb of Wilmette, Illinois; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Ron Pontius. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, stand in front of Blair House upon their arrival in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible), following a motorcade in honor of President Houphouët-Boigny. First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny, and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy stand at left. Also pictured: Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Clint Hill, Ron Pontius, Lubert "Bert" de Freese, Emory Roberts, and Arthur L. "Art" Godfrey. Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, walk towards Blair House upon their arrival in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible), following a motorcade in honor of President Houphouët-Boigny. Also pictured: First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Clint Hill, Ron Pontius, and Emory Roberts. Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, walk towards Blair House upon their arrival in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible), following a motorcade in honor of President Houphouët-Boigny. Also pictured: First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; U.S. State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Lubert "Bert" de Freese, Emory Roberts, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey, and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy presents the National Teacher of the Year Award (sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers, the U.S. Office of Education, and LOOK Magazine) to Marjorie L. French, of Topeka, Kansas. Left to right: Vice President and Managing Editor of LOOK Magazine, William B. Arthur; President Kennedy; Mrs. French; Executive Secretary of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Edgar Fuller. White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius, stands in background. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy presents the National Teacher of the Year Award (sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers, the U.S. Office of Education, and LOOK Magazine) to Marjorie L. French, of Topeka, Kansas. Left to right (in foreground): President Kennedy; Mrs. French’s husband, Freeman G. French; Mrs. French; Executive Secretary of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Edgar Fuller. White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius, stands in background. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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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. Following in second cart: White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (driving). Also pictured (in foreground): Secret Service agents, Toby Chandler, 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 (at lectern) delivers remarks, following a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. President Kennedy holds a scale model of the Apollo command module, presented to him by Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; a mock-up of the lunar lander (also known as "the Bug") sits at left in background. Standing in back: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Dr. Gilruth; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Photographers, including newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr., and members of the press observe at right. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations. [See also MO 63.1913, "Model of Apollo Command Module"]
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President John F. Kennedy views Mercury spacecraft capsule #19, during a tour of Mercury systems and equipment inside Hangar S at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston (center right), briefs President Kennedy; astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (partially out of frame) stands at far right. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. The President visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) views models of the Titan II and Titan III missiles, during a tour of the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; Director of Range Safety Operations with the Eastern Test Range at Patrick Air Force Base, Colonel Dan F. Thompson (center right), briefs President Kennedy. Standing in back: chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; White House Secret Service agents, Rufus Youngblood and Ron Pontius. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy tours the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Director of Range Safety Operations with the Eastern Test Range at Patrick Air Force Base, Colonel Dan F. Thompson (center left, back to camera), briefs President Kennedy; models of the Titan II and Titan III missiles sit in foreground. Also pictured: Representative Victor L. Anfuso (New York); White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (center foreground, partially hidden) tours the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; a Titan II Air Force rocket sits on launch pad in background. Also pictured: Director of Range Safety Operations with the Eastern Test Range at Patrick Air Force Base, Colonel Dan F. Thompson; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; Representative Victor L. Anfuso (New York); chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Bill Duncan, and Toby Chandler. Site workers observe in background. President Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, with back to camera) greets crowds at the groundbreaking ceremony for the San Luis Dam in Los Banos, California. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Tony Sherman, John Campion, and Ron Pontius.
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President John F. Kennedy (center right, facing away) greets visitors at the groundbreaking ceremony for the San Luis Dam in Los Banos, California. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Win Lawson, Charlie Kunkel, Ron Pontius, John Campion, and Tony Sherman.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, partially hidden) greets crowds at Pueblo Memorial Airport in Pueblo, Colorado; President Kennedy traveled to Colorado to commemorate the Fryingpan-Arkansas Reclamation Project. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, John Campion and Ron Pontius.
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President John F. Kennedy greets crowds at Pueblo Memorial Airport in Pueblo, Colorado; President Kennedy traveled to Colorado to commemorate the Fryingpan-Arkansas Reclamation Project. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Charlie Kunkel, John Campion, and Ron Pontius.
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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 visits with participants of the World Food Forum. Visitors include: Chairman of the Outlook and Situation Board for the United States Department of Agriculture, Bushrod W. Allin. Also pictured: National Park Service (NPS) photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President’s schedule for a complete list of attendees.]
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President John F. Kennedy addresses participants of the World Food Forum. Visitors include: Chairman of the Outlook and Situation Board for the United States Department of Agriculture, Bushrod W. Allin. Also pictured: White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President’s schedule for a complete list of attendees.]
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President John F. Kennedy addresses participants of the World Food Forum. Visitors include: Chairman of the Outlook and Situation Board for the United States Department of Agriculture, Bushrod W. Allin. Also pictured: White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President’s schedule for a complete list of attendees.]