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President John F. Kennedy (center right, at lectern) delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois. Those visible standing on the speaker’s platform include: Representative John C. Kluczynski (Illinois); Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), Alan S. Boyd; Representative Leslie C. Arends (Illinois); Governor of Illinois, Otto Kerner; Representative William T. Murphy (Illinois); Mayor of Chicago, Richard J. Daley; Chief Executive Officer of American Airlines, C. R. Smith; Chicago City Corporation Counsel, John C. Melaniphy; Patricia O'Hare Palmer, sister of the airport’s namesake, Lieutenant Commander Edward H. “Butch” O’Hare; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby; White House Secret Service agent Floyd Boring; Senator Paul Douglas (Illinois); and entertainer Phil Regan. White House Secret Service agent Bob Lilley stands in foreground at left; agent Ron Pontius stands at far right. Also listed in the President’s schedule as present on the speaker’s platform: Trustee of the Chicago Sanitary District, John E. Egan; Chicago alderman Casimir "Casey" Laskowski; architect Charles F. Murphy; Representatives Edward R. Finnegan, Barratt O'Hara, Roland Libonati, and Roman C. Pucinski (all of Illinois); and Cook County Assessor, P. J. “Parky” Cullerton.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, at lectern) delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois. Those visible standing on the speaker’s platform include: Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), Alan S. Boyd; Chicago alderman Daniel J. Ronan; Chicago Aviation Commissioner, William E. Downes, Jr.; Governor of Illinois, Otto Kerner; Chicago alderman Casimir "Casey" Laskowski; Chairman of the Chicago Transit Board, George L. DeMent; Representative William T. Murphy (Illinois); Mayor of Chicago, Richard J. Daley; Chief Executive Officer of American Airlines, C. R. Smith; Chicago City Corporation Counsel, John C. Melaniphy; Patricia O'Hare Palmer, sister of the airport’s namesake, Lieutenant Commander Edward H. “Butch” O’Hare; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby; White House Secret Service agent Floyd Boring; Senator Paul Douglas (Illinois); Naval Aide to the President, Tazewell T. Shepard; and entertainer Phil Regan. White House Secret Service agent Bob Lilley stands in foreground at left; agent Ron Pontius stands at far right. Also listed in the President’s schedule as present on the speaker’s platform: Trustee of the Chicago Sanitary District, John E. Egan; architect Charles F. Murphy; Representatives Edward R. Finnegan, Barratt O'Hara, Roland Libonati, Roman C. Pucinski, John C. Kluczynski, and Leslie C. Arends (all of Illinois); and Cook County Assessor, P. J. “Parky” Cullerton.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) visits with a group of student leaders from Brazil; U.S. State Department interpreter, José de Seabra (right of President Kennedy), addresses the group. Also pictured: United Press International (UPI) photographer, Frank Cancellare; White House correspondent for UPI, Helen Thomas; White House Secret Service agents, Bob Lilley, Jack Ready, and Ron Pontius. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) visits with a group of student leaders from Brazil. Also pictured: U.S. State Department interpreter, José de Seabra; United Press International (UPI) photographer, Frank Cancellare; White House Secret Service agents, Bob Lilley, Jack Ready, and Ron Pontius. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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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 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.