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January 08, 2013 05:10 PM

Memories of President Richard Nixon

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FOR USE WITH RELATED STORIES KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY WHITE HOUSE HANDOUT PHOTO (KRT307-March 10) Former President Richard Nixon is shown in this White House official photo.
(KRT) PL KD 2000 (Vert) (gsb)
FOR USE WITH RELATED STORIES KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY WHITE HOUSE HANDOUT PHOTO (KRT307-March 10) Former President Richard Nixon is shown in this White House official photo. (KRT) PL KD 2000 (Vert) (gsb) KRT
FOR USE WITH RELATED STORIES KRT STORY SLUGGED: THURMOND KRT FILE PHOTOGRAPH VIA THE STATE (January 6) Sen. Strom Thurmond shakes hands with Richard Nixon during Nixon's term as US Senator 1955-1956. (nk) 2003
FOR USE WITH RELATED STORIES KRT STORY SLUGGED: THURMOND KRT FILE PHOTOGRAPH VIA THE STATE (January 6) Sen. Strom Thurmond shakes hands with Richard Nixon during Nixon's term as US Senator 1955-1956. (nk) 2003 KRT
President Dwight Eisenhower, left, and Vice President Richard Nixon, right, stand on the reviewing stand during the inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1953. (National Archives/MCT)
President Dwight Eisenhower, left, and Vice President Richard Nixon, right, stand on the reviewing stand during the inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1953. (National Archives/MCT) MCT
President-elect Richard M. Nixon takes the oath of office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1969. (National Archives/MCT)
President-elect Richard M. Nixon takes the oath of office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1969. (National Archives/MCT) MCT
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11 and the first person to walk on the moon, has died Saturday, August 25, 2012. He was 82. In this November 1969 file photo, President Richard Nixon, right, meets the Apollo 11 astronauts: Neil A. Armstrong, second from right, Michael Collins, second from left, and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., left, on the lawn of the White House on their return from their Global Goodwill Tour. (NASA/MCT)
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11 and the first person to walk on the moon, has died Saturday, August 25, 2012. He was 82. In this November 1969 file photo, President Richard Nixon, right, meets the Apollo 11 astronauts: Neil A. Armstrong, second from right, Michael Collins, second from left, and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., left, on the lawn of the White House on their return from their Global Goodwill Tour. (NASA/MCT) MCT
President Richard M. Nixon and first lady Patricia Nixon arrive at an inaugural ball in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1969. (National Archives/MCT)
President Richard M. Nixon and first lady Patricia Nixon arrive at an inaugural ball in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1969. (National Archives/MCT) MCT
President Richard Nixon waves from the presidential limousine during the inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1969. (White House/National Archives/MCT)
President Richard Nixon waves from the presidential limousine during the inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1969. (White House/National Archives/MCT) MCT
President Richard Nixon shakes hands with Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.)  at the White House swearing-in ceremony for Sec. Elliot I. Richardson and Counsellor Robert H. Finch in Washington, D.C., June 24, 1970. (National Archives/MCT)
President Richard Nixon shakes hands with Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) at the White House swearing-in ceremony for Sec. Elliot I. Richardson and Counsellor Robert H. Finch in Washington, D.C., June 24, 1970. (National Archives/MCT) MCT
KRT US NEWS STORY SLUGGED: MEMORIES KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY OLIVER F. ATKINS/NATIONAL ARCHIVES (KRT133-  March 8) President Richard Nixon Meets Elvis Presley at the White House. Presley presented the President with a Colt .45 pistol and asked that he be made a "Federal agent-at-Large in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. This image, taken by Oliver F. Atkins on December 21, 1970, is one of 180 photographs on display in the exhibit "Picturing the Century: One
 Hundred Years of Photography" on display from March 12, 1999 through July 4, 2001
 at the National Archives Exhibition Hall in Washington, DC. (KRT) PL KD (B&W ONLY) 1999 (Horiz) (jak)
KRT US NEWS STORY SLUGGED: MEMORIES KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY OLIVER F. ATKINS/NATIONAL ARCHIVES (KRT133- March 8) President Richard Nixon Meets Elvis Presley at the White House. Presley presented the President with a Colt .45 pistol and asked that he be made a "Federal agent-at-Large in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. This image, taken by Oliver F. Atkins on December 21, 1970, is one of 180 photographs on display in the exhibit "Picturing the Century: One Hundred Years of Photography" on display from March 12, 1999 through July 4, 2001 at the National Archives Exhibition Hall in Washington, DC. (KRT) PL KD (B&W ONLY) 1999 (Horiz) (jak) KRT
President Richard M. Nixon walks with Henry Kissinger on the south lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C., August 10, 1971. (Richard Nixon Library/National Archives/MCT)
President Richard M. Nixon walks with Henry Kissinger on the south lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C., August 10, 1971. (Richard Nixon Library/National Archives/MCT) MCT
President Richard Nixon and first lady Patricia Nixon, center, dance at an inaugural ball during Nixon's second inauguration in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1973. (National Archives/MCT)
President Richard Nixon and first lady Patricia Nixon, center, dance at an inaugural ball during Nixon's second inauguration in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1973. (National Archives/MCT) MCT
President Richard M. Nixon dances with Mrs. Patricia Nixon at an inaugural ball in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1973. (Richard Nixon Library/National Archives/MCT)
President Richard M. Nixon dances with Mrs. Patricia Nixon at an inaugural ball in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1973. (Richard Nixon Library/National Archives/MCT) MCT
President Richard M. Nixon (center) and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger (right) meet with Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the Oval Office in Washington, D.C., March 1, 1973. (Richard Nixon Library/National Archives/MCT)
President Richard M. Nixon (center) and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger (right) meet with Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the Oval Office in Washington, D.C., March 1, 1973. (Richard Nixon Library/National Archives/MCT) MCT
President Richard M. Nixon appears at the National Association of Realtors convention in Washington, D.C., November 15, 1973. (Richard Nixon Library/National Archives/MCT)
President Richard M. Nixon appears at the National Association of Realtors convention in Washington, D.C., November 15, 1973. (Richard Nixon Library/National Archives/MCT) MCT
EMBARGOED FOR USE UNTIL SUNDAY AUGUST 1ST - KRT US NEWS STORY SLUGGED: NIXON KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY FRED J. MAROON COURTESY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION/KRT (KRT12 - July 30 ) President Richard Nixon during his resignation speech to his staff, August 9, 1974. Behind Nixon is his son-in-law David Eisenhower.  Fred Maroon's photographs of the Nixon White House are on display at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History to mark the 25th anniversary of Nixon's resignation August 9th. (KRT) AP PL BL KD 1999 (Vert.) (kn) (B&W ONLY) (Additional photos available on KRT Direct, KRT/PressLink or upon request)
EMBARGOED FOR USE UNTIL SUNDAY AUGUST 1ST - KRT US NEWS STORY SLUGGED: NIXON KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY FRED J. MAROON COURTESY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION/KRT (KRT12 - July 30 ) President Richard Nixon during his resignation speech to his staff, August 9, 1974. Behind Nixon is his son-in-law David Eisenhower. Fred Maroon's photographs of the Nixon White House are on display at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History to mark the 25th anniversary of Nixon's resignation August 9th. (KRT) AP PL BL KD 1999 (Vert.) (kn) (B&W ONLY) (Additional photos available on KRT Direct, KRT/PressLink or upon request) KRT
KRT STAND ALONE US NEWS PHOTO SLUGGED: REAGAN KRT PHOTO COURTESY RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY (July 5) Former U.S. Presidents, from left, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon are shown in a file photo. (KRT) NC KD BL 2001 (Horiz) (gsb)
KRT STAND ALONE US NEWS PHOTO SLUGGED: REAGAN KRT PHOTO COURTESY RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY (July 5) Former U.S. Presidents, from left, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon are shown in a file photo. (KRT) NC KD BL 2001 (Horiz) (gsb) KRT
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