News
7.13.1969 – President Nixon Confronts America’s Drug Problem
In a special message to Congress on the 14th of July 1969, President Nixon expressed his concerns regarding the nation’s ever rising number of drug addicts and crime rate. Throughout the 1960s, the abuse of drugs had grown from a local police problem to a threat to...
Carl Burhanan on the President’s Helicopter
[youtube https://youtu.be/bbiahKCJBAo] April 19, 2010: Chief Warrant Officer Carl Burhanan, the first African American pilot of Army I, discusses traveling with President Nixon.
Gene Boyer on the Vietnam War and the President’s Helicopter
[youtube https://youtu.be/lo45hX7OFMI] April 19, 2010: Lt. Col. Gene Boyer, former Chief pilot of Army I, discusses the Vietnam War and his time traveling with President Nixon
7.12.1971 – RN Signs Emergency Employment Act
President Nixon signed the Emergency Employment Act on the 12th of July 1971. The act was aimed at alleviating the layoffs in the aerospace and defense related industries. The Emergency Employment Act would effectively create 150,000 jobs over the following two years...
7.11.1969 – RN Unveils Political Solution for Vietnam
Shortly after President Thieu of the Republic of Vietnam gave a speech proposing a fair political settlement in South Vietnam on July 11, 1969, President Nixon gave a statement in support of the South Vietnam leader’s plan to expedite peace in that “tortured land,” as...
7.11.1973 – RN Enacts Cost of Living Adjustment for Social Security
In addition to increasing social security benefits by more than 50 percent since his administration took office, President Nixon signed into law H.R. bill #7445, effectively supplementing his previous actions by augmenting benefits by another 5 percent for nearly 30...
7.10.1969 – RN Lays Groundwork for Health Reform
President Nixon spoke on his plan for an administrative and legislative initiative to improve health care in the nation. The quantity and quality of doctors, access to health care, and sufficient numbers of hospital beds were among the government’s greatest concerns....
7.9.1970 – RN Refocuses Government on the Environment
Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 transferred various functions relating to the atmosphere and oceans to the Secretary of Commerce and established a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce. This landmark initiative paved the way...
Nixon and Brezhnev – Partners in Détente
When historians discuss U.S.-Soviet relations, they tend to place a special emphasis on the personal relationships formed between the leaders of the two superpowers. The common examples include FDR and Stalin, Reagan and Gorbachev – but what was the relationship like...
7.8.1970 – RN, The Native Americans’ Lincoln
“…the Indians are the most deprived and most isolated minority group in our nation. On virtually every scale of measurement -- employment, income, education, health -- the condition of the Indian people ranks at the bottom. -- Richard Nixon Prior to Richard Nixon’s...