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Dates: during 1960-1960
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January 20: Robert Young becomes news analyst at WHRB and initiates program "Life Without Father" (a review of events in Washington), with an eye-witness account of Kennedy's inauguration...
...Precedent. But the closeness of the popular vote could not mask the real measure of Jack Kennedy's victory. He was the first Roman Catholic ever to be elected President, and he achieved this without leaving any important scars. He had propelled himself by sheer drive into the Democratic nomination, had rebuilt the old Democratic coalition of Northern big cities and Southern conservatives, outdoing even Franklin Roosevelt in rallying the support of Catholic, Jewish and Negro voters. He had broken all precedent by persuading a nation to make a massive change in its vote when his predecessor...
...somewhat as they realized that the race was still undecided. At a TV set in the early hours of the morning, Kennedy watched Richard Nixon's address to campaign workers in Los Angeles (see below), decided to follow the Vice President's lead by going to bed without delivering any public speech...
That single theme, single-mindedly propelled without change of pace, without subtlety of approach, had apparently plumbed an unsuspected concern in the land. Through the pure force of persuasion, Kennedy had won enough Americans to follow him on his own terms...
...highlight of the evening, without doubt, was Dr. Wells' spluttering tenor, which was heard now and then from behind the coronet. The entire ensemble vocalized The Sheik of Araby once, but there was no request for more of that...