Texas AP wire copy tear sheet from KNER-FM about Kennedy's presidency

Object number2009.015.0001.0088

Date11/22/1963

ClassificationsDocuments

Creator Associated Press (AP)

ObjectWire copy

Credit LineWayne Harrison Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumPaper

Dimensions8 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (21.6 x 19.1 cm)

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DescriptionTexas AP wire copy tear sheet from KNER-FM in Richardson, TX about Kennedy's presidency. It contains a description of the Bay of Pigs, Kennedy's dealings with Cuba, Castro and Khrushchev. Text of the wire copy reads as follows: AP192 More AP127-128 (Kennedy sketch) X X X dismantling. Kruschev's retreat was generally interpreted as a step forward for the United States and for the free world in the Cold War. The crisis involving Cuba was not Kennedy's first with that small Caribbean nation. Soon after he was inaugurated January 20th, 1961, Cuban refugees with United States backing invaded their homeland in an attempt to rewin it from Castro. The invasion was a fiasco. Castro's Soviet-built military might crushed the invasion. Also, anticipated defections from Castro's forces failed to materialize. And the United States did not come to the invaders' aid with military help. U-S presitage abroad slumped. While the aborted invasion was in progress, Khruschev warned Kennedy to call a halt to the aggression or else Russia would give "all necessary assistance in resisting the invasion." But President Kennedy replied bluntly: "In the event of any military intervention by outside force, we will immediately honor our obligations under the Inter-American system to protect this hemisphere against external aggression." President Kennedy also later warned in a speech that the United States would act on its own against Cuba's Reds if U-S security was threatened. This is what he did in October, 1962." The wire copy continues onto another page (2009.015.0001.0089).

Curatorial Commentary

KNER-FM was a student-run radio station based in Richardson, Texas. It was established in 1955 and played primarily soft rock tunes with Southern Baptist-oriented religious programs. It was owned by Buckner Baptist Benevolences (which developed out of Buckner Orphans Home and is now an arm of Buckner Children and Family Services Dallas). It originally broadcast Sunday through Friday and was based out of the Chapel building on Buckner Blvd. in an old choir rehearsal room. Sometime after 1968 the station and frequency were sold to North Texas State University to start up KNTU. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager