John D. Ehrlichman released from Safford Federal Prison Camp
John D. Ehrlichman has a big smile on his face as he met with the media as he was leaving on April 27, 1978, a free man after serving 18 months at the Safford Federal Prison Camp in Safford, CA. Ehrlichman, who was Nixon's chief domestic adviser, left at dawn. (UPI Photo/bh/Files)
Crowds gather at the Capitol Plaza on Nixon's Inauguration Day
A large crowd gathered in the Capitol Plaza to attend the swearing in of Richard M. Nixon as the 37th President of the United States on Inauguration Day, and listen to his inaugural address after the swearing-in ceremony on January 20, 1969. (UPI Photo/Files)
President Nixon honors Apollo 14 astronauts at the White House
President Nixon awarded the moon-voyaging astronauts of Apollo 14 with NASA’s Distinguished Service Medal at a White House dinner on March 1, 1971. Here, on a lighter note, the president presents Astronaut Alan Shepard wth the “Distinguished Order of Lunar Duffers,” a reference to Shepard’s makeshift golf game on the Moon. LTR: Astronaut Edgar Mitchell Astronaut Stuart Roosa Shepard Nixon and Vice president Spiro Agnew. (UPI Photo/John Full/Files)
Demonstrators give President Nixon the middle finger on Inauguration Day
Demonstrators heckle as President Nixon’s car reaches the District Building during the Inaugural Parade on January 20, 1969. At the window of the car facing the jeering crowd is Sen. Everett Dirksen of Illinois. The Nixons are seated behind him, their faced turned away from the middle finger waving demonstrators. See-through sign at left calling Nixon "#1 War Criminal" is shown from the back. (UPI Photo/Files)
President Nixon honors Apollo 14 astronauts at the White House
President Nixon honored the Apollo 14 Astronauts with a White House dinner on March 1, 1971 and presented them with NASA's distinguished Service Medal. Top photo: The Chief Executive appears to be asking "how did that happen?" after dropping the medal he was pinning on Astronaut Edgar Mitchell (L). Bottom photo: Astronaut Alan Shepard, after receiving his medal, jokes wth the president about the incident with Mitchell, causing Nixon to cover his face with laughter. (UPI Photo/John Full/Files)
President and Mrs. Nixon return from their historic China trip
President and Mrs. Nixon walk down the receiving line upon their arrival on February 28, 1972 at Andrews Air Force base in Maryland upon completing his trip to China. From Nixon are LTR: Transportation Secretary Volpe George Schultz (Nixon holds his coat), director of office of Management and Budget and United Nations Ambassador George Bush. (UPI Photo/Frank Cancellare/Files)
President Nixon meets William Rogers and Henry Kissinger to discuss Middle East peace prospects
President Nixon held a breakfast meeting at the white House on February 23, 1973 with Secretary of State William Rogers (R), and Henry Kissinger, Presidential Adviser, before meeting with Egyptian Foreign Affairs Adviser Mohammed Hafez Ismail later in the day to discuss Middle East peace prospects. (UPI Photo/rem/Files)
President Nxon asks the nation to pray he will "On God's side" during his upcoming trip to Peking and Moscow during the 1972 National Prayer Breakfast
President Nixon urged the nation on February 1, 1972 to pray that he will be "on God's side" during his coming trips to Peking and Moscow. The president, addressing an estimated 3,100 government and civic leaders at the 19th annual National Prayer breakfast, pledged that the U.S. role in the world will be "to build a new structure of peace." The Chief Executive receives a standing ovation as he begins his speech. Left to right are: Mrs. Pat Nixon Mrs. Albert H Quie, wife of the Congressman from Minnesota Mayor Walter Washington of Washington, D.C. the president Mrs. Washington Nicaraguan Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, dean of the diplomatic corps and Evangelist Billy Graham. (UPI Photo/Files)
Secretary of State William Rogers briefs President Nixon on his Middle East fact finding tour
Secretary of State William P. Rogers reports to President Richard Nixon on his 18,000 mile, eight nation tour of the Middle East. Rogers told newsmen on May 9, 1971 that the prospect for peace between Egypt and Israel is "somewhat better". (UPI Photo/Frank Cancellare/Files)
President Nixon sworn in as 37th President of the USA
Richard M. Nixon takes the oath of office as the 37th President of the United States of America on January 20, 1969 on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. The officiator was U.S. Supreme Court Judge Earl Warren. Looking on is Mrs. Pat Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson, and William P. Rogers, Secretary of State designate. (UPI Photo/Files)
President Nixon addresses joint session of Congress
President Richard Nixon acknowledges applause as he arrives to address a joint session of Congress on June 1, 1972. In the background are Vice President Spiro Agnew (L) and House Speaker Carl Albert. (UPI Photo/FranK Cancellare/Files)
Pres. Nixon meets with Governors Ronald Reagan and Daniel Evans
President Richard Nixon discusses the West Coast dock strike with Gov. Ronald Reagan of California (L) and Gov. Daniel Evans of Washington State at the White House on February 1, 1972. The President also defended his welfare reform plan which Gov. Reagan had attacked earlier in the day in testimony before the Senate Finance Committee. (UPI Photo/Frank Cancellare/Files)
Pres. Nixon wins over the sons of Roosevelt as "Democrats for Nixon"
Pres. Nixon met at the White House on September 7, 1972 with his newly acquired Democratic political supporters, John (L) and James Roosevelt (R). The two middle-aged sons of Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt were escorted by former Secretary of the treasury John Connally (2nd from L), who heads the "Democrats for Nixon" campaign. (UPI Photo/Frank Cancellare/Files)
Early comers gather at the Capitol Plaza on Nixon's Inauguration Day
An early couple waits patiently while reading the newspaper before a large crowd gathered in the Capitol Plaza to attend the swearing in of Richard M. Nixon as the 37th President of the United States on Inauguration Day, and listen to his inaugural address after the swearing-in ceremony on January 20, 1969. (UPI Photo/Files)
Outgoing President Johnson and family leaves Washington after inauguration of Nixon
Following the inauguration of Richard Nixon as the 37th President of the United States, the outgoing presidential family of the Johnsons departed from Andrews Air Force base on January 20, 1969 for the LBJ Ranch in Texas. LTR: Luci Nugent Lady Bird Lynda Robb Lyndon B. Johnson and his grandson, Lyn. (UPI Photo/Files) (Note: the silhouetting is part of the original photo)
President Nixon sworn in as 37th President of the USA
Richard M. Nixon takes the oath of office as the 37th President of the United States of America on January 20, 1969 on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. The officiator was U.S. Supreme Court Judge Earl Warren. Looking on is Mrs. Pat Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson, and William P. Rogers, Secretary of State designate. (UPI Photo/Files)
Richard M. Nixon (R) was 3-1/2 years of age when he psoed with his parents, Francis A. Nixon and Hannah Nixon, and brothers Harold Nixon (L) and Donald Nixon for this family portrait. Photo taken probably summer of 1916. (UPI Photo/Files)
Senator Strom Thurmond makes courtesy call with his family on Pres. Nixon
Sen. J. Strom Thurmond, R-SC, made a courtesy call on President Nixon at the White Hosue on September 10, 1973 and brought his family along for him to meet. The senator is holding his 10-month old son, James Strom Jr., while Mrs. Nancy Janice Moore Thurmond (Miss South Carolina of 1965) is with their 2 year-old daughter, Nancy Moore. (UPI Photo/Files)
President Nixon greets William E. Colby before he si sworn in as new CIA director
President Nixon greets William E. Colby on September 4, 1973 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington at the start of the swearing in ceremony where Colby became the new director of the Central intelligence agency (CIA). The President holds the new Bible he gave to Mrs. Colby standing by her husband’s side, to use in the oath taking. District Judge George L. Hart Jr., administered the oath to Colby. (UPI Photo/dc/Files)
Jessica Solomon meets President Nixon for the second time
Jessica Solomon, 9, who received nationwide publicity from a news photo showing her clinging to Pres. Nixon’s arm when the Chief Executive visited Harrisburg, PA, last June to view Tropical Storm Agnes destruction, met with the president again on August 2, 1973 at the White House. LTR: Rep. George A. Goodling, R-PA Nixon Jessica and Rep. Herman T. Schneebeli, R-PA. (UPI Photo/The White House/Files)
President and Mrs. Nixon arrive for first of six Inaugural Balls
Newly sworn-in President and Mrs. Nixon are greeted on January 20, 1969, as they arrive at the Smithsonian Institution for the first of six Inaugural balls. Top name dance bands and combos were on hand for the dancing. (UPI Photo/Fiels)
Pres. and Mrs. Nixon at the 1973 National Prayer Breakfast
President and Mrs. Nixon (R), with on the left Secretary of State and Mrs. Rogers stand in prayer at the opening of the annual National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton on February 1, 1973, sponsored by House and senate prayer breakfast groups. At extreme right is John Volpe, Ambassador-designate to Italy. (UPI Photo/rem/Files)
Richard Nixon greets the Governor of Puerto Rico, Louis Ferre
Puerto Rico Gov. Louis Ferre was among the guests in Washington at a White House dinner on February 4, 1972, for members of the Cabinet and Republican governors. LTR: Vice president Spiro Agnew Pres. Nixon and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Elliot Richardson (far right). (UPI Photo/The White House/Files)
Demonstrators in Washington DC seek impeachment of Nixon
Demonstrators sponsored by the National Campaign to Impeach Nixon pass the White House and Washington Monument on a March to Capitol Hill on April 27, 1974 to urge lawmakers to speed up impeachment of President Richard Nixon. It was the first major protest in a year in the nation's capitol. Fewer than expected numbers turned out for the march and mostly were all young. (UPI Photo/TM/Files)
President Richard Nixon return from historic Moscow Summit
President Richard Nixon gets a hug and kiss from his daughter Julie upon his return from Moscow, as Mrs. Pat Nixon shakes hands with Senate Minority leader Hugh Scott. Behind her stands Edward Cox, the president's son-in-law. The President then immediately went on to Capitol Hill to address a joint session of Congress. (UPI Photo/John Full/Files)
Pres. Nixon departs for Portugal to meet French Pres. George Pompidou
President Nixon shouts over the roar of the jets on his "Spirit of '76" aircraft as he poses for photographers along with Secretary of State William Rogers (L) and Treasury Secretary John Connally prior to departing for the Azores on December 12, 1971 where he will meet with French President George Pompidou. (UPI Photo/Files)
President Nixon welcomes Nancy Hanks of the National Council on the Arts
President Nixon greeted the National Council on the Arts, the presidential-appointed advisory body, in the White House on September 14, 1973. Here, the president pats the hand of Nancy Hanks, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. (UPI Photo/rem/Files)
Pres. Nixon hosts a White House breakfast with leaders of both parties to ease tensions with Capitol Hill
President Nixon called the democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate and House to a White House breakfast on January 5, 1972, apparently intended to smooth over his troubled relations with Capitol Hill. Here he chats with Speaker of the House Carl Albert (L), while Minority leader Gerald Ford (R), listens in.(UPI Photo/fc/Files)
Pres. Nixon meets with Henry Kissinger on the tense Middle East situation
Pres. Nixon has his arm around Henry Kissinger as he escorts the Secretary of State from the White House on October 25, 1973, after a briefing with congressional leaders on the tense Mideast situation. At right is Alexander Haig, Presidential Chief-of-Staff. Kissinger drove immediately to the State Department for a press conference. (UPI Photo/Frank Cancellare/Files)
The newly sworn-in President of the United States of America, Richard M. Nixon, is shown in various moods as he watches the Inaugural Parade from the Presidential reviewing stand on January 20, 1969 in front of the White House in Washington. (UPI Photo/Files)
Pres. Nixon signs historic agreement pledging the U.S. and Russia to freeze nuclear offensive weapons at their current levels
Pres. Nixon seems pleased with himself after signing an historic agreement pledging the U.S. and Russia to freeze nuclear offensive weapons at their current levels. Watching the president in the Treaty Room of the White House on September 30, 1972, are, LTR: Rep. Clement J. Zablocki (D-Wisc.) Secy. of State William Rogers Sen. J. W. Fulbright (D-Ark.) Rep. William S. Maillard (R-Calif.) Sen. John Stennis (D-Miss.) and Sen. John Pastore (D-R.I.). (UPI {Photo/Frank Cancellare/Files)
President Nixon sworn in as 37th President of the USA
Richard M. Nixon takes the oath of office as the 37th President of the United States of America on January 20, 1969 on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. The officiator was U.S. Supreme Court Judge Earl Warren. Looking on is Mrs. Pat Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson, and William P. Rogers, Secretary of State designate. (UPI Photo/Files)
President Nixon greets former prisoners of war at the State Department on May 24, 1973. later, the president will host a White House dinner for the men. (UPI Photo/Files)
President Nixon thanks members of the outgoing Price Commission and Pay Board
President Nixon met at the White House on February 2, 1973 with members of the outgoing Price Commission and Pay Board to thank them for their work during Phase II of the President’s economic recovery program. Nixon is flanked by C. Jackson Grayson (L), Chairman of the Price Commission, and George H. Baldt, Chairman of the Pay Board. (UPI Photo/rem/Files)
Pres. Nixon inaugurates the "Bicentennial Era" in preparation for the 1976 Bicentennial of the United States
In a nationally televised ceremony at the national archives on July 3, 1971, President Nixon inaugurated a five year "Bicentennial Era" leading up to the 200th anniversary of the a birth of the United States in 1976. Following the ceremony, in front of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, the President chats with the Speaker of the House Carl Albert (L), Chief Justice Warren Burger (2nd from R) and David J. Mahoney, Chairman of the Bicentennial Commission. Albert and burger also participated din the ceremony. (Photographers were not permitted to take pictures during the ceremony). (UPI Photo/Files)
Pres. and Mrs. Nixon honors Apollo 14 astronauts with dinner at White House
President and Mrs. Nixon honored the Apollo 14 astronauts with a White House dinner on March 1, 1971. Here, descending the Grand Stairway are LTR: Front Row: Pres. and Mrs. Nixon and Vice President and Mrs. Agnew. Back row: Astronaut and Mrs. Edgar Mitchell astronaut and Mrs. Stuart Roosa and astronaut and Mrs. Alan Shepard. (UPI Photo/John Full/Files)
Woman carpenter works on stands for 1973 Inaugural
Original caption: the feminist movement has reached the Presidential Inauguration due to take place in four months as Karen Claffy, 18, of Springfield, VA, does her share on September 21, 1972. Karen, an apprentice carpenter, is the only woman working on the construction of the stands in front of the Capitol to be used during the inaugural ceremony on January 20, 1973 [Note: this happened to be the second term of President Richard M. Nixon]. (UPI Photo/Files)
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi pays a farewell call on President Nixon
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, Apostolic Delegate to the United States, pays a farewell call on president Nixon at the White House on February 27, 1979. He is one of a number of new Cardinals named by Pope Paul recently. (UPI Photo/Files)
President and wife Lady Bird Johnson welcome the Nixon family to the White Hosue on Inaugural Day
The Nixon family (L-R), Richard Nixon, hsi wife pat, daughetr Julie Eisenhower and her husband David, daughter Tricia Nixon, are welcomed at the White House on Janaury 20, 1969, by outgoing President Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson. (UPI Photo/Files)
RICHARD NIXON AND HENRY KISSINGER ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE
President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger confer aboard Air Force One as they head toward Brussels, Belgium June 26, 1974 for NATO talks. Nixon rests his legs on the table to ease an attack of phlebitis which had struck him recently. Following the Brussels talks, Nixon headed for Moscow and summit talks with Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev. (UPI/File)
Pres. Nixon decorates the Defense Distinguished Service Medal on Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr.
Pres. Nixon has a hard time pinning the Defense Distinguished Service Medal on Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr., the number two security advisor under Henry Kissinger. After congratulating Haig, the medal didn’t hold and fell down to the floor. (UPI Photo/John Full/Files)
Pres. Nixon decorates the Defense Distinguished Service Medal on Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr.
Pres. Nixon has a hard time pinning the Defense Distinguished Service Medal on Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr., the number two security advisor under Henry Kissinger. After congratulating Haig, the medal didn’t hold and fell down to the floor. (UPI Photo/John Full/Files)
Pres. Nixon meets with William Rogers and Henry Kissinger to discuss their planned foreign trips
Pres. Nixon met at the White House on May 11, 1973 with two of his top officials who are about to make foreign trips. Secretary of State William P. Rogers (L) is leaving May 12 for a tour of Latin America. Henry Kissinger, Nixon’s chief foreign policy advisor, will meet in Paris next Thursday with Hanoi’s Le Duc Tho to discuss ways to shore up the shaky Vietnam ceasefire agreement. (UPI Photo/tm/Files)
Andrei Gromyko and Pres. Nixon meet at the Whtie House
Pres. Nixon meets on October 2, 1972 at the White House, with on his left Russian Ambassador Anatoly Debrynin and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and on his right Secretary of State William Rogers and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger (taking notes). The next day a ceremony will be held at the Executive Mansion, whereby Nixon and Gromyko will formally sign and exchange two documents which will bring into full effect the strategic arms limitation agreements between the two superpowers. (UPI Photo/Frank Cancellare/Files)
Pres. and Mrs. Nixon mixes with tourists on Ellipse grounds behind White House
President and Mrs. Nixon are greeted by tourists upon landing on the Ellipse, behind the White House on June 3, 1973, from Camp David, MD. The Chief Executive returned to the White House after a weekend of work on energy and economic matters and preparation for Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev’s visit in two weeks. (UPI Photo/dc/Files)
President Nixon holds a press conference in the East Room of the White House
Reporters stand as President Nixon arrives in the East Room of the White House on September 5, 1973, for his second meeting with the press in two weeks. Following the President to the press conference is his Press Secretary, Ron Ziegler. (UPI Photo/tm/Files)
President Nixon meets George Schultz and Herb Stein todiiscuss falling corn and soybean prices
President Nixon met with his top economic advisers at the White House on September 7. 1973. With Nixon are Treasury Secretary George Schultz (L), and Herb Stein (R), chairman of the council of economic advisers. Prior to the meeting Nixon told reporters a “very dramatic drop” in recent corn and soybean prices indicates his drive to ease food inflation by boosting production may be staring to show some results. (UPI Photo/rem/Files)
President Nixon sworn in as 37th President of the USA
Richard M. Nixon takes the oath of office with U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren presiding as the 37th President of the United States of America on January 20, 1969 on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. Between them in the background is Spirow T. Anew, the new Vice President, and at lef tis outgoing President Lyndon B. Johnson. (UPI Photo/Files)
Pres. Nixon meets with advisor Henry Kissinger to discuss ceasefire with North Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger meets with President Nixon at the White House on June 11, 1973. The Presidential adviser is scheduled to return to Paris on June 12 to continue talks with North Vietnamese officials on strengthening the January cease-fire agreement (UPI Photo/Frank Cancellare/Files)
Crowds gather at the Capitol Plaza on Nixon's Inauguration Day
A large crowd gathered in the Capitol Plaza to attend the swearing in of Richard M. Nixon as the 37th President of the United States on Inauguration Day, and listen to his inaugural address after the swearing-in ceremony on January 20, 1969. (UPI Photo/Files)
Demonstrators in Washington DC seek impeachment of Nixon
Demonstrators sponsored by the National Campaign to Impeach Nixon pass the White House and Washington Monument on a March to Capitol Hill on April 27, 1974 to urge lawmakers to speed up impeachment of President Richard Nixon. It was the first major protest in a year in the nation's capitol. Fewer than expected numbers turned out for the march and mostly were all young. (UPI Photo/TM/Files)
Elliot Richardson is sworn in as Pres. Nixon's Attorney General
Elliot Richardson is sworn in as Nixon's Attorney General at the White House. He is sworn in by Chief Justice Warren Burger on May 25, 1973, with his wife and Pres. Nixon looking on. (UPI Photo/Byron Schumaker/Files)
President Nixon leaves after taking a five minute tour on December 14, 1971, of the Concorde, the British-French supersonic jet, and said: "I wish we had built it." Nixon looked through the sleek SST (background) at Lajes Field, the U.S. operated air base outside the capital of the Azores. Walking with Nixon (at right) is Portuguese Prime Minister Marcello Geatana. Man in center is unidentified. The Concorde brought French President George Pompidou to the Azores for the meeting with pres. Nixon. (UPI Photo/John Full/Files)
John Erlichman talks to media after he surrendered himself to LA Court Judge
John Erlichman, until the Watergate scandal a right hand aide to President Nixon, talks to newsmen on September 8, 1973, after he pleaded innocent to charges of burglary and perjury. The charges stemmed from the 1971 break-in at the office of Dr. Daniel Ellsberg' s psychiatrist. Erlichman surrendered himself before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James G.Kolts, and was released on his own recognizance without posting bail. (UPI/ch/Files)
President Nixon meets with about 30 mayors to help solve the problems of cities
President Nixon met with about 30 mayors at the White House on March 23, 1971 for a discussion on how the federal government can help solve the problems of cities. Shown in this photo are, LTR: Mayor Richard G. Lugar of Indianapolis, President of the National League of Cities Nixon Mayor James Tate, Philadelphia, President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors Mayor Harry Haskell, Wilmington Mayor Thomas D’Alesandro, Baltimore and Caspar Weinberger, deputy director of the office of Executive Management and Budget. (UPI Photo/John Full/Files)
Pres. Nixon meets with prominent US leader to stop troop withdrawal in Europe
President Nixon met for an hour and half on May 13, 1971 with prominent former government officials, many of them democrats, and won their support to fight proposals for reducing U.S. troop levels in Europe. Posing after the meeting are LTR: Secretary of State Rogers Nixon Admiral Thomas Moorer, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Andrew Goodpaster, NATO commander and Gen. Alfred Gruenther. (UPI Photo/Frank Cancellare/Files)
Elliot Richardson is sworn in as Pres. Nixon's Attorney General
President Nixon congratulates Elliot Richardson right after he is being sworn in as his Attorney General at the White House on May 25, 1973. A beaming Mrs. Richardson looks on. (UPI Photo/Byron Schumaker/the White Hosue/Files)
Richard Nixon as member of the Whittier High School Football team
Richard M. Nixon (No. 12), no letter winner as a member of the Whittier College second-string football team, was known as "the most spirited warmer on the team." (This photo is a close-up crop of another foto where's shown with other team mebers in this 1933 photo, taken in Whittier, California). (UPI Photo/Files)
President Nixon sworn in as 37th President of the USA
Richard M. Nixon and his wife Pat, after becoming the 37th President and First Lady of the United States of America, leave the platform for the swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol in Washington on january 20, 1969, and wave triumphantly to the crowds. In front of them are Vice President and Mrs. Spirow T. Agnew. (UPI Photo/Files)
Pres. Nixon briefs Congressional leaders about his upcoming trip to Moscow
On the eve of his departure for his Moscow summit meeting, President Richard Nixon briefed a bipartisan group of Congressional leaders at the White House on May 19, 1972. Shown here, LTR: Secretary of State William Rogers Sen. Robert Byrd (majority whip) Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield Pres. Nixon and Rep. Gerald Ford, House Minority Leader. (UPI Photo/Darryl Heikes/Files)
Pres. Richard Nixon and William P. Rogers at the State Department
Pres. Nixon appealed to foreign nations to join the U.S. in a firm policy of rejecting black ail and extortion when dealing with international terrorists. Nixon spoke in the diplomatic lobby of the State Department on March 6, 1973, where he dedicated a green marble plaque which contained the names of 20 Foreign Service officers who have died abroad since 1967 under tragic circumstances. At left is Secretary of State William P. Rogers. (UPI Photo/dc/Files)
Pres. Nixon with Alexander Haig, the new Chief of Staff
President Nixon chats with Gen. Alexander Haig, his new chief of Staff, as they leave the Spirit of ’76 upon arrival 5/8/1973 at nearby Andrews Air force base, MMD. The Chief Executive is returning from a short stay at the Florida White House where he conferred with John Connally on the possibility of the former treasury Secretary rejoining his administration. (UYPI Photo/tm/Files)
Security guards protecting the Nixon limousine duck stones and beer cans tossed at the motorcade as it proceeds down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House on January 20, 1969, the day Nixon was inaugurated as 37th President of the United States. One of the agents jumped onto the back of the limo. (UPI Photo/Files)
President and wife Lady Bird Johnson greet the next president of the USA, Richard and wife Pat Nixon.
Richard Nixon, the next President of the United States, and his wife, Pat, are welcomed at the White House on January 20, 1969, by outgoing President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird. (UPI Photo/Files)
Andrei Gromyko arrives at the White House to sign arms limitations agreements with Pres. Nixon
Arriving at the White House on October 3, 1972, after spending the night at Camp David, MD, are: LTR: Russian Ambassador Anatoly Debrynin National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger (hidden) Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko Pres. Nixon and Secretary of State William Rogers. In a ceremony in the Executive Mansion, Nixon and Gromyko will formally sign and exchange two documents which will bring into full effect the strategic arms limitation agreements between the two superpowers. (UPI Photo/njp/Files)
Richard Nixon as member of the Whittier High School Football team
Richard M. Nixon (No. 12), no letter winner as a member of the Whittier College second-string football team, was known as "the most spirited warmer on the team." He's shown here with other team mebers in this 1933 photo, taken in Whittier, California. (UPI Photo/Files)
Richard M. Nixon (R) was 3-1/2 years of age when he psoed with his parents, Francis A. Nixon and Hannah Nixon, and brothers Harold Nixon (L) and Donald Nixon for this family portrait. Photo taken probably summer of 1916. (UPI Photo/Files)
William Rogers, Pres. Nixon and Henry Kissinger in the Rose Garden for their meeting
Secretary of State William Rogers (L) had a late afternoon meeting with Pres. Nixon at the White House on March 9, 1973. The weather was so spring-like that the Chief Executive brought him and Henry Kissinger (R) out into the Rose Garden for their talk. (UPI Photo/rem/Files)
Nixon tries using chopsticks during the farewell banquet upon completion of his historic visit to China in 1972
Nixon tries his luck at eating with chopsticks during the farewell banquet upon completion of his historic visit to China in 1972. At left is premier Chou En-Lai and at right is Communist Party Leader Chang Chung-chiao. Photo by Dirck Halstead/UPI
New York and Washington become one on Nixon's Inauguration Day
The Capitol Dome is framed by the Statue of Liberty and the United Nations Building as the New York float waits to participate in the Inaugural Day Parade on January 20, 1969, the day that Richard M. Nixon became 37th President of the United States. (UPI Photo/Files)
Monsignor Kuhn leads worship services at the Nixon White House
President Nixon chats with Monsignor John G. Kuhn following White House Worship Services on March 11, 1973. Monsignor Kuhn is pastor of St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, conducted the services. (UPI Photo/Darryl Heikes/Files)
President Richard Nixon delievers signs message he delviered to Congress to help rural farmers
President Richard Nixon signs the message he gave to Congress in which he proposed a $1.1 billion revenue sharing program for rural America, saying it would provide orderly development of rural areas and help them stem migration to the cities. He delivered the message on Capitol Hill on March 10, 1971 in Washington. (UPI Photo/Darryl Heikes/Files)
President Richard Nixon signs a bill providing survivor benefits for widows and orphans of retired military personnel
President Richard Nixon signed into law at the White House on September 21, 1972 legislation providing the first real survivor benefits for widows and orphans of retired military personnel. Retirement pay in the past generally as ended when the retiree died. Under the new law, survivors will continue to draw up to 55% of what the retiree was paid. Many senators are looking on. (UPI Photo/Frank Cancellare/Files)
Crowds gather at the Capitol Plaza on Nixon's Inauguration Day
A large crowd gathered in the Capitol Plaza to attend the swearing in of Richard M. Nixon as the 37th President of the United States on Inauguration Day, and listen to his inaugural address after the swearing-in ceremony on January 20, 1969. (UPI Photo/Files)
Spiro T. Agnew sworn in as Vice-President of the USA
Spiro T. Agnew takes his oath as Vice President of the United States of America at the Capitol on January 20, 1969. Administering the oath is Sen. Everett M. Dirksen, R-Ill, chairman of the Joint Inaugural Committee. Looking on at left is President-elect Richard M. Nixon. In the Center is J. Mark Trice, Secretary of the Senate Minority. (UPI Photo/Files)
President Nixon at the 1973 National Prayer Breakfast with Billy Graham
President Nixon (L) bows his head during the closing prayer at the 21st annual National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton on February 1, 1973, sponsored by House and Senate prayer breakfast groups. With him are Rep. Albert H. Quie, R-Minn. (C), and Dr. Billy Graham, who delivered the prayer. Nixon told the gathering that peace is not just the absence of war and that it was possible the conflict the nation has been engaged in could turn itself inward. File photo by UPI/rem
