One often wonders if the contentious relationship between the White House and the Press has always been that way. To a certain degree, yes - and, for the most part, that's a good thing.

But it hasn't always been so vicious. And maybe that's the level of professionalism that's been sorely missing of late.

Here is an address given by President Kennedy on the occasion of a meeting of Editors and Bureau Chiefs for United Press International on June 8, 1961.

It's a short address and it's followed by an impromptu Q&A and it was carried by NBC Radio.

Just a reminder that some things do change over time - and often for no good reason.

News for this day in 1982 was preoccupied with military action.

From Lebanon came reports that the Israeli Army was making huge advances against the PLO. While PLO leader Yassar Arafat made an appeal to the Soviet Union and other Arab nations for aid in the wake of swift action by the Israeli's. As of this report, 25 Israeli soldiers were dead, and some 7 were missing.

From Capitol Hill came word there would be no sanctions placed on Israel. The U.S. Navy was re-deploying to other parts of the Mediterranean as a precaution against direct involvement.

Meanwhile, the Falkland Islands crisis was continuing with British and Argentine troops waiting to see who blinks first,

President Reagan was visiting the UK and called for Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, but no such call for withdrawal for The Falkands.

On Capitol Hill - the fight was continuing over the 1983 Fiscal Spending Plan with some calling the same old problem with the same old answers. Others called it the continuing Economic Mess.

And Kermit the Frog made the Commencement Address to the graduating class of Harvard.

All that and a lot more for this day in June, 1982 as reported on The CBS World News Roundup, the 8:00 network news and the 9:00 network news.

June 8, 1967 and it was Day Four of the now-famous Six Day War. News was all about attempts at a ceasefire, threats of escalation, finger pointing and lurking around in the background; the nuclear option, which was par for the course in those days. Any sort of armed confrontation that took place during this period always had the caveat of it somehow going into Nuclear territory, even Vietnam as you recall. Cuban Missile Crisis? The Berlin Wall? Yep, the Red Phone always figured in the picture somewhere. And this news special talks about it happening over the Middle East too.

Luckily, cooler heads always seemed to prevail, but at the time it was one more thing to lose sleep over.

Here is a run-down of the days events in the Middle East and the progress (or non-progress) of attempts at a peaceful settlement.

June 8, 1967 - one more fun day in history.