** FILE **Frances Lewine, left, of The Associated Press, and reporter, Helen Thomas, ask President John F. Kennedy for copies of his announcement pledging Federal power to preserve order and lives in Birmingham, Ala., seen in this May 1963 file photo, in Washington. Lewine, a White House correspondent for The Associated Press during the administrations of six presidents, from Eisenhower to Carter, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008 of a probable stroke. She was 86. (AP Photo/Bill Allen)