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Sep 29, 2022

Nixon Answers Questions on T.V.

Sept. 29, 1962 - A talkative, obviously pleased Richard M. Nixon completed the first televised question program of his campaign for...

Sep 26, 2022

Soviet Government to Crack Down on Religion

Sept. 26, 1962 - The Soviet Communist party called today for a more effective campaign against religion. An editorial in Pravda, the...

Sep 22, 2022

Castro Aide Warns U.S.: “The Missiles Will Fly”

Sept. 22, 1962 - Blas Roca (pictured to Fidel Castro’s left), one of Cuba’s top Communist leaders, was quoted today by the Havana radio...

Sep 18, 2022

29 Escape East Berlin Through Tunnel

Sept. 18, 1962 - The West Berlin city government disclosed today that 29 East German men, women, and children escaped to West Berlin...

Sep 16, 2022

Hollywood Celebrities Choose Sides in California Gubernatorial Race

Sept. 16, 1962 - As the California gubernatorial campaign between the Democrat incumbent, Edmund G. Brown (left), and the Republican...

Sep 13, 2022

Nixon Details “Anti-Subversive Program” in California

Sept. 13, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon called today for a “three-pronged anti-subversive program that would make California a shining example...

Sep 12, 2022

Nixon Hits Communist Threat in California

Sept. 12, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon opened his big drive for the California governorship today by stressing communism, a subject that...

Sep 12, 2022

Cuban Defector Says 200 Soviet Jets in Cuba

Sept. 12, 1962 - A Cuban Air Force pilot instructor, who defected last week in a Czechoslovakian-built training plane, reported today...

Sep 11, 2022

Castro Assails U.S. on Havana Broadcast

Sept. 11, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro declared today that Congressional demands for energetic U.S. action against his regime were proof...

Sep 11, 2022

Dr. Soblen Dead Following Barbiturate Overdose

Sept. 11, 1962 - Dr. Robert Soblen died this morning in Hillingdon Hospital near London from effects of the overdose of drugs he took...

Sep 8, 2022

Truman Calls Ike “Laziest President Ever”

Sept. 8, 1962 - Former President Harry S. Truman (pictured in 1953) declared tonight that the country was “now paying the penalty for...

Sep 8, 2022

Soviet Military Advisers and Personnel Near Guantanamo

Sept. 8, 1962 - The presence of Soviet military advisers and personnel in the vicinity of the U.S. Naval base of Guantanamo, on Cuba’s...

Sep 6, 2022

Moscow Looks at New York City

Sept. 6, 1962 - Moscow television tonight took the unusual step of presenting a documentary film that showed New York City and its tall...

Sep 6, 2022

Dr. Soblen Takes Overdose of Barbiturates, Condition “Serious”

Sept. 6, 1962 - Dr. Robert Soblen (pictured left last year) swallowed an overdose of barbiturates today and was taken unconscious to a...

Sep 5, 2022

U.S. Claims No Interest in Orbiting Thermonuclear Weapons

Sept. 5, 1962 - A high defense official declared today that “there is no doubt that either the U.S. or the Soviet Union can now place...

Sep 5, 2022

Dr. Soblen To Be Deported Back to U.S.

Sept. 5, 1962 - Dr. Robert Soblen’s struggle to avoid imprisonment ended today when the British Home Secretary refused to change the...

Sep 2, 2022

Soviets Confirm Military Support for Cuba

Sept. 2, 1962 - The Soviet Union announced today that it had agreed to supply arms to Cuba and to provide technical specialists to train...

Sep 2, 2022

British Fascist Kicked and Punched

Sept. 2, 1962 - Sir Oswald Mosley (center), former member of Parliament and founder of the British Union of Fascists, was kicked and...

Sep 1, 2022

Space Blast Produced More Radiation than Anticipated

Sept. 1, 1962 - The Government said today that increased radiation in space caused by the United States’ July 9 high-altitude nuclear...

Aug 29, 2022

De Gaulle Authorizes Protection Measures from Assassination Attempts

Aug. 29, 1962 - President de Gaulle authorized today increased measures to protect himself from assassination. He also promised action to...