French Film Star Bella Darvi Overdoses on Barbiturates in Monte Carlo
Aug. 16, 1962 - Bella Darvi (pictured), the French motion picture actress, was found unconscious before dawn today in her hotel room in...
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Jul 31, 2022
Arizona Television Host Who Took Thalidomide Seeks Abortion
July 31, 1962 - Mrs. Sherri Finkbine (pictured), host of the Arizona edition of the nationally syndicated television show “Romper Room,”...
Jul 30, 2022
Senate Hearing on Thalidomide Called by Sen. Humphrey
July 30, 1962 - A total of 1,229 physicians in 39 states and the District of Columbia and 1 in Canada received test samples of...
Jul 27, 2022
Dr. Kelsey Says Several Hundred Americans Took Thalidomide
July 27, 1962 - The Government doctor who prevented the drug Thalidomide from being sold commercially in the U.S. said today that several...
Jul 24, 2022
Thalidomide Controversy in Phoenix
July 24, 1962 - Controversy raged in Phoenix today over a proposed abortion for Sherri Finkbine (pictured), a young Phoenix mother and...
Jul 15, 2022
Female Doctor Prevented Sale of Thalidomide in U.S.
July 15, 1962 - A woman doctor was reported today to have prevented the birth of perhaps thousands of deformed babies in this country....
Jun 13, 2022
Debate over Treatment of Narcotics Addicts
June 13, 1962 - A narcotics expert suggested today that all “hard-core” heroin users be confined to prisons or work camps because no...
Jun 7, 2022
Eugene O'Neill's Son Arrested on Narcotics Charge
June 7, 1962 - Shane R. O’Neill (pictured in 1959), the 43-year-old son of the late playwright Eugene O’Neill, was arrested early today...
Apr 11, 2022
Thalidomide Causing Birth Defects in Europe
Apr. 11, 1962 - The birth of thousands of deformed babies in Europe has led an American physician to appeal for stricter Federal...
Apr 4, 2022
French TV Star Charged in Massive Brooklyn Heroin Bust
Apr. 4, 1962 - A prominent French television figure, a Parisian nightclub owner, and a Brooklyn father and son pleaded not guilty in...
Feb 25, 2022
Massive Heroin Bust in the Bronx
Feb. 25, 1962 - New York City detectives and Federal narcotics agents seized pure heroin worth $20 million last night after subduing a...
Jan 30, 2022
Narcotics Case Against Ray Charles Thrown Out
Jan. 30, 1962 - A criminal case against Ray Charles (pictured in court today), the blind singer-pianist, was dismissed in Indianapolis...
Jan 25, 2022
Movies: New York Board of Regents Won't License "The Connection"
Jan. 25, 1962 - The New York Board of Regents today upheld the refusal of the motion picture division of the State Department of...
Jan 19, 2022
Two Frenchmen, Three others Held after Massive Heroin Bust in Brooklyn
Jan. 19, 1962 - Five persons were held today in $100,000 bail each as a result of a Brooklyn raid Thursday in which $3,500,000 worth of...
Jan 18, 2022
Narcotics Raiders Discover $3.5 Million Worth of Raw Heroin in Brooklyn Tenement
Jan. 18, 1962 - Raw heroin estimated to be worth $3,500,000 in the illicit market was found in the ceiling of a Brooklyn tenement today...
Jan 1, 2022
Comedian's Daughter Dies of Overdose
Jan. 1, 1962 - Barbara Burns (pictured after a 1958 narcotics arrest), 23-year-old daughter of the late Bob Burns, the comedian, died...
Dec 8, 2021
Narcotics a Plague on Harlem
Dec. 8, 1961 - Marijuana smoking among Harlem teenagers is almost as common as the use of regular cigarettes, a Negro Democratic leader...
Oct 21, 2021
TV: George C. Scott Plays Drug-Addicted Doctor on “Ben Casey”
Oct. 21, 1961 - There will not be much variety this week in the dramatic themes of television adventure and crime shows on ABC. Four...
Aug 13, 2021
FDA Demands Restrictions on "Pep Pills"
Aug. 13, 1961 - Commissioner George P. Larrick of the Food and Drug Administration said today that stricter laws were needed to control...
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