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May 14, 2022

TV Producers Hit by Senate Subcommittee for Sex, Violence in Programs

May 14, 1962 - A Senate investigation produced charges today that television networks were violating their own codes of moral practice by...

Sep 11, 2021

Murder Conviction of 15-year-old Georgia Negro Under Investigation

Sept. 11, 1961 - The Georgia Pardon and Parole Board promised today to investigate the murder conviction of a 15-year-old Negro whose...

Sep 6, 2021

British Explorer Slain by Native Tribesmen in Brazil

Sept. 6, 1961 - Richard Mason, 30-year-old British explorer and member of the Royal Geographic Society, was slain by native tribesmen...

Sep 2, 2021

Underworld Feud Led to Near-Strangling of Gallo

Sept. 2, 1961 - An underworld feud led to the attempted murder last month of Lawrence Gallo, Brooklyn hoodlum, the police disclosed...

Aug 29, 2021

NYC Grand Jury Finds No Police Brutality in Suspected Rapist's Prison Cell Death

Aug. 29, 1961 - A New York County Grand jury reported today that it had found "no evidence of criminality" in the death of a suspected...

Aug 28, 2021

President Kennedy Nearly Assassinated Last December

Aug. 28, 1961 - President Kennedy may have been saved from assassination last December because Mrs. Kennedy unexpectedly appeared with...

Aug 24, 2021

Two Brooklyn Racketeers Indicted for Assault on Cop

Aug. 24, 1961 - Anthony (Tony Shots) Abbatemarco, 39, and Giovanni Seimone, 48, were indicted today for felonious assault with intent to...

Aug 22, 2021

Actor and Musician 'Spade' CooleyGets Life Sentence for Murdering Wife

Aug. 22, 1961 - Donnell Cooley (right), the musician and actor better known as Spade Cooley, was spared the gas chamber and sentenced to...

Aug 21, 2021

Six Arraigned as Witnesses in Shooting of Cop, Attempted Strangling of Racketeer

Aug. 21, 1961 - In Brooklyn today, six men were arraigned as material witnesses in the critical shooting of a policeman and the attempted...

Aug 20, 2021

Cop Shot, Mobster Nearly Strangled at Brooklyn Restaurant

Aug. 20, 1961 - In Brooklyn last night, Patrolman Melvin Blei, 35 years old, was seriously wounded in the face when he was shot outside...

Jul 28, 2021

Violence in Harlem, Debris Thrown at Police

July 28, 1961 - Scattered violence and milling crowds disrupted Harlem last night. A police riot call brought reinforcements to the...

Jul 27, 2021

Secretary Ribicoff Urges Parents to Limit Childrens' TV Time

July 27, 1961 - Parents were urged by a member of the Cabinet today to "get tough" with children who sit for hours "like a vegetable"...

Jul 19, 2021

"Capeman" Killer Agron Gets Stay of Execution

July 19, 1961 - A 90-day stay of the electrocution of Salvador Agron, which had been scheduled for the week of Aug. 7, was granted today...

Jul 16, 2021

Girl Gangs Cause Trouble In New York City

July 16, 1961 - Girl gangs in New York City now pose almost as grave a problem as the boy gangs they follow. There are 8,000 boys in...

Jul 14, 2021

Pugach Guilty in Acid-Throwing Case

July 14, 1961 - Burton N. Pugach, a disbarred lawyer, was convicted today of arranging to have lye thrown in the face of his former...