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...
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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...
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