January 31, 1962
By the winter of 1962, Kennedy was in the White House and the federal minimum wage stood at $1.15/hr — the administration was pushing a $5.7 billion space budget for 1964, with three-quarters of it directed toward the goal of landing men on the Moon. On television, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" had taken the Emmy for best comedy, while Chubby Checker's "The Twist" sat at the top of the music charts, with Americans across the country picking up the dance in living rooms and on television variety programs. The Green Bay Packers held the NFL championship that winter, and on February 4th, astronomers marked a rare grand conjunction of all five naked-eye planets — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn — aligned within 16 degrees of one another on the ecliptic, an event that would not repeat in comparable form for generations.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — January 31, 1962
NY Times Headlines — Week of January 31, 1962
Algiers Bombing Of Radio Network Cuts Link To Paris; Talk Of New Rightist Coup Rises--Blast Worsens Communications Crisis Sea Cable Also Breaks French Capital Will Get 32 New Tanks To Bolster Its Security Forces Repairs To Take Week Paris Sending New Agents Algiers Bombing Cuts Radio Links
Republican Cites Kennedy'S Votes For Stockpiling; In Senate, President Backed Mineral Buying 8 Out Of 9 Times, Williams Asserts 5-Year Record Is Given Size Of Supplies Often Was Revealed By Committee, Delawarean Declares Investigation Pressed Kennedy Chided On Stockpiling
U.S. 'Copters Rout Reds In Vietnam; But Mission Falls Short Of Goal As Guerrillas Flee U.S. Copters Rout Reds In Vietnam Problems Pointed Up 'Conters Load Troops
Soviet 'Liberals' Fighting Neo-Stalinists For Power; Believe In Rule Of Law Struggle Is Emerging In Soviet Between 'Liberals' And Neo-Stalinists Increasing 'Thaw' Is Center Of Fight Forces, Divided On Issues Of Freedom And Rights, Vying For Power Young Writer Is Attacked For Depicting Boredom Ilyichev Drafted Doctrine Of 'Cult Of Authority' Iconoclasm Is Widespread Among Soviet Youth Intellectuals Join Attack On The Neo-Stalinists Ban On Country Homes And Cars Was Feared Youths Warned To Report To Police On Dealings Same Methods Employed To Trap Foreigners
World Events — January 1962
Time Person of the Year — 1962
On the radio
Billboard Charts — January 31, 1962
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1961–62 Season
Emmy Winners — 1962
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — January 31, 1962
Ebert 4-Star Films — January 31, 1962
On the field
Sports Champions — January 31, 1962
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