July 30, 1962
The federal minimum wage stood at $1.15/hr that summer of 1962, and the Dow Jones sat at 652 — with the U.S. and Soviet Union locked in ongoing negotiations over a nuclear test ban treaty, casting a shadow over international relations even as everyday American life moved forward. Bobby Vinton's "Roses Are Red (My Love)" sat at the top of the charts, and audiences were filling theaters to see Cary Grant and Doris Day in "That Touch of Mink," the summer's top-grossing film. On July 10, AT&T's Telstar satellite launched into orbit and transmitted the first live transatlantic television pictures, marking the first time a commercial communications satellite had ever relayed a signal between continents.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — July 30, 1962
NY Times Headlines — Week of July 30, 1962
Algeria Factions Patch Up Dispute Over Leadership; Ben Bella Opponents Accept Political Bureau In Return For Two Concessions Unit To Go To Algiers Observers Fear Agreement Will Be Only Temporary Solution Of Crisis Algeria Factions Patch Up Dispupe
Legislators Back U.S. Test-Ban Plan; Administration'S New Offer To Moscow Satisfies Joint Atom Unit In Congress Legislators Back U.S. Test-Ban Shift
Robert Kennedy Backs Adequacy Of Satellite Bill; Tells Senate Panel Measure Protects Public Interest Supports President Proponents Of The Satellite Communications Measure Robert Kennedy Backs Space Bill
World Events — July 1962
Time Person of the Year — 1962
On the radio
Billboard Charts — July 30, 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 — July 30, 1962
Ebert 4-Star Films — July 30, 1962
On the field
Sports Champions — July 30, 1962
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