Top NYT headlines from 50 years ago today

The New York Times provides access to its sprawling archive to paying customers, and hooo boy is it easy to get sucked in. In a fit of curiosity, I read some of the biggest stories of December 29, 1961. The day's paper was a tiny sample of a distinct era: when JFK was present, the civil rights movement gained traction, and the Cold War escalated. — Read the rest