May 24, 1962

Thursday, May 24, 1962
Top News Headlines This Week:
May 24 - M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit   May 25 - Isley Brothers release "Twist & Shout"   May 25 - US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)   May 25 - US unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week   May 26 - "All American" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 80 performances   May 27 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open  
Top Songs for 1962
Telstar by Tornadoes     Big Girls Don't Cry by Four Seasons    
Peppermint Twist by Joey Dee & the Starliters     Hey! Baby by Bruce Channel    
I Can't Stop Loving You by Ray Charles     Duke of Earl by Gene Chandler    
Sherry by Four Seasons     Roses Are Red by Bobby Vinton    
Soldier Boy by Shirelles     The Twist by Chubby Checker    
1962 Prices US President
Bread:  $0.21/loaf John F. Kennedy
Milk:  $1.04/gal US Vice President
Eggs:  $0.94/doz Lyndon B. Johnson
Car:  $2,275 Academy Award Winners
Gas:  $0.31/gal
Best Picture: Lawrence Of Arabia
  Directed By David Lean
Best Actor: Gregory Peck
  in To Kill A Mockingbird
Best Actress: Anne Bancroft
  in The Miracle Worker
House:  $19,000
Stamp:  $0.04/ea
Avg Income:  $6,670/yr
Min Wage:  $1.15/hr
DOW Avg:    652
People born on May 24
1819 - Victoria Alexandrine London England, Queen of Great Britain (1837-1901)
1941 - Bob Dylan [Zimmerman] Duluth MN, singer/songwriter (Blowin' in Wind)
1955 - Rosanne Cash Memphis TN, country singer (Runaway Train, Seven Year Ache, I Wonder)
1962 - Joseph Folk
On TV in 1962
The Defenders    Sing Along with Mitch    The Virginian   
The Dick Van Dyke Show    The Lucy Show    To Tell the Truth   
The Joey Bishop Show    The Beverly Hillbillies    Ben Casey   
The Donna Reed Show   
Hot New Toys in 1962
King Zor Dinosaur    Colorforms - Miss Weather    King Zor   
Little Audrey Breakfast Time    Mystery Space Ship    The Exciting Game Of The Kennedies   
The Great Garloo    Deluxe Aggravation    Odd Ogg   
Top Books in 1962
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare     The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman    
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess     Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov    
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson     Patriotic Gore by Edmund Wilson    
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn