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President Kennedy hits back at Richard Nixon on Cuba; Martin Luther King is released from Birmingham city jail; the Communist Viet Cong score another victory; a white integrationist is murdered; the clock is ticking on the New York World’s Fair; the Boston Celtics reign supreme. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.  Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! 

In this episode, we complete our survey of the top 10 films of 1962 with an examination of our No. 1 film, "To Kill a Mockingbird." Click here to listen to 1962 Top 10 Films pt. 1 Click here to listen to 1962 Top 10 Films pt. 2 Click here to listen to 1962 Top 10 Films pt. 3 Click here to listen to 1962 Top 10 Films pt. 4 Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! 

The U.S. government cracks down on Cuban exile leaders in Miami; Mississippi police break up a voter registration march; President Kennedy hits back at former President Eisenhower; the New York newspaper strike is over; Steve McQueen speaks out; Duke Snider is coming home. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.  Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! 

President Kennedy reviews his trip to Costa Rica; Malcolm X speaks out; nuclear test ban treaty talks hit a roadblock; boxer Davey Moore is hospitalized; Alcatraz is closed; the Big O puts on a show in the NBA playoffs. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.  Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! 

In this episode, we continue our look at the top 10 films of 1962 with an examination of our second-ranked film, "Days of Wine and Roses," starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick and directed by Blake Edwards. Click here to listen to 1962 Top 10 Films pt. 1 Click here to listen to 1962 Top 10 Films pt. 2 Click here to listen to 1962 Top 10 Films pt. 3 Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! 

President Kennedy responds to Republican charges; Richard Nixon appears on the Jack Paar Show; General Harkins calls 1963 a year of decision in Vietnam; Mickey Mantle has a new contract; Cassius Clay has a new poem; Patsy Cline is dead. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.  Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! 

The New York newspaper strike continues with no end in sight; in South Vietnam, new rules of engagement are announced; a Hollywood T.V. writer brutally murders his wife; Lenny Bruce is arrested; an NBA referee is attacked; Frank Robinson has a new contract. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.  Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! 

NBA: Celtics vs. Nats, Hawks vs. Royals, Lakers vs. Pistons. MLB: Yankee reliever Marshall Bridges is shot, Bob Gibson and Maury Wills sign contracts, Cardinal manager Johnny Keane talks 1963. NHL: Bruins vs. Canadiens. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.  Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! 

Today's episode covers our third-ranked film released in 1962: Sam Peckinpah's "Ride the High Country," starring Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott. Click here to listen to 1962 Top 10 Films pt. 1 Click here to listen to 1962 Top 10 Films pt. 2 Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! 

Defense Secretary Robert McNamara updates the nation on Soviet missiles in Cuba; search teams scour the jungles of South Vietnam for a missing U.S. pilot; President Kennedy speaks out on faith; David Janssen stars in "The Fugitive"; Wilt Chamberlain sets another NBA record.  Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.  Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! 

President Kennedy addresses lingering controversy over the Bay of Pigs invasion; a white University of Mississippi student who befriended James Meredith is attacked; Khrushchev offers a compromise on nuclear test inspections; the Democrats prepare for 1964; Stanley Kubrick prepares an explosive new film; Cassius Clay fulfills another prediction. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.  Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! 

In this second installment of a 3-part episode, we continue our look at the top 10 films of 1962. Today: "Birdman of Alcatraz," "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," and "The Manchurian Candidate." Click here to listen to Part 1.   Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! 

In this first installment of a 3-part episode, we look at the top 10 films of 1962. Today, Nos. 10-7: "Dr. No," "Cape Fear," "Lawrence of Arabia" and "David and Lisa." Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! 

President Kennedy speaks out on Cuba; South Vietnam's President Diem shakes up the armed forces; John Steinbeck accepts the Nobel Prize; a newspaper strike hits New York City; California psychiatrists warn about LSD; Cassius Clay takes questions.  Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.  Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! 

In Washington, President Kennedy makes a decision on Cuba; in Vietnam, the U.S. uncovers a Communist assassination plot; Thurgood Marshall speaks in Harlem; Marlon Brando meets the press in Australia; and a shocking upset in the NFL. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.  Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! 

In a speech of extraordinary gravity, President Kennedy tells the American people that the Soviet Union, contrary to promises, has been building offensive missile and bomber bases in Cuba. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.  Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! 

Hundreds riot after James Meredith is admitted to Ole Miss; Robert F. Kennedy swears in a new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Dr. Martin Luther King is assaulted; the Dodgers are in trouble; Cassius Clay has a lot to say. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.  Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! 

President Kennedy speaks out on Cuba; two Negro churches are burned in Georgia; convicted spy Robert Soblen commits suicide; Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" is criticized; Lenny Bruce is banned in Sydney; Jimmy Piersall is arrested in Baltimore. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.  Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! 

President Kennedy speaks out on Cuba; a Federal challenge to Mississippi voting laws; Edward Kennedy takes a beating; NYPD volunteers dress up; Justice Felix Frankfurter steps down; Dodger fans hold their breath. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.  Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support! 

President Kennedy speaks out on the space race; a verdict on the death of Marilyn Monroe; a Phoenix TV host has an abortion; a Soviet buildup in Cuba; rioting in West Berlin; Vice President Johnson leaves on a foreign tour. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.  Please subscribe to this podcast, and thanks for your support!