Highlights: 10,000 mass near Castro hotel, brawl results, nine-year-old girl accidentally shot by Castro fanatic, Mayor Wagner will see to it that police commissioner Kennedy apologizes for slur on Jews.                                    

President Dwight  Eisenhower will give a speech to UN, wants open skies policy, all quiet in Harlem after huge pro-Castro gathering, Tennessee sit-in faces ten years in prison.                                                

Khrushchev creates a wild scene at UN by insulting Spanish president Franco, UN chairman Frederick Boland cautions Khrushchev about insulting heads of state, calls him out of order, Tito meets Mrs. Roosevelt at Hyde Park, campaign topics, Kennedy accuses Nixon, China communists attack US, Castro imposes restrictions on outgoing travelers, Nigeria becomes independent of British rule. 

Kenneth Banghart reports.                                       

During this 15th assembly of the United Nations, Khrushchev wants Dag Hammerasklod to resign, he wants a troika, Nehru prefers the status quo, prefers Hammarskjold, Hammarskjold speaks for himself defies Khrushchev.                           

NBC newsman Frank McGee is the moderator for the second Nixon-Kennedy presidential debate telecast live from Washington DC.           

Political talk on campus by John F. Kennedy at the University of Whittenberg in Springfield Ohio.                                                  

Election returns, other news.            

Presidential press secretary James Hagerty may replace John Daly at ABC news. Clark Gable dead.            

President Eisenhower congratulates President-elect John F. Kennedy on the birth of his son, John F. Kennedy, Jr. Nixon confers with Eisenhower, Mercury test capsule fails in flight.              

Highlights: Air collision, TWO PLANES, KILLING ALL ABOARD continuing reports, John Kennedy appoints his brother Robert as attorney general, Laos crisis, may bring aid to the Philippines.                          

Running reports of a spectacular fire on an aircraft carrier, the USS Constellation at the Brooklyn Navy Yard fifty die, eyewitness reports of the disaster from WINS radio and CBS-TV.            

Live radio coverage of the 1960 NFL championship game between the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles broadcast from Franklin Field in Philadelphia. The Eagles captured the NFL crown with a 17-13 win over the Packers. Eagles middle linebacker Chuck Bednarik tackled Packer fullback Jim Taylor on the Eagles ten-yard line on the final play of the game, saving the victory for Philadelphia. Jack Whittaker and Blaine Walsh call the play-by-play.

Please note: 5 1/2 minutes and the Eagles winning 4th quarter touchdown is missing.                          

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians usher in the year 1961 along with Vincent Lopez and his orchestra. Robert Trout reports the festivities from Times Square.             

Cuban diplomatic break commentary by Frank McGee and other NBC newsmen.            

The US breaks off diplomatic relations with Cuba as a result of the expulsion of US diplomats from Cuba.               

The first of this season's wonderful programs from Carnegie Hall in New York City. Leonard Bernstein conducts, performs and explains. 

From  the ABC TV Newsroom a Bulletin, interrupting THE UNTOUCHABLES television program, announcing an airplane crash at Idlewild airport. 
      
"A Mexican DC -8 jet airliner enroot from New York to Mexico City with 97 persons aboard crashed during a blinding snow storm while taking off from Idelwild airport. At least 40 of the 97 persons aboard escaped without injury. The plane burst into flames but fireman brought the blaze under control after 50 minutes. This has been a bulletin from the ABC Newsroom. We now return to our regularly scheduled program."                  

NBC News special on the pirate ship in the Caribbean. The "Santa Maria" is hijacked by Portuguese rebels against the Antonio Salaza government.            

Highlights: Floyd Patterson knocks out Ingemar Johansson, space failure, Kennedy meets with West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, Eleanor Roosevelt encourages President Kennedy to put more women in government, spy trial in England, Richard Nixon has a new job, joining law firm, Brenda Lee, 26, killed in automobile accident, and from the campus at Ohio State University in Columbus Ohio, 65 students have already applied to join the Peace Corp.   
Chairman of the group is Junior student Robert Fasic who comments on President Kennedy's Peace Corp Program.                                                     

 From Columbus Ohio on the campus of Ohio State University a Radio News Broadcast report covering the first of eventually 1,576 Buckeye alumni serving the Peace Corps' founded by President John F. Kennedy and established as a new agency within the Department of State on March 1, 1961.  

Ohio State University junior student Robert Fasic comments.     

A report on the first Russiam Cosmonaut in space Major Yuri Gagarin.  

See ATA# 13529 for more details.                        

Russians launch astronaut into orbit. 
  
On this day Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human being to travel into space aboard spacecraft Vostok, which orbited the Earth at a maximum altitude of 187 miles. During the flight the 27 year old test pilot and industrial technician also became the first man to orbit the planet, a feat accomplished by his space capsule in 89 minutes.  In total Gagarin was in space for one hour and 48 minutes.                                          

Moscow's reception for Yuri Gagarin.             

Highlights: Cuba is invaded by anti-Castro rebels, sea-borne invasion force to be coordinated with uprising within the island, Senator Jacob Javits says the US will not invade Cuba, Castro accuses the US of an air attack in Cuba, Eichmann pleads not guilty to charges against him for crimes against the Jews, Laotian prince Souvanna Phouma in Moscow for talks on the Laotian crisis.                          

Cuban invasion attempt- 1400 Cuban exiles launched a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. 

Highlights: Russians whip up anti-US sentiment, urge the US to interfere in Cuba, students stone the US embassy in Moscow, Khrushchev asks President Kennedy to put an end to its aggression in Cuba, Russians will aid Cubans US sympathies with anti-Castro rebels, the US claims no aid for invasion, fighting continues in Cuba, rebels reported 90 miles from Havana.                          

Highlights: Castro's severe repression on the island cause an anti-Castro invasion to fail.             

Highlights: Insurgents in Algeria against De Gaulle granting independence to Algeria, "revolt of the army generals" post-mortems of Cuban adventure-comments from Britain.                          

The US to launch space flight with Commander Alan B. Shepard aboard a 21-mile high balloon flight, the crisis in South Vietnam, US to aid the country against the communist rebels infiltration.                                       

The Dominican Republic President Rafael Trujillo is assassinated outside the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo on May 30th, 1961, other news.                                      

Highlights: The hottest day of the year in New York City at 96 degrees, ABC and CBS are both down due to a power failure in New York City, the subway is affected as well as the East and West sides, 300 square blocks in all are affected.              

NBC newsman Frank McGee hosts a preview of the proposed orbital space flight by Major John Glenn.                          

Orbital flight postponed, Russians say the flight was called off due to "fear of failure," Kennedy visits King Savol of Arabia.             

U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is exchanged for Rudolph Abel, a Russian spy, comments from the man-on-the-street, George Romney will run for the Governor of Michigan,             

An NBC news special on the flight of Colonel John Glenn. 

Host: Frank McGee     

    
NOTE: BOX SCORE IN SPACE RACE
A COMPARISON OF THE ORBITAL FILGHTS OF American Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., and the Russian astronauts Maj. Yuri A. Gagarian and Maj. Gherman Titov: 

Date                   GLENN        TITOV          GAGARIN
 
Launch              Feb. 20, 1962  Aug. 6, 1961   April 12, 1961

Altitude (Miles)  100-160         110-159        110-187.75

Distance (Miles)  81,000          435,000          26,000

Speed (MPH)       17,350          17,750           17,400

Flight Time    4 Hrs. 56 Min.  25 Hrs. 15 Min.    1 Hr. 45 Min.

No. of Orbits     Three             17               One

Weight of Craft  4,200 lbs.       10,430           10,460

Craft Name      Friendship 7      Vostok 2        Vostok 1

Rocket Thrust   360,000 lbs.    800,000 lbs.    800,000 lbs.

Weightlessness 4 Hrs. 45 Mins. 24 Hrs. 59 Mins.   89.1 Mins.              

OAS stirs bloody rioting in Algeria killing over 100, Sweden neutrals call for a moratorium on nuclear testing, Castro to try invaders.            

The crisis in Algeria following a truce.  Secret army (OAS) terrorizes country to keep it French.                        

Boxer Benny (Kid) Paret may not recover from a serious brain injury suffered during his middleweight boxing bout vs. Emile Griffith,
French troops occupy downtown Oman to curb the OAS, Mrs. Kennedy rides a camel in Pakistan.                                                                

France to vote on Algerian peace, OAS kills three French officers in order to break the ceasefire. South Vietnam battle with government troops victorious, test ban debate in Geneva, possible dictatorship in Argentina, scientists link cancer to cigarette smoking.                         

Jockey Eddie Arcaro to retire, boxer Benny (Kid) Paret dies of a brain injury he suffered in his middleweight boxing fight vs. Emile Griffith in Madison Square Garden in New York City ten days ago, OAS terrorists keep up the violence in Algeria, Elizabeth Taylor to divorce Eddie Fisher, she is romancing with  Richard Burton.  

NOTE: Emile Griffith's career was overshadowed by the fatal beating he gave Benny "The Kid" Paret in their 1962 title bout. The outcome darkened the world of boxing even prompting some network television stations to stop showing live fights. It also cast Griffith as a pariah to many inside and outside the sport. Emile Griffith went on to have a successful career after that fatal fight, but Griffith acknowledged later in life that he was never the same boxer. He would fight merely to win, piing up the kind of decisions that praised by purists but usually jeered by fans hoping for a knockout.                                                 

From Tiger Stadium in Detroit, the NEW YORK YANKEES vs the DETROIT TIGERS in a seven hour game lasting 22 innings. Television Broadcast on WPIX Channel 11 in New York, beginning at 2:30pm.
Announcers are Mel Allen and Phil Rizzuto.

On June 24, 1962, the Bombers and Detroit Tigers took part in the longest game in franchise history (exactly seven hours) at Tiger Stadium in front of a crowd of 35,368.

Yankees’ right fielder Jack Reed’s two-run home run off Phil Regan in the 22nd inning ended up deciding the contest, but not after a ton of at-bats, pitches and whatever else could be shoved into seven hours of a baseball game.

Both teams combined for 191 plate appearances, 39 hits and absolutely no runs scored from the seventh inning until Reed’s home run. New York’s reliever Jim Bouton came in clutch in relief, as he allowed just three hits seven scoreless innings to earn the win.

After the New York Yankees scored six runs in the first inning and one run in the second inning they would continue playing for an additional twenty innings scoring two runs in the top of the 22nd inning, beating the Detroit Tigers 9 to 7. 

This rare television audio air check is picked up in the 15th inning and continues to conclusion. To date it is the longest, length of time, New York Yankee regular scheduled game in franchise history (7:00 hours) and in Major league history during a single game played the same day. 

Detroit's Rocky Colavito goes 7 for 10. To this day he is only the sixth player to achieve severn of more hits in a Major League baseball game. 

INTERESTING ARTICLE DESCRIBING THIS MOST UNUSUAL HISTORIC GAME. 

June 24, 1962: "Yankees outlast Tigers in 22-inning game."
This article was written by John Milner

When the fans at Tiger Stadium settled into their seats for a game between the Yankees and Tigers on June 24, 1962, little did they know that history was about to take place at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull Avenues. The two teams, having played a doubleheader the day before, were looking to finish up the series and move on to their next opponents. The matinee contest turned into a grueling seven-hour marathon.

Both clubs were off to fairly slow early-season starts after having accumulated over 100 wins each in 1961. The Tigers’ starting pitcher was Frank Lary, coming off a 23-win campaign. Unexpectedly, in the top of the first, the Yankees plated six runs off Lary to jump ahead. The Tigers countered with three in the bottom of the inning, knocking out Yankees starter Bob Turley in the process. Lary ended up being taken out for a pinch-hitter in the second inning after the Yankees added their seventh run, so by the third inning both teams’ bullpens were starting what would be a long day.

In the bottom of the third inning, the Bengals scored three runs to tighten the gap. The appearance of a high-scoring game after three innings would be deceptive as the two teams’ bullpens settled in and went to work. For the rest of the regulation nine innings, the only mark made by either team was a run scored by Bill Bruton on a single by Rocky Colavito that knotted the score at 7-7 after six innings. Both teams had opportunities but could not capitalize on them prior to extra innings. The Yankees loaded the bases in the fourth and seventh innings, but could muster only groundballs to the pitcher both times. The Tigers were able to get a runner to third base in the fourth inning, but couldn’t get him across the plate.

Once the game went to extra innings, both teams had chances to put an end to the affair. In the 10th, Detroit had runners on first and third but couldn’t cash in. The 11th frame brought the Tigers maybe their best opportunity to end the game. Colavito’s third hit, a triple, led off. The Yankees intentionally walked the next two batters to load the bases with nobody out. Chico Fernandez’s line drive found its way into the left fielder’s glove for the first out. Dick Brown then attempted a bunt, but the ploy turned into a double play to end the inning with the score still 7-7.

Colavito commented, “The thing that annoyed me was that I led off the 10th inning with a triple off the 415-foot sign in left-center, but we couldn’t score. I was so frustrated because we should’ve won the damned game right then.”1

In the 15th inning the New Yorkers got a single by Tom Tresh, who then stole second base and advanced to third on a wild pitch, but was ultimately stranded. In the home half, Detroit put two runners on, but was unable to push a run across.

As the bullpens began to dominate for both teams, opportunities to score were few and far between. Standouts for the Tigers were Hank Aguirre, who pitched five-plus innings of scoreless relief, and Terry Fox, who threw eight innings without allowing a run. The Yankees countered with Tex Clevenger throwing six-plus innings with no runs and 23-year-old Jim Bouton, who finished off the game by throwing seven shutout frames.

The Tigers got a runner to third base in the 20th inning, but to no avail.

Finally, Detroit was basically reaching for anybody that could hold a baseball. To start the 22nd inning, the Tigers brought in Phil Regan, their sixth relief pitcher of the game. He had pitched the day before until he was knocked out after three innings and eight runs.

It didn’t take Regan long to put the Tigers’ chances of winning in jeopardy. A one-out walk to Roger Maris was followed by a two-run homer by Jack Reed to put the Yankees up 9-7. In the last gasp for the Tigers, they could not muster much of a threat. Colavito, who got his seventh hit, a single, was the only baserunner in the 22nd inning off Bouton, who collected the win.

When left fielder Johnny Blanchard caught the final out off the bat of Norm Cash, the game time read 6 hours and 59 minutes, but Joe Falls, the official scorer, listed it as seven hours. “I figured, who will ever remember 6:59 as the longest game in baseball history, so I shouted out the time, ‘seven hours.’ ” The game ended up being the longest by time in major-league history. Before this game the longest had been a 5-hour 20-minute game between the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers in 1940.

The Tiger Stadium concession stands sold 32,000 hot dogs and 41,000 bottles of beer before closing early under Michigan labor laws. Yogi Berra caught all 316 pitches the Yankees’ pitchers threw, while Colavito ended up with seven hits in 10 at-bats. In true Yogi fashion, his responses to questions regarding the game posed by a SABR biographer in 2010 were short and to the point. When asked how he felt after catching 22 innings, Berra’s response was “tired.”3 Asked about Reed’s home run, he said, “Good timing. Glad he hit it.”

The crowd was listed at 35,368 when the game began, and almost half of the faithful were still there to the end. New York was held scoreless for 19 innings in a row from the third inning to the 22nd, but still collected the win.

It turned into a very long weekend for both teams considering that they had played a day-night doubleheader the day before, and then played the last game of the five-game series on Monday afternoon.

The teams used 43 players total in Sunday’s game. “I pitched in that game,” said Jim Coates. “Hell, all of us pitched in that game. It was a long, long, long ballgame.” Rollie Sheldon commented, “There were far more players in the clubhouse than there were in the dugout. We’d consumed all the beer and they had to send out for more.” Yankees reliever Luis Arroyo was one of the few not to enter the game but he must have felt as though he had been involved. Arroyo warmed up in the bullpen on 11 different occasions and, by his own estimate, threw nearly 300 pitches.

The hero for the Yankees, Jack Reed, is an interesting story in itself. The 29-year-old journeyman was a third-string outfielder behind Mickey Mantle and Joe Pepitone and didn’t get into the game until the 13th inning. “I knew if I ever hit a home run this would be it. It felt good. It was a fastball down and low.” The game-winning home run was the only one he hit in the major leagues. Reed said of his home run, “I really thought it would be a double. I didn’t look up, but I knew I hit it good. I didn’t have the kind of power where I could stand there and watch it. I was one of those guys that had ‘warning track power.’ By the time I got to second base, the umpire was telling me it was a home run.” 
 

Sandy Koufax throws his first no-hitter on June 30, 1962 against the New York Mets who are playing in their first major league season.

Mets announcer Bob Murphy calls the play beginning from the 8th inning to conclusion. 

The first live satellite test transmissions  via Telstar from Europe to the United States. Presented by Eurovision, Europe's International TV Network.

NBC News aerospace correspondent Roy Neal in Andover, Maine with Merrill Mueller as anchorman in New York. 
Telstar from Europe to the United States. Presented by Eurovision, Europe's International TV Network. 

Televised and transmitted on the NBC TV  Special. First TV program from France.




 
                                                  

A recap and discussion on the latest Russian space feat...twin spacemen, report from Moscow, discussion of U.S. position and future space plans                          

The second Russian spaceman is launched, twin spacemen may possibly rendevous in space, both spacemen are in identical orbits, US space officials are silent, newsman notified a Nasa official about the spaceflight, the first time the official hears about it, Dr. Robert Soblen's attorney warns Britain not to sneak Soblen back to the US.