OCTOBER 25, 1962

Full News Archive

• Headline: Pauling's Legal Fight Against Nuclear Testing. Impact: If only Pauling had succeeded, perhaps we would have a world where nuclear testing was a distant memory and superhero movies would feature less radioactive angst. Instead, we got a legacy of mutations and a love for fallout shelters.. Fact: Linus Pauling was one of the few people who believed in peace so much that he challenged the government while others were busy buying bomb shelters. Talk about a glow-in-the-dark hero..
• Headline: California's Anti-Red Proviso Controversy. Impact: This little kerfuffle left a trail of paranoia that led to countless conspiracy theories, including the idea that even your grandma could be a communist spy. Spoiler alert: she was just really into knitting.. Fact: California's political landscape has been so divided by anti-communist sentiments that it makes a reality show look like a peaceful picnic..
• Headline: Newspaper Guild Authorizes Potential Strike. Impact: Imagine if the strike had gone through—suddenly everyone would have had to get their news from social media. The butterfly effect? A world full of conspiracy theories and cat memes as news sources.. Fact: The last time journalists walked out, they ended up writing a bestseller about their time as 'the missing voices'—so, good luck with that!.
• Headline: FOUR UTILITIES OPEN NUCLEAR POWER UNIT. Impact: This could have either led to a clean energy utopia or a series of sitcoms based in post-apocalyptic settings. Guess which one we got?. Fact: The first nuclear power plant in the Southeast was built with the ambition of powering homes, but it also sparked a love affair with the phrase 'radioactive fallout.'.
• Headline: BLOCKADE RAISES LEGAL PUZZLES; Provisions of U.N. Charter Open to Interpretation. Impact: This is one of those moments where legal minds could spend eternity debating, leading to the invention of the world's most boring drinking game: 'Drink every time someone mentions the U.N. Charter.'. Fact: Legal puzzles are the adult version of a jigsaw puzzle—except no one is having fun, and everyone is a little bit mad..
• Headline: DRUG-TEST RULES WILL BE FLEXIBLE; F.D.A. Assures Physicians of Modifications in Revision of Draft Regulations AIM IS TO AID RESEARCH Doctors Had Complained of Burden of Paperwork-- N.I.H. Is Consulted. Impact: If only the FDA had been this flexible before, perhaps we wouldn't have a generation of people who think that 'side effects' is just a euphemism for 'adventure.'. Fact: Flexible drug-testing rules? Sounds like the FDA went to a yoga retreat and is now back, ready to bend the rules without breaking a sweat..
• Headline: Jacquith Says Governor 'Wrong'. Impact: This kind of political banter always leads to a cycle of mudslinging, making future governors think that being wrong is a rite of passage to higher office.. Fact: In politics, saying someone is 'wrong' is just code for 'I need a soundbite for my next campaign ad.'.
• Headline: CONSERVATIVES URGE FIRMER CUBAN STAND. Impact: Every time someone urges a firmer stand, a new hashtag is born, and historians are left wondering if the world is just one giant social media debate.. Fact: Urging a firmer stand on Cuba has been a favorite pastime for conservatives since the dawn of time. They must have a bingo card for each time they do it!.