1960s Timeline

Dec. 31, 1962 - A savage winter gale, an icy freak of nature, continued its merciless assault on the Northeast today with below-zero temperatures and howling, destructive winds. No immediate relief was in sight. Temperatures hit 35 below zero atop Mt. Washington in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Winds gusted at 80 miles per hour. Snow drifted 20 feet deep in Bangor, Maine, where the Daily News failed to publish a morning edition for the first time since 1899. The storm clai

Mar. 7, 1962 - Because salt spray had often interfered with his hobby of stargazing, Dave Garroway (pictured) sold his house in Westhampton Beach, Long Island, yesterday. Today, heavy seas undermined the house, broke it apart, and carried it into the Atlantic. The TV star bought the house four years ago, but he put it on the market last summer because spray continually fogged the lens of his 12-inch reflector telescope. To continue his hobby, he bought a home in the Catskills