--- --- Back to the vault # June 2, 1961 | Vol. LXXVII No. 23June 2, 1961 | Vol. LXXVII No. 23  Issue name June 2nd, 1961 | Vol. LXXVII, No. 23 | U.S. Issue date June 2, 1961 Location U.S. Related categories [Government](/vault/subject/government/) [Local](/vault/subject/local/) [Politics](/vault/subject/politics/) [Civil Rights](/vault/subject/civil-rights/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1961-06-02/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [The Presidency: Hopes & Misgivings](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826974,00.html)[Nation: Cost of Living](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826975,00.html)[Foreign Relations: No Hostile Hand](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826976,00.html)[Nation: Castro's Ransom](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826977,00.html)[The South: Crisis in Civil Rights](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826978,00.html)[Nation: THREE QUESTIONS OF LAW](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826979,00.html)[Nation: FOUR FREEDOM RIDERS](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826980,00.html)[The Supreme Court: Back Pay for Turncoats](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826981,00.html)[Elections: New Course in Texas](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826982,00.html)[Armed Forces: New Air Chief](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826983,00.html)[Conferences: Grand Tour](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826984,00.html)[World: K und K](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826985,00.html)[Geneva: Stalemate](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826986,00.html)[Russia: New Heir](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826987,00.html)[Algeria: Wolves at the Table](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826988,00.html)[Red China: Famine & Bankruptcy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826989,00.html)[South Korea: The Zealots](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826990,00.html)[Israel: The Tic](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826991,00.html)[Jordan: King Takes a Wife](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826992,00.html)[The Congo: Exit Raj](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826993,00.html)[Japan: Paradise Lost](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826994,00.html)[Great Britain: Surprise](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826995,00.html)[The Americas: A New Political Force](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826996,00.html)[Cuba: Propaganda Backfire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826997,00.html)[Brazil: Sharpening Definitions](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826998,00.html)[Science: High-Flying Hopes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827026,00.html)[Science: Two More Records](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827027,00.html)[Science: The Pope's Lynxes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827028,00.html)[Medicine: Water & the Heart](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827003,00.html)[Medicine: None for the Road?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827004,00.html)[Medicine: Leukemia Clue?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827005,00.html)[Travel: Potluck on the Road](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827009,00.html)[Customs: The High Cost of Dying](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827010,00.html)[Design: From a Grecian Urn](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827011,00.html)[Leisure: Sea Saw](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827012,00.html)[The Press: Canceled Check](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827013,00.html)[The Press: Innocents Abroad](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827014,00.html)[Religion: To Get 'Em in the Tent](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827018,00.html)[Religion: A Red Morality?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827019,00.html)[Religion: Ecumenical Vibrations](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827020,00.html)[Religion: Baraka](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827021,00.html)[Sport: By Grit, Out of Nowhere](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827022,00.html)[Sport: Noisy Record](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827023,00.html)[Sport: Underwater Mayhem](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827024,00.html)[Sport: Scoreboard: Jun. 2, 1961](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827025,00.html)[State of Business: Steel Wants More](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827031,00.html)[The Economy: National Lubricant](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827032,00.html)[Public Policy: Du Font's Billion Dollar Problem](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827033,00.html)[Corporations: Victory for Texas](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827034,00.html)[Business: Personal File: Jun. 2, 1961](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827035,00.html)[Retailing: No Embarrassed Customers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827036,00.html)[Education: A Library's Lure & Lore](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827000,00.html)[Education: The Price Was Right](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827001,00.html)[Education: Sewanee's Pride](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827002,00.html)[Cinema: Bouquet to Non-Beats](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827006,00.html)[Cinema: Bloody Palette](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827007,00.html)[Cinema: Ire in the I.R.T.](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827008,00.html)[Music: Revolution in Zagreb](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827015,00.html)[Music: Surprise at Schwetzingen](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827016,00.html)[Music: Classical Records: Jun. 2, 1961](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827017,00.html)[Art: The Intoxicated Five](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827029,00.html)[Art: Pam! Pam! Zang! Zang!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827030,00.html)[Theater: New Plays on Broadway](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827037,00.html)[Books: Voyage That Never Ended](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827039,00.html)[Books: Children of the Gods](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827040,00.html)[Books: Black Mischief](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827041,00.html)[Books: Back to The Wall](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827042,00.html)[Cinema: Jun. 2, 1961](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827043,00.html)[Milestones: Jun. 2, 1961](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827038,00.html)[People: Jun. 2, 1961](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826999,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher: Jun. 2, 1961](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826973,00.html)[Letters: Jun. 2, 1961](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826972,00.html) June 2nd, 1961 | Vol. LXXVII, No. 23 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"June 2nd, 1961 | Vol. LXXVII, No. 23 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3565361/june-2nd-1961-vol-lxxvii-no-23-u-s/"}]}]} ```