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Aug. 8, 1962. Washington, D.C. "Man in lounge chair representing U.S. indifference" to world affairs at the height of the Cold War. The headline: "Superbomb Launches Red Series -- Siberian Test Believed Near 40 Megatons." Photo by Thomas O'Halloran for U.S. News & World Report. View full size.
8/8/62, the date I arrived.
How ironic front page headlines about Russians and back page has breast and pickles on sale. Sorry, couldn't resist.
Give me a sunny day, a gin and tonic and an unfiltered cigarette and I'm just as apathetic as this guy.
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