"There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment." — the late journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson With nuclear war saber-rattling today from Russia, China, Iran, ...

The year is 1961, tensions are on the continuous rise with the Soviet Union and the arms race is on full throttle. The fear of nuclear warfare was an immense new anxiety of the American people.

In the July 14 Berkshire Eagle, there was an interesting article on nuclear bombs. The only two ever used in war were dropped by the United States in August 1945 on Japan which brought an end to WW II ...