1963 at 50: A year's tumult echoes still  Associated Press Jan
13, 2013         What things?     At the center of it all was
the Kennedy administration, glamorous and youthful, often
likened to "Camelot" — the mythical world lasting, as a Broadway
lyric lamented, just "one brief, shining moment."
Many people had long hoped for relief from the specter of atomic
war — what Kennedy called the "darkening prospect of mass
destruction on earth" as he announced the Limited Nuclear Test
Ban Treaty in July.   For years, people had staged "ban the
bomb" street demonstrations — but almost unnoticed in 1963, they
were joined by a few early protesters against U.S. involvement
in the Vietnam war, where Kennedy had been sending American
military "advisers."  In the continuum of popular culture, no
single year is definitive. Still, by 1963, record buyers, radio
stations, even jukebox operators were embracing a broadening
range of entertainment. There was the "Motown sound" of black
pop songs —