"Old times there are not forgotten"
A federal budget totaling $98.8 billion including an anticipated deficit amounting to $11.9 billion was submitted to the United States Congress. Informal nuclear test ban discussions with the Soviet Union collapsed and underground nuclear testing was resumed. The nuclear-powered submarine Thresher sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Medicare was submitted to the Congress. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of free counsel for indigent suspects facing serious criminal charges. Canada accepted American nuclear warheads for missiles stored on Canadian soil. President and Mrs. Kennedy made a ten-day tour of Europe during which he gave his Ich bin ein Berliner speech. The Mona Lisa was exhibited in New York City and Washington, D.C. A bill requiring equal pay for equal work, regardless of sex, was signed into law by President Kennedy. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He was the fourth American president to suffer this fate.
New book titles: Terrible Swift Sword, The Sand Pebbles, The American Way of Death, Idiots First and Cat's Cradle.
At the movies: Cleopatra, Lilies In The Field, Tom Jones, Hud, 8 1/2 and The V.I.P.'s.
On stage: Strange Interlude, Luther and The Trojan Women.
Television premier: The day time soap opera General Hospital.
Popular music: Days of Wine and Roses, Hard Days Night and Blowin' In The Wind.
January 4
Classmate Mary Lou Forren married Thomas J. DePolo originally from Windber, Pennsylvania. The wedding ceremony was performed in the Presbyterian church in Beckley. Mary Lou was working at Appalachian Hospital in an administrative position and Tom was an x-ray technician at the same hospital at the time of the marriage.
April 19
Classmate Charles Woodrow Bales received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education from the University of Flordia.
May 6
Classmate Martha Jane Wood married Army 2nd Lt. Jon Ventura of Clarksburg, West Virginia in a civil ceremony at the Rathus (city hall) in Kornweshim, West Germany. Their marriage certificate is written in German.
May 18
Classmate Martha Jane Wood married Army 2nd Lt. Jon Ventura of Clarksburg, West Virginia in a church ceremony at the Army Chapel in Kornweshim, West Germany.
June 5
Classmate Richard William Highlander received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Rutgers University. Having served as cadet colonel in the Army ROTC during his senior year, he also received a officer's commission in the United States Army.
June 20
West Virginia celebrated 100 years of statehood. (35th state admitted to the Union.)
July 12
Classmate George Thelbert Arnold, Jr. received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, Social Studies and Journalism from Marshall University.
August 31
Classmate Michele Ellen Wender married Laurence Michael Zak, originally from Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The wedding ceremony was performed in Beckley. Both Micki and Mike were graduate students at UCLA at the time of the marriage.
September 13
Classmate Gary Lee Schiffer was released from active duty in the United States Army.