"Old times there are not forgotten"
The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States abolishing the poll tax became effective. Jack Ruby was convicted in Dallas, Texas for the mudrer of Lee Harvey Oswald. We were introduced to The Great Society and racial riots in New York, Philadelphia and Florida. Americans and Europeans were taken hostage in the Congo. The State Department announced that the United States embassy in Moscow had been bugged by the Soviets. The first close-up pictures of the moon's surface were gathered by an American satellite and a joint U.S./U.S.S.R. space program - Echo 2 was established. Lyndon Baines Johnson was elected to a full term as president of the United States. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed in the Congress resulting from North Vietnemese patrol boats attacking the U.S.S. Maddox, a destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin and the Cold War in Southeast Asia turned into armed conflict. Our classmates would see combat.New book titles: A Moveable Feast, Herzog, Little Big Man and Julian.At the movies: My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, Topkapi and Zorba the Greek.On stage: Hello Dolly, The Subject Was Roses and Fiddler on the Roof.Television premier: Jeopardy. The Beatles appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show set a new television ratings record.Popular music: The Girl From Ipanema and Hard Days Night.April 11
Classmate Sandra Lee Goodall married James Edward Gunter of Charleston, West Virginia. The wedding ceremony was performed at Cavalry Baptist Church in Charleston. Sandra was in her second year of teaching (high school) and Jim was employed by Wholesale Services in Dunbar at the time of the marriage.June 15
Classmate Charles Woodrow Bales received a Master of School Administration degree from the University of Florida.June 18
Classmate John Franklin Estrada, Jr. received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religion from Columbia Union College, Takoma Park, Maryland.August 14
Classmate Ida Mae Canterbury received a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Technology from Marshall UniversityDecember 26
West Virginia University lost to Utah by the score of 32-6 in the Liberty Bowl played in Memphis, Tennessee.