"Old times there are not forgotten"
Both involvement in the Vietnam Conflict and protest of that involvement grew. Slightly less than 400,000 troops were committed to southeast Asia by the end of the year. Protests of American involvement in Vietnam spread to foreign nations. The Department of Housing and Urban Development was added to the government of the United States. The worst blizzard in memory (about 70 years) struck the eastern United States, including West Virginia. We were introduced to the Miranda warning when the Supreme Court ruled that police officers must advise those they are arresting of certain rights at the time of apprehension. Black power and white backlash entered the American lexicon. Muhammad Ali consolidated the heavyweight boxing championship by defeating five contenders during the year. Gemini 12, the last mission of the Gemini program was launched. Astronauts James Lovell and Edwin Aldrin rendezvoused with a target vehicle and took pictures of a solar eclipse. Merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads won approval by the Interstate Commerce Commission. A strike by the International Association of Machinists grounded all major American airlines and the last Studebaker automobile rolled off the assembly line.New book titles: In Cold Blood, The Embezzler, Tai-Pan, Rush to Judgement and Valley of the Dolls.At the movies: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Dr. Zhivago, Torn Curtain and Thunderball.On stage: A Man for All Seasons, Cabaret, Gregory Girl, Mame and Mark Twain Tonight!.Television premier: Star Trek.Popular music: Strangers in the Night, If He Walked Into My Life and A Man and a Woman.February 1
Classmate Larry Stafford pulled his first shift as a Beckley police officer.June 2
Surveyor 1 made the first American soft landing on the moon and immediately began to transmit television pictures of the surface it sat on.June 15
Classmate Michele Ellen Wender-Zak received a Master of Arts degree from UCLA.July 12
Classmate Sandra Goodall-Gunter received a Master of Arts degree in Business Education from Marshall UniversityNovember 19
Classmate Peggy Davis married Horacio Davila, originally from Santa Deo (a ranch), Zacatecas, Mexico. The wedding took place in Chevy Chase, Maryland where Peggy was employed by Mariott. Horacio was a journeyman plumber for Krick of Maryland at the time of the marriage.