"Old times there are not forgotten"
The Census Bureau set the population of the United States at 203,302,031. Unsuccessful United Mines Workers presidential candidate Joseph Yablonski, his wife and his daughter were found murdered in their Pennsylvania home. Inflation and unemployment dominated news headlines. A second Supreme Court justice nominee in as many years was rejected by the United States Senate. The United States invaded Cambodia leading to violent antiwar demonstrations. Major budget cuts were made in the space program. An explosion of liquid oxygen crippled Apollo 13, cancelling an intended moon landing. However, the space craft did return safely to Earth after orbiting the moon.
New book titles: Deliverance, Islands in the Stream, QB VII and Zelda.
At the movies: Catch 22, The Graduate, Patton and Woodstock.
On stage: Of Mice and Men, Childs Play, Conduct Unbecoming and Home
Emmy awards: Peter Ustinov for A Storm In Summer; Patty Duke for My Sweet Charlie; Robert Young for Marcus Welby, M.D.; and Susan Hampshire for The Forsyte Saga.
January
Actor Chris Sarandon (Woodrow Wilson High School Class of 1960) was nominated for an Academy Award as best supporting actor for his role in A Dog Day Afternoon.
April 22
The first Earth Day was celebrated across the United States.
May 4
Four student antiwar demonstrators were shot and killed by Ohio National Guard troops on the campus of Kent State University.
August 12
The United States Postal System became an independent agency of the United States government.
August 20
Classmate Franklin Davis Heatherly received a Master of Arts degree in School Administration from the University of Alabama.
November 14
Forty-three members and coaches of the Marshall University football team were killed in a crash of their chartered aircraft at Kenova, West Virginia. Sportscaster and former Beckley Man of the Year, Gene Morehouse who had broacast our high school football games also died in the crash.