DENBIGH PATRIOTS SENIOR YEAR MEMORIES -our world!
THESE WERE SOME OF THE NEWS HEADLINES. . . .
AUGUST 1969: Gulf Coast damage $1 billion from Hurricane Camille! 300,000 attend Woodstock rock festival!
SEPTEMBER: Israelis attack Egyptians over Suez Canal! North Vietnamese president Ho Chi Minh dies at 79!
OCTOBER: Government bans use of cyclamates as artificial sweetners! Congress votes to mint Eisenhower dollar!
NOVEMBER: Vietnam demonstrators march in Washington! Astronauts Conrad and Bean make 2nd moon landing!
DECEMBER: Air Forces ends 20-year UFO study! Charles Manson indicted in August murder of actress Sharon Tate!
JANUARY 1970: UMW official Yablonski and family shot to death! President Marcos unhurt in Phillippine rioting!
FEBRUARY: "Chicago 7" found innocent of convention riot charges! Southern senators seek ban on school busing!
MARCH: U.S. postal workers go on nationwide strike! Mob attacks black student buses in South Carolina!
APRIL: Apollo 13 moon mission aborted, all back safe! McCartney calls it quits, Beatles are breaking up!
MAY: National Guard troops kill 4 protesters at Kent State U.! 50,000 dead in Peruvian earthquake!
JUNE: Fierce fighting along Vietnamese DMZ! AMA says doctors can perform abortions for medical reasons!
WE WENT TO THE MOVIES AND SAW . . . .
Best Actor winner George C. Scott in the Oscar's best picture for 1970, "PATTON" . . . . pilot Dean Martin and manager Burt Lancaster in "AIRPORT". . . . "TRUE GRIT," with Best actor winner John Wayne. . . . . Joe Cocker and Joan Baez, two of the stars in the music-fest "WOODSTOCK" . . . . Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau in the film version of "HELLO DOLLY". . . . an all-star cast in the crazy army field hospital , "M*A*S*H" . . . . Paul Newman and Robert Redford as the almost loveable "BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID" . . . ."EASY RIDER," the low-budget classic starring Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda . . . .Dustin Hoffman and John Voight in the seamy "MIDNIGHT COWBOY," the Oscar's best for 1969. . . . Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood in the rowdy Western musical, "PAINT YOUR WAGON". . . . marathon dancers Jane Fonda and Michael Sarazin in "THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?" . . . . and the issue of sexual freedom discussed in "BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE."
WHEN WE STAYED HOME, WE WATCHED . . .
The zany "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" on Mondays, the top-rated show for the second year in a row . . . .some had viewing conflicts because the #2-rated show, "Gunsmoke," with James Arness, was also still strong Mondays on CBS . . . .Ben, Hoss and Little Joe still horsing around Sundays on "Bonanza," . . . . Most of Andy's gang staying on in "Mayberry R.F.D," in Andy's Monday time-slot . . . ."Family Affair," starring Brian Keith, on Thursdays . . . .After nearly 20 years, it was still "Here's Lucy" on Mondays. . . .Another comic legend starred in "The Red Skelton Show" on Tuesdays . . . . ABC had a new Tuesday night hit with Robert Young as "Marcus Welby, M.D." . . . ."Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" led off NBC Sundays . . . . "The Doris Day Show" was another CBS Monday hit . . . . in Sundays "Bill Cosby Show," he was a p.e. teacher . . . and variety ruled "The Jim Nabors Hour" on Thursdays.
AND . . .IN SPORTS . . . .
Baseball had league championships for the first time and the "Miracle" Mets and Baltimore Orioles met in the World Series, New York winning four games to one . . . Undefeated Texas was voted #1 in college football for 1969, but Penn State, also unbeaten, was a close #2. . . . For the second year in a row, the AFC upset the NFC, in Super Bowl IV, as the Kansas City Chiefs downed the Minnesota Vikings 23-7 . . . .Even without Lew Alcindor, UCLA won another NCAA title in 1970, defeating Jacksonville 80-69, after Kentucky had finished the regular season #1 . . . .The Boston Bruins won their first Stanley Cup in 30 years by sweeping St. Louis . . . . Another New York team won a pro title as the Knicks defeated the Lakers for the NBA crown . . . and Alcindor of Milwaukee was the NBA's "Rookie of the Year."
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