Remembering+1967

//**Remember when....**//

 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Lyndon_B._Johnson_-_portrait.gif]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/38_H_Humphrey_3x4.jpg width="181" height="242"]] ||
 * President - Lyndon Johnson || Vice President - Hubert Humphrey ||

Minimum Wage $ 1.40 Average Income $ 7,305 Loaf of bread $ .22 New Car $ 2,724 Gallon of gas $ .33 New House $14,425 Gallon of milk $ 1.15 [|U.S. Census Bureau Data for 1967]

Life expectancy - 70.2 years Sets of twins in WHS Senior Class - 7

In the News

 * The world's [|first successful heart transplant is performed].
 * US increases troops in Vietnam from 300,000 to 474,300. Students burn their draft cards and openly and often violently defy authority. Their cry, "Hey! Hey! LBJ! How many kids did ja kill today?"
 * Israel smashes the Arabs in the Six Day War.
 * [|Joseph Stalin's daughter defects to the US].
 * US population reaches 200 million.
 * [|US astronauts Roger Chaffee, Virgil Grissom and Edward White die when their spacecraft explodes on the launching pad.]
 * Race riots occur in 100 US cities. The Black Panther party rallies against the white establishment. Their motto, "Black Power". Their battle-cry, "Right On". Their salute, a raised fist, becomes the universal symbol of resistance.
 * [|Thurgood Marshall becomes the first Black to be appointed to the Supreme Court].
 * [|Lays Potato Chips launches its unforgettable "Bet cha can't eat just one" slogan].
 * [|10,000 hippies gather in Central Park for a Be-In].
 * [|Popular fashion] accessories: Day-Glo paint, daisies, peace symbol and smiley face buttons and guitars.
 * [|The first microwave oven is introduced].

In Wellesley
> Miss Wellesley Junior's, Music Box, Olken's, Peck and Peck > Mr. Burgess, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Gow, Miss Lorden, Miss Milot, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Scannell, Mr. Shepard > No gum chewing, no smoking, no sandals, no blue jeans, no long hair (guys), no slacks or culottes (girls)
 * Favorite WHS autos~[|VW Beetle], [|Mustang convertible]
 * Local Wellesley gangs~Hogs and Cobras
 * Favorite Wellesley stores: Ara's, Bermore's. Crawford Hollidge, Hathaway House, Hill and Dale, lA's Cigar Store, m's,
 * Wellesley's favorite town to hate: Natick
 * WHS favorite hang outs: Friendly's (Awful, Awful), Roma's, Sunshine Dairy, The All Night Party
 * Favorites at WHS
 * Favorite Wellesley swimming holes: Morses Pond, Lake Waban
 * No-Nos at WHS
 * WHS favorite beers: Bud, Schlitz Draft. Favorite Butts: Marlboro, Tarrington, Winston Pond Road ... remember? and the Carnival near the Police Station ... ah, the memories!

Sports News

 * [|Mohammed Ali, refusing to serve in the military], is stripped of his heavy weight boxing title. He defeated Ernie Terrell and KO'ed Zora Folley.
 * [|The Green Bay Packers win the first Super Bowl].
 * [|A.J. Foyt wins the Indy 500] for the third time. Average speed - 151.207lvfPH
 * [|NCAA Basketball Champs]: UCLA
 * [|Stanley Cup Hockey] Champ: Toronto Maple Leafs
 * US Open Golf Champ: [|Jack Nicklaus]
 * [|Boston Marathon Winner: Dave McKenzie] in 2 hours, 15 minutes and 45 seconds
 * [|Mickey Mantle] hits his 500th home run.
 * [|St. Louis (NL) pulls out the World Series] in the final game defeating the RED SOX.
 * [|Kentucky Derby Winner]: Proud Clarion, ridden by U. Ussery

Entertainment
> Best Actor: [|Rod Steiger], [|In the Heat of the Night] > Best Actress: [|Katherine Hepburn], [|Guess Who's Coming to Dinner,] > Best Picture: [|In the Heat of the Night]
 * [|Batman] is the top-rated TV show. POW!
 * [|Academy Award Winners]:
 * Other popular movies: [|Belle de Jour], [|Bonnie and Clyde], [|The Chelsea Girls], [|Cool Hand Luke], [|The Dirty Dozen], [|Elvira Madigan], [|The Graduate], [|In Cold Blood], [|Thoroughly Modern Millie], [|Ulysses], [|Up the Down Staircase].
 * [|Elvis Presley marries his long time girlfriend Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas].

Popular Novels

 * The Confessions of Nat Turner
 * The Manor
 * Diary of a Mad Housewife
 * Why Are We in Vietnam?
 * Death Kit
 * The Free-Lance Pallbearers
 * The Public Burning
 * The Outsiders
 * Snow White

Popular Songs

 * ''[|Never My Love]" (Association)
 * "[|All You Need Is Love]", "[|Penny Lane]", "[|Strawberry Fields Forever]", "Strawberry Lane" (Beatles)
 * "[|The Letter]" (Box Tops)
 * "[|Gimme Some Lovin]'" (Spencer Davis Group)
 * "[|Light My Fire]", "[|People Are Strange]" (Doors)
 * "[|Mellow Yellow]" (Donovan)
 * "[|Respect]" (Aretha Franklin)
 * "[|Ode to Billie Joe]" (Bobbie Gentry)
 * "[|Whiter Shades of Pale]" (Procol Harum)
 * "[|Purple Haze]" (Jimmy Hendrix)
 * "[|There's a Kind of Hush]" (Herman's Hermits)
 * "[|I Think We're Alone Now]" (Tommy James and the Shondells)
 * "[|White Rabbit]" (Jefferson Airplane)
 * "[|This Diamond Ring]" (Gary Lewis)
 * "[|To Sir With Lov]e" (Lulu)
 * "[|I Second That Emotion]" (Miracles)
 * "[|Brown-Eyed Girl]" (Van Morrison)
 * "[|Soul Man]" (Sam & Dave)
 * "[|Let's Spend the Night Together]", "[|Ruby Tuesday]" (Rolling Stones)
 * "[|For What It's Worth]" (Buffalo Springfield)
 * "[|Incense and Peppermints]" (Strawberry Alarm Clock)
 * "[|So Happy Together]" (Turtles)
 * "[|Can't Take My Eyes Off of You]" (Frankie Valli)
 * "[|I Can See For Miles]" (Who)
 * "[|Groovin]" (Young Rascals)