Belleville Central High School - Tower Yearbook (Belleville, NY)

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Democratic Victor — President Lyndon Johnson won (he l%-l election by (he greatest plurality and per cent of the total vote in I . S. history. Johnson became President at the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1953. Harry's Hattie for Votes—Sen. Barry Gold water was surrounded by fans at Knoxville. Tenn., air- port SeptemlKT 15 as he campaigned for the presidency on the Republican ticket. The con- servative senator swept to a first-ballot nomina- tion at the convention in San Francisco. National Events in Review—1964 Nobel Prize Winner—Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr., right, was greeted by Richard C. Patterson, commissioner of public esents. at Kennedy International Air- port Dec. 16 on arrival from Europe. Dr. King was in Oslo to receive the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. rds are the D inners-Roger Craig leaped on a group teammates mm founding tin pitcher Boh Gibson mo- 111 ate the Ian in in tbe icventh World Series nc won by the Rcdhirds over the Yankees, 7-5, in St. tiis. I'm the Greatest—Cassius Clay whooped it up with his handlers after he won the world heavyweight title in Miami Beach in February. He was credited with a tech- nical knockout of Sonny Liston when Lis- ton failed to answer the bell for the sev- enth round.