Dakota State University - Trojan Yearbook (Madison, SD)

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A War A Sniper A GOP Victory A Racial Riot A Wedding i UU... A YEAR T0 REMEMBER 1966 was, indeed, a year to remember. The Viet- nam War, for the second straight year, was un- doubtedly the top news story. In August, American forces in South Vietnam passed the 300,000 mark. In September, the total American deaths since 1961 passed 5,000. It was a year scarred by apparently motiveless murders. The off-year election in November brought heavy wins for the Republican Party. Racial riots, although less destructive than those of '65, hit sev- eral cities including Chicago, Cleveland, and Detroit. And news stories, for weeks before and after the Luci Johnson-Pat Nugent wedding, hit newspapers throughout the nation and the world. Named newsman of the year was President Lyn- don B. Johnson, who made history in late October as he made a 17-day trip to Asia for the Manila conference. Newswoman of the year was Indira Gandhi, daughter of the late Prime Minister Nehru, who in February, became India's first woman Prime Minister. 200 He lost a leg to a Viet Cong mine in Vietnam, but Lance Cpl. Perron Shinneman did not need one of his crutches when his wife, Shirley, greeted him in a rain at his home airport at Sioux Falls, Aug. l3. He was on a 30-day convalescent leave from Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. The picture was taken by Ray Mews for the Sioux Falls Argus Leader. W, .-.sLaa.an-V, .

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The Monkees lnvacle Beatles Shp World Mourns Passing of Movie Wizard CUUaQt CDiQv1eg The bright and happy world of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck was darkened in December as the tragic passing of Walt Disney shocked admirers around the globe. Mr. Disney's contributions to the world of entertainment cannot be measured, and his influence has been felt as much as any man's during the twentieth century. The Monkees Although the Beatles continued to rack up one hit after another, their popularity had to give way and make room for new talent. Headed by the Monkees, four human males with a weekly television show of their own, such big names as the Mamas and the Papas, Simon and Garfunkel, Sam Sham and the Pharoes, and the Electric Prunes came into the lime-light and dominated top-tune lists for weeks at a time. The top selling single record of 1966, the neo-1930's Winchester Cathedral, came from England and featured the New Vaudeville Band. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass made it big in the album business as their Taste of Honey zoomed to become the biggest album seller of the year. The Sound of Music soundtrack surpassed all other movie soundtrack sales, although Somewhere My Love from Dr. Zhivago seemed to be the most popular movie theme song of the year. The most talked about novelty record of 1966 was They're Coming to Take Me Away by Napoleon XIV. Another novelty, this being a singer UD, was a lady named Mrs. Miller whose voice sounded as though it could disrupt an entire community chorus. Army S. Sgt. Barry Sadler gained national acclaim with the popular Ballad of the Green Berets, which Sadler wrote and recorded himself. Other records selling over one million copies, other than those already mentioned, included We Can Work It Out, No Where Man, Paper- back Writer, and Yellow Submarine, Beatlesg Sounds of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel, These Boots Are Made For Walkin', Nancy Sina- tra, Lightnin' Strikes, Lou Christie, Soul and Inspiration, Righteous Brothers, California Dreamin', and Monday, Monday, Mamas and Papasg When a Man Loves a Woman, Percy Sledgeg Lil' Red Riding Hood, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, Hanky Panky, Tommy James and the Shondellsg Summer in the City, Lovin' Spoonfulg Sunny, Bobby Hebbg Cherish, Associations, Last Train to Clarksville and 'Tm a Believer, Monkeesg U96 Tears, ? and the Mysterians. S, Sgt. Barry Sadler 199 Winchester Cathedral

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,Q at President Lyndon B. Johnson The Shrine of the lmmaculate Conception was the scene of an American spectacle at its best, August 6, as 700 guests and a nation-wide television audience of an estimated 55 million people witnessed the marriage vows of Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent. The event, with its I3-tier, 300 pound cake and its wedding party of l0 bridesmaids, 12 groomsmen, matron of honor, maid of honor, flower girl and ringbearer, was truly the wedding of the year. Below, James Merideth grimaced in pain as he pulled himself across Hwy. Sl near Herando, Miss., June 6 after being shot by an ambush. Merideth, first Negro ever enrolled at the University of Mississippi, suffered minor wounds Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on the second day of his march against fear. This racial incident was one of many which made national headlines during '66. A - At left, a bullet fired by police at a sniper on the Administration Building tower on the University of Texas campus kicked up a cloud of dust. The sniper, Charles Joseph Whitman, 24, a university student, was killed on the tower by a police officer, but not before his own gunfire had wounded 46 persons. Sixteen of them died. The incident occurred August l at Austin, Texas, and was the first of three such mass killings which shocked the entire world. At right, Governor-elect Ronald Reagan of California smiles after his victory over Democratic Governor Pat Brown. The GOP victory was one of many which gained for the Repub- licans 47 seats in the House, three in the Senate, and eight in state governorships. fwunwf N in .3 1'