El Cerrito High School - El Camino Yearbook (El Cerrito, CA)

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950 A NEW DECADE Memories fade qulclxly and fen or frffeen years from now rhe evenfs fhaf occurred durung fhe Fall of I959 and 'I'he Sprung of I960 wall be long forgoffen To prevenf rhns sad loss of memory Cam Sfaff presenfs 'lhls summary of nahonal and world news Soon a'f+er school opened ihe World Series monopollzed our rhoughls lf had been hoped fhaf +he new San Franclsco Gvanfs mnghl be fhe I959 Nahonal League represen'I'a'hve buf fhe Los Angeles Dodgers who lafer became World Champions 'lurned fhe fables In +he las'l' few games of play and cap+ured fhe honor More nmporfanf however fo fhe fu+ure of 'I'he Umfed Srafes were 'l'he achnevemenfs which +ooln place far+her away In space Wlfhln +he nlne monihs fhaf we were In school +he Russians hui' fhe Moon wlfh one roclxef whsle ano+her seni' back ihe flrsl crude plc+ures of +he herefofore unseen opposnfe side +he Unlfed Sfafes sen+ a new planel whlpplng m+o orbrl around +he sun and roclcefed a weafher eye moon Info space recenvmg from If excellenf plcfures of cloud formahons on Earfh However more offen IH ihe headlines were fhe mveshgahon by fhe Orrln Harms CommuH'ee of TV quuz and disc loclcey payola scandals and +he cruhcal one hundred slxfeen day sfeel sfrllre +ha+ was evenfually ended by a Taff Harfley unlunchon Also nn fhe headlines showlng fhai' fhus was a year for rravel were Presldenf Eusenhower s 'traps fo Eurasia and Soufh America Macmlllan s frlps 'lo Africa and fhe Umfed Sfafes and Khrushchev s +rups fo France fhe Umfed Sfafes and Asaa all were In prepara hon for fhe Summlf Conference ln May The only pre requfsufe fo wan an Oscar was fo have worked on Ben Hur fhe mohon pnciure fhaf fool: an unprecedenred eleven Academy Awards Also an 'I'ha'I' parf of Soufhern Calnforma known as LA experfs were preduchng fha+ smog would be ended wlihm sux years because of +he new law requnrmg smog prevenhon devnces on cars Buf 'lhen seeung us belrevmg We Gauchos had a very achve year foo and you can refresh your memorles of EL CERRITO 1960 by readmg +hls EI Cammo I ' I . . . . . . u I I . . . . . I I . . . . . . . - ' I I I , . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . ' I . . I . . . - I - . I I . I . . . . . I I I I . . . . . . . H I. . . ' I . . . ' I ll .4 . . . . . . ., . . . . . . . . . , . I I V I l I II I ll .