Franklin Pierce High School - Micopacen Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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196 7 8 7 Proud Student-Charles Craig, 19-year-old freshman at Iowa university, demonstrated his criticism of draft-card burning incidents by displaying his draft card on his jacket with the note: I'm a draft card carrying American and proud of it. Our role in the Vietnamese war sparked the incidents. 8 Startling Fashions-Hold and contrasting blocks of color were the youthful fashion note of 1965. The eye-catching designs even extended the length of campus stockings worn with the costumes. 9Black0ut-The glittering metropolis of New York City was thrust into darkness on November 9 by a massive power failure affecting hundreds of miles along the eastern seaboard. City residents and com- muters were stranded in offices. railroad and subway stations for hours before service was restored. The crippling condition was caused by a faulty relay at a Canadian generating station near Niagara Falls. 'IO Plea for Peace-Pope Paul VI stood before the United Nations General Assembly in New York on October 4 to deliver his plea for world peace. His unprecedented. one-day visit in the U.S. was the culmination of plans by men of all faiths. 'l 'l New Ambassador-Arthur Goldberg was named U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations by the President after the death of Ambassador Adlai Stevenson on ,luly 14 in London. Goldberg was secretary oflabor under President Kennedy and a U.S. Supreme Court Justice when named to the U,N. post. 12 Heroes in Dike Work-Higli school and college students were among the heroes in strengthening dikes along the Mississippi last spring. They labored long hours to reinforce dikes and levees for protec- tion of a number of communities in the path of the river's raging flood waters. 12

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Seniors Win Annual SalegPaula Is Titlist Sophomore Betty Jo Baker PAULA Clark reigned as Miss Mieopacen '66'. Pau- la, a lovely senior, expressed great pleasure at being cho- sen to represent the seniors and the school by reigning over the annual. Completing her majestic court were jun- ior representative, Pat Purdue, and sophomore repre- sentative, Betty Jo Baker. Paula was named Miss Micopacen when the senior class bought the greatest percentage of annuals. The senior representative has always been chosen Miss Mico- pacen and the trend was unbroken this year when the seniors bought 241 annuals to the junior's 207 and the sophomore's 162. Junior Pat Purdue