Matawan High School - Pillar Yearbook (Matawan, NJ)

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Democratic Victor - President Lyndon Johnson 11 won ihc 1961 election l» lie greatest plurality and per cent of the total vote in I S history. I |ohnson became President at the assassination of I John I. Kennedy in 1963. Harry’s Hattie for Votes—Sen. Barry Goldwater was surrounded by fans at Knoxville. I nin., air- port Scptcml er 16 as lie campaigned lor the presidency on the Republican ticket. The con- serialise senatoi swept to a first-ballot nomina- tion at the convention in San Francisco. National Events in Review—1964 Sohcl Prize It inner l)r. Martin l.uther King, Jr., right, was greeted by Richard Patterson, commissioner of public events, at Kennedy International Air- port Dec. 16 on arrival from Europe. Dr. King was in Oslo to receive the I• (»I Nobel Peace Prize. I’m the Greatest—Cassius Cias whooped it up with his handlers after lie won the Cards are the Winners-Roger Craig leaped on a group world heavyweight title in Miami Beach of teammates surrounding the pitcher Bob Gibson mo- in February. He was credited with a tech- ments after the last out in the seventh World Series nical knockout of Sonny I.iston when I.is- gaiue won by the Redbirds over the Yankees, 7 r . in St. ton failed to answer the bell for the sev- Louis. enth round.