Mexico High School - Mascot Yearbook (Mexico, MO)

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Peace Found nly in Headlines in '69 Senator Edward Kennedy, D. Mass., delivers the eulogy at his brother Robert's funeral. RFK was downed by an assassin's bul- let in june, 1968, following his victory in the California primary. A brace of plow mules pulls the casket of Dr. Martin Luther King, jr. in its funeral procession through Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. King was assassinated April4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. lacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis, Creek shipping magnate, on the island of Scorpios on October 20, 7968. Mrs. Onassis is the widow of former Presidentjohn F. Kennedy. Commander Lloyd M. Bucher, commander of the captured in- telligence ship, the Pueblo, is pictured here in films released by North Korean captors. Bucher and his crew were released in December. Police battled demonstrators in Chicago during the Democra- tic National Convention in August. Here, they are clearing Grant Park of hippies and yippie demonstrators. Richard M. Nixon was elected President of the United States in the November '68 election, defeating democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey. With the President is his daughter Tricia. Cll C29 . ii -Q, 50 National News

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la Over 6,000 people attended the dedication of the Winston Churchill Memorial Chapel and Library in Fulton, Missouri, scene of his famous Iron Curtain speech during World War ll. Earl Mount- batten was principal speaker at the May 7 ceremony. Claire L. Westlake, jr., tbottom left! a 7965 graduate of Mexico High School, was killed in Viet Nam in january. Sgt. Michael A. Lederle tcenterj also a '65 graduate, was struck and fatally wounded by a sniper's bullet on january 24. Sgt. Lederle had been in Viet Nam since December. trightl Lt. fj.g.J Alfred H. Suhr, '59 was killed March 26 in a Viet Cong raid on the Ninth Division headquarters at Don Tam, south of Saigon. Lt. Suhr had been in Viet Nam only two weeks.

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' 5 Q L1 1 1 X g in f 1 2 I1 1: . 3 1 9 um :zu N , c+ e g A g Pat h to th e M o o n 2591 We sam National News 51 3 x gg L GG' -'lwiitlftfiswwtlf M 7. The Apollo 7 space flight, the first carrying three astronauts, made history in 7968. The Apollo 8 followed this flight and safely completed an orbit around the moon. These flights paved the way for the scheduled lunar landing in july, 7969. th .7 t 2 In an effort to end the Viet Nam conflict, the Paris Peace Talks began in May. The meeting brought together North Viet Nam and U.S. representatives to discuss possible solutions. 3. Campus unrest spread across the nation in 7969. From coast to coast, dissatisfied students presented their demands to college administrators. Photo shows Columbia University demonstrators. 4. The French people faced a monetary crisis following an earlier devaluation of the British pound. Former president of France, Charles DeGaulle, announced there would be no devaluation ofthe franc.