Southwestern University - Souwester Yearbook (Georgetown, TX)

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1968. The Tet offensive in Vietnam began a new phase of the war as peace talks struggled along in Paris. The country mourned two assassinations — Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy. Pope Paul ' s ban on artificial birth control produced controversy and split in the Roman church. The Broadway showing of Hair rocked the entertainment world. Hi-jacking planes to Cuba became an everyday occurrence. Czechoslovakia ' s move toward liberalism served as an excuse for invasion by Soviet and Eastern Bloc troops. President Johnson an- nounced his decision not to run for re-election and Richard Nixon was elected to the presidency in November. 1969. A changing of the guard everywhere: Charles De Gaulle announced his resignation and Prince Charles became Prince of Wales. Catholics and Protestants fought in northern Ireland. In the U. S., the Supreme Court began ordering desegregation and stiff drug laws were called into question. Spiro Agnew called networks for their news coverage. Music festivals, such as Wood- stock, brought thousands of young people together for days at a time. Inflation 10

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kr w 1966. Culture, culture everywhere . . . Timothy Leary ' s followers tuned in, turned on, dropped out, while Mao Tse Tung ' s Cultural Revolution swept his country. People discussed far and wide aspects of the New Morality and the Head Start program began its work for the culturally deprived. While De Gaulle turned in France ' s membership in NATO, Stokely Carmichael called forth the Black Power Movement in America. Medicare and medicaid were the legislative issues of the year. 1967 . Massive anti-war marches expressed the discontent of a large portion of the American population. War reigned elsewhere. Arabs and Israelis fought the Six Day War, and Biafra seceded from Nigeria, thus beginning their civil war. Television networks went to total color and the world marveled over the first human heart transplant. Several large U. S. cities elected Negro mayors and the Supreme Court received its first black justice.

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MCCARTHY hit the highest markfin the decade. And the Mets rose from the cellar to win the World Series. Apollo 11 and man first set foot on the moon. Chicago conspiracy trials began resulting from riotous conditions during the Democratic convention. Germ and chemical-biological warfare aroused intermittent concern. 1970. Astronauts of the U. S. again caused the world to hold its breath as the first real trouble developed during space flight. The first general student strike in U. S. history shocked the rest of the nation. Earth Day teach-ins spanned the nation ' s schools as all eyes turned to air and water pollution as well as the popula- tion crisis. U. S. troops invaded Communist sanctuaries in Cambodia. As a result, anti-war demonstrations flared. The deepest hurt was felt at Kent State University where four students died in such demonstrations in con- frontation with national guard units. And as June be- gan turnover in cabinet posts caused much discussion and the Nixon administration came increasingly under questioning from all sides. II