Westbury High School - Wing and Spur Yearbook (Westbury, NY)

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Sandy Kofjax won two as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Tankees fzur straightfzr the world championship. Atyear's end Ko1g'ax was named the league's Most Valuable Player. Right: james Whittaker of Redmond Washington, became the first American to reach the top ry' Mt. Everest. In Los Angeles, Baldwin Hill Reservoir cracked then broke releasing a torrent which wrecked hundreds ay' evacuated homes, but produced few casualties. National Event Quints were born in Aberdeen, S. D., and in Venezuela in the same week. Here two cyfthe American quints pose fir pictures bwre going home, Ransornedjbr 82-10,000, Frank Sinatra, jr. returned home sajifbf two days after being kidnapea' and posed with his sister Tina, leyq, ana' his mother, Mrs. .Nangz Sinatra. 75K Lyndon B. johnson of Texas took :Wee immediatebrjollow- ing President Kennetgfs death and affirmed his intention rj eontinuing the foreign and domestic policies zjhis prede- eessor. Leaking gas exploded during the finale ofan tee show in Indianapolis, killing 68 and injuring rnany others.

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...au0 ' Above: Vietnamese tanks assaulted President Diem's palace during successful November coup which resulted in Diem's death. Meanwhile, C color Q U.S. advisers continued working with Vietnamese troops in incanclusivejighting against Communist Viet Cong guerillas supplied fam North Viet Nam. A new islanah 114 mile long and 130 feet high was born cyfsouthern Icelandfrom an under water volcano. Brztairfs new prime minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, took Wee in East- West tension continued: lrjtg Gen Chong o .North Korea levels a pistol at UN spokesmen during discus November, afar scandals shook sions zfarmistice-violating raids at Panmunjom Right Russian attempts to control Allied access to Berlin azled Harold Macmillan's government. in the jizce ny' western unigf. This American convey! had been delzyzed 42 hours en route to the ezgf

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