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ABOUT THIS SECTION If 1969 seemed like an iconic, turbulent, relentless year, it’s because it was. The year that started with the swearing-in of a new president was fractured by war and murder, yet balmed by pioneering cultural and technological innovation. If you use an ATM, shop at Walmart (outside of Arkansas), fly on a 747, watch “Sesame Street” or use the internet, you have 1969 to thank.
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Chappaquiddick As Apollo 11 prepared to land on the moon, a different story grabbed the headlines. On July 18, Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy drove a car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, resulting in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne. The car landed upside down in a tidal pond, and while the 37-year-old Kennedy survived, his 28-yearold companion — a political operative who had worked on Sen. Robert Kennedy’s presidential campaign — did not. Edward Kennedy did not immediately report the accident, and ended up pleading guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, receiving a two-month jail sentence — which was suspended — and a temporary driving ban. He did not resign from the Senate, but any hopes he or his supporters might have harbored for a presidential run were dashed — he announced he would not run for president in 1972.
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Moon landing On July 20, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon, making good on President Kennedy’s challenge issued in 1961 to, in paraphrase, land a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth before the decade is out. The Apollo 11 mission, which consisted of Michael Collins in addition to Armstrong and Aldrin, was the culmination of a decade of work that involved tragedy in addition to the ultimate accomplishment. The United States made incremental progress with each venture into space, suffering a setback in 1967 when Apollo 1’s crew was killed in a fire during a launch simulation. NASA halted manned flights for more than 20 months after the accident, and by 1969 everything was back on track. In March the Apollo 9 mission tested the lunar landing module, and in May Apollo 10 orbited above the moon in the final test run. That set the stage for Amstrong’s immortal words, televised live back on Earth: “That’s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.”
THE HERALD JULY 31, 2019 ■ WEDNESDAY, Saturn V rocket assembly
This diagram shows the individual sections that were stacked to make the rocket.
To moon and back
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The crew
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00:00:00 indicates hours, minutes and seconds after liftoff
For each Apollo 11 astronaut, the lunar mission was his second, and last, spaceflight. Each was born in 1930; Neil 200:23:26 400,000 ft. altitude Parachutes S-IVB Armstrong died in 2012 following complications from deploy at engine Escape tower Command module (CM) heart surgery. 10,000 ft. ingition CM/SM An emergency The only part of the rocket separation Neil Armstrong, commander, joined rocket to pull 01:35:08 to make the round trip to the NASA in 1962. He and David Scott 200:16:26 command moon and back. The three were the crew of Gemini 8 in March 200:41:16 module away astronauts reclined during 1966, when they performed the first stepped from the Apollo of the moon in in July 1969. from the eil restArmstrong of launch, moved about freely11 lunar lander onto the surfaceSplashdown docking of two spacecraft. Prior to Pacific Ocean the assembly. “That’s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind,” came his static-interrupted (slightly) in zero gravity, and joining NASA, he flew 78 missions reclined for reentry. Abbreviated communication from aagain quarter of a million miles away from Earth. Armstrong’s ghostly black in the Korean War as a Navy fighter Launch from Florida as CSM when pilot. Later, as a test pilot, he flew the Armstrong and white image accompanied that transmission after he stepped from the ladder of the lunar lander. For Lunar module (LM) 115CSM separation two modules X-15 seven times, among other craft. During launch from Earth, mile the first time, someone walked on a surface other than that Earth. The image was seen and the words from LM of adapter were linked orbit Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, 00:02:39 the lander was inside this 01:57:05 were heard by billions watching TV and listening on radio. It was a moment that had been years in the joined NASA in 1963. He and Jim Service S-I engines cutoff, tapering section, with its making; the efforts of many people in many disciplines in many countries. separation from S-II Lovell were the crew of Gemini 12 in module (SM) four legs partially folded. Yes, it was an American who was first; but the world exulted in the accomplishment. Now — 50 years November 1966, when he performed Provided Later, panels opened, on — we look effort, and find new awe in the deed.00:02:41 It was achievedS-IVB withengine technology that is power and life-back at thatthe command module 199:23:26 extravehicular activites (EVAs) ignition three times for a total of more than primative The feats sixengines lunar landings have not been repeated support forby today’s standards. separated from thatof the crews of theS-II SM engine The remotely operated camera that captured this image 5 hours. Prior to NASA,launch he was mostthe of the section, turned 180 on degrees, been placed before onan an adjacent lander leg. since last of twelve astronauts walked the moon in December ignition 1972. ignition; 6th had Aldrin Air Force fighter pilot who flew 66 midcourse mission and docked with the lunar 00:08:56 correction combat missions in the Korean War. its single module and extracted it. 02:05:48 S-II engines cutoff, not to scale) (Diagram Michaelcrew Collins, command module Saturn To moon and back The rocket gave V rocket assembly CSM docks Third stage (S-IVB) separation from S-IVB pilot, joined NASA in 1963. He and thrust for shows the individual sections that were withindicates LM/S-IVBhours, minutes and seconds after liftoff 00:00:00 This diagram For each Apollo 11 astronaut, the lunar mission was his The portion of the John Young were the crew of Gemini the return stacked to make the rocket. second, and last, spaceflight. Each was born in 1930; Neil rocket that achieved 200:23:26 Parachutes 400,000 altitude S-IVB he lunar roundft.trip had 10 in July 1966, when madecomplications from journey. Armstrong died in 2012they following deploy at Earth orbit, along with engine Escape tower been accomplished by rendezvous Command module (CM) heart surgery.with two spacecraft 10,000 ft. ingition CM/SM the modules above 02:41:40 Instrument An emergency Apollos 8 and 10, but neither and Collins performed twojoined EVAs. The only part of the rocket separation Neil Armstrong, commander, it, and powered them CSM/LM unit to pull rocket 01:35:08 had landed on the surface. to make the round trip to the Prior to NASA, he was an Air Force Collins NASA in 1962. He and David Scott 200:16:26 toward the moon. Its separation Guidance command This diagram shows some moon and back. The three fighter pilot, although he didn’t fly were the crew of Gemini 8 in March from S-IVB single engine was 200:41:16 systems module away astronauts reclined during of the important events of combat missions. He became a pilot at the U.S. Air Force 1966, when they performed the first fueled by 67,000 gallons Splashdown in trip to the moon — for the from the rest of launch, moved about freely the round Experimental Flight Test Pilot School in 1960 . docking of two spacecraft. Prior to of liquid hydrogen and Pacific Ocean Saturn V the assembly. (slightly) in zero gravity, and a journey that lasted about 04:43:56 joining NASA, he flew 78 missions about 19,000 gallons of rocket reclined again for reentry. eight days and eight hours. Abbreviated SM engine in the Korean War as a Navy fighter Launch liquid oxygen. a The space race ignition; 1st from Florida aswere CSMin when pilot. Later, as a test pilot, he flew the Armstrong Lunar module (LM) 115CSM separation ring atop midcourse two modules Interstage adapter X-15 times, among other craft. Theseven time between the launch of the During launch from Earth, from LM adapter mile 152:11:44 correction the third were linked orbit Thewas adapter Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, 00:02:39SM engine first manned orbit of Earth (Yuri the lander insidering this 01:57:05 stage. theits joined NASA in 1963. He and Jim 1 Service S-I engines cutoff, taperingconnected section, with Gagarin of the U.S.S.R., in Vostok ignition, 5th separation from S-II midcourse Lovell were theincrew Gemini in second and third module (SM) four legs partially folded. for one orbit Aprilof 1961) and12 the correction November 1966, whenlanding he performed stages, which were Provided Later, panels opened, first manned moon (Apollo S-IVB engine extravehicular activites different diameters power and lifethe command module 11 in July of 1969) was a(EVAs) little more 00:02:41 SM 199:23:26 engine ignition SM engine three times for a total of more andfrom alsothat covered the support for separated than eight years. It seemed athan longer, ignition, 4th S-II engines SM engine ignition; 2nd 5 tenser hours. Prior to since NASA,ithe was anof a most of the stage section,third turned 180engine degrees, period, was part midcourse ignition ignition; 6th Gagarin midcourse Aldrin correction Air Force fighter pilot who flew 66 midcourse mission and docked during with the lunar launch. wider geopolitical contest between correction 00:08:56 correction combat the Korean War. its single module and extracted it. 02:05:48 122:11:44 the U.S.missions and the in U.S.S.R. 51:40:51 S-II engines cutoff, Second stage (S-II) Michael Collins, command moduleorbit, rocket gave Just six weeks after Gagarin’s CSM docks Third stage (S-IVB) separation from S-IVB The engines of this pilot, joined NASA in 1963. He and thrust for with LM/S-IVB President John Kennedy addressed The portion of the Final CSM/LM Rendezvous John Young were the crew of Gemini SM engine ignition; stage were fueled the return a rare joint session of Congress on descent separate; LM manuevers rocket that achieved 3rd midcourse he lunar round trip had 10May in July 1966, when they made by tanks containing journey. 25, 1961. For both technological engine jettisoned correction Earth orbit, along with been accomplished by rendezvous spacecraft 260,000 gallons of ignition superioritywith and two global prestige, he 109:00:45 the modules above 02:41:40 62:16:57Apollos Instrument 8 and 10, but neither and Collins performed two EVAs. liquid hydrogen Landing 70:27:17 set the objective of a safe moon it, and powered them CSM/LM unit had landed on the surface. Prior to NASA, he was Force and 80,000 gallons 70:37:45 Kennedy Collins landing and return ofan anAir American toward the moon. Its separation Guidance This diagram shows some fighter pilot, although hethe didn’t fly of liquid oxygen. crew before the end of decade. from S-IVB single engine was Liftoff systems of the important events of combat missions. He became a pilot at the U.S. Air Forceof It burned those For a time it seemed as though the Soviets were ahead fueled by 67,000 gallons 105:19:04 for the the round trip to the moon — Experimental Flight Test Pilot School in 1960 . amounts in about the U.S. in every space endeavor — from the first satellite of liquid hydrogen and LMlasted ascentabout Saturn V 69:05:32 92-mile a journey that 6 minutes. 04:43:56 (Sputnik in October 1957) to the first extra-vehicular about 19,000 gallons of engine fired orbit rocket CSM/LM eight days and eight hours. SM engine activity (Alexei Leonov, 12 minutes in March 1965) to the liquid oxygen. separation were in a space race ignition; 1st Equipment and Interstage adapter 108:02:14 The first probe to make a soft landing on and transmit from LM begins ring atop midcourse crew transfered The adapter ring Interstage adapter time between launch of9the CSM/LM The descent 152:11:44 the surface of thethe moon (Luna in February 1966). correction from LM to CSM the third connected docking first The adapter the ringfirst manned orbit of Earth (Yuri that will last. 69:28:13 SM engine The U.S. accomplished a “first” stage. (Command module makes multiple and second stages, connected the Gagarin of the U.S.S.R., in Vostok 1 ignition, 5th orbits) midcourse which and third also second for one orbit in April 1961) and the Hatch for correction covered the second stages, which were A short visit after a long journey first manned moon landing (Apollo docking with stage engines different diameters 11 in July of 1969) was a little more SM engine Armstong command SM engine descended the during and alsolaunch. covered the than eight years. It seemed a longer, ignition, 4th ladder first, joined by Aldrin module ignition; 2nd Docking window third stage engine tenser period, since it was part of a midcourse Gagarin First stage (S-I) midcourse about 20 minutes later. correction Window during launch. wider geopolitical contest between correction The five engines Altogether they spent about 122:11:44 the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. 51:40:51 of this stage were 2.5 hours exploring an area Thrusters Second stage (S-II) Just six weeks after Gagarin’s orbit, fueled from around them the size of a The engines oftwo this President John Kennedy addressed Deflectors Final CSM/LM tanks containing Rendezvous baseball field. They set up SM engine ignition; stage were fueled a rare joint session of Congress on descent separate; LM manuevers 3rd midcourse gallons Ladder experimental equipment, byabout tanks200,000 containing May 25, 1961. For both technological engine jettisoned correction access of kerosene collected rock samples and 260,000 gallonsand of ignition superiority 109:00:45 62:16:57 hatch and global prestige, he about 315,000 gallons took photographs. liquid hydrogen 70:27:17 Landing set the objective of a safe moon of80,000 liquid oxgen. Then, they reboarded the and gallons 70:37:45 Kennedy landing and return of an American It burned those LM. Following a sleep period of liquid oxygen. crew before the end of the decade. Aldrin’s helmet reflects Liftoff amounts in less than and launch preparation, It burned those the Soviets were ahead of Armstrong and the lunar lander.For a time it seemed as though Ladder 105:19:04 3 minutes. they fired the ascent rocket. amounts in about the U.S. in every space endeavor — from the first satellite LM ascent 69:05:32 92-mile The top half of the lander was lifted into orbit to redock with (Sputnik in October 1957) to the first extra-vehicular 6 minutes. engine fired orbit CSM/LM the command module and Collins. The bottom half of the lunaractivity (Alexei Leonov, 12 minutes Lunar module in March 1965) to the separation Interstage adapter module remained on the surface. 108:02:14 first probe to make a soft landing on and transmit from Equipment and LM begins crew transfered The adapter ring CSM/LM the surface of the moon (Luna 9 in February 1966). descent from LM to CSM connected the first docking The U.S. accomplished a “first” that will last. 69:28:13 (Command module makes multiple orbits) and second stages, Capsule Skyscraper The early U.S manned spaceflight program which and also Hatch for The six Project The 10 Project The Apollo At about 360 feet tall, covered the second Service A short visit after a long journey docking with Mercury manned Gemini manned program’s the Apollo spacecraft stage engines module Armstong descended the missions command manned and Saturn V rocket during missions launch. were ladder first, joined by Aldrin module Docking window flown between were flown missions were combination exceeded Command Lunar First stage (S-I) about 20 minutes later. module module May 1961 and between flown between the length of a fooball Window Capsule The five engines Altogether they spent aboutMarch 1965 May 1963. The October 1968 Lunar module field. It dwarfed of this stage were 2.5 hours exploring an area and November Adapter (folded in transit) Thrusters and December one-astronaut launch vehicles fueled from two around them the size of a crews were 1966. The 1972. Two 1960 cutaway rendering 1964 cutaway rendering of the previous 1967 cutaway rendering Deflectors tanks containing baseball field. They set up instructive in two-astronaut crews of three Mercury-Atlas and about 200,000 gallons Ladder experimental equipment, Apollo tolerance of liftoff stress, work in zero-gravity crews established abilities to endure longer astronauts made Earth orbit-only missions Gemini-Titan II access of kerosene and collected rock samples and and and pressurized spacesuits. It carried enough space flights (including an 8-day and a 14-day combinations. All are hatch — Apollos 7 and 9. Three made moon orbits 315,000 gallons took photographs. Saturn V aboutfood, water and oxygen for about one day. mission); to perform extravehicular activities and returned — Apollos 8, 10 and 13 (which drawn here to the of liquid oxgen. Then, they reboarded the Flight was controlled from the ground, with (or spacewalks); and pilot rendezvous and had an explosion in the service module that same scale. It burned those LM. Following a sleep period Aldrin’sactivities helmet reflects back-up astronaut controls. A heat shield docking with other space vehicles. cancelled a planned landing). Six made lunar amounts in less than and launch preparation, Capsule Armstrong andwere the lunar lander. protected the bottom of the capsule during Those activities crucial for the landings — Apollos 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17. Ladder 3 minutes. they fired the ascent rocket. reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere. development of a lunar landing capability. More than 840 pounds of lunar rock was Gemini The top half of the lander was lifted into orbit to redock with Mercury Parachutes deployed at about 10,000 feet The Gemini craft did not have an escape returned, some gauged to be 4.6 million and the command module and Collins. The bottom half of the lunar Lunar module and and the capsule landed in the ocean, with an tower, but had ejection seats similar to those years old. The program’s dominant use Titan II module remained on the surface. Atlas inflated flotation collar. Recovery was made by in fighter jets (though they were never used of integrated circuits, spurred many helicopters and crew from Navy ships. in launches). advancements in that field.
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Salute to EVENTS THAT DEFINED THE YEAR
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Zodiac Killer strikes
On July 5, a man phoned the Vallejo Police Department in California to report and claim responsibility for shooting a couple the day before. The caller also took credit for the murder of two high school students on Dec. 20, 1968, in Benicia, California. The caller was not found, but three weeks later, letters with the salutation, “Dear Editor, this is the Zodiac speaking,” were received at the Vallejo Times Herald, the San Francisco Chronicle and The San Francisco Examiner, again taking credit for the killings. Letters and calls from the Zodiac Killer continued into the 1970s, as did killings and abductions. The Zodiac claimed responsibility for 37 deaths. By the late 1970s, the killer had vanished, and police still don’t know the killer’s identity.
Sirhan Sirhan sentenced PHOTOS: WIKIPEDIA
Manson Family murders In July and August, eight people were killed by Charles Manson and his followers as part of “Helter Skelter,” a war that Manson told his followers would happen in the summer of 1969. The first murder, of music teacher Gary Hinman, took place in July, and a little more than a week later, five people were killed at the home of director Roman Polanski and actress Sharon Tate. Polanski was not home at the time of the attack, but Tate, writer Wojcieh Frykowski, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, celebrity hair stylist Jay Sebring and a friend of the family’s gardener, Steven Parent, were all murdered by Manson’s followers, dubbed the “family.” The next night Manson led a group of his followers to the home of supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and killed him and his wife, Rosemary. Manson and his “family” were arrested in October, and in early 1971 Manson and some of his followers were sentenced to life in prison.
Charles Manson, the notorious criminal who upended the 1960s with the Tate-LaBianca killings, died in 2017.
Timeless… Constructed in 1886, for operation as a hardware store, the building was purchased by the Sturm family in 1895. It stands today as one of the oldest hardware stores in Indiana that has continually been operated as a hardware store by the same family. In 2003, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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In April, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted for shooting Democratic presidential candidate Robert Kennedy in June 1968 at a gathering in Los Angeles after winning the California primary. Sirhan was given the death penalty, a sentence later commuted to life in prison.
Stonewall riots bring change
The summer began with some of the tumult that characterized earlier years in the decade. On June 28 in New York City’s Greenwich Village, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club. Police routinely checked gay clubs for any activities they could cast under their wide net of “disorderly conduct.” Police made 13 arrests for various violations. Customers and residents of the neighborhood gathered at the Stonewall Inn, angry about the police’s rough handling of patrons and the overall harassment by officers. The gathering resulted in a violent riot, protestors who sometimes numbered in the thousands. The uprising led to the creation of gay rights organizations, and served as a unifying force for LGBT activism.
Hurricane Camille devastates
On Aug. 18, Hurricane Camille made landfall along the Mississippi Gulf Coast as one of only three hurricanes in history to hit the United States as a Category 5 storm, the most powerful designation. The storm’s winds in excess of 100 mph and high tides wreaked havoc on Mississippi and Alabama. The storm killed 143 people in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, and another 153 died from catastrophic flooding in Virginia. Almost 9,000 others suffered hurricane injuries.
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Richard Nixon being inaugurated as the 37th president of the United States. [WIKIPEDIA PHOTOS]
Nixon is sworn in
Richard M. Nixon was sworn in as the 37th president of the United States on Jan. 20, ending a tumultuous decade with what would end up as one of the country’s most tumultuous presidencies. In 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned, facing a charge of income tax evasion, and in 1974, Nixon resigned from the presidency after the Watergate scandal.
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officially incorporated as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. That led to it becoming a publicly traded company in 1970, and being listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. Walmart became the No. 1 retailer in the world.
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Salute to LOCAL NEWS FROM THE YEAR From fires throughout the county to a new hospital being announced to a move to the Eastern time zone, here are some of the front page headlines from the Dubois County Daily Herald that grabbed our readers’ attention throughout the year.
Jan. 4
Jan. 13
Jan. 25
St. Joseph Hospital in Huntingburg opened in early 1969 with an open house for the public, an unveiling of a marble statue of St. Joseph and the sealing of the cornerstone. The new $30 million hospital was located on 30 acres of ground north of Huntingburg. The building, which took two years to construct, was originally built with a 100-bed capacity with plans to add another 76 beds on the second floor.
Dubois County entered the Eastern Time Zone when the Indiana Department of Transportation shifted the time zone boundary west on Jan. 13, putting all but 12 of the state’s 92 counties in the eastern zone. Several years previous to 1969, the Interstate Commerce Commission had moved the boundary line from the Indiana-Ohio line to a zig-zag line through Indiana, leaving 54 counties in the eastern zone and 38 in the central zone.
Police believed an Indianapolis man was behind a stolen tractor ring after they recovered six tractors valued at more than $50,000. After a large-scale investigation, police said the tractors were recovered from southern Indiana farmers throughout the area who bought them at “better than a 50-percent discount.”
Feb. 10
May 20
May 22
Rev. Polycarp Sherwood, a priest from St. Meinard Archabbey, and Allan Brosmer, a 14-year-old Huntingburg boy, were killed and eight other Huntingburg teenagers were injured in a two-car collision at the Bretzville junction.
It was announced on May 20 that St. Benedict College in Ferdinand would close at the end of the summer session the following year. Founded at Ferdinand in 1914, the two-year teachers college was recognized by the Indiana Department of Public Instruction.
An effort to acquire a toll road from Evansville to Indianapolis with access from State Road 56 nine miles west of Jasper was being pushed by the Jasper Chamber of Commerce along with city officals and community leaders. The route was offered as an alternative to the proposed plan to turn U.S. 41 from Evansville to Terre Haute into a dual-lane highway.
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June 23
June 27
August 11
The production plant of the United Cabinet Corp. at Celestine was reduced to rubble by a fire caused by lightning.
David Nord of Ferdinand, a 21-year-old solder who was married just a month prior, was killed in Vietnam.
Flames gutted the front half of the Jasper City Bakery, extensively damaging the business that was more than 58 years old.
Sept. 2
Sept. 10
Oct. 2
One of the worst fires in Jasper’s history destroyed the two-story Reising’s Store on the southeast side of the downtown Square.
A jet airliner descending toward Weir Cook Municipal Airport collided with a small plane not seen on radar, killing 83 people.
Jasper Rubber Products announced a development south of the “Y” where they would build a new rubber plant.
Oct. 8
Oct. 10
Dec. 31
Students at Holland High School were approved to begin their transfer to Huntingburg High School.
The Dubois County Commissioners approved the purchase of almost $100,000 in electronic voting machines.
National headlines in 1969 included the moon landing, Vietnam War, Sen. Edward Kennedy’s wreck and unrest among youth.
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Woodstock From Aug. 15-18 in Bethel, New York, the Woodstock Music & Art Fair drew about half a million people to Max Yasgur’s dairy farm for a weekend of free concerts. Heavy rains didn’t dampen the spirits of the people who made the trip, or the 32 musicians who performed. Those performers included Creedence Clearwater Revival, the first big-name band to sign on and lend the festival credibility; Richie Havens, who kicked off the weekend Friday evening with a 45-minute set; and Jimi Hendrix, the final performer of the weekend early on Monday morning.
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Salute to ENTERTAINMENT THAT DEFINED THE YEAR
Music
Television
“The Brady Bunch” premiered Sept. 26. The sitcom starred Florence Henderson and Robert Reed as Carol and Mike Brady, whose blended family included a live-in housekeeper played by Ann B. Davis. The show ran until 1974 and boomed in popularity after it went into syndication. “Sesame Street” debuted Nov. 10. It became the most widely viewed children’s program in the world, and featured a mix of actors, animation and Jim Henson’s Muppets. “Scooby-Doo,” the animated show (with some live-action versions mixed in), began as a Saturday morning cartoon. “Frosty the Snowman” premiered on Dec. 7, and has been replayed every year since as a Christmas staple. The original “Star Trek” was canceled in 1969, ending a run after just three seasons. Despite low ratings, the show’s devoted fans helped it become immensely popular through reruns, which led to a number of spin-off series and movies.
Led Zeppelin’s debut, self-titled album was released in January. “Led Zeppelin II” came out in October that year. In May, The Who released their rock opera “Tommy,” and, in December, the Rolling Stones released “Let It Bleed.” In March, John Lennon married Yoko Ono, and they held two “Bed-Ins” to promote world peace and protest the Vietnam War, one on their honeymoon in March and a second in late May. In January, the Beatles gave their final public performance on the rooftop of the Apple Records offices in London. On Aug. 8, photographer Iain Macmillan took the iconic picture outside the recording studio that would be the cover of the “Abbey Road” album — the four members of the Beatles walking across a zebra crossing (crosswalk), away from the studio where they had spent so much of the 1960s. In September, the band’s 11th album and the last for which all four Beatles participated was released. It was also in September when John Lennon told his bandmates he would be leaving the Beatles.
Movies
The year in cinema featured some of the most notable names in the movie world — but 50 years ago, they were just climbing the ranks. “Midnight Cowboy,” starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman, won the Academy Award for Best Picture, becoming the only X-rated film to ever win the award. John Wayne won Best Actor for “True Grit,” and Maggie Smith was named Best Actress for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.” “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” with Paul Newman and Robert Redford, was at the top of the box office, becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time. Other now-classics released that year: “Sweet Charity,” “Easy Rider,” “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,” “The Italian Job,” “The Wild Bunch” and “Paint Your Wagon.”
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Salute to EVENTS THAT DEFINED THE YEAR
My Lai massacre revealed Though what became known as the My Lai massacre happened in March 1968, it wasn’t revealed to the public until November 1969 when a soldier spoke to journalist Seymour Hersh about it. Ron Ridenhour was an American soldier who heard about the massacre but had not participated in it, and had appealed to different levels of government to talk about it, but received no response before he spoke with Hersh. The report said 504 people were killed by a company of American soldiers in the village of My Lai during the Vietnam War, and Army officials tried to cover it up. After the report, the Army ordered an inquiry. The report recommended 28 officers be charged for their involvement, and in the end, 14 were charged and one was convicted.
First Vietnam troop withdrawal After United States troop totals in Vietnam reached their peak in April at 543,400, on July 7 the U.S. conducted the first stage of disengagement from the Vietnam War. A battalion of the U.S. 9th Infantry Division were withdrawn from Saigon. On July 25, President Nixon signaled a drawdown of troops from the country. There would be more increments in the withdrawal, but the last troops didn’t leave Vietnam until January 1973.
First draft Even as the United States was conducting troop withdrawals, on Dec. 1 the country held its first draft lottery since World War II. Each birthdate drawn from a lottery was assigned a number from 1 through 365, determining the order by which men born between 1944 and 1950 would be called to serve. Photo taken by U.S. Army photographer Ronald L. Haeberle on March 16, 1968, in the aftermath of the My Lai massacre. [WIKPEDIA]
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Salute to EVENTS THAT DEFINED THE YEAR
The ‘Miracle Mets’
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It was New York on top of the sports world again when the “Miracle Mets” won the World Series, upsetting the Baltimore Orioles on Oct. 16 on baseball’s biggest stage. The Mets, celebrated as lovable losers, had never had even a winning season since their inception in 1962. They won 100 games in the 1969 regular season, and though the Orioles won 109 games, the Mets won the World Series in five games. Just two months after New York City celebrated the Apollo 11 crew with a ticker tape parade, there was another such parade, this one for the World Series champion Mets.
In the sports world, the year was bookended by a couple of underdog stories from New York. On Jan. 12, the New York Jets upset the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III — the third AFL-NFL Championship Game, but the first to go by what would become the iconic name “Super Bowl.” The Jets beat the heavily favored Colts 16-7, becoming the first AFL team to beat an NFL team, and adding legitimacy to the merger between the two leagues. The win also backed up Jets quarterback Joe Namath’s guarantee the week leading up to the Super Bowl that the Jets would win the game.
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Joe Pignatano, Eddie Yost and Yogi Berra in September 1969. Inset, Joe Namath. [WIKIPEDIA]
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THIS AD FOR THE DUBOIS COUNTY DAILY HERALD APPEARED NOVEMBER 5, 1969
During and before 1969 Vincennes University Jasper Campus was a Dream. In 2020 Vincennes University Jasper Campus will Celebrate 50 Years! Check out our 30+ programs at www.vinu.edu/jasper
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Salute to TECHNOLOGY THAT DEFINED THE YEAR 1969 saw technological breakthroughs, inventions and the debut of some familiar brands that are still around today.
The very first router: The Interface Message Processor [FLICKR/Andrew “FastLizard4”]
Unix was born in 1969 at Bell Laboratories. [WIKIPEDIA]
ARPANET ATM
Although the automated teller machine made its debut in London in 1967, 1969 saw the first ATM installed in the United States. A Dallas-based engineer is credited with pioneering the development and deployment of the invention, first used in September at a Chemical Bank branch in Rockville Center, New York.
A major technological innovation came with ARPANET, which became the basis for the internet. The Advanced Research Projects Agency funded the project, with the goal of sharing information over great distances. In October, the first successful message was sent, from UCLA’s Network Measurement Center to the Stanford Research Institute. Before long the University of California-Santa Barbara and the University of Utah were also connected, and it quickly expanded to the East Coast, where other universities were able to link up with the network.
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Another breakthrough came with the development of Unix at AT&T’s Bell Labs in 1969, which was built upon throughout the 1970s. This stable, multi-user, multi-tasking operating system also helped lay the groundwork for future developments in the computing world.
Artificial heart
On April 4 in Houston, the world’s first artificial heart was implanted at St. Luke’s Hospital. The device was given to a 47-yearold man who was dying of heart failure and waiting for a transplant. It kept him alive for three days until a human heart was available. The Liotta-Cooley Artificial Heart is part of the collection of the Smithsonian Institution.
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Salute to THE LIFESTYLE THAT DEFINED THE YEAR
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Boeing 747 On Feb. 9, the 747 first took flight. The first “jumbo jet” was a response to the increased demand for air travel around the world. Boeing built a new plant in Everett, Washington, to build the plane. The test flight in February was followed by a 4 hour, 5 minute flight from Seattle to New York in December, which was the public’s first view of the plane.
Concorde test Another milestone took place in the air March 2, when the first Concorde made its test flight in France. It took off from Toulouse, and the successful test flight by pilot Andre Turcat lasted 27 minutes. The plane’s speed during the test flight never exceeded 300 mph, though the plane could fly at a speed of more than 1,300 mph, cutting the flying time between London and New York from more than seven hours to about three and a half. The plane itself never took off the way it was hoped — it began flying commercially in 1976 and had its last flight in 2003.
King of the Road When it came to the Dodge cars with the iconic bumblebee stripes, the 1969 Charger R/T was the queen bee. All Scat Pack cars wore a pair of contrasting color tape stripes draped over the trunk lid and down each quarter-panel. Add to the design a new grille with a center divider and longitudinal taillights. It was no accident that Dodge, led by the Charger, created an aura of exclusivity blended with muscle. The Charger was — and is — its own car, with just as deep a legend as any Detroit icon, forever sealing it in the muscle car firmament. The 1969 Charger was popularized when Bo and Luke Duke tore through Dixie driving The General Lee each week on television. Concorde’s first flight: Supersonic travel (1969). [youtube]
The Scat Pack Is Back! If you wanted the best deal on a new Chrysler, Plymouth or Dodge in 1969, Sternberg’s was the dealership you shopped. The 1969 Charger was The Muscle car, offering a 440 V-8 engine with 390 horsepower. Today, the R/T Scat Pack is a powerhouse machine loaded with a Class-Exclusive available V8 engine, and Best-in-Class 485 horsepower. It is America’s only four-door muscle car with a standard four-piston Brembo Brake System for high-level performance.
In 1969, you knew Sternberg’s was the dealership for Chrysler’s best models. Fifty years later, Sternberg’s is still offering Chrysler’s best. Whether you’re looking for muscle, style or economy, the Sternberg name has always meant the best selection at the best price. Thank you Dubois County for your support!
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