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RETRO-SPECTIVE THE DECADES PAST:

1960s

At last! My decade! Oops just sort of gave my age away, but the sixties were an awfully good decade for me, since that's when I appeared on this here planet earth. Not that I remember much, it was the latter part of the decade that I came to be, but at least I can say I was there.

Super Power Humor: 

Kennedy: "We have enough missiles to blow you up thirty times over"

Khrushchev: "We only have enough to blow you up once, but that is all we need."

Ahh the good old days of "Mutually Assured Destruction". But wait! I knew nothing of this in the 1960s! I was busy learning to walk! Anyway, it didn't get really good until the 1980s, when Reagan upped the ante and spent gazillions on nuclear weapons and then modern special effects showed us with a bit more accuracy what was in store for us...

Meanwhile, back in Iowa vaccination with the (new)  Sabin oral polio vaccine continues with public clinics. Some are receiving the vaccine for the first time!

Many people who were around back then have said they still know exactly what they were doing when they heard the news that President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated.

It was a very sad day in US history.

Picture source: NewspaperArchive.com

1967 Summer Of Love in San Francisco Haight Ashbury District. This year (2007) is the 40th anniversary of the summer of love, and the city where it all happened, San Francisco, is celebrating! Stay tuned for more on this! In the meantime, read an article from 1967 which describes one reporter's impression of the Haight-Ashbury district in October, 1967. Or, you can check out the scene from the 30th anniversary celebration of the Summer Of Love.

The Summer of Love quickly turned into the Winter and Spring of "Oh $^##!!!!!"

But, apparently some/many still think back with fondness on the Summer of Love, since we are being invited to "Relive 1968 on DVD with Tom Brokaw" at THE HISTORY CHANNEL SHOP. If you know any hippies, I am sure they would enjoy that little flashback immensely.

Rallies shaping up in 100 localities

WASHINGTON - Resistance to military service in Viet Nam is shaping up as a national movement with plenty of muscle and growth potential. With draft calls rising - April's call-up of 48,000 was the largest in 18 months - the number of draft rebels is expected to rise, too.

The new rule eliminating nearly all deferments of graduate students, to take effect in June, also could have the effect of pushing up the number of draft resisters. College students constitute the segment of the youth population most strongly opposed to U.S. policy on Vietnam.

One sign of the trend is the attitude of government. As the number of draft card burners increased, the government ceased to regard them as harmless eccentrics. It began to tighten the screws on both the draft resisters and their elders who encourage them to resist. ... The Oneonta Star, Wednesday, March 27, 1968

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The US Presidents

35th President
John F. Kennedy
1961 - 1963*
Party: Donkey Dem
Wife: Jackie
Why we like Him: Jackie, Kept us from getting blown to bits as a result of Cuban Missile Crisis! (Thank you, Pres. Kennedy! Bad, Bad Khrushchev!¹)
Assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963 =(

36th President
Lyndon B. Johnson
 1963 - 1969
Party: Donkey Dem
Wife: Lady Bird Johnson
Why we like him: Proposed to Lady Bird only 7 weeks after meeting her, and only one date.

 

¹Mr. Khrushchev would most likely have disagreed with my  assessment of him.