50 Years Ago This Week

July 1966….50 years ago this week

President Linden Johnson says the communists know they cannot win a military battle in Viet Nam. He says we are on the way to solving the “Vietnamese Problem.”

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Jimmy Hoffa is a shoo-in to be re-elected as Teamsters president. Hoffa has already been voted a 25 thousand dollar pay raise and a million dollars to cover his legal fees.

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The CIA is looking for a few good men....either unhappily married, or better yet, not married at all.

Local News

Teachers in Marshall will be getting a pay raise and have a yearly salary between 5 and 9 thousand dollars.
Battle Creek's brand new State Street Park and Shop Lot, spanning the Battle Creek River, has been unveiled, with a plaque honoring Joseph C. Grant, the downtown merchant who envisioned it 20 years ago.
Battle Creek Teens speak out, as cruising the gut is made illegal. City Commissioners voted unanimously to adopt the infamous Ordinance 566.

In sports…

Sandy Koufax is half-way to winning 30 games in a season. The Dodger Ace is 15 and 3 with a 1.51 ERA.
Young Denny McLain of the Tigers has been named to the all-star team with a 12 and 4 record.
Mickey Mantle left off the All-Star team? That's right...for the first time in 16 years.
The Tigers are in second place, 8 games behind first-place Baltimore.

In the Stores…..

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PicWay Self-Serve Shoe Mart, Across from Brenner's Market on West Michigan at Wood street....two pairs of shoes for $5.00.

Entertainment…

At the Michigan Theater: “The Russians are Coming the Russians are Coming.”
At the Auto Drive In: “Munster Go Home” and “Pinocchio in Outer Space.”
At the West Point Drive-In...”Frankenstein Conquers the World” and “Tarzan and the Valley of Gold.”
At the Bijou...Doris Day in “The Glass Bottom Boat”.
The Barn Theater is showing Funny Girl starring Karen Jensen.

Tuesday Night TV

Channel 3 (CBS) has "Daktari", 'Red Skelton', 'Petticoat Junction' and' CBS News Reports.'

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