This Week In '66 - Fin

 

With Lynn Peril

With 44 installments behind us, we’ve come to the last episode of This Week in ‘66! In addition to some news stories (JFK! HUAC!), I wrap up with some thoughts about the year and how far we have/haven’t come. 

I’d like to thank Boss Radio 66 impresario Debbie Daughtry for giving me the opportunity to dip my toe into podcasting, as well as for her skill as a sound engineer. Thanks also to Johnny Bartlett for creating the fab cover images. Thank you to everyone who took the time to click through and listen to an episode. My biggest, deepest appreciation goes to all of you who’ve told me how much you’ve enjoyed the show! Thank you for those kind words. 💓💗💕

SHOW NOTES

Cassidy, Claudia, “On the Aisle; Preview of Mark Lane’s Rush to Judgment, an Inquiry Into the Evidence’s Other Side,” Chicago Tribune, May 23, 1966, 47. 

Consadine, Paul, “Troubling Thoughts Raised by Critique of Warren Report,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 16, 1966, 13. 

“Lawyer Expulsion Brings HCUA Tumult; Taunts of ‘Throw Us All Out,’” Oakland Tribune, August 17, 1966, 1. 

Lewis, Ted, “Congress Has Its Dander Up; Challenges Vietnik Talk, LBJ Viet Policy,” New York Daily News, August 17, 1966, 4. 

Wood, Ann, and Charles Rabb, “Vietnik Quiz On, With Hoots & Boots,” New York Daily News, August 17, 1966, 3. 

This Week In '66

 

With Lynn Peril

The first week of August 1966 was not only a microcosm of that whole tumultuous year, but also a harbinger of the twenty-first century. There was gun violence, racial unrest, calls for liberalized abortion laws, a celebrity wedding, and, of course, John Lennon versus the fundamentalists. 

SHOW NOTES: 

Barnes, Michael, “Finding No ‘Responsible’ Book on Shooting, He Wrote One,” Austin American-Statesman, July 31, 2016, D-9. 

“Beatle Boycott Widening in Dixie,” New York Daily News, August 4, 1966, 14. 

Bruckner, J.D.R., “King Hit By Rock as Whites Resist Civil Rights Marchers,” Los Angeles Times, August 6, 1966, 1. 

Cleave, Maureen, “The Beatles, Part III; John in His Gorilla Suit, Seeking What?” The Detroit Free Press, May 8,1966, 28.

“Epstein Arrives in U.S., Trying to Halt Beatle Ban Bandwagon,” The Los Angeles, Times, August 6, 1966, 27.

Haber, Joyce, “It Was Luci’s Day All the Way as She Became Mrs. Nugent,” The Los Angeles Times, August 7, 1966, 1. 

“John, the Beatle’s, Quote on Jesus ‘Out of Context,’” The Miami News, August 5, 1966, 20. 

“Knife Misses, King Stoned,” New York Daily News, August 6, 1966, 2. 

“Local Radio Station Joins Beatle Ban,” The Daily Times-News (Burlington, North Carolina), August 3, 1966, 1. 

McCabe, Charles, “We’re More Popular Than Jesus Now,” Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), April 22, 1966, 24. 

“Quote Angers Beatle Fans,” The Selma Times-Journal (Selma, Alabama), August 2, 1966, 10. 

“Sniper Buried Beside Mother He Murdered,” Los Angeles Times, August 6, 1966, 15. 

Thornhill, Barbara, “Sorry About That, But You Can Still Hear the Beatles in Macon,” The Macon News (Macon, Georgia), August 4, 1966, 8.

University of Texas tower shooting

“Weekend TV; 3 Networks to Cover Luci’s Wedding Today,” The Los Angeles, Times, August 6, 1966, 28. 

“With Tears of Joy; Luci, Pat Nugent Exchange Vows,” The Los Angeles Times, August 7, 1966, 1. 

This Week In '66 - The Fishers Disappear

 

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Were there more kidnappings and disappearances than usual in 1966, or am I just attracted to those stories? If it’s the latter, what does that say about me? Perhaps it’s an easy answer: If I fall down a rabbit hole to find out what happened next, maybe listeners will be intrigued as well. The story of Max and Edith Fisher is a wild one, involving arson, a likely murder, and a faked suicide. Also in the news this week, a Merry Prankster gets married and a teen critic harshly reviews the Rolling Stones show at the Cow Palace–on Mick’s 23rd birthday, no less! 

SHOW NOTES: 

Interesting blog post with memories from Space Daisy's son. 

“303rd Golden Gate Suicide Feared,” San Francisco Examiner, June 27, 1966, 20. 

Bengelsdorf, Irving H., Ph.D., “Of Atoms and Men; Carbon Dioxide Enriched Air–A Lot of Contemporary Sun,” The Los Angeles Times, July 28, 1966, 33. 

“He’ll Stay, Despite Hostility; Cranks Harass Negro in Ritzy Detroit Area,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 27, 1. 

Leggett, Jim, “Widow Remembers Husband Who Died in Crash 25 Years Ago,” The Town Talk (Alexandria, Virginia), July 29, 1991, 21. 

Looney, Gerri, “Stone Shook Up?” Oakland Tribune, July 30, 1966, 8.

Mealey, Mike, “Cabin in Mystery Razed in Clue Hunt,” The Oakland Tribune, July 15, 1966, 4. 

Mealey, Mike, “FBI Joins Hunt for SF Man–Wife’s Body at Cabin?” The Oakland Tribune, July 14, 1966, 5. 

O’Brien, William, “Cops Still Baffled by the Missing Fishers,” The San Francisco Examiner, July 2, 1967, 8. 

“Pope to OK Birth Pill, Italian Paper Claims; Fantasy, Vatican Says,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 27, 4. 

Spears, Larry, “Groom Had the Second Longest Hair,” Oakland Tribune, July 25, 1966, 3. 

“Tragic Rampage; Elephant Tramples Trainer,” Oakland Tribune, July 30, 1966, 4. 

Weston, Mary Ann, “Jobs Run Out; 2 Negro Families Leaving Pointes,” The Detroit Press, November 24, 1966, 3. 

This Week In '66

 

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It was the week that Bobby Fuller died under mysterious circumstances and Mrs. America 1966 gave her opinions on fighting divorce and raising happy children. Other names in the news this week: Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Jayne Mansfield, and Montgomery Clift, alas, not all in the same place at the same time. 

SHOW NOTES

“‘66 Mrs. America; Houston Housewife No. 1 Homemaker,” Evansville Courier and Press (Evansville, IN), May 9, 1966, 8.

“Autopsy Inconclusive,” Daily News-Post (Monrovia, CA), July 20, 1966, 22.

Brimmell, George, “San Diego corners market on off-beat beauty contests,” The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), December 19, 1967, 22. 

Gundersen, Edna, “Broken Melody,” El Paso Times, June 7, 1982, 13.

Hall, Claude, “Bobby Fuller Four Fills Nitery Air With Excitement,” Billboard, May 14, 1966, 48. 

“Houston TV Ratings War,” Texas Monthly, May 1974, 12. s

Klemesrud, Judy, “Woman’s Place in School Too, Says Mrs. America,” Corpus-Christi Caller-Times, July 1, 1966, 30. 

“Marital Inquiry Asked in House; Justice Douglas’ Character Under Attack,” The Los Angeles Times, July 19, 1966, 1. 

“Misadventures of Mrs. America,” Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA), October 9, 1966, 100. 

“Movie Manager Files Suit,” The Jackson Sun (Jackson, TN), July 20, 1966, 2. 

“Montgomery Clift, 45, dies of heart attack in New York,” The Los Angeles Times, July 24, 1966, 3. 

“Mrs. America Ired; Dispute Rises About Prizes,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 17, 1967, 18. 

“Mrs. America Tells How to Beat Divorce Scandal,” Oakland Tribune, July 24, 1966, 8. 

“Policeman Closes Show; He Wasn’t Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” The Memphis Press-Scimitar, July 18, 1966, 17. 

Silverman, Jan, “Luncheon with Mrs. America,” Oakland Tribune, October 7, 1966, 34. 

“Singer Found Dead in Automobile,” Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA), July 19, 1966, 25. 

Stanford, Nancy, “Mrs. America Tackles Her Homework,” Corpus Christi Times, January 9, 1969, 25. 

“Tests Slated in Death of Rock and Roll Singer,” Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, CA), July 20, 1966, 13. 

Thompson, Thomas, “Raw Dialogue Challenges All the Censors,” Life Magazine, June 10, 1966, 92. 

Wilson, Earl, “It Happened Last Night,” Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey), July 19, 1966, 19. 

“‘Whose Afraid’ Gets Cleared for Nashville,” Chicago Tribune, July 21, 1966, 53. 

This Week In '66

 

With Lynn Peril

This is the week in 1966 when eight young women, six student nurses and two visiting exchange nurses from the Philippines, were murdered by a madman in Chicago. You can read about him elsewhere; here we're going to talk about the victims. Also in the news this week: a pair of May-December marriages draw comparisons. 

SHOW NOTES

“Delmore Schwartz,” New York Daily News, July 14, 1966, 61. 

Freeman, Alex, “How Sinatra’s Kids Feel About His New Bride,” Detroit Free Press, July 31, 1966, 28. 

Getze, George, “Trainers Thump TV Slump; Young Adults Called Flabbiest Generation in Nation’s History,” Los Angeles Times, July 12, 1966, 31. 

Goodyear, Sara Jane, “Hunt for Clews in Killing of Eight Nurses on S.E. Side; Neighbors Tell of Awakening to Tragedy,” Chicago Tribune, July 15, 1966, 1. 

“‘Newlywed Game’ Pits Couples in Daytimer,” The Daily News Leader (Staunton, Virginia), July 8, 1966, 13. 

“The Murder Story Unfolds,” Detroit Free Press, July 16, 1966, 32. 

Wiedrich, Robert, “Detailed Report of Terrible Crime; The 8 Nurses: 5-Hour Killing,” Chicago Tribune Magazine, July 23, 1966, 9. 

This Week In '66 - Annette Buchanan

 

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Annette Buchanan was the brave, principled 20-year-old managing editor of the University of Oregon’s campus newspaper. In 1966, she interviewed seven students about their positive experiences with pot and kept their identities anonymous when the story was printed. When the district attorney asked for the students’ names so he could “clean up campus,” she stuck to her journalistic ethics and said no. She also refused to identify her sources when hauled before a grand jury–twice. Perhaps timely in light of yesterday’s star witness at the January 6th hearings, Annette Buchanan’s story was in the news This Week in ‘66. 

SHOW NOTES

Charo

“Child’s Play in Oregon,” New York Times, June 29, 1966, 46. 

“Coed Editor Mum Before Grand Jury,” The Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon), June 4, 1966, 1. 

Eichelbaum, Stanley, “Our Man in a Wet Bathing Suit; Cugie Weds Baby in a Quickie,” The San Francisco Examiner, August 8, 1966, 19. 

Jepsen, Don, “Reporters Confidence at Stake in University of Oregon Marijuana Case,” Corvallis Gazette-Times, June 11, 1966, 1. 

“Jury to Quiz UO Editors on Use of Drug,” The Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon), June 2, 1966, 2. 

Kramer, Elisabeth, “The Stand She Took,” Oregon Quarterly, https://around.uoregon.edu/oq/the-stand-she-took, retrieved June 21, 2022. 

Matusmoto, Samantha, “Annette Buchanan Conard leaves behind legacy in protecting journalist rights, Daily Emerald,” February 4, 2013, https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/annette-buchanan-conard-leaves-behind-legacy-in-protecting-journalist-rights/article_60c4796b-bee7-5a13-be22-46bf14ba2a31.html, retrieved June 21, 2022.

McVey, Judy, “Student Editor’s Life Turmoil After Conviction,” Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), July 10, 1966, 113. 

Peril, Lynn, “Five-O Your Enthusiasm: Dark Shadows,” https://www.hilobrow.com/2021/04/03/five-o-your-enthusiasm-1/, retrieved June 25, 2022. 

“Students Tell Use of Weed,” The Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon), May 24, 1966, 14. 

This Week In '66

 

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It’s Wednesday, and that means a new episode of This Week in ‘66! On June 26, 1966, James Meredith led 16,000 people to the Mississippi state capitol at Jackson for a massive rally. The March Against Fear had covered 261 miles, and registered 4000 new voters along the way. Also in the news, a murder led the British government to crack down on pirate radio stations in the Thames estuary, and the jury in a Pasadena, California, obscenity trial was literally a captive audience as six “dirty” books were read aloud in court. 

SHOW NOTES

“Book Seller Found Guilty in Pasadena,” The Los Angeles Times, July 8, 1966, 107. 

“Books Held Obscene Being Read to Jury,” The Los Angeles Times, June 14, 1966, 12. 

“Calm Rally Ends Rights March,” The Tennessean (Nashville, TN), June 27, 1966, 1. 

Chriss, Nicholas C., and Ronald J. Ostrow, “Meredith March Finale May Fall Far Short of Selma Trek,” The Los Angeles Times, June 26, 1966, 1. 

“Dixie Police Beat, Gas 2000 Marchers; Hit Negroes Camping in Schoolyard; 600 Heed Call By Dr. King for Rally After Dark,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 24, 1966,1. 

“Eight Die, 45 Hurt as Jet Razes Homes; Plane Falls After Crash in Mid-Air; Crews Bail Out Following Crash at Hampton, VA,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 21, 1966,1. 

“Marchers Regroup for New ‘Confrontations,’” Hattiesburg American, June 24, 1966, 1

“Material Judged Obscene; Bookstand Owner Fined $3300,” Los Angeles Times, July 22, 1966, 10. 

“‘Miracle’ Cuts Jet Toll to 2 in Hampton Crash,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 22, 1966,3. 

Nelson, Jack, and Nicholas C. Criss, “Accord Reached in Mississippi March; But Agreement Angers Many in Negro Ranks,” The Los Angeles Times, June 25, 1966, 1. 

Nelson, Jack, “Dissension Divides Negroes Near End of Rights March,” The Los Angeles Times, June 26, 1966, 1. 

Nelson, Jack, “12,000 Climax March with Huge Rally at Miss. Capitol,” The Los Angeles Times, June 27, 1966, 1. 

“Rocks, Jeers, Greet Dr. King, Followers,” Oakland Tribune, June 21, 1966, 4. 

“Story Hour Continues in Bookseller’s Trial,” Los Angeles Times, June 1966, 116. 

Wilkins, Roy, “New Militants Have Altered Meredith’s Idea,” The Los Angeles Times, June 20, 1966, 31. 

This Week In '66 - Black Power

 

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The week of June 13, 1966 saw the birth of the Miranda warning, the death of Him, a jilted bride and the end of a $25,000 wedding. It was also the week that the press took notice of the phrase "Black Power." 

SHOW NOTES

Boyle, Kevin, The Shattering: America in the 1960s, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2022, 214. 

“Bride Left with Doves, Clouds; Groom Flees Fancy Wedding,” Detroit Free Press, June 19, 1966, 17. 

“Chants, Cheers, Challenges Ring Out; King to Rejoin Mississippi March,” Fort Lauderdale News, June 10, 1966, 4. 

Chriss, Nicholas C., “King Leads Cheering Negroes to Courthouse, Faces Armed Guard,” The Los Angeles Times, June 18, 1966, 4. 

“GIs Fight on Dope, Beer, Senate Told,” San Francisco Examiner, June 15, 1966, 2. 

Healy, Paul, “Cops Can’t Question if You Say No: Court,” The New York Daily News, June 14, 1966, 2. 

“Jack Ruby Sane, Jury Rules; Slayer Defies Lawyers to Testify,” The Cincinnati Post, June 14, 1966, 4. 

“LBJ Goofs; It’s Just Not Human to Pull Dogs’ Ears,” The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA), April 28, 1964, 10. 

“March No Publicity Act, Meredith Says,” The Los Angeles Times, June 13, 1966, 25. 

“Meredith to Join March Wednesday,” The Los Angeles Times, June 18, 1966, 4. 

“Meredith’s Assailant Posts $25,000 Bond,” The Los Angeles Times, June 18, 1966, 4. 

“Mother Decries Denial of Data on Birth Control,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 16, 1966, 8. 

Nelson, Jack, “Three on Rights March Jailed, Released After Seven Hours,” The Los Angeles Times, June 17, 1966, 1. 

Roberts, Gene, “Mississippi Reduces Police Protection for Marchers, The New York Times, June 17, 1966, 1. 

“Ruby Rued Sane by Jury,”  The New York Daily News, June 14, 1966, 3.

“White House Beagle Dies,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 16, 1966, 3.  

This Week In '66

 

With Lynn Peril

During the week of June 6, 1966, activist James Meredith was gunned down in Mississippi, Claudette Orbison died, and Dr. Sam Sheppard's murder conviction was set aside. Also, Frank Sinatra and friends had a drink at the Polo Lounge that left another patron comatose. 

SHOW NOTES: 

“150 Continue Meredith March, Set to Camp in Klan Territory,” Los Angeles Times, June 11, 1966, 7C. 

Amburn, Ellis, “A cycle destroyed Roy’s reconciliation with his wife,” The Rock Island Argus (Moline, Illinois), June 26, 1990, 13. 

“CAMP SITE,” Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi), June 13, 1966, 1. 

“Death Joins Miss. March,” New York Daily News, June 10, 1966, 233. 

Doyle, James, “James Meredith, Lonely, Hated, Driven, Praised,” The Boston Globe, June 12, 1966, 1.

Housego, Michael, “The Secret Kept by the Roy Orbisons,” Evening Standard, June 8, 1966, 5. 

“Injured Man Still in Coma; Police Probe Brawl Involving Frank Sinatra,” Tucson Citizen, June 11, 1966, 3. 

“King Aide, State Police Clash in ‘Fear March,’” The Los Angeles Times, June 11, 1966, 5. 

March Against Fear

McKee, Don, “King Leads 200 to Continue Meredith’s ‘March on Fear,’” The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 9, 1966, 1. 

“Mississippi: Ambush Ignites New Militancy Among Negroes,” New York Daily News, June 12, 1966, 126. 

Nelson, Jack, “James Meredith Wounded by Gunman on Mississippi March,” Los Angeles Times, June 7, 1966, 1. 

“One Crackpot’s Work,” The New York Daily News, June 8, 1966, 61. 

Ostrow, Ronald J., “Supreme Court Sets Aside Sheppard’s Murder Conviction,  Los Angeles Times, June 7, 1966, 1. 

Perry, Anthony, “San Diego at Large,” Los Angeles Times, September 26, 1990, B1. 

“Singer’s Wife Dies in Motorcycle Crash,” The Odessa American (Odessa, Texas), June 7, 1966, 1. 

This Week In '66 - Hedy Lamarr's Sticky Fingers

 

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The news for the week of April 25 was a microcosm of 1966’s repeating themes, some frivolous, one definitely not: UFOs, long hair, the topless, and Vietnam. Of course, even those seemingly lightweight stories reflect the era’s fears about gender roles and modernity. Another story in the news this week involved a star of old Hollywood who appeared adrift now that she was “too old” for the industry that made her. P.S. I'm taking a break from podcasting during the month of May, the better to deal with some other writing deadlines. We’ll pick up with the week of June 6, 1966! 

SHOW NOTES

“Balloonist Hurt as Oxygen Fails in Record Try,” The Philadelphia inquirer, May 2, 1966, 1. 

“Burns, Newsmen See Them; Mystery Lights Trail Burns Campaign Plane,” Pensacola News Journal, April 27, 1966, 1. 

“End of War in 1967 Forecast,” San Francisco Examiner, April 26, 1966, 62. 

“Fading Beauty Troubled Mother, Hedy’s Teen-age Son Testifies,” The Desert Son, April 23, 1966, 1. 

Gashel, Leonard, “Musical Long-Hairs Sacrifice Schooling and Barbershops,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 4, 1966, 1. 

“Gov. Burns Plane Party Races UFO,” Fort Lauderdale News, April 26, 1966, 13. 

“Hedy’s Fate Goes to the Jury in Shoplifting Case,” San Francisco Examiner, April 26, 1966, 12. 

“Hedy Lamarr Arrested for Shoplifting,” The Shreveport Journal, January 28, 1966, 1. 

“Hedy Lamarr Escapes Shoplifting Charges,” The Atlanta Constitution, October 25, 1991, 73. 

“Honor Student Ousted Because of Long Hair,” The Daily American (Somerset, Pennsylvania), April 17, 1966, 1. 

“Jury Out 5 Hours; Hedy Lamarr Acquitted of Shoplifting,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 27, 1966, 1. 

“Never Intended to Steal, Smiling Hedy Tells Jury,” The Pasadena Independent, April 26, 1966, 3. 

Nick Piantanida

“Oust Hedy Lamarr; Exhausted Star in Hospital,” Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, February 3, 1966, 1. 

“Psychiatrist Calls Hedy Tense and Confused,” The Sacramento Bee, April 22, 1966, 14. 

The Pulmyears Music Blog, I Was Born This Very Morning Singing This Here Song–Happy Birthday Todd Rundgren. 

“Shoplifting Arrest Mistake Says Star,” The San Francisco Examiner, January 28, 1966, 1. 

“Topless Girls Drop Suits, Snakes Left Dangling,”  The San Francisco Examiner, June 2, 1966, 20. 

“Topless Pair Snakedance in Row at City Hall,” The San Francisco Examiner, April 29, 1966, 1. 

“U.S. Lands 4000 More GIs in Vietnam, Total at 250,000,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 29, 1966, 1. 

Villasenor, Rudy, “She Was Broke and Sick When Arrested, Hedy Lamarr Says,” The Los Angeles Times, April 26, 1966, 3. 

Villasenor, Rudy, “She’ll Get a Good Night’s Sleep; Hedy Lamarr Freed of Shoplifting Charge,” The Los Angeles Times, April 27, 1. 

This Week In '66 - Human Sexual Response

 

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The big news This Week in '66 was the publication of William Masters and Virginia Johnson's Human Sexual Response, a landmark study in the physiology of sex. Intended as a medical text, the book raced up the bestseller list, surprising its authors and publisher, but probably nobody else. 

SHOW NOTES

Curry, Jerry, “Researchers on Sex Get Mail Flood,” The Gettysburg Times, May 10, 1966, 10. 

Gardella, Kay, “Oscar Glitters on ABC with Lynda Bird & Color,” New York Daily News, April 19, 1966, 22. 

“Homemade Bomb Maims Inventor, 15,” Los Angeles Evening Citizen, April 18, 1966, 2. 

Irvine, Janice, “Sexual Behavior in the Human Sex Researcher,” Women’s Review of Books, Vol. 27, No. 3, May/June 2010, 11. 

Letofsky, Irv, “Scholarly Sex Treatise Popular,” Star-Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), December 25, 1966, 43. 

Lyons, Richard, “A Bedroom Built for 694 is Filmed in Loving Color,” New York Daily News, April 18, 1966, 4. 

Nelson, Harry, “Detailed Research into Sex Act Seen as Benefit for Many,” Los Angeles Times, April 18, 1966, 1. 

This Week In '66 - Lynda and George

 

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In addition to the usual round up of war protests and UFOs, this week’s deep dive is into the big celebrity relationship of 1966. No, not Mia and Frank, though that’s coming up soon enough. The relationship that grabbed newspaper headlines and gossip magazine speculation was that between actor George Hamilton and presidential daughter, Lynda Bird Johnson. From the end of 1965 through early 1967, the odd couple was everywhere, from Acapulco to the Oscars. 

CLOSING SONG

Linda

Jan and Dean

SHOW NOTES

Byers, Bill, “Not as an Escort; Hamilton Wants Fame as Actor,” Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Texas), August 17, 1966, 22. 

“Deputies Lose Race with UFO,” Oakland Tribune, April 18, 1966, 6. 

Getze, George, “Re-Creation of Dead People Predicted in Future; Exact Duplication of Men, Women After Thousands of Years in Tomb Seen,” The Los Angeles Times, April 12, 1966, 29, 

De Wolf, Rose, “There’s Money in It; Beat Bands Growing With Hair,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 11, 1966, 25. 

“Lynda Byrd Ired at Reports of Pre-Yule Nuptials,” Arizona Daily Star, April 30, 1966, 5. 

“Lynda Byrd,” New Castle News (New Castle, Pennsylvania), November 10, 1965, 19. 

“Lynda Byrd Now Jet Set Swinger?” The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas), February 23, 1966, 11.

“Near Riot by Berkeley VDC,” Oakland Tribune, April 13, 1966, 1. 

“Sacrifice Effort Fails,” Globe-Gazette (Mason City, Iowa), April 11, 1966, 18. 

Scott, Vernon, “Lynda Swings With Hollywood Set for Birthday Fling,” Lancaster Eagle-Gazette (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), March 19, 1966, 2. 

Scott, Vernon, “Lynda Bird Johnson’s Hollywood Beauty Treatment,” Ladies Home Journal, July 1966, 62.

Smith, Liz, “Lynda Bird Leaves the Nest,” Cosmopolitan, October 1967, 95. 

“Sneeze Victim to Travel to Arizona in Quest of Relief,” The Oakland Tribune, April 14, 1966, 8.

This Week In '66 - Baby Jane Holzer

 

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Maybe because both Passover and Easter took place this week in ‘66, it was a slooooooow one for news. Well, there was a ton of fighting in Vietnam, but between you and me, with everything happening in Ukraine right now, I just can’t go there. Long story short, this week’s deep dive is dedicated to socialite and Warhol superstar Baby Jane Holzer. In late March/early April 1966, Holzer was on an East Coast publicity junket to support her debut single, You’re Gonna Hurt Yourself. Famous for being famous, and dressed in the most outrageous mod fashions, Holzer drew positive and negative reviews. 

Closing song:

Nowhere

Baby Jane Holzer

“Air Bus System Expected in 70s,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 5, 1966, 4. 

Cox, Jeff, “Thinking Out Loud; Baby Jane Who?” The Pocono Record (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania), March 30, 1966, 9. 

“Explosion Rips Pacifist Group’s Berkeley Office,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 10, 1966, 3. 

Graham, Rubye, “Baby Jane Grabs the Spotlight,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 10, 1966, 73. 

“Jenkins Heiress’ Boyfriend Is In Psychiatric Ward,” The Sacramento Bee, April 28, 1966, 16. 

McGuin, Art, “Capitol Protest Ends Grape March,” The Sacramento Bee, April 11, 1966, 1. 

Randolph, Nancy, “Chic-Chat; Baby Talk You Can Understand,” New York Daily News, December 9, 1964, 86. 

“Runaway Heiress, Mother Reunited,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 9, 1966, 11. 

“Slaying Suspect, Heiress Vanish,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 7, 1966, 5. 

“Space Agency Picks 19 to Train as Astronauts,” The Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1966, 13. 

“U.S., Canada Tried to Build Flying Saucer,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 5, 1966, 5. 

This Week In '66 - A Kidnapping In Florida

 

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A young woman go-going her way through college, fatalities from adulterated beer, and a draft-dodging ring were all in the news this week in ’66. But the big story was that of the kidnapping of teenager Danny Goldman from his parents’ home in Surfside, Florida. Danny was never seen again. 

ENDING SONG:

Never to Be Forgotten 

The Bobby Fuller Four

“38 Arrested by FBI In Plot to Dodge Draft,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 31, 1966, 3. 

“Horse Was 33; Roy’s Trigger Dead a Year,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 31, 1966, 20. 

Jones, Clarence, and George Southworth, “Youth’s Father Links Kidnaper to Business Grudge,” The Miami Herald, March 30, 1966, 1. 

Jones, Clarence, “A Year Later: Danny’s Family Waits, Hopes,” The Miami Herald, March 19, 1967, 52. 

“May Have Lost Money to Victim’s Father; Kidnaping Believed Revenge,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 30, 1966, 5. 

“Million Gallons; Beer Dumped After Deaths,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 31, 1966, 27. 

Rabin, Charles, “55 Years Later, Kidnaping of Teen is Solved, Cops and His Friends Say,” The Miami Herald, December 31, 2021, A1. 

Roy Rogers’ Horse. Trigger, Fort Worth, Texas

“She’s Go-Going Through School,” Globe-Gazette (Mason City, Iowa), March 28, 1966, 1. 

Tucker, William, “Surfside Boy Kidnaped, $25,000 Demanded,” The Miami News, March 29, 1966, 1. 

Tucker, William, “2 Mystery Calls Received; Family Waits for Kidnaper,” The Miami News, March 29, 1966, 1. 

What Happened to Danny Goldman? The Cold Case Files of Danny Goldman

Wickstrom, Karl, “Little Shy, But Not Spoiled Neighbors Say of Teenager,” The Miami Herald, March 29, 1966, 1. 

This Week In '66 - Stamp Out Smut!

 

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This Week in ‘66, seventeen-year-old Peggy Fleming won figure skating gold, a pair of Gemini program astronauts died in an accident, tornadoes and blizzards wreaked havoc, and the Citizens for Decent Literature (CDL) waged a campaign against smut in a Philadelphia neighborhood. 

SHOW NOTES

“57 Die, 404 Hurt as Twisters Rip Into Central Mississippi,” Los Angeles Times, March 4, 1966, 1. 

“Alabama Poll Tax Unconstitutional,” Los Angeles Times, March 4, 1966, 1. 

“Blizzard Closes Schools, Snarls Traffic in Midwest,” Los Angeles Times, March 4, 1966, 1. 

“Death Penalty Fixed in Slaying of Two Girls.” Chicago Tribune, March 2, 1966, 8. 

Eady, James, “Nuisance or Need? Magazine ‘Purge’ Given Mixed Reception,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 3, 1966, 7. 

“The Truth About Citizens for Decent Literature,” Oklahoma City Advertiser, March 10, 1966, 7.

This Week In '66 - Hairspray Hazards

 

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The Sioux nations continues their claim, filed in 1923, for payment for the U.S. Government’s theft of the Black Hills; Lee Harvey Oswald’s widow tries to sell the gun used to kill JFK; and a surprising and disturbing litany of hair spray-related injuries and death. 

“Beautiful?” Student Life (Logan, Utah), February 27, 1963, 2. 

“Flaming Truth,” Star-Gazette (Elmira, New York), September 24, 1966, 6.

“Girls Now Rat and Tease–For Hairdos, That Is!” Fitchburg Sentinel (Fitchburg, Massachusetts), March 22, 1963, 3. 

United States. National Commission on Product Safety, Hearings, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 1970, 709.

“Indian Group to Pray for Land Return,” The Daily Plainsman (Huron, South Dakota), February 17, 1966, 1. 

Jimison, Susan, “Hairspray Bursts into Flames and Burns Beauty to a Crisp!” Weekly World News, September 1, 1992, 45. 

“Judge Rules Government Has Right to Oswald Guns,” The Wichita Eagle, February 22, 1966, 15. 

“Man arrested after wife set on fire,” The News-Star (Monroe, Louisiana), October 27, 2016, 83. 

Miller, Joy, “Far Out Hairstyles of Today Nothing New, Author Reports,” News Herald (Point Clinton, OH), December 2, 1965, 4. 

“Sioux Ask $70 Million for Black Hills,” The Wichita Eagle, February 21, 1966, 6. 

Steger, W.C., “Ladies Beware When Spraying Your Hair,” Safety Review, Volume 28, Number 7, July 1971, 6. 

“‘Teasing’ Needed for Bouffant Coiffures,” The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts), May 25, 1962, 13. 

“Woman’s Hair Erupts in Flames As Spray Ignites,” The Fresno Bee, February 20, 1966, 1.

This Week In '66

 

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SHOW NOTES:

“30 Delinquent Girls Escape in Rampage,” Chicago Tribune, February 17, 1966, 5. 

Green, Jim, “Hoosier Hustings, ‘Flexibility,’” The Cincinnati Enquirer, July 24, 1966, 70. 

Family Tree: The Indiana Girls School

“Flu Is Sweeping All of State,” Oakland Tribune, February 19, 1966, 1. 

“Cong Jungles Being Stripped by Weed Killer,” The Indianapolis Star, February 16, 1966, 1. 

Meki’s Tamure Polynesian Arts Group

“Jury Wants Girls School Closed Soon,” Palladium-Item (Richmond, IN), October 29, 1964, 1. 

Meagher, Ed, “Desert Murder Trial Opens in Tucson Today, Schmid Charged with Slaying of Sisters Whose Bodies Were Found Near City,” Los Angeles Times, February 15, 1966, 7.  

Reynolds, Ruth, “Bully in Big Boots,” New York Daily News, July 31, 1966, 100.

“Samoan, White Girl Wed in D.C.,” Oakland Tribune, February 20, 1966, 17. 

“Solutions Exhausted, Girl of 11 Admitted to State Girls School,” The Indianapolis Star, October 15, 1966, 10. 

“Ten Guards Are Added At Tense Girls School,” The Indianapolis News, February 17, 1966, 1. 

White, Frank A., “The Hoosier Day,” The Franklin Evening Star (Franklin, Indiana) September 26, 1964, 2. 

White, Frank A., “The Hoosier Day,” Vidette-Messenger of Porter County (Valparaiso, Indiana), May 24, 1967, 4.

This Week In '66 - Hicks vs. Hippies

 

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Andy Warhol’s Uptight and more missing nuclear materials were in the news This Week in 66, along with a custody battle that the media posited as a fight between “the hicks and the hippies.” Rather than turn over their seven-year-old grandson, Mark Painter, to his father, after the tragic deaths of Mark’s mother and sister in a car accident, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Bannister appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court. The court’s decision was a lulu, and suggested that Mark’s mildly nonconformist California-based dad was “too Bohemian” to properly raise his son.

SHOW NOTES

“2 Found, 2 Still Missing, Atomic Vials Lost Off Train,” San Francisco Examiner, February 11, 1966, 1. 

Andy Warhol’s Up-tight

“Bothell Beatle Loses Round in Court,” The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), February 26, 1966, 9. 

Crowther, Bosley, “The Screen: Andy Warhol’s ‘More Milk Yvette’ Bows,” New York Times, February 9, 1966, 32. 

“Hairdo Ruling Undone,” San Francisco Examiner, February 11, 1966, 1. 

“Forced Haircut Kills Boy,” San Francisco Examiner, February 11, 1966, 1. 

Lewis, Flora, “An Anguished Tug of War for a Boy,” The Charlotte Observer, April 17, 1966, 1. 

Murphy, George, “He Gains Support, Furor Over Dad’s Battle for Son,” San Francisco Examiner, February 13, 1966, 1. 

“Peace Group Marches at White House,” Los Angeles Times, February 10, 1966, 22. 

Sharpe, Ivan, “A Second Look / The Family Affair That Made Headlines Nationwide,” The San Francisco Examiner, June 23, 1980, 1. 

This Week In '66

 

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SHOW NOTES

The death of the fifth Mrs. Mickey Rooney in a shocking murder-suicide was in the headlines This Week in ‘66! 

Great video here:  The Murder of 1954 Miss Muscle Beach Beauty Contest Winner Barbara Thomason

Abramson, Rudy, “New ‘Pep Pill’ Control Law Going Into Effect; Druggists Must Keep Records Showing All Sales of Amphetamines and Barbiturates,” Los Angeles Times, January 31, 1966, 11. 

Ames, Walter, “Actress’ Friends Insist Rooney Was Her Suitor,” Los Angeles Times, August 13, 1958, 2. 

Ames, Walter, “Mickey Rooney’s Fifth Marriage Disclosed,” The Los Angeles Times, June 4, 1959, 47. 

Bigart, Homer, “Peace Groups Begin Protests Against Resumption of Bombing in North Vietnam,” New York Times, February 1, 1966, 14. 

“Denies Marriage to Eighth Wife Yesterday; Mickey Rooney Does It Again,” The Indiana Gazette, July 29, 1978, 1. 

Graham, Rubye, “One Girl in Paris; Saint Laurent Builds Smash Collection on Sailors’-wear Theme,” Philadelphia Inquirer, February 1, 1966, 1. 

Jaediker, Kermit, “The Murder the French Won’t Forget,” New York Daily News, December 9, 1973, 133. 

Johnson, Pete, and Paul Houston, “Mickey Rooney’s Wife Shot to Death in Brentwood Home; Young Actor Found Slain Beside Her,” Los Angeles Times, February 1, 1966, 3. 

“Mickey Rooney’s Wife Found Slain,” Newsday, February 1, 1966, 4. 

“Rooney Plans Sixth Marriage,” Honolulu Star-Bulletin, “September 5, 1966, 50. 

Sease, Glenn, “People,” Pittsburgh Press, December 15, 1967, 2. 

Shearer, Lloyd, “Elaine Devry: What it Means to Be One of Mickey Rooney’s Six Wives,” Parade, January 29, 1967.

“Starlet Takes Sleeping Pills and Nude Dunk at Rooney’s Home,” The Tampa Times, August 12, 1958, 16.

“Tape Recording Sealed Death of Mrs. Rooney,” The Independent (Long Beach, CA), February 2, 16.

This Week In '66

 

With Lynn Peril

Adults trying to control teens’ bodies are in the news This Week in ‘66! A Chicago judge decided whether or not a boy needed a haircut, and judges and a school board duked it out over a married teen mom’s right to an education—which brings us to the moral panic over teenage marriage.

SHOW NOTES:

“Enrollment Challenged; School Balks at Mom, 16,” The Morning News (Wilmington, Delaware), January 27, 1966, 16. 

“Kathy Returns to Alvin High School,” The Brazosports Facts, January 27, 1966, 10. 

“Young Mother Gets Court Okay to Be Student,” Albuquerque Journal, June 4, 1966, 7. 

“Oust Haters GOP is Urged,” New York Daily News, January 27, 1966, 12. 

Stanford, Nancy, “Community Crisis–The Teenage Marriage,” Corpus Christi Times, March 13, 1966, 46. 

“Teenage Marriage Gets Expert Eye,” Austin American, April 17, 1966, 1.