This Week In '66 with Lynn Peril - Marie Mulder

 

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A missing H-bomb and “the schoolgirl sensation of American track” were in the news This Week in ‘66!

SHOW NOTES:

Szulc, Tad, “Learning to Live with the Bomb,” Express and News (San Antonio, TX), February 26, 1966, 7. 

Ziff, Sid, “Marvelous Marie,” Los Angeles Times, January 17, 33. 

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Grose, Peter, “Girl Quarterback Now a Top Runner,” New York Times, August 1, 1965, S4. 

Gardner, Paul, “Marie Mulder: A New Look in Women’s Track,” Parade Magazine, May 15, 1966, 8. 

Davidson, Joe, “Hometown Report,” Sacramento Bee, June 4, 2013, C2. 

Roberts, Rich, “Marie Mulder, Social Worker; A Look Back at Track: Racism, Ribbons, and Pot,” Independent (Long Beach, California), July 5, 1970, 23. 

LeBlanc, Pete, “Mulder Talks of Cover Girl Days,” Sacramento Bee, August 16, 1992, 155.

This Week In '66 - Boy Shortage!

 

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SHOW NOTES

The murder of civil rights activist Vernon Dahmer, a small plane dropping  antiwar leaflets over San Francisco and Oakland, and a professor prophesizing an upcoming man shortage—it’s all in the news This Week in ‘66! 

“Mystery Plane; Antiwar Leaflets ‘Bomb’ the City,” Oakland Tribune, January 10, 1966, 1. 

“4 in Unlighted Plane Drop Antiwar Leaflets, Arrested,” The San Bernardino County Sun, January 16, 1966, 3. 

“Youth Turned Out of School,” The San Bernardino County Sun, January 16, 1966, 3. 

“Negro’s home and store burned by nightriders; 3 hurt,” Hattiesburg American, January 10, 1966, 1. 

“Fire Bombs Destroy Home; Negro Leader Burned, Dies,” Chicago Tribune, January 11, 1966, 7. 

“Recalling the Legacy of Vernon Dahmer, Sr.,” Hattiesburg American, January 22, 2016, F1. 

Vernon Dahmer

Glueck, Grace, “Syndromes Pop at Delmonico’s; Andy Warhol and His Gang Meet the Psychiatrists, 

“Spinsterhood Boom Looms,” Oakland Tribune, January 16, 1966, 1. 

Goodman, Norman, Ph.D., and David Klein, “What Kind of Man Will you Marry?” Seventeen, April 1966.

This Week In '66

 

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This week I take a deep dive into the life of Marguerite "Maggie" Higgins, the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting, and who died This Week in '66. Higgins worked as war correspondent during WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. She was lusty and competitive, two traits that weren't considered "feminine" during her lifetime. 

Gerhard Neubert (1909-1993) - Wollheim Memorial

“Negro Mayor Puts Ohio in Limelight,” Oakland Tribune, January 4, 1966, 5.

Sammy Yonge, Jr.

“Former SS Medic Ordered to Jail,” Oakland Tribune, January 4, 1966, 3. 

Trimborn, Harry, “Woman May Share in $1.29 Billion Fortune–If She Can Find It,” Los Angeles Times, January 7, 1966, 1. 

Mydans, Carl, “Girl War Correspondent,” Life, October 2, 1950, 51.

“Wars Hot and Cold,” The Spokesman-Review, June 2, 1968, 88.

Noel, Peter Murray, MARGUERITE HIGGINS: AN EXAMINATION OF LEGACY AND GENDER BIAS, 2003. 

Schmiedeler, John, “My Day of Glory on the Battlefield,” The Salina Journal, January 9, 1966, 6.

This Week In '66

 

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A year-end roundup from the last week of 1966. Not the last week of This Week in '66, however, as next week we jump back to the beginning of the year. 

“Nine Receive Awards as Times Women of the Year; Honored for Distinguished Service to the Community in Many Fields,” The Los Angeles Times, December 13, 1966, 45. 

“Death Fades Nick the Greek, 80,” New York Daily News, December 27, 1966, 4. 

“Books of the Day, “ Kansas City Star, March 16 1967, 69. 

Toth, Robert C., “8 Paintings Valued at Over $4.2 Million Stolen in London,” The Los Angeles Times, January 1, 1967. 

Greenberger, Alex, “The 25 Greatest Art Heists of All Time, ARTNews, February 11, 2021. 

“Metropolitan,” The Los Angeles Times, January 1, 1967, 2. 

Fleming, Louis B., “Year Was One of Hope and Despair for the World,” The Los Angeles Times, January 1, 1967, 5. 

Dreyfuss, John, “Cases Skyrocketed in ‘66; Police Arrest Record Total of Young Narcotics Users,” Los Angeles Times, January 1, 1967, 25. 

Manners, Dorothy, “Hollywood; Ten Worst Dressed,” San Francisco Examiner, January 3, 1967, 32. 

“Worst Dressed List; Mia Farrow Chief Offender,” The Decatur Daily Review, January 5, 1967. 61.

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As the 2021 holiday gift-buying season reaches its consumerist crescendo, let’s take a look at some of toys of 1966. 

 

Jane Kass, “NY Toymakers Zoom in With Batman Playthings,” Newsday, March 8, 1966, 55. 

 

Wisman, Jon, “Merchants Looking Forward to Record Sales; Christmas Toys Already Selling Fast,” The Tampa Times, September 5, 1966, 18. 

 

“Toys Have Domestic Look,” Arizona Republic, November 24, 1966, 3. 

 

“Women Pack for Santa Claus,” Tallahassee Democrat, November 13, 1966, 23. 

 

Alice M. Gallagher, “What’s New for Children,”  Parents’ Magazine, February 1966, 22. 

 

Christopher Klein, How Johnny Carson Saved Twister, History.com 

 

Chuck Foley obit

 

“Wild New Game,” Press and Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, New York, May 22, 1966, 69. 

 

“Protests Aired at Toy Fair,” New York Daily News, March 8, 1966, 45. 

 

“Moms Picket, Protest ‘Hate Toys’ at Exhibit,” New York Daily News, March 8, 1966, 102. 

 

“Banish-Hate-Toys War Rages Again in New York At Annual Toy Fair,” The Evening Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, March 9, 1966, 4. 

 

“Unhappy Mothers Picket Toy Fair,” Great Falls Tribune, March 9, 1966, 4. 

 

“U.S. Toymakers Go Big on Batman; But Robin Slighted in Offerings for Next Fall,” The Windsor Star, March 9, 1966, 16. 

 

“The War Toys Issue,” Tyrone Daily Herald, March 15, 1966, 4. 

 

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The topless trend was in the news This Week in ‘66--specifically, cities and towns cracking down on what was called “public indecency,” and dancers and club owners getting hauled into court. But what constituted indecency? Also in the news, Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball. 

SHOW NOTES: 

“U.S. Holds a ‘Sneak’ Nuclear Test,” San Bernardino County Sun, December 4, 1966, 9. 

Boettner, Jack, “Council Gives Green Light; Topless Show Will Continue Anaheim Run,” The Los Angeles Times, November 29, 1966, 3. 

Greenberg, Abe, “The Voice of Hollywood,” November 24, 1966, 5. 

“Ruling on Topless Barmaids,” Oakland Tribune, November 29, 1966, 15. 

“Pismo Police Wary of Topless Trend,” Santa Maria Times, December 1, 1966, 2. 

Brimmell, George, “‘Square’ Old Washington Refuses to Succumb to Topless Trend,” Calgary Herald, December 28, 1966, 6. 

Jares, Joseph, “Debate on Over-Exposure; What to Do About the Topless Problem,” The Los Angeles Times, February 14, 1965, 35. 

Harper, Marques, “In the Realm of Possibility,” Los Angeles Times, May 19, 2019, P8. 

Brothers, Dr. Joyce, “The Naked Truth About the Topless Bathing Suit,” Town & Country, September 1964, 91.

“No. Beach Raid--Dancers Arrested,” San Francisco Examiner, April 23, 1965, 1. 

Hyer, Dick, “Topless Girls Freed--Judge Directs Verdict,” San Francisco Examiner, May 8, 1965, 1. 

Wasserman, John, “Frisco’s Topless Tiger Hopes for Singing Role to Start New Career,” The Brandon Sun, July 20, 1966, 11. 

“Topless on Trial; Carol Doda to Be Expert Witness,” Santa Cruz Sentinel, November 28, 1966, 14. 

Legendary S.F. Stripper Carol Doda dies at 78

Carol Doda, Pioneer of Topless Entertainment, Dies at 78

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On November 12, 1966, 1000 people, many of them teenagers, gathered in front of Pandora’s Box, a “teener nightclub” sitting on a traffic island on the Sunset Strip. They were there to protest against police enforcement of a 10:00 p.m. curfew. When a fender-bender turned into a fistfight, things got out of hand. Thus began the fabled riot on Sunset Strip. Check it out--this week in 66! 

SHOW NOTES

Ken Reich, “Teen-Agers and Crime Ply the Sunset Strip,” Los Angeles Times, January 16, 1966, 257. 

Andrew Briggs, “Adult Spots Suffer. Sunset Strip Now a Kid’s Hangout,” San Bernardino County Sun, April 24, 1966, 27. 

Jim Newsom, “Sweeping Police Drive Nets H’wood Juveniles,” Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, August 27, 1966, 10. 

“Clampdown Urged on Teen Spots,” Oakland Tribune, November 15, 1966, 38. 

“Eleven Teen-agers, Adult Arrested on Sunset Strip,” Pasadent Independent, November 15, 1966, 35. 

Art Berman and Tom Goff, “City Seeks to Raze Sunset Teen Club,” Los Angeles Times, November 17, 1966, 45. 

“Sunset Strip Kids on Curfew Rampage,” Times Advocate, November 19, 1966, 1. 

“Okay Condemnation of Teenage Nightclub,” Highland Park News-Herald, December 11, 1966, 5. 

Malcolm N. Carter, “The Battle of Sunset Strip,” San Francisco Examiner, December 11, 1966, 233. 

Cecilia Rasmussen, “L.A. Then and Now; Closing of Club Ignited the Sunset Strip Riots,” Los Angeles Times, August 5, 2007, 19.

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The 1966 television season was particularly brutal for new shows. This week, we'll take a look at some of the ones that didn't make to a second season. Also, I misspoke when I was recording this episode. As some of you no doubt already know, "My Mother the Car" featured a 1928 Porter, not a Model T Ford. 

Leszczak, Bob. Single Season Sitcoms, 1948-1979: A Complete Guide. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2012. 

“Screening TV; Copycat Programming Disenchants Viewers,” December 30,1966, 19. 

Will Jones, “After Last Night; Wasteland Is Not Trackless,” Star-Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), September 13, 1966, 41. 

“Viewers’ Views: ‘Trek’ Hailed, Berle Flailed,” Philadelphia Inquirer, September 16, 1966, 29. 

“Dick Shippy’s Mailbag,” The Akron Beacon Journal, November 27, 1966, 134.

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SHOW NOTES 

It's a recap of Halloween mayhem for the week of October 31, 1966!

“Halloween Youngsters Given Pills,” The Montgomery Advertiser, November 2, 1966, 7. 

“‘Fuzz’ Pills Given Kids,” Kingsport (Tennessee) News, November 2, 1966, 1. 

Mary Sanchez, “Mother Cries with Happiness,” The San Bernardino County Sun, November 2, 1966, 1. 

“Trick or Treat Terror for Two County Youths,” Contra Costa Times, November 2, 1966, 6. 

“Christmas too! Judge is Told ‘Too Audacious,” Xenia (Ohio) Daily Gazette, November 1, 1966, 1. 

“Halloween Thief Steals Kids’ Candy,” Belvedere Daily Republican, October 31, 1966, 1. 

“Trick-treat Fiasco Ends With Charge,” Arizona Republic, November 3, 1966, 8. 

“Appeal Made on ‘Treat’ Cupcakes,” The Star-Gazette (Elmira, NY), November 2, 1966, 2. 

“Teens Set String of Fires, Hitting Garages and Homes; Victim Attacks Vicious ‘Fun,’” The Detroit Free Press, October 31, 1966, 3. 

Keeler McCartney, “Halloween Bullet Kills Atlanta Boy,” The Atlanta Constitution, November 1, 1966, 1.

This Week In '66

 

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SHOW NOTES

In addition to the usual grab bag of news, this week's episode takes a deep dive into the shadowy story of Pearl Choate's October 1966 marriage to -- and possible kidnapping of -- aged millionaire Otis Birch.  

“2000 Students Battle Police in Front of Johnson’s Hotel,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 25, 1966, 1. 

“GOP Sues on Voting Machines,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 26, 1966, 8. 

“Paramount Pictures Comes to the ‘The End’ After 50 Years,  The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 26, 1966, 38. 

“43 Die When Fire Sweeps Carrier in Gulf of Tonkin,” The Los Angeles Times, October 27, 1966.  

USS Oriskany fire

James Phelan, "The Case of the Missing Millionaire," Saturday Evening Post, December 17, 1966, 85.

Robert L. Lynn, “Pearl Choate Birch vs. Church Groups,” Oklahoma City Star, May 19, 1967, 2. 

“Probate Sought for Will Leaving Pearl All But $2,” Abilene Reporter-News, March 18, 1967, 1. 

Kermit Jaediker, “Big Pearl’s Wheels of Fortune,” New York Daily News, May 30, 1971, 179. 

Preston Walker, “Administrator Looks in Vain for Millions in Oilman’s Estate,” Honolulu Star-Bulletin, November 22, 1970, 62.

This Week In '66 - POW's

 

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SHOW NOTES: 

“Supreme Court Rejects Bid to End Electoral College,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 18, 1966, 3. 

Jim Hazelwood, “2 Scientists Find That Silicone Creates Cancers,” Oakland Tribune, October 19, 1966, 10.

“Captured Pilots,” Oakland Tribune, October 19, 1966, 11. 

Norman L. Wells

Donald Glenn Waltman

Hubert Buchanan 

“The ropes”

George Esper, “Vietnam Revisited: For Veterans and POWs, a Flight into the Past,” The Journal News (White Plains, New York), April 26, 1992, 55.

Nestor Ramos, “Trump’s Words Rile, Amuse, Resonate with Former POWs,” The Boston Globe, July 26, 2015. 

This Week In '66

 

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Helen Kane

George Murphy, “Troops to Man Firetrucks,” San Francisco Examiner, September 28, 1966, 1.

“Reasons for Riots Outlined,” San Francisco Examiner, September 28, 1966, 1.

Jerry Belcher, “Governor Brown on Riot Street, San Francisco Examiner, September 29, 1966, 1.

Hunter’s Point social uprising (1966)

“Wheels of Fortune--Boy Stowaway’s Miracle Ride,” San Francisco Examiner, September 28, 1966, 3. 

“Glue-sniffing Returns to Area,” Berwyn Life, September 30, 1966, 19.

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“Glue-Sniffing Gang Probed,” Arlington Heights Herald, September 22, 1966, 5. 

Al Kuettner, “Wallace May Seek Presidency in ‘68,” The Capital Times (Madison, WI), September 19, 1966, 2. 

“Cloture Move on Rights Bill Fails,” The Capital Times (Madison, WI), September 19, 1966, 2. 

Beth Saulnier, “Justice Denied,” Cornell Alumni Magazine, http://cornellalumnimagazine.com/justice-denied/.

“Percy Killing: The 40-year file.”

https://web.archive.org/web/20140113171951/http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news&id=4563621

This Week In '66 - Monkees & Miniskirts

 

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SHOW NOTES:

Don Royal, “Sing-Group Spoof with Built-in Insanity for Fall,” The Kingston Daily Freeman, Kingston, NY, August 6, 17. 

“Berserk Yank Wounds 2 GIs,” Spokane Chronicle, September 13, 1966, 17. 

“2 Fremont Long-Hair Students Face Ouster,” San Francisco Examiner, September 13, 1966, 4. 

“Long Hair Pair Wavering,” San Francisco Examiner, September 15, 1966, 10. 

“The Mane Thing,” San Francisco Examiner, September 18, 1966, 11. 

Bob Collins, “Tour Abroad; Tweeds, Mini-skirts Standard English Fare,” The Star Press, Muncie, IN, September 18, 1966, 12. 

Maris Ross, “Mini-skirt Leg Display Continues to Show More,” The Sacramento Bee, September 18, 1966, 36. (UPI) 

Barbara Bernard. Fashion in the 60’s. London and New York: Academy/St. Martin’s, 1978.

This Week In '66

 

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SHOW NOTES:

Gene Roberts, “Atlanta Negroes Riot After Police Wound a Suspect: Tear Gas and Gunfire Curb Angry Crowd--Mayor is Topped from Auto,” New York Times, September 7, 1966, 1. 

Karen Grigsby Bates, “Stokely Carmichael, A Philosopher Behind The Black Power Movement,” Morning Edition, NPR, March 10, 2014. 

Shawn Levy. King of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1996. 

Earl Wilson, “It Happened Last Night,” Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey), September 2, 1966, 27. 

Clara Herron, “Teen Topics. Robin and His Hoods Win World Championship,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 5, 1966, 50. 

Mel Heimer, “My New York,” September 21, 1966, The Logan Daily News (Logan, Ohio), 10. 

Travis M. Andrews, “Jerry Lewis telethons raised billions for muscular dystrophy. Many cheered when he went off the air,” Washington Post, August 21, 2017.

Leslie Bennetts, “Jerry vs. the Kids,” Vanity Fair, September 1993. 

Jon Wiener, “The End of the Jerry Lewis Telethon--It’s About Time,” The Nation, September 2, 2011.

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Donald Janson, Guards Bayonet Hecklers in Cicero Rights March, New York Times, September 5, 1966, 1. 

Cicero March:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRKApBzO9C0

Dawn Pesau, “I-P Plywood Plant Still Struck by ‘Tight-Pants’ Incident,” The World (Coos Bay, OR), August 24, 1966, 1. 

Associated Press, “Strike Over Tight Pants Ends; Curvy Miss Due Back,” Fort Worth Star Telegram, August 31, 1966, 14. 

Associated Press, “Beauty Loving Cohorts Strike; Tight Pants Lass in Union Suit,” The Nashville Tennessean, August 27, 1966, 26. 

“Should You or Shouldn’t You?” Redbook, June 1962, 56. 

Mary O’Hara, “Women Look Hideous; Stretch Pants Ripped,The Pittsburgh Press, February 7, 1965, 28. 

Associated Press, “Clay Sheds Immodest Wife; Says Pants Were Too Tight,” The Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon), January 8, 1966, 17.