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Class Highlights:
- Motto:
"Destiny has made us brothers; No one goes his way alone."
- Song:
"Today" by the New Christy Minstrels
Lyrics
- Colors:
Lavender
and
Blue
- Flower:
Apple Blossom
- We began our high school
years with 324 members in the fall of 1961. We were down to
317 as Sophomore and 295 graduated on June 3, 1965.
- The "Grape" and the "Eye"
parties squared off in the Student Council Elections.
- The award-winning LHS
marching band performed at halftime of the CU-Oklahoma State
football game.
- The football team won eight
straight games, finally losing to first place Poudre.
- The Northern Conference named Frank Javernik "Coach of the Year"
in his first season at LHS.
- Dave Hoffman set a new state
pole vaulting record of 14' 5 1/4".
- Paul Salas was elected state
DECA president.
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Historical Highlights:
- World population was 3.345
billion. U.S. population was 194, 302, 963.
- The average life expectancy
was 70.2 years.
- The violent crime rate was
24.5 per 1000 people. The homicide rate was 5.5 per
100,000.
- The first combat troops
arrived in Vietnam. By the end of the year, over
190,000 American soldiers, including some from the class of
'65, were in Vietnam.
- The Watts riots in Los
Angeles broke out and 34 people died.
- ABC paid an unprecedented $32
million for a four year contract with the NCAA to
broadcast college football games on Saturday afternoons.
- Bill Cosby became the first
African American to star in a television show.
- Sonny and Cher made their
debut.
- The newest dance craze was
the Jerk.
- "The Girl from Ipanema" was
named Record of the Year at the Grammy's.
- Other popular songs were "The
In Crowd" by Petula Clark, "Wishin' and Hopin'" by Dusty
Springfield, and "Stop! In the Name of Love" by the
Supremes.
- A first class stamp cost
$.04. Bread was $.19 a loaf, sugar was $.11 a pound,
and best of all, gasoline was $.23 a gallon!
- A medium Big Thompson Special
was $1.25 at Santeramo's. The large House Special was
$3.00.
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