News & Economy
President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey
Population: 194,302,963
Life expectancy: 70.2 years
Dow-Jones High: 969
Dow-Jones Low: 867
Cost of a new home: $21,500.00
Cost of a new car: $--
Median Household Income: $--
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.05
Cost of a gallon of gas: $0.31
 Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.53
Cost of a gallon of milk: $0.95
News Headlines
Malcolm X Assassinated In Harlem
Soviet Cosmonaut Leonov First Man To Float In Space
Watts Ghetto Riots Leave 34 Dead
25,000 March On Washington To Protest War
LBJ Stops Bombing And Offers Peace
Supreme Court Strikes Down Compulsory Anti-Birth Control Laws
Sir Winston Churchill, 1874-1965
Stolen Gems Found; Murph The Surf Held
LBJ Sends 50,000 More Troops To Vietnam
US Forces Authorized To Fight In Vietnam
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Music
Billboard Top 10
1. Name Game, The - Shirley Ellis
2. Lover's Concerto, A - The Toys
3. This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis & The Playboys
4. Help Me, Rhonda - The Beach Boys
5. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin - The Righteous Brothers
6. Wooly Bully - Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs
7. 1-2-3 - Len Barry
8. Treat Her Right - Roy Head & The  Traits
9. I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher
10. Eve Of Destruction - Barry McGuire
Top Albums
• Beatles '65 - Beatles
• Goldfinger - Soundtrack
• Mary Poppins - Soundtrack
• Out of our Heads - Rolling Stones
• Roustabout - Elvis Presley
Grammy Awards
Album of the Year:
September of My Years, Frank Sinatra
Best New Artist: Tom Jones
Best Pop Duo or Group:
“Flowers on the Wall,” Statler Brothers
Best Pop Female Vocal:
My Name Is Barbra, Barbra Streisand
Best Pop Male Vocal:
“It Was a Very Good Year,” Frank Sinatra
Record of the Year:
“A Taste of Honey,” Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Song of the Year:
“The Shadow of Your Smile” (Theme From The Sandpiper)
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Movies
Top 5 Movie Money Makers
The Sound of Music -$163,214,286
Doctor Zhivago -$111,722,000
Thunderball -$63,600,000
The Greatest Story Ever Told -$8,000,000
The Sons of Katie Elder -$6,000,000
Academy Awards
Best Actor: Lee Marvin: Cat Ballou
Best Actress: Julie Christie: Darling
Best Director: Robert Wise: The Sound of Music
Best Picture: The Sound of Music
Best Supporting Actor: Martin Balsam: A Thousand Clowns
Best Supporting Actress: Shelley Winters: A Patch of Blue
Television
Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. Bonanza
2. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
3. The Lucy Show
4. The Red Skelton Hour
5. Batman (II)
6. The Andy Griffith Show
7. Bewitched
8. The Beverly Hillbillies
9. Hogan's Heroes
10. Batman (I)
Emmy Awards
Drama...
Best Drama - The Fugitive (ABC)
Best Actor - Dick Van Dyke, The Dick Van Dyke Show
Best Actress - Barbara Stanwyck, The Big Valley
Comedy...
Best Comedy - The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
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Time Capsule: 1965
