News & Economy
President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey
Population: 196,560,338
Life expectancy: 70.2 years
Dow-Jones High: 950
Dow-Jones Low: 744
Cost of a new home: $23,300.00
Cost of a new car: $--
Median Household Income: $--
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.05
Cost of a gallon of gas: $0.32
 Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.60
Cost of a gallon of milk: $0.99
News Headlines
Apollo Test Launch Kills Chaffe, Grissom, White
B-52 And Jet Tanker Collide- 7 Die 4H-Bombs Lost 3 Recovered
Russia Makes First Soft Moon Landing
Lost H bomb Found Off Spanish Coast
Supreme Court Rules On Rights Of Accused In Miranda Case
Sniper In Texas Shots 45 from Tower
Long Time Favorite Buster Keaton Dies
Auto Critic Nader Gets Apology From GM
Lost H-bomb Found Off Coast Of Spain
Artificial Pump Is Implanted In Heart
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Music
Billboard Top 10
1. I'm A Believer - Monkees
2. Summer In The City - Lovin' Spoonful
3. Wild Thing - Troggs
4. Hanky Panky - Tommy James And The Shondells
5. When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
6. Soul And Inspiration - The Righteous Brothers
7. Monday, Monday - Mamas And Papas
8. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
9. Devil With A Blue Dress On - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
10. Good Lovin' - Young Rascals
Top Albums
• Doctor Zhivago - Soundtrack
• Going Places - Herb Alpert and the Tijuanna Brass
• If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears - Mamas and the Papas
• Rubber Soul - Beatles
• The Monkees - Monkees
Grammy Awards
Album of the Year:
Sinatra: A Man and His Music, Frank Sinatra
Best Pop Duo or Group:
“A Man and a Woman,” Anita Kerr Singers
Best Pop Female Vocal:
“If He Walked Into My Life,” Eydie Gormé
Best Pop Male Vocal:
“Strangers in the Night,” Frank Sinatra
Record of the Year:
“Strangers in the Night,” Frank Sinatra
Song of the Year:
“Michelle” John Lennon and Paul McCartney
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Movies
Top 5 Movie Money Makers
The Wild Angels-$6,500,000
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly -$6,100,000
Paradise, Hawaiian Style -$2,500,000
Academy Awards
Best Actor: Paul Scofield: A Man for All Seasons
Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Director: Fred Zinnemann: A Man for All Seasons
Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons
Best Supporting Actor: Walter Matthau: The Fortune Cookie
Best Supporting Actress: Sandy Dennis: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Television
Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. Bonanza
2. The Red Skelton Hour
3. The Andy Griffith Show
4. The Lucy Show
5. The Jackie Gleason Show
6. Green Acres
7. Daktari
8. Bewitched
9. The Beverly Hillbillies
10. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Emmy Awards
Drama...
Best Drama - Mission: Impossible (CBS)
Best Actor - Bill Cosby, I Spy
Best Actress - Barbara Stanwyck, The Big Valley
Comedy...
Best Comedy - The Monkees
Best Actor - Dick Van Dyke, The Dick Van Dyke Show
Best Actress - Lucille Ball, The Lucy Show
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Time Capsule: 1966
Super Bowl I:
"Suggested for mature audiences" starts due to "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolf"