October 17, 1967
That fall of 1967, gas ran $0.33 a gallon and Johnson was in the White House — the Vietnam War was dominating headlines, with Johnson defending the air campaign and facing growing pressure from Congress to limit his authority to deploy troops. On movie screens, Sidney Poitier was drawing crowds in "To Sir, with Love," and on the radio, a Memphis teenager named Alex Chilton was singing lead on The Box Tops' "The Letter," the country's top song. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Boston Red Sox in a seven-game World Series, and that same fall, test pilot William J. Knight pushed an X-15 research aircraft to Mach 6.7, setting an unofficial world speed record for a fixed-wing aircraft that still stands today.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — October 17, 1967
NY Times Headlines — Week of October 17, 1967
9 Soviet One-Orbit Shots Hint Testing For Warhead Re-Entry; 9 Soviet One-Orbit Shots Hint Testing For Warhead Re-Entry
Johnson Ordered By House To Cut Budget $5-Billion; Plan, Approved 238 To 164, Calls For Heavy Slashes In Nonmilitary Spending Thrift Bloc Triumphs Administration Forces Left In Disarray Approval In Senate Is Dubious Johnson Ordered To Slash Budget
Thousands Reach Capital To Protest Vietnam War; Thousands Of Vietnam War Foes Arrive In Capital As Police And Troops Stand Guard Pentagon Focus Of Mass Protest Demonstration Leaders Say Many Participants May Go Beyond Approved Limits
Guards Repulse War Protesters At The Pentagon; 6 Break Through Line Into Building--Mailer And Dellinger Are Arrested 250 Seized In Clashes Spock Tells Demonstrators At Lincoln Memorial That Johnson Is Real 'Enemy' War Protesters Repulsed At Doors Of Pentagon During Washington Peace Rally President Called The Real 'Enemy' Spock Asserts Conflict Is 'Disastrous In Every Way' To Interests Of Nation
War Protesters Defying Deadline Seized In Capital; 208 Refuse To Disperse At Pentagon As Permit For Demonstration Expires 400 Arrested Earlier Leaders Of Two-Day Peace Rally Say Military 'Lied' In Denying Use Of Tear Gas 208 War Protesters Defying Demonstration Deadline Are Arrested At The Pentagon
World Events — October 1967
Time Person of the Year — 1967
On the radio
Billboard Charts — October 17, 1967
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1967–68 Season
Emmy Winners — 1967
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — October 17, 1967
Ebert 4-Star Films — October 17, 1967
On the field
Sports Champions — October 17, 1967
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