Buena High School

             BEFORE WE WERE . . . . . . . . . . .

             THE BIRTH OF BUENA

                         ‘Neath the skies of Arizona

                           Stands a high school fair

             Boys and girls from Cochise County

                         Ever gather there.

                    Buena High is truth and honor

                         These will never die

            May we ever guard our standards

                        Dear old Buena High!

                      1962

                    Average Income           $  5,556.00

                    Average House Price   $ 12,550.00

                    Average New Car         $   2,924.00

                    Gallon of Gas               $            .28

                    Minimum Wage            $          1.15

                    President                     John F. Kennedy               

                    AZ Governor                Paul Fannin

                    House of Rep.              Morris Udall

                                                         John Rhodes

                    Senate                         Barry Goldwater

                                                         Carl Hayden

                    Sierra Vista Mayor       Paul Keating

                    Arizona Population     1,460,000

• World’s largest telescope built at Kitt Peak
• First civilian airport designed for jets is opened – Dulles Airport (Washington D.C.)
• John Glenn orbits the earth
• Arizona celebrates 50^th anniversary of statehood
•  Lear jets introduced
• Ol’ Miss is desegregated
• Rioting on University of Mississippi campus following black student James Meredith attempting to enroll ending when federal troops and U.S. marshals take control.
• Cuban Missile crisis
• Beatles have their first #1 hit in England (Love Me Do)
• Gene Powers born March 22^nd. Five minutes later he had the doctor in a full nelson crying “uncle”.
• 12 European countries form European Space Agency
• Venus Probe USA Mariner 2 - the first planetary probe
• Telstar relays the first live trans-Atlantic television signal
• Oral Polio Vaccine developed by Albert Sabin given to millions of children to combat Polio
• US Airforce investigates using lasers to intercept missiles
• K-Mart and Wal-Mart open their first stores
• Michael Prince is born April 24^th. He immediately promotes himself to Michael King.
• 90% of US households own a Television Set
• New York Stock Exchange has worst one-day drop since 1929
• WW II Nazi Adolph Eichmann is hanged in Israel
• Supreme court bans prayer in New York schools
• Soviet-U.S. spy exchange returns U-2 pilot Gary Powers
• Britain and France agree to develop the Concorde
• 61 year old actress Marlene Dietrich disappears for 9 months and reappears shortly after the birth of Mark Dietrich. Hmmm.
• The first use of silicone breast implants by Houston plastic surgeons
• LEDs  (Light Emitting Diodes) - used for displays
• While celebrating their baby’s 1^st birthday on July 30^th, Harold Michael’s parents deny that they named him after the Herald-Dispatch
• Venus Probe USA Mariner 2 - the first planetary probe

                  BORN IN 1962

Garth Brooks            Roger Clemens                 Tom Cruise

Patrick Ewing           Jodie Foster                       Evander Holyfield

Bo Jackson              Jon Bon Jovi                      Demi Moore

              Jerry Rice                         Wesley Snipes

                                        and . . . . .

                          THE BUENA CLASS OF 1980!

                                         1962 Corvette

MOVIES OF 1962

To Kill A Mockingbird

Dr. No

Cape Fear

Lawrence Of Arabia

The Manchurian Candidate

The Longest Day

Days Of Wine And Roses

Lolita

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?

         BILLBOARD TOP 25

1. Roses Are Red (My Love) , Bobby Vinton
2. I Can't Stop Loving You , Ray Charles
3. Let's Twist Again , Chubby Checker
4. Stranger On The Shore, Mr. Acker Bilk
5. The Stripper, David Rose
6. Johnny Angel , Shelley Fabares
7. The Loco-Motion, Little Eva
8. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do , Neil Sedaka
9. Mashed Potato Time , Dee Dee Sharp
10. Soldier Boy , Shirelles

11. Hey! Baby, Bruce Channel
12. The Wanderer , Dion
13. Duke Of Earl, Gene Chandler
14. Good Luck Charm , Elvis Presley
15. Let Me In, Sensations
16. Wolverton Mountain , Claude King
17. Slow Twistin' , Chubby Checker
18. It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' , Johnny Tillotson
19. The One Who Really Loves You , Mary Wells
20. Palisades Park , Freddy Cannon

 
21. Midnight In Moscow , Kenny Ball
22. Sheila , Tommy Roe
23. Twistin' the Night Away , Sam Cooke
24. The Wah Watusi , Orlons
25. Peppermint Twist, Joey Dee and The Starlighters

       SPORTS

World Series Champion    New York Yankees

N.F.L. Champion                 Green Bay Packers

N.B.A. Champion                 Boston Celtics

Stanley Cup Champion     Toronto Maple Leafs

Heavyweight Champion    Sonny Liston

Indy 500 Winner                   Rodger Ward

Kentucky Derby Winner    Decidedly

     ODDS & ENDS

 AROUND TOWN . . . . .

Shopping:   Food Mart, Copson’s Department Store, Lee Martin

                       The Klothes Kloset, Fab’s Department Store

                        Pemberton’s, Modern Pharmacy (Rexall)

                        Western Automotive Co., Ortega’s Shoe Store

                        M & M Auto Parts, Bellantoni’s Furniture

                        Reed’s Furniture

Restaurants:  A & W Root Beer, Dairy Queen, Van’s Drive Inn

                        Sammy’s Restaurant, T & L Do-Nut Shop

Gas:                Schrader’s Chevron, El Paso Service Station

                        ENCO, Rustin Texaco Service

 

 Cars:               Sierra Vista Motors, Culiver’s

Banks:            First National Bank of Arizona   

GOODBYES

Marilyn Monroe             Eleanor Roosevelt

“Lucky” Luciano           E. E. Cummings

                            1963

         Average Income           $  5,807.00

         Average House Price   $ 12,650.00

         Average New Car         $   3,233.00

         Gallon of Gas               $            .29

         Minimum Wage            $          1.25

         President                     John F. Kennedy               

         AZ Governor                Paul Fannin

         House of Rep.              Morris Udall

                                              John Rhodes

                                              George Senner Jr.

         Senate                          Barry Goldwater

                                               Carl Hayden

         Sierra Vista Mayor       Paul Keating

         Arizona Population     1,580,000

• President John F Kennedy is assassinated  
• Lyndon Johnson Becomes President
• The Warren Commission is established to investigate the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
• World Religions status: 890 million Christians, 200 million Buddhists, 365 Hindus, 13 million Jews
• AT&T introduces touch tone phones
• A hurricane and resulting Tsunami cause Flooding in East Pakistan Bangladesh kills 22,000
• Alcatraz federal penitentiary known as "The Rock" closes
• American Express introduces Credit Cards Into The UK
• Indiana State Fair Coliseum Explosion kills 74
• An earthquake in Libya destroys the village of Barce - 500 dead
•  Zip codes implemented in US
• Typhoon Olive with 110MPH Winds destroyed most of the homes on the Island of Saipan
• Berlin Wall Opened For 1 Day Passes
• The Sabin oral Polio Vaccine which is taken with a lump of sugar is given nationwide in US and UK
• In the Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright rules that a fair trial "cannot be realized if the poor man charged with [the] crime has to face his accusers without a lawyer to assist him."
• Studebaker the US Car Maker goes out of business and Ends production
• Nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Thresher sinks in the Atlantic Ocean
• Members of Ku Klux Klan dynamite Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama killing 4 young girls causing US Wide public outrage and Condemnation for the action.
• Pope John XXIII dies
• Pope Paul VI is elected by College of Cardinals.
• Edward Craven Walker introduces the Lava Lamp
• The United States and the Soviet Union agree to establish a "hot line" direct communication system between the two nations to prevent a possible Nuclear War.
• First US State Lottery in New Hampshire
• Phoenix becomes 26^th U.S. city to top 500,000 in population
• Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona is completed
• Jack Ruby murders John F. Kennedy's suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswaldon November 24th live on television.
• The Great Train Robbery takes place in Buckinghamshire, England
• Yugoslavia declares President Tito President for Life
• James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi
• New in 1963: Lear Jet, Lasers, Tab Diet Cola, Instant Replay, Holograms, Kodak Instamatic, Cassette Tape Recorder, Touch Tone Telephones and pull-open beer can tabs

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More of 1963