What made news in Monroe County, 1960-1969

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The auction of The Herald-Times print archive has begun. Volunteers spent about three weeks looking through the books to identify key moments in history. To make it easier to see what's inside the books, we're publishing lists of what they found. They did not have time to look in every book. This list covers 1960 to 1969.

1960 July-Aug., Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed. Key content: Planning for Lake Monroe, limestone quarry worker labor issues, Kennedy-Nixon race.

1960 Sept.-Oct., Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed/Few loose or damaged pages. Key content: Sept. 1, new IU Memorial Stadium.

1960 Nov.-Dec., Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed/Some pages cut. Key content: Nov. 9, John F. Kennedy elected president, other election results; Nov. 23, H-T camera takes train to Purdue.

1961 May-June, Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed/Few loose or damaged pages. Key content: May 5, first manned NASA space shot with Alan Shepard a success; Little 500 race; urban renewal of “Pigeon Hill”; business and industry section features The Herald-Telephone and its new building.

1961 July-Aug., Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed. Key content: July 21, Mitchell’s Vigil “Gus” Grissom pilots NASA’s second manned sub-orbital space flight; several stories on school system consolidation.

1962 Jan.-Feb., Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed. Key content: Jan. 4 photos of new high school; astronaut John Glenn circles the Earth.

1962 March-April, Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed. Key content: April 21, Mayor Tom Lemon to resign, take state post office position.

1962 May-June, Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed. Key content: May, Alice Dunlap becomes city’s first female mayor, filling out Tom Lemon’s term; Elvis Stahr new president of Indiana University.

1962 Sept.-Oct., Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed. Key content: IU graduate James Watson and two others honored with Nobel Prize for discovering structure of DNA; Cuban missile crisis Oct. 16-29.

1963 November, Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed. Key content: Nov. 1, deadly explosion at Indiana State Fair Coliseum. Nov. 23, next-day coverage of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (Nov. 22 front section missing from book).

1964 November, Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed/Few loose or damaged pages. Key content: Lyndon B. Johnson elected president, also state and local election coverage.

1965 March, Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed. Key content: March 23, photo of new Lake Monroe filling up; March 23, Virgil “Gus” Grissom commands NASA’s first two-man Gemini flight.

1967 January, Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed. Key content: Jan. 28, Mitchell’s Virgil “Gus” Grissom among three astronauts killed in flash fire in Apollo capsule on launch pad during a simulation.

1967 April, Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed. Key content: April 6-8, coverage of Central Junior High School fire; April 19, All psychiatric hospitals should close; April 20, Guy Loftman IU student body president.

1967 September, Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed/Few loose or damaged pages. Key content: Coverage of exciting IU football season that sent team to Rose Bowl.

1967 October, Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed/Few loose or damaged pages. Key content: Coverage of exciting IU football season that sent team to Rose Bowl.

1967 November, Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed/Few loose or damaged pages. Key content: Nov. 2, IU/SDS sit-in against Dow Chemical; coverage of exciting IU football season that sent team to Rose Bowl. John Hooker re-elected mayor of Bloomington.

1968 January, Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed/Few loose or damaged pages. Key content: IU plays in Rose Bowl, falls to USC team featuring O.J. Simpson.

1968 February, Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed/Few loose or damaged pages. Key content: IU’s artificial heart research advancing; Gary Mayor Richard Hatcher discusses civil rights issues during speech at IU.

1968 March, Daily Herald-Telephone − No book cover, only loosely bound, some pages missing, very fragile, yellowed, crumbling. Content not searched, but a newsy year.

1968 April, Daily Herald-Telephone − No book cover, only loosely bound, some pages missing, very fragile, yellowed, crumbling. Content not searched, but a newsy year.

1968 May, Daily Herald-Telephone − No book cover, only loosely bound, some pages missing, very fragile, yellowed, crumbling. Content not searched, but a newsy year.

1968 June, Daily Herald-Telephone − No book cover, only loosely bound, some pages missing, very fragile, yellowed, crumbling. Content not searched, but a newsy year.

1968 July, Daily Herald-Telephone − No book cover, only loosely bound, some pages missing, very fragile, yellowed, crumbling. Content not searched, but a newsy year.

1968 August, Daily Herald-Telephone − No book cover, only loosely bound, some pages missing, very fragile, yellowed, crumbling. Content not searched, but a newsy year.

1968 September, Daily Herald-Telephone − No book cover, only loosely bound, some pages missing, very fragile, yellowed, crumbling. Content not searched, but likely includes coverage of unbeaten Bloomington High football team.

1968 October, Daily Herald-Telephone − No book cover, only loosely bound, some pages missing, very fragile, yellowed, crumbling. Content not searched, but likely includes coverage of unbeaten Bloomington High football team.

1968 November, Daily Herald-Telephone − No book cover, only loosely bound, some pages missing, very fragile, yellowed, crumbling. Content not searched, but could include coverage of unbeaten Bloomington High football team, Richard Nixon elected president.

1968 December, Daily Herald-Telephone − No book cover, only loosely bound, some pages missing, very fragile, yellowed, crumbling. Content not searched, but could include Apollo 8 circles moon Dec. 21-27, Black Market on Kirkwood destroyed in Dec. 26 firebombing.

1969 January, Daily Herald-Telephone − No book cover, only loosely bound, some pages missing, very fragile, yellowed, crumbling. Content not searched, but a newsy year.

1969 February, Daily Herald-Telephone − No book cover, only loosely bound, some pages missing, very fragile, yellowed, crumbling. Content not searched, but could include Feb. 17 fire at old IU library (Franklin Hall) that causes extensive damage.

1969 March, Daily Herald-Telephone − No book cover, only loosely bound, some pages missing, very fragile, yellowed, crumbling. Content not searched, but could include IU swim team winning NCAA title.

1969 April, Daily Herald-Telephone − No book cover, only loosely bound, some pages missing, very fragile, yellowed, crumbling. Content not searched, but could include Martin Luther King Jr. assassination.

1969 May, Daily Herald-Telephone − No book cover, only loosely bound, some pages missing, very fragile, yellowed, crumbling. Content not searched, but could include second 1969 fire at old IU library (Franklin Hall) on May 1 that caused significant damage.

1969 June, Daily Herald-Telephone − No book cover, only loosely bound, some pages missing, very fragile, yellowed, crumbling. Content not searched, but could include Robert F. Kennedy assassination.

1969 July, Daily Herald-Telephone − No book cover, only loosely bound, some pages missing, very fragile, yellowed, crumbling. Content not searched, but could include coverage of the Apollo moon landing mission.

1969 August, Daily Herald-Telephone − No book cover, only loosely bound, some pages missing, very fragile, yellowed, crumbling. Content not searched, but could include coverage of Woodstock.

1969 September, Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed. Key content: Story on December 1968 firebombing of Black Market, Ku Klux Klan activity in Indiana; city seeks to annex areas; coverage of unbeaten Bloomington High football team.

1969 November, Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed/Few loose or damaged pages. Key content: Bloomington High football team’s unbeaten streak grows to 21, special section salutes team Nov. 14; local issues covered include GE strike, hospital expansion, measles vaccine, water fluoridation, annexation; Vietnam War coverage.

1969 December, Daily Herald-Telephone − Fragile/Yellowed/Few loose or damaged pages. Key content: Mental health center proposed for city; Smithville Telephone gets $1.2 million loan; IU sesquicentennial; Charles Manson trial.

Volunteers could not search every book and no key content was noted in the following volumes. The Herald-Times microfilm archive is being digitized. Help us make this list a resource for the future by purchasing one of the below books and telling us what's inside.

1960 Jan.-Feb., Daily Herald-Telephone; 1960 March-April, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1960 May-June, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1961 Jan.-Feb., Daily Herald-Telephone; 1961 March-April, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1961 Sept.-Oct., Daily Herald-Telephone; 1961 Nov.-Dec., Daily Herald-Telephone; 1962 July-Aug., Daily Herald-Telephone; 1962 Nov.-Dec., Daily Herald-Telephone; 1963 January, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1963 February, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1963 March, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1963 April, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1963 May, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1963 June, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1963 July, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1963 August, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1963 September, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1963 October, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1963 December, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1964 January, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1964 February, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1964 March, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1964 April, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1964 May, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1964 June, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1964 July, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1964 August, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1964 September, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1964 October, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1964 December, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1965 January, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1965 February, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1965 April, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1965 May, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1965 June, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1965 July, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1965 August, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1965 September, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1965 October, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1965 November, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1965 December, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1966 January, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1966 February, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1966 March, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1966 April, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1966 May, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1966 June, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1966 July, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1966 August, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1966 September, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1966 October, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1966 November, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1966 December, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1967 February Daily Herald-Telephone; 1967 March, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1967 May, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1967 June, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1967 July, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1967 August, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1967 December, Daily Herald-Telephone; 1969 October, Daily Herald-Telephone

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