Interesting Facts about 1960
- Population: 177,830,000
- Unemployment: 3,852,000
- National Debt: 286.3 Billion
- Average Salary: $4,743
- Teacher's Salary: $5,174
- Minimum Wage: $1.00
- Life Expectancy: Males 66.6 years, Females 73.1 years
- Auto deaths 21.3 per 100,000
- The first debate for a presidential election was televised. It was between Senator John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon. Nixon seemed nervous, but Kennedy stood tall. The debate on TV changed many people's minds about Kennedy.
- * This year NASA sent up ECHO, the first communications satellite to be seen with the naked eye.
- American "U2" spy plane shot down over the USSR.
- The Olympic Games were held in Rome and Wilma Rudolf won three gold medals.
- Base Corvette with 283 cu. in. 230 hp engine and three speed manual transmission: $3,872.00
- Kennedy took office in 1960, Eisenhower was president until Jan. 20, 1960.
Class of 1960
From left to right: John Byrd, Olive Lime, Melvin Scott, Alice Davis, Bartley Mortenson
John Byrd, Carmon Castillo, Connie Chacon, Joe Chavez, Rosemary click, Darlene Coleman
Bobby Greenwood, Phillip Goforth, Carole Hedges, Sandra Hedges, Leean Herdman, Janice Hunter
Beverly Johnson, George Johnson, Lupe Juarez, Olive LIme, Bill Longenbaugh, Carmen Marquez
Bartley Mortensen, Kathie Overturf, Carolina Padilla, Gary Pelton, Sharon Pershing, Nita Phillips
George Means, Priscilla Mendoza, Janet Miller, Dean Minor, Walter Mitchell, Petra Montes
Eusevio Serna, George Sizemore, Joyce Shelley, Byron Smith, Dorothy Sneed, Crispin Vega
Bill Westwood, Don White, Kirk Whittemore, Dora Wong, Dean Wygant, Phillip Yee
Football
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