The presidential race was in full gear during the fall, brought to new heights by the first-ever televised presidential debates, between Nixon and Kennedy. Kennedy proves victorious in November. B. Reverend King is jailed in Georgia for his peaceful civil rights protests. C. Castro declares Cuba a socialist state, and bans elections. The U.S. charges Russia of shipping arms to Cuba to spread revolt to other parts of the Americas.
Tensions begin to heat up.
D. Gains and advances were made weekly by both sides in the 'space race' between Russia and the United States. Alan Shepard rode a capsule 115 miles into space on a sub-orbit mission, making him the United State's first astronaut. Team Awards A. 30 students were members of the Whitman debate team. C. Intramural debate was held in the spring this year, and suffered a lack of participants. The winners were Skeeter Minnick and Bill Deschler of Phi Delta Theta and Linda Bowen and Patty Patterson of Kappa Alpha Theta.