This Week In '66

With Lynn Peril

Carnival rides collapsing! Fireworks exploding unexpectedly! This Week in ‘66 features Fourth of July mayhem of the old-fashioned kind. Also, three young women went missing during an outing at Indiana Dunes State Park, a case about which I could have said much, much more. 

SHOW NOTES:

“3 Women Missing at Dunes Park,” Kenosha News (Kenosha, Wisconsin), July 6, 1966, 1. 

“3 Women Vanish at Dunes Beach,” Chicago Tribune, July 6, 1966, 1. 

“13 Hurt as Ride Collapses, Accident at Carnival is 3rd in 4 Days,” Chicago Tribune, July 5, 1966, 1. 

Baumann, Edward, and John O’Brien, “Vengeance & Violence; Silas Jayne played a role in his brother’s murder and homicide detectives suspect that may have been the tip of the iceberg,” Chicago Tribune Magazine, January 3, 1988, 8. 

“CORE Approves Resolution Calling for End of Nonviolence,” The Los Angeles Times, July 5, 1966, 1. 

Cowgill, John, “Officers Warn of M-80 Military Firecrackers,” Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Arizona), July 6, 1966, 9. 

“Firecrackers Kill Man 58,” The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona), July 5, 1966, 1. 

“Fireworks Blast Home; 15 Injured,” Detroit Free Press, July 5, 1966, 3. 

“Freak Accident Kills City Man in Arizona,” Hartford Courant, July 5, 1966, 13.

Gaines, William, “Cop Believes 3 Disappeared Voluntarily,” Chicago Tribune, July 2, 1970, 75. 

Halvorsen, David, “Review Clews on Missing Girls,” Chicago Tribune, July 10, 1966, 5. 

“Heat Chases Mop-Haired Band to Clip,” Chicago Tribune, July 4, 196, 3. 

Jones, Jack, “Will Not Be Anti-White Wilkins Says; NAACP Stands Firm Against, ‘Black Power,’” The Los Angeles Times, July 5, 1966, 3. 

“Many Injured By Fireworks; Five Face Long Hospitalizations,” The Times Herald (Port Huron, Michigan), July 5, 1966, 1. 

“No Sign of Girls Gone 2 Months,” Chicago Tribunes, September 4, 1966, 8.  

“Police Now Think Missing Trio Ran Off,” Chicago Tribune, July 9, 1966, 1. 

“President Apologizes; Filipinos Give BeatlesBums’ Rush for ‘Snub’ to 1st Lady,” The Los Angeles Times, July 6, 1966, 1. 

“Ride Collapses,” The Tipton Times (Tipton, Indiana), July 7, 1966, 6. 

The Charley Project: Patricia Blough, Renee Bruhl, Ann Miller