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Show DESERET NEWS, - H., ,W''C ... .... A.:-- .A .?vt-- ' ' n ' a '". December Saturday, : - A - 196? 27, '. V ' A3 i eCv;. fc' I v.. V (S V . C V- - a v i v s i$ & 6; .,! J v. I: wJS NV- W) ' '' d v - f t-- . I fc.,: vx , . .. i ' V Y Vir .; i s'- 1 -s.ijrwSr r"Y: L 'K.b V.T -A 'V '' J , ... ' Technology through the Sixties too often was the villain rather than the hero in the contest to save the cities while at the same time conserving the national environment. A New York skyline is warning out on is to time that control efforts the enough mounting pollution problem. running V' smog-shroude- a d . o Ifcfc" w if rtS''-- Lj, : ?! v''. 3 t 3?f: Y.yS-'- '5tw j ." Sn'.''r ,.wT,V'Jfe-'-- ' r a . ' i ;v- " , N. ;' 1V, ,' vAJ fe :. :i tvfc J '; :': AiW The Sixties, for all its assorted problems, gained nobility and historical significance when, almost at the close of the decade, man conquered space and landed on the moon twice. For the United States it was fulfillment of a national commitment that saw early stumblings in space and final triumph over the Soviet Union in scientific achievement. The cost: $30 billion for three manned space flight programs and a host of unmanned explorations beyond earths atmosphere, al! the way to Mars. Here are the Beatles, personification of the youthful trend of the Sixties in music, attire and hair style. The Beatles are merely the tip of an awesome iceberg of discontent among young people today, the groups late manager Brian Epstein once said. Their influence is still felt today and will, no doubt, be evident in the Seventies. Period Barely Big Enough To Hold All That Happened A It was a fantastic decade of human achieveg 10 years that saw: ment, a The marketing of a pill that changed die sexual mores in much of the world. Man set foot on the moon, his nearest neighbor in space, and set his sights beyond. as a boon. mind-bendin- A human heart from one body transplanted into another body. leisure time becoming a problem as well Tlie hard sell of modem ma riveting methods. promising the Sweet Life on a have-fun, in a The discovery of test tube. a way to synthesize life The coming of age of the computer, which showed man how to do a faster, more efficient . job. . It was a time, too. when man became fully aware perhaps too late that his own technological mastery was despoiling his environment It ocial was a decade of sweeping often frightening-s- changes that saw: Youth on a drug binge, (topping out, loosening the strings of convention and slashing out at the mundane, the ordinary, the expected. pay-lat- basis. It was a time, too, when man began an inward search of the full meaning of his life on earth. Millions of us heard the homebound astronauts say: It's a beautiful world! But we wondered what beauty really is. Man must ponder his legacy to the Seventies. Sir Julian Huxley, the British biologist, observes that man's technology has enabled him to reach the moon, but through his Frankenstein tendency to let it outrun his powers of forethought and control he has imperiled the welfare of the earth and his own tenure on it. For youth it was the From the drab, conservative look of the early Sixties there evolved the swinging, liberated. colorful feel of now fashion. The single most influential force in this trend miniwas the skirt. ever-shorteni- Ptcturt from UP! AP photo ryle liberated decade. They wore their hair long, they dressed colorfully. their life style was wild and wonderful. Hippies, Ydppies, Flower Children: their cause was love, peace, freedom. For some happiness was found. For others happiness was a trip to nowhere. v,Y-- I Among the medical Sixties, probably the most dramatic was the pioneering work in artificial organ implants and the ultimate: human heart transplants. Here Dr. Michael DeBakey inserts an artificial heart in the chest cavity of a patient. Philip the longest surviving heart transplant patient, died 19T e months after receiving the heart of a young South African colored." ur 1P I breakthroughs of the tV.' . k v--v -- r , v.v t a Blai-ber- g, Professional football and other spectator sports were an important part of a growing leisure time industry in the Sixties. By the end of the decade Americans were spending $S3 billion a year on leisure activities and related expenses. The decade saw the first super arena the indoor Houston Astrodome, omplete with plush synthetic turf. . t t |