Fifty Years Ago Today, February27, 1966

"Mrs. Columbus" Competition

Six housewives will leave their kitchen to compete for the Mrs. Columbus title March 10. The finalists will gather at the Gas Light Co. of Columbus auditorium to demonstrate cooking and home-making skills, each hoping to be crowned Mrs. Columbus at the 7:30 p.m. public-invited ceremony.

Viet Nam

President Johnson declared Saturday that the American people face a "long and hard road" ahead in the Viet Nam war. "It is not going to be easy," he told a news conference. "It is not going to be short. It is going to require sacrifices. I want everyone to know that." To underscore this, the President refused to rule out possible tax increases to pay for rising costs of the war.

Moon Race

The mightiest rocket ever launched by the United States, a towering Saturn 1B, successfully hurled an unmanned Apollo moonship over a punishing reentry course Saturday and triggered an all-out drive to land American astronauts on the moon within two or three years.

This story was originally published February 26, 2016 at 4:21 PM with the headline "Fifty Years Ago Today, February27, 1966 ."