Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, January 18, 1967

Kennedy Suit

Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy has settled her lawsuit against author William Manchester and the Harper & Row publishing company, which had temporarily enjoined the publication of Manchester's book, “The Death of a President.”

Language Bill

U.S. Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas introduced the Bilingual Education Act, saying a Mexican-American child "is wrongly led to believe from his first day of school that there is something wrong with him because of his language … This is a subtle and cruel form of discrimination."

Actress Dies

Evelyn Nesbit, 82, American model, stage actress, and wife of controversial businessman Harry K. Thaw, died yesterday at 82.

This story was originally published January 17, 2017 at 12:27 PM with the headline "Looking Back."