From the March 8, 2015, Chicago Tribune "Chicago Flashback: Hitting Rewind of Historic Week" by Stephan Benzkofer.
"This week 50 years ago saw a remarkable confluence of events that in striking ways echoes in 2015. In March 1865, the United States took a huge step to escalate its role in Vietnam; a former Illinois governor was on trial for tax evasion; the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led the historic march from Selma, Alabama,; and a Cook County judge's ruling that police mishandles the arrest of two Latino men exploded into a major controversy.
"A half century later, U.S. war planes bomb Islamic State flighters; the effect of money on campaigns and candidates remains as issue; the movie "Selma" recreates MLK's landmark walk and sparks its own controversy; and the U.S. department of Justice declares that Ferguson, Mo., police regularly violated the civil rights of African-American residents."
And, Mr. Benzkofer goes further to say that recently the Grateful Dead sold out multiple Soldier Field concerts this summer. The band formed in 1965.
Also of interest, the cost of a Tribune 50 years ago was 10 cents weekdays and 25 cents on Sundays. Today it is $1.50 on weekdays and $3 on Sundays.
Only a Deadhead. --Cooter
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