1960s Vietnam -- And Civil Rights

PERHAPS THE BIGGEST NEWS for the future was the research revolution ("The U.S. Invents a New Way to Grow").

Meantime, as U.S. companies went multinational, the war in Vietnam made Americans restless. So did the civil rights struggle, but some companies showed the way to peaceful integration of the workforce. Lyndon Johnson moved into the White House after the Kennedy assassination.

On a 1960 cover, older people already loomed as a new political and economic power. Computer software began to promise shortcuts, while computers became a huge world market ("Need info? Dial a computer," said a 1967 cover). And U.S. exporters found opportunities in the new Europe.

Airport congestion was worrying the new jet-setters--and for corporate women, it was still a difficult climb to the top.