Hoover High School - Memoir Yearbook (Fresno, CA)

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if-M.-.e 9 4'9- , ws, x ts r '..,,i B WW' A-Q33 T lim Henson's famous muppets broke into big-time show business this year. Their debut was in the l'The Muppet Movie . The movie was the story of the discovery of the Muppets. ln addition to everyone's favorite pile of felt, hair, big noses, and crazy eyes, the movie included an all-star cast. The 1979 World Series was the Balti- more Orioles vs the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates took the series four games to two. This year's Super Bowl was the Pitts- burgh Steelers taking on the Los Angeles Rams. Sorry Rams fans. The Steelers took the bowl 36-12. The whole world waited, wondering if skylab would fall on them. Skylab chose backwoods Australia to make it's dramatic entrance. After 6-years in orbit, skylab sent Australians on a wild and wonderful treasure hunt for pieces of debris. For the first time in history gold value soared to over 8800.00 an ounce. Leap year comes every four years. 1980 had a February 29 in addition to the other 365 days. Will the draft be reinstated? lf so, will women be required to register? This is one of the many polilitcal issues faced by Pres. Carter. 1980 holds the answer to these and many other questions. 10 -the perfect physical female. Ac- cording to Dudley Moore, Bo Derek holds the title. The general public seems to agree too. As a matter of fact popular opinion has obviously welcomed Bo Derek into the 1980's as the decades first new sex symbol. 229

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lf your car needs gas you have to consult your calendar now. 1979 brought the oddfeven gas rationing bill into effect. Gas prices skyrocketed. For the first time gas prices hit and overturned the projected high of S100 per gallon. Willie Stargell, at the age of 38, led the Pittsburgh Pirates to a victory over the Baltimore Orioles in the 1979 World Series. Star- gell was voted Most Valuable Player in this year's series. He performed superbly during the pennant drive. His statistics were 32 home runs and 82 runs batted in. Street skating and disco skating have swept the state with popularity. There are roller skating beach boardwalks. Skating rinks have become more like discos. Even the skates have been altered. So if you like to disco dance, head on down to the roller rink and show your fancy footwork on wheels! 228 XE

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HoovER REVIEW NIXON RESILNS UUT5 EUUCATE5 . cestry as far back as they could. Alex Haley traced his family back to A young African boy named Kunta Kinte. Kunta Kinte I Roots' the movie that inspired Americans to trace their an lived wit, the desire to be free once again l HDCKS NATION 1972 the Watergate Hotel, headquarters for the Democratic Presidential Party, was broken into by the Republican party. A scandal was the result. Convictions were made against top U.S. governmental agents and advisors. The final result was the ELVIS DIE Elvis Presley, rock 'n roll sensation of the 50's and 60's died of apparent heart failure at the age of 42. Physicians stressed illegal drug usage was not the cause. - ' - - Elvis was found b his road las to Vleivwar-rw! Rights Amendment: STAR WAR W will the Box OT-Pace Hrl' X232 C, me change? O-F Decade. Of 'Af Cheese? Ylramer Etiegrrweu rl'Tr'illiW 99X flsfvlk Chpwglyrlla, Murder 5-I Summer Games l5l'c3ell t3??rwcr3wnClgklcx3fnLrpCriQiS:lQd9oom lvlurimh BERT ES SPLITIN '71 After Brian Epstien, manager of the Beatles died suddenly, the rela singer and composer Paul McCartney sued other members, John Lennon, Kleorge Harrison, Ringo Starr, and Apples Corps Ltd. for a previously agreed upon royality settlement. lohn Lennon acculsed Paul McCartney of trying to take over the group. He also stated that he believed one of the main problems was since they had been teen-agers when they started i together, they were growing up and apart. 230 l i l l ionship of the four men went downhill. Lead