Southeast Missouri State University - Sagamore Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO)

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i l i 1 ji A L L l r i West Point Moynihan Betty Officials disclose that at least 50 West Point cadets have been found guilty of cheating on a take-home exam. St. Louis Fire More than 200 firemen using 51 fire trucks fight a spectacular fire. The blaze destroys six buildings and damages four others at Locust and Twenty-first streets. Bubble The University purchases the Bubble. Saturday Night Ron Nessen hosts NBC's Saturday Night, which features a filmed appearance by Gerald Ford. MAY Reagan a The New York Times reports that Ronald Reagan paid no federal income tax in 1970 and very little in subsequent years. I can't type The Washington Post discloses that Elizabeth Ray is Wayne Hays' mistress and that she is on his office payroll at 514,000 a year even though, she says, I can't type, I can't file, I can't even answer the phone. CB First Mama Betty Ford joins in the Citizens Band radio craze by announcing her new handle. Martha Mitchell Martha Mitchell dies in New York of bone cancer. Earthquake An earthquake, centered in the northeastern Italian region of Friuli, kills nearly 1,000. ' JUNE Don Bolles Phoenix investigative reporter Don Bolles is fatally injured when a bomb explodes in his car. Lemonade Amy Carter raises the price of lemonade from five cents to a dime. Beaches Ninety miles of Atlantic beaches in Nassau County, N. I., are closed when sewage washes up on them. Daniel Patrick Moynihan enters the New York Senate race. He had earlier resigned his post as UN ambassador and said that it would be dishonorable to run for any office. JULY Birthday America celebrates the Bicen- tennial. Hijack A school bus carrying 26 children is hijacked near Chowchilla, Calif. The victims are forced into a truck van that is buried underground, and from which they escape 29 hours later. Death Penalty The Supreme Court upholds the death penalty, 7-2. Schweiker Ronald Reagan selects Pennsylvania Senator Richard S. Schweiker as his running mate. Legionnaire's Disease A Pennsylvania American Legion convention opens at Philadelphia's Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. Olympics The summer Olympic Games are held in Montreal. Two St. Louis boxers, Michael and Leon Spinks, win gold medals. Fourteen-year-old Rumanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci takes 4 medals, three of which are gold. American Bruce lenner takes the gold medal for his decathlon performance. Indians SEMO Baseball Indians are ranked third in the Nation in Division ll, after capturing the MIAA Conference title in May, with a 15-2 record. Former First Lady Pat Nixon suffers a stroke in San Clemente. AUGUST Litton Congressman jerry Litton is killed in a plane crush en route to a victory celebration after winning Missouri's Democratic senatorial nomination. Betty Ford dances with Tony Orlando in the aisles of Kansas City's Kemper Arena-at the Republican National Convention. 28 dead With the Legionnarie's Disease death toll at 28, Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp moves into the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel for a day to convince tourists that it is a safe place. Mixed Singles Renee Richards tformerly Richard Raskindl is barred from the U.S. Open women's tennis competition after refusing to take a chromosome test. No Martians The United States lands Viking II on the planet Mars, and it sends back to Earth volumes of information, including color pictures of the surface. One-way Following months of controversy, the City Council adopts a proposal making Broadway a one-way street from Pacific Street to Main Street. SEPTEMBER Lust I've looked on a lot of women with lust, jimmy Carter tells Playboy. l've committed adultery in my heart many times. Debate With nine minutes left to go in the first presidential debate, a capacitor burns out, leaving the two candidates standing stonily behind their lecterns for 27 minutes of silence. Floating like a butterfly Muhammad Ali retains his title against Ken Norton at Yankee Stadium. Daniel Schorr The House Ethics Committee reports that its 515,000 investigation has failed to determine how Daniel Schorr obtained the Pike intelligence report. Mao Tse-tung Chairman Mao Tse-tung dies at age 82, after dominating the world's most populous nation for 27 years. Vaccine arrives Cape County receives 3,430 doses of swine flu vaccine. I 5

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JANUARY S750,000 logo NBC's new corporate symbol replaces the traditional peacock and is discovered to be identical to the symbol used by the Nebraska Educational Television network. Red Dye 542 The Food and Drug Admin- istration bans Red Dye No. 2, the most widely used dye in foods, drugs, and cosmetics, calling it a possible carcinogen. S15 more Dr. Leestamper announces at a Student Senate meeting that fees for the 1975-76 academic year will probably increase from S110 to S125 per semester. Marathon Thirty-seven couples combine efforts to raise over 512,000 at the Dance Marathon for Multiple Sclerosis. lavits Marion lavits is identified as a 567,500-a-year consultant to the Iranian government. ational News The Bicentennial Year in RETRQSPECT FEBRUARY CIA A Senate Intelligence Committee reveals that it has found evidence of criminal activities by the CIA and the FBI in eight major areas, including illegal mail openings, character assassination and perjury. Liz 84 Dick Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton separate after four months of marriage, which had been preceded by 16 months of divorce. Lockheed The Lockheed Corporation is discovered to have paid S7 million in bribes to a right-wing japanese militarist influential in Tokyo politics. Guatemalan Earthquake A massive earthquake strikes C-uatemala, leaving 23,000 dead and nearly a million homeless. MARCH Swine Flu President Ford calls for a government-sponsored campaign to inoculate every American against swine flu. Campus Station KRCU begins broadcasting. Patty Hearst After 12 hours of deliberation, a San Fransisco jury rules that Patricia Campbell Hearst is guilty of armed bank robbery and of using a firearm to commit a felony. APRR Howard Hughes Howard Hughes dies of kidney failure in a private jet en route to a Houston hospital. At his death he is 70 years old, is worth over S2 billion and weighs 90 pounds.

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OCTOBER Loose Shoes Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns after voicing an obscene racial slur. Soviet Domination In the second presidential debate, Prsident Ford says, There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be under a Ford Administration. Vaccine deaths The number of people showing up for swine flu shots drops sharply after 14 people die within 48 hours of receiving the shot. And Tigger Too Winnie the Pooh celebrates his fiftieth birthday. 78 Killed on Mississippi At least 78 persons are killed when a ferry is rammed by a Norwegian tanker in the Mississippi River near New Orleans. Humboldt's Gift Novelist Saul Bellow is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. M-day The St. Francis staff moves 65 patients and all equipment from its old location on Good Hope Street to its new facilities at Rt. K and Mt. Auburn Road. Baba Wah Wah Today show reporter Barbara Walters joins anchorman Harry Reasoner in her new S1 million-a-year job on the ABC Evening News. NOVEMBER Gilmore The Utah Supreme Court stays the firing squad execution of convicted murderer Gary Mark Gilmore, who has pleaded with the court to be allowed to die as scheduled in mid-November. After a series of stays and reversals, Gilmore is shot to death on january 17, 1977. 'IGN IN Y-.1 Only 'YOU can prevent . . . Smokey the Bear dies at 26 in the Washington National Zoo. Ma Bell The state Public Service com- mission approves a S27 million annual rate increase for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. The result is a 20-cent charge for each call to directory assistance after five free calls a month. Cape Hotel A fire that begins near the furnace of the Cape Hotel guts the building in a two hour, three alarm blaze. Only one of the hotel's 20 or more residents is injured. Peanut farmer wins jimmy Carter is elected the 39th President of the United States. U-Hall The University purchases the old St. Francis Hospital building at a cost of S150,000. The building is used for additional housing. DECEMBER Richard Daley Mayor Richard Daley dies of a heart attack in Chicago. Vaccine Suspended The swine flu immunization program is suspended when 51 people who received the shots develop paralysis. Fans narrowly escape Twelve days after he has been arrested for reckless flying, Donald Kroner crashes his single-engine plane into the upper deck seats of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium where, moments before, thousands have been watching a Colt-Steerler playoff game. Oil Spill The Liberian tanker Argo Merchant breaks in half off Nantucket, spilling 7.5 million gallons of heavy oil into the Atlantic. This is the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Philip Hart During a condolence call to the widow of Senator Philip Hart, President Ford agrees to consider her request for amnesty for Vietnam draft resisters and deserters. 1. Vice-presidential candidate Dole stops to shake hands as he leaves the October rally on Academic Terraces. 2. Illinois Democrats surround jimmy Carter on the SIU campus. 3. The candidate's son, jack Carter, speaks for his father in front of the Grauel Language Arts Building. 4. Two words express party bias. 5. Carter is both welcomed and opposed on the campus at SIU. 6. Towers Cafeteria is one stop on the Danforth campaign trail.