University of Wisconsin Platteville - Pioneer Yearbook (Platteville, WI)

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1977 Condemned murderer Gary Gilmore was shoT by a firing squad 0T UToh SToTe Prison, The firsT person To be execuTed in The UniTed SToTes in 40 years. This occured January 'I7. On The 245T of January, PresidenT CorTer grched omnesTy To mosT VieTnom drofT dodgers. 1978 The TTSon of Sam killer, David R. BerkowiTz received maximum prison Term for six murders on June 43. The firsT baby con- ceived ouTside a woman's body was born. The baby was a girl, born To John and Lesley Brown in Oldham, England. The College of Cardinals elecTed Ablino Cardinal Luciani, PoTrioch of Venice, Pope of The Roman CaTholic Church on AugusT 28. He Took The name of John Paul I. He died 34 days IoTer. On OcTober 46, The College of Cardinals elecTed Cardinal Karol WojTylc, Archbishop of Krakow Poland, as The firsT non-lToIian Pope since 4523. He Took The name of John Paul II. Above: Jimmy CorTer believed mm o presidenT should be wiTh his people. RighT: Ronald Reagan is commiTTed To economic recovery of The UniTecI SToTes 0T all cosT. 22 DECADE

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1974 January 3 marked The day ThaT a permiT was issued To begin consTrucTion of The Alas- kan pipeline. The projecT had been blocked by environmenTal IawsuiTs since 4970. The Symbionese LiberaTion Army TSLAT kidnapped PaTTy HearsT on February 4. HearsT was The grand-daughTer of The IaTe newspaper reporT- er William Randolph HearsT. The SLA demand- ed food for The poor as ransom. In March of This year, The WaTergaTe Grand Jury indicTed 40 people involved in WaTergaTe wiTh charges of conspiracy, obsTrucTion of jusTice, and purjury. John D. Ehrichman, Charies Colson and four oThers were indicTed in connecTion wiTh bur- glary of The office of Lewis J. Fielding. On Au- gusT 9, Richard M. Nixon resigned as PresidenT of The UniTed STaTes. Vice-PresidenT Gerald Ford succeeded him. In SepTember, Nelson A. Rockefeller was sworn in as The 445T Vice-Presi- denT of The UniTed STaTes. 1975 On January 4, a jury convicTed Nixon aides, HR. Haldeman, John N. MiTcheIl, John D. Ehrlichman, and RoberT C. Mardran of WaTer- gaTe cover-up charges sTemming from The June 4972 break-in aT The DemocraTic NaTion- al CommiTTee HeadquarTers. The U.S. Clemen- cy program for miliTary deserTers and drafT evaders ends. AbouT 22,500 of The 424,400 eligible signed up for a chance To earn re- Turn To The UniTed STaTes. This occurred on May 27. SepTember 48 was The clay ThaT PaTTy HearsT was arresTed by FBI agenTs in San Fran- sisco afTer '19 monThs of being kidnapped. 1976 America's BicenTennial began. The Win- Ter Olympic games were held in MonTreaI, Canada. In July, mysTerious ailmenT sTruck 179 people aTTending convenTions in Philadelphia, killing 29. On November 2, James Earl CarTer was eIecTed PresidenT of The UniTed STaTes wiTh 50.08 percenT of The popular voTe. Sena- Tor WaITer F. Mondale was eIecTed Vice-Presi- denT. Above LefT: By The end of The '70's, paTrioTism was again on The rise. LefT: Gerald Ford was The firsT appoinTed PresidenT of The UniTed STaTes DECADE 21

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1979 John W. Gacy was indicTed for seven murders on January 8. Police evenTuaIIy dig up 29 bodies buried under his home in a Chicago suburb and recovered four more from nearby rivers. On March 28, an accidenT aT The Three- Mile island Nuclear ReacTor in Pennsylvania aroused fears of major loss of life. A DC-iO jeT crashed in Chicago on May 25 killing all 272 persons aboard and Two on The ground. This was America's worsT air disasTer. On Novem- ber 4, Iranians seized The US Embassy, Took hosTages, and demanded ThaT The US reTurn The ousTed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was in a US hospiTal. During The monTh of November, The US suspended oii imporTs from Iran, and PresidenT CarTer froze all Iranian as- seTs in The UniTed STaTes. On November '19, Iran released '13 of The US hosTages 2 8 blacks and 5 women. 1980 In February, The Abscam probe of bribery and corrupTion by The FBI reporTed evidence againsT some members of congress. Killer John Wayne Gacy was senTenced To deaTh in Chi- cago for The murders of 33 young men on March 13. On The 26Th of March, MT. ST. Helens errupTed in WashingTon, hurling volcanic ash and dusT 45,000 feeT inTo The air and causing mud slides. On July 41, iron freed US hosTage Richard Queen, a vicTim of MuITipIe Sclerosis. On November 4, Ronald Reagan was eiecTed PresidenT of The UniTed STaTes. He had 54 per- cenT of The popular voTe. John Lennon of The BeaTIes was shoT To deaTh in New York CiTy on December 8. Iran demanded 25 billion in guar- anTees for The Shah's wealTh and reTurn of iTs frozen asseTs in exchange of US hosTages. This demand was received December 24. Selec- Tive Service SysTem reacTivaTed on April 22 afTer The house voTed To provide $13.3 million for The regisTraTion of men 49 and 20 years of age. Left: Pope John Paui iI visiTed The UniTed STaTes in 4980, DECADE 23