Whitehall High School - Whitehall Yearbook (Whitehall, PA)

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Anyone for a boat ride on the bridle path in Lehigh Parkway. During the tropical storm Agnes, the parkway became flooded in June, 1972. The storm didn’t do much damage in the Lehigh Valley and residents went to the aid of their unfortunate neighbors. news events 20

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Teachers’ strike gave students an extended summer vacation. For the faculty it meant making up three days at the end of the year. Some time was probably spent studying the use of the apostrophe. 19 strike

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LOCAL DISASTERS PRISONERS OF WAR To the person who is eager to digest the news, a real feast was set out. The presidential elections resulted in a landslide victory for Richard Nixon but the events leading up to the vote proved to be much more interesting. Longshot George McGovern won the Democratic nomination and then picked — and subsequently dumped — Thomas Eagleton for vice president. After Nixon was re-elected he finally ended our involvement in Vietnam. Henry Kissinger played a major role in negotiations which also brought home our POWs. Everything was not rosy for the president however. Watergate proved to be the biggest political scandal since the Teapot Dome. The tangled web of corruption seemed to pervade every facet of the Nixon administration, but was the President guilty? Wounded Knee suffered a relapse when militant Indians captured the South Dakota town. The plight of the Indian turned up at a very unexpected place, the Oscar awards ceremony. The man voted best actor refused to show and sent an Indian there in his place, who spoke of Hollywood’s treatment of the Indian. That best actor was Marlin Brando who won for the “Godfather.” This film grossed over 43 million dollars, an all time record. The last of the Apollo missions blasted off and the Skylab mission began. The might of the consumer was shown when housewives had their beef about rising meat prices but the complaints were largely unheard. In the world of sports, there were several notable achievements. Gordon Johncock won the misfortune plagued Indianapolis 500. The Miami Dolphins did what most thought impossible by winning all 17 games and the Super Bowl. The first triple crown winner in 25 years was super horse Secretariat. The tragic killings at the Olympic still did not blot out the brighter moments. Mark Spitz won seven gold medals and broke seven records along with it. The tragedies of the Olympics were pale in comparison with ravaging floods of tropical storm Agnes. It ripped throughout the eastern seaboard necessitating massive cleanup efforts. 21 news