Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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1976 American celebrated her 200th brlthday with fireworks, parades, and an armada of tall ships in New York . Little-known candidate less than one year before. Jimmy Carter, was elected President Is- raeli commandos make a dramatic rescue ot 104 hostages at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by terrorists Vi- king I sent back pictures of Mars- ..many wills surface after the death of billionaire Howard Hughes MOVIES Rocky. A Star Is Born. King Kong. Silver Streak 1977 Lou Brock Stole his 893rd base Sadat visited Israel Anita Bry- ant campaigned against lifting dis- criminations against avowed homo- sexuals the Alaska Pipeline opened the Son of Sam killer wounded 7 and killed 6 in lovers lane murders in New York Gary Gilmore became the first to be ex- ecuted in the U S in the past ten years Nixon was interviewed by David Frost . MOVIES: Star Wars. Smokey and the Bandit. Annie Hall. Saturday Night Fever 1978 Nine hundred members of the Peo- ple's Temple in Guyana, led by Rev- erend Jim Jones, committed mass suicide the first test-tube baby was born in England Proposition 13 limited property taxes in Califor- nia three Popes headed the Catholic Church during the year transparent plastic pants were avant-garde MOVIES: Grease. Animal House. Deer Hunter. Heaven Can Wait TOP UTAH NEWS STORIES OF THE SEVENTIES 1. Gary Gilmore's execution rein- statement of capital punishment after 10 years of disuse (1977) 2 L D.S. revelation of Blacks receiv- ing the priesthood (1978) 3. The eight-member suicide of the Immanuel David family (1978) 4. The Ogden HiFi murders An- drews and Pierre on Death Row (1974) 5 Energy boom in central and southern Utah caused by mining of coal, oil shale, and tar sands 6 Richard McCoy—skyjacking jet- liner for two-million dollar ransom- shot to death (1972) 7 Keeping funds for the Bonneville Unit of the CUP from being shut down by a Presidential cutback 8 Melvin Dumar's Mormon Will of Howard Hughes (1976) 9 Theodore Bundy (1978) 10 Effect of 1950's Atomic testing on southern Utah residents 1 You Light Up My Lite Debby Boone 2 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel 3 Joy to the World Three Dog Night 4 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ...........Roberta Flack 5 Alone Again, Naturally Gilbert O'Sullivan 6 Tonight's the Night Rod Stewart 7 American Pie Don McLean 8 How Deep Is Your Love Bee Gees 9 Stayin' Alive Bee Gees 10 My Sharona The Knack 11 One Bad Apple The Osmonds 12 Shadow Dancing Andy Gibb 13 Maggie May Rod Stewart 14 It's Too Late Carole King 15 My Sweet Lord George Harrison 16 Night Fever Bee Gees 17 Silly Love Song Wings 18 Le Freak Chic 19 I’ll Be There Jackson 5 20 Best of My Love Emotions TOP MOVIES OF THE DECADE 1 Star Wars 2 Jaws 3 Grease 4 The Exorcist 5. The Godfather 6. Superman 7. The Sting 8 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 9 Saturday Night Fever 10. Animal House Newsreel 43

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Anti-War Protests To Anti-Iran Patriotism: 1970 Joe Frazier won the heavyweight boxing championship Charles deGaulle died the past office became an independent agency the census said there were 207, 976, 452 Americans .lour stu- dents were killed by Ohio National Guardsmen in an anti-Vietnam pro- test The Womens Liberation Movement took a serious beginning astronauts of Apollo 13 were dramatically rescued and returned to earth from a malfunctioning ship midi skirls became the fashion Monday Night Football began on ABC . MOVIES: Love Story. Air- port. Patton and M'A'S'H... 1971 Anti war demonstrations contin- ued on college campuses Secre- tary of State. Henry Kissinger visited China AmTrack began, 18 year olds given the vote . the Pentagon Papers were leaked to the press showing the U S.'s secret involvement in Indochina a wage and price freeze was imposed by the President black holes in space were discovered by excited scientists and D.B. Cooper bailed out of a jet after hijacking it and getting a $200,000 ransom, and vanished mini skirts and hot pants were stylish MOVIES: Sum- mer of '42. Fiddler on the Roof the French Connection. 1972 Palestinians invaded Olympic Vil- lage in Munich. Germany, killing nine Israeli athletes former President. Harry Truman died... National Democratic Headquarters at the Watergate Hotel were burglarized Presidential contender. George Wallace, was wounded and para- lyzed in the Maryland Primary .. the Arab Oil Embargo caused gas shortages and long lines at service stations .. President Nixon paid an official visit to China. the lowest voter turnout in 27 years gave Nixon a landslide, victory . MOVIES The Godfather, Poseidon Adventure. What's Up Doc... 1973 Watergate Senate Investigations began an 18-mlnute gap was found in the White House tapes former President Lyndon Baines Johnson died the Vietnamese Peace Treaty was signed in Paris, but P.O.W.'s remained America's central concern from the war... Is- rael defeats Egypt in an 18-day war Spiro Agnew resigned as Vice-President in midst of an income tax evasion trial Gerald Ford be- comes V.P. the Supreme Court legalized abortion in early months of pregancy Secretariat won the Triple Crown Hot tubs and hang gliders were the fads MOVIES: The Exorcist, The Sting, American Graffiti, The Way We Were 1974 President Nixon resigns and Ger- ald Ford became the first non- elected President of the United States.. . Ford pardons Nixon- Patty Hearst, newspoper heiress was kidnapped by the SLA Evil Knelvel attempted but failed to jump the Snake River Canyon in Ida- ho on a jet motorcycle. Fads in- cluded transcendental meditation, appearance of Hare Krishnas on street corners, and streaking- . MOVIES: Blazing Saddles. Godfa- ther II, The Longest Yard 1975 Vietnamese refugees fled country as communists take over Jimmy Holla, labor leader, disappears . Patty Hearst was arrested and convicted of bank robbery as an SLA member two women at- tempted to assassinate President Ford New York City narrowly missed going bankrupt MOVIES: Jaws. Towering Inferno. Young Fran- kenstein. One Flew Over The Cuck- oo's Nest . 42 Newsreel

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Seventies End With Cold War Do You Feel A Draft? People In The News Millions of American Catholics celebrated the visit of Pope John-Paul II to the United States, spawning T-Shirts stating I Got a Peep at the Pope .. the Pontiff also paid historic visits to Poland and Mexico... England elected its first woman prime minister. Margaret Thatch- er the touring Russian ballet troupe suffered the de- fection of top dancer Alexander Godunov ...“The Saint of the Gutters.' Mother Teresa, was awarded the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize for her work in the care of the sick and the poor in India. the excommunication of Sonia John- son from the L.D.S. Church and her support of ERAmade national headlines. . . the deposed Shah of Iran made news as Iranian retaliation on the U.S. Embassy began with his stay in a New York hospital... The 1979 Heisman Trophy was awarded to Charles White of U.S.C. Mark Wilson, B.Y.U. quarterback, was third in the Heisman balloting and winner of numerous national football awards Larry Bird, Indiana, and Magic99 Johnson, Michigan State, were the superstars of the 1979 NCAA Basketball Championships'held at the Special Events Center in SLC.. talented gymnast. Kurt Thomas, raised America's hopes for the Olympics by be- coming the first individual all-around gold medalist in in- ternational competition. Tracy Austin became the youngest woman to win the U.S. Tennis Open.. Diana Nyad became the first marathon swimmer to cross the 89-mile waters between the Caribbean and Flori- da . old timer Willie Stargell was the MVP of the 1979 World Series .. Saturday Night Live suffered the defections of John Belushl and Dan Akroyd but kept running strong with Roseann Roseannadanna, Mr. Bill, Sluggo, and Week- end Update Steve Martin showed the world what a Jerk was the sex symbol title exchanged hands to Lonl Anderson of WKRP and the perfect-10. Bo Derek Bert Parks was dismissed as host of the Miss American pa- geants . in the Archie Bunker-Mork showdown on Sun- day nights, inveterate Archie came out a surprising top- Clayton Moore, the original Lone Ranger, was forbid- den by the courts to wear his mask Suzanne Som- mers9 Playboy past came back to haunt her ... DEATHS John Wayne, America's favorite cowboy and “tough guy actor lost his battle with cancer.. Lucy Ricardo's madcap neighbor Etheyl Mertz, Vivian Vance- Minnie Rlpperton, singer. “Loving You . . .Boston Pops conductor for over 50 years, Arthur Fiedler- former first lady Mamie Elsenhower . cartoonist and creator of Lil Abner, At Capp early Hollywood film actresses Merle Oberon and Mary Plcktord, America's Sweetheart.. Edgar Buchanan best known for his grandpa on “Petticoat Junction .. Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols died of an overdose of heroin. Lord Mount- batten, British war hero and member of the Royal Family, a victim of an assassin . Nelson Rockefeller, former Vice-President of the U.S. suffered a fatal heart attack Gearge Meaney, controversial labor leader.. and Thurmon Munson, catcher for the New York Yankees, killed in a private plane crash 44 Newsreel