Altus Senior High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Altus, OK)

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the most spectacular local and na- tional fireworks and talent dis- plays ever. This was also the last summer that fireworks were made available to private citizens. Altus voted for a new form of self-government called City Man- ager. Free-holders were elected to write the new city charter. Students of voting age let the candidates know that they cared. Henry “The Fonz” Winkler be- came a household word ... if he had run for a political office, he probably could have been elected .. . that is if the sophomores could vote too. 9

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Denim clothes, as well as every- thing else, cost more. The economy showed slight im- provement, but gas prices rose and car sizes shrunk. The two items which cost less were pantyhose and calculators. Another ship and its crew were lost in the Bermuda Triangle. Many medical doctors struck be- cause of the high cost of malprac- tice insurance. First class postage went to 13c. First lunch period was a favorite because of “The Young and the Restless.” Laurie married Lance; Brad and Leslie were planning a divorce, even though Brad didn’t know that Leslie was pregnant; and Mr. Brooks found out that Laurie really wasn’t his daughter; Peggy and Jack were engaged. Bicentennial, 1976 was celebrat- ed last summer with . .. 8

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