California State University Sacramento - Statesman Yearbook (Sacramento, CA)

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The World Around Us In 1975 the United States began its adjust- ment to a world where events seemed to out- run our capacity to absorb them. While Rocke- feller began investigations into the misdeeds of the CIA and Ford announced the U.S. was in a recession, the Bicentennial celebrations officially began. In April, Vietnam again entered the news as the re- , maining U.S. personnel had to be evacuated from » Saigon. Meanwhile, New York City was in the midst of financial crisis. The danger of aerosol sprays to the atmosphere, an assassination at- tempt on Ford, the UN declaration of : Zionism as a form of racism, and the dictatorial emergency in India vy were other newsworthy events.

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The World Around Us By 1974 the United States was making moves to adjust to a milieu of seeming crises. The Alaskan pipeline was approved, Kissinger’s nego- tiations in the Middle East finally resulted in an accord, while the Republican Administration was increasingly under fire in the Watergate investigations. Ameri- cans were horrified at the kidnapping of Patty Hearst and amazed at the resignation of Nixon’s top aides, and also intrigued by Mariner 10’s fly-by of Mercury, Hank Aaron’s 715th home run, and Russia’s deporting of Solzhenitsyn. In July, the American political crisis came to a head with the subpoening of Nixon’s tapes, his resignation in August, and Ford’s pardon in September. Finally, Ford approved pri- vate ownership of gold and the Oil Embargo was lifted. PEL IITA NS iar fis ‘ ye

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The World Around Us 1976 America demonstrated its capacity to adapt in 1976. Old faces reappeared and new faces stepped forward to provide new hopes. The Win- ter Olympics, Surveyor’s Mars photos, the national political conventions and the election of Jimmy Carter dominated the news and TV screens. The U.S. began to celebrate our 200th birthday. Marijuana was decriminalized in California, a new investi- gation of the Kennedy and King assassinations was begun, and in Congress a new scandal began as a result of Elizabeth Ray’s revelations. Mean- while, old faces made one last appearance as Eldridge Cleaver returned to the U.S. for trial, Mao died in China, and King Kong returned to New York in an oil tanker.