Cathedral High School - Pantherpix Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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16 President Nixon orders mandatory fuel allo- cations to avert energy crisis, but oil-pro- ducing Arab countries join in an embargo on petroleum exports. Russian author Alek- sandr Solzhenitzyn publishes The Gulag Archipelago concerning prison camps in Russia during the time of Stalin: he is ex- iled. French president George Pompidou dies in April. Spiro Agnew is first to resign; Gerald Ford is sworn in to replace him two months later. Skylab II astro- nauts return from a record 59- day stay in space. Interest in ex- orcism greatly increases as a result of The Exorcist, a novel by William Blatty. Patricia Hearst, 1 Billy Jean and Bobby: a battle of the sexes 2 Attack on presidential palace: Al- lende killed 3Terrorists in the forefront 4 Gas: expensive and scarce 5 Skylab 6 Fashions: sparkle shirts 7 Two extremes of the sporting world 8 Kissinger and Brezhnev 9 Israel and Syria: a fight for land 10 Hunger: an all too real threat 11 Nixon with Wright, Ervin and Baker 12 Mother seeking food in the Sub-Sahara region. daughter of the wealthy Ran- dolph Hearst, is kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army. Streaking becomes popular on college campuses in March. Former Administra- tion members Haldeman, Ehr- lichman, and Mitchell are in- dicted in the Watergate trials. Hank Aaron hits his 714th home run, tying Babe Ruth’s record. Sr. Alice Kenney and Sr. Patricia Feeley become Principal and Vice-Principal

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13 Watergate Committee: ‘‘Uncov- ering the Cover-up” 14 Peter Falk: TV’s unsophisticated sleuth 15 Secretariat; “Super Horse” 16 Hen- ry Kissinger: foreign affairs advisor 17 Wheat shortage 18 Agnew’s res- ignation: first in a long line 19 Mar- tha Mitchell: the mouth that roared 20 Nixon: landslide victory 21 Jack Anderson: scathing reporter 22 Highest average 23 Pippen: A razz- matazz musical hit. choose to remain part of the United Kingdom, while Catholics boycott this vote. The US supplies air support Ay. wholesale price per bushel ‘xports in millions of bushels as heavy fighting erupts in Cambodia. President Nixon wins re-election in a landslide victory; he carries 49 of the 50 states. Wage and price controls are removed in January. For- mer presidents Truman and Johnson die. The Senate Wat- ergate Committee is estab- lished in February. Administra- tion members Haldeman, Er- lichman, Kleindeinst, and Dean resign, and the Senate Select Committee on Presiden- tial Campaign Activities con- venes under Senator Sam Er- vin. Members of the American Indian Movement seize the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. The soccer squad wins State and Western Mass titles. Sr. Rose Carmel wins the Na- tional Teachers’ Award. Coach Al Cece leaves CHS; John Mich- alak becomes head football coach in May. 15

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respectively. Rings are distrib- £ uted to 678 members of the class of ’75. The Student Rep- a ww resentative Board is organized OY a Sones . 5) gal, | in October. Mr. Edward Smith, i (7 io } -. om Business Manager, dies in ip ‘. | : ii aol ‘i December. Mr. Hen- ry Parent, Dean of students, is hospital- ized after suffering a stroke. Michael Shameklis, a gradu- ate of Cathedral, returns to CHS as a Buddhist monk. The Readak reading 13 Cesar Chavez: farmworkers’ ral- ly at CHS 14 Bishop Weldon: shar- ing experiences 15 The Great Gats- by: Mia Farrow and Robert Redford 16 President Ford: taking the oath of office 17 John Denver: ‘‘Thank God I’m a Country Boy”’ 18 Patty Hearst: kidnapping or conspiracy? 19 Alexander Solzhenitsyn: an au- thor exiled 20 Nixon: resigning the Presidency 21 John Dean: taking the oath 22 The Kennedys: a united family 23 Hank Aaron: new home- run king. improvement course is intro- duced. The Drill Team comes to a halt after twenty-four years of service. President Ford visits Asia in November: talks with Brezhnev lead to a breakthrough in the arms race; Japan and Korea also host the President.