Central High School - Pemican Yearbook (High Point, NC)

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NATIONALLY, THE years 1975-1976 were ones to remember. 1975 was filled with kid- nappings, and energy and money conserva- tion. 1976 was the year of a national election and the Olympics. In September of 1975, Patty Hearst, daugh- ter of newspaper millionaire William Randolph Hearst, was captured and returned to face trials for her activity with the Symbionese Lib- eration Army.. Miss Hearst had undergone a lengthy kidnapping by the organization. Sports-wise, the Pittsburgh Steelers repeat- ed their championship by defeating the Dallas Cowboys in the Super Bowl, 1976, by a score of 21-17. ln basketball, North Carolina beat Maryland to win the Atlantic Coast Conference in early spring, 1975, while Wake Forest up- set N. C. State to capture the Big Four title for the second year straight in early January, 1976. President Gerald Ford escaped injury when two assassination attempts were made on his life. The first was made by Lynette Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson: the second by Sarah Jane Moore, a mentally ill housewife. The divorce rate'-continued to rise causing the breakdown of the family. The production and purchasing of small cars was evidence of the money crunch and energy conservation program that gripped many people. New sub- stitute foods such as soy bean meal and imita- tion eggs and mayonnaise began to appear on grocery store shelves as shoppers sought more convenient and cheaper but nourishing foods. A big break-through in the space program occurred when the U.S. sent its first unmann- ed space ship to Mars. Politically, Terry Sanford, former governor of North Carolina, announced in January of 1976 that he would not continue his presi- dential campaign. Ronald Reagan, presidential hopeful, made a stop in High Point to boost his campaign support. Fighting and bombing continued in the Mid- East and in Northern Ireland. The CIA ran into problems with its past investigations. Quebec, Canada found it wouldn't be able to afford the 1976 summer Olympics. Innsbruck, Austria prepared for the Winter Olympics. 1975-1976 was a special year for the nation, and culmi- nated in the July 4, Bicentennial Independence Day. 26 Patty Hearst Found 2. Upper - THE VICTIM of a kidnapping in 1974, Patricia Hearst has now returned to face trials. Lower - FORMER MOVIE star and governor, Ronald Reagan speaks to the Rotary Club on January 8. He would later score an upset over President Ford in the N.C. presidential primary.

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STARTING SCHOOL in August is un- Lower - COLD TEMPERATURES brought with them the need to bundle up in coats, scarves, popular in the first place. But when hats, and gloves. But despite the below freezing weather, Mike Varipapa, Sarah Fitzgerald, Classroom temperatures reached above 90 degrees, conditions became 3 almost unbearable. Other area school systems let students out of school under these conditions. Although win- dows and doors were opened and electric fans used, the first few weeks of school were a struggle. Fall arrived, and, although tempera- tures cooled off, the weather was un- seasonably warm. November tempera- tures reached into the sixties and seventies with sunny skies. Winter brought some record lows with it, several days reaching temperatures of single-digit-degrees. Another record was set in the winter of '75-'76. For the first time, High Point City Schools were allowed to be postponed for an Q. hour due to icy road conditions not caused by snow, but by freezing tem- peratures and precipitation. Unseasonably warm temperatures in January were followed by, again, very cold days. Weather in the '75-'76 school year was varied, fluctuating from very cold to rather warm. On February 1, however, the ground hog saw his shadow, signifying another six weeks of winter weather. Buck Yarborough, and Sid Davis continue to stand outside in the cold. L' . . Above - WARM TEMPERATURES and sunny skies was the forecast for the last lingering days of October. Miss Liza Taylor, Mike Pierce's student teacher, takes advantage of the weather and treats a Western Cultures class to an hour out-of-doors under the trees. 25

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Guiltyof Bank Robbery 3 i THE PRESIDENT of the United States, Gerald Ford, is the first president to obtain office thru resignation of another. Left and below - ALTHOUGH ASSASSINATION attempts failed, Ly nette Fromme and Sara Jane Moore both got life imprisonment 27