Concordia Lutheran High School - Luminarian Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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1931625 . . . Death claims Chou En Lai, Franco after prolonged illness . . . Congress in- vestigates CIA . . . Ford ' s life endangered by Fromme and Moore . . . Fort Wayne teachers halt classes . . . Commercialism mars Bicentennial celebration . . . Mystery writer Agatha Christie dies . . . Sheila Young captures 3 Olympic medals for U .S. . . . U.N. Ambassador Moynihan resigns . . . Angolans gain freedom . . . Betty Ford speaks her mind . . . Hoffa disappears; no clues . . . Large field in Presidential primar ies . . . Unemployment reaches highest in years . . . Lockheed pay-off, Scandal round the globe . . .

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i — World view When you think back to this year, a few national events will stand out in your mind - events you continually saw on the front page of the newspaper. A sampling of headlines makes an overview of our year — 1976! Pat- WIRE SERVICE . . Red dye 2 removed from market; possible cancer link . ty Hearst captured after 19 months in hiding ... 17 dead in LaGuardia bombing Pittsburgh wins second straight Super Bowl . . . Armstrong upsets Lebamoff in mayoral election . . Jaws grosses $$$$$ . . . Monty Python ' s new humor attracts teens . . . Pet rocks hit the country . . . Cincinnatti wins World Series in 7 games . Karen Uuinlan case raises mixed emotions . . . Guatamala quakes kill 20,000 and leave many home ess . . . Cher divorces Bono; marries Allman . . . America garners 10 Olympic medals ... - r

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i — School view Many things happened on the national scene, but what about closer to home? What happened in school in 1976? The beginning of school went fast. You saw how everyone changed over summer, and which couples broke up and got together. Upperclass- men looked over the new freshmen while fresh- men tried to adjust to the Concordia routine. Up until December, special events and holi- days created three and four-day weekends, al- ways welcome to a busy student. The jamboree, homecoming, teachers ' conference and Thanks- giving flashed by and soon it was Christmas vacation. You came back in a new year with resolutions to really bear down, and, with the fun of Dis- covery Week and the help of extended weekends due to Concordia Day and snow days, you beat the midwinter blahs and concentrated on your studies. But it was hard to get serious with spring vacation not too far off. You lived from weekend to weekend and ever so slowly it came around and by this time you really needed a break. Upon your return, you braced yourself for the homestretch. But, when looking out the win- dow at the river, how could you help but notice it was greening up outside while you were sup- posed to be graphing a function in Algebra? Your existence depended on 1ST, lunch and 3:10 until finally that last week of school arrived, and man, had you waited for it! Then that was done in a flash-finals, baccalaureate, yearbook signing, graduation — and that was it! You did it! You got through another school year!