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

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A final salute; Nixon says goodbye to his staff and boards a helicopter on the White House lawn following his resignation in August, 1974. A Kent State student screams for help over the body of a fellow classmate slain in a con- frontation with Nation- al Guardsmen in June, 1970. The Three Mile Island power plate near down in a reactor, a cloud of radioactrv Harrisburg, Pa., was the site in 1979 of a steam was accidently released, near disaster when after a partial melt- 16 national

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One of the decade ' s most dramatic moments was the October, 1979, visit of Pope John Paul II to the city of Chicago during a whirlwind six-city trip to the United States. (AP Laserphoto) Reviewing the 70 ' s: International It was 10 years of news, good and bad that changed the world. This was the decade that . . . Alexander Solzhenitsyn won the Noble Prize in Literature. . . . the Palestinian Army slayed five Israeli Olym- pic wrestlers. . . . formal U.S. involvement in the Vietnamese war ended. . . . Israeli forces drove into Egypt during an 18-day war which ended in a negotiated truce. . . . ships began moving through the Suez Canal for the first time since the Arab-Israeli War of 1967. . . . Britain ' s Princess Margaret and her husband. Lord Snowdon, separated after 16 years of mar- riage. . . . Bjorn Borg enticed millions to tennis. . . . Leonid Brezhnew became head of the Russian state as well as general secretary of the Communist party. . . . Mrs. Leslie Brown gave birth to the world ' s first test-tube baby. . . . Margaret Thatcher became Great Britain ' s first woman prime minister. ... in Guyana, Peoples Temple leader, Jim Jones, triggered the assasination of a U.S. Congressman — and then coerced 900 followers into mass sui- cide. . . . many Cambodian boat people died. . . . Romania ' s Nadia Comaneci won hearts and offi- cials ratings of perfect 10 ' s. . . . the world ' s worst air disaster took 592 lives when two jet airliners collided in Tenerife. . . . Mikhail Baryshnikov soared to the summit of dance. . . . Iranian students captured the American Em- bassy in Teheran and took at least 60 American hostages. During the ' 70 ' s we said goodbye to these people: Pablo Picasso, Golda Meir, Pope John Paul I, Pope Paul VI, Generalissimo Francisco Franco, Howard Hughes, Karl Wallenda, Aristotle Onassis and Charles A. Lindbergh. U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance waves to a colleague as U.S. Defense Secretary Harold Brown, left, and U.S. Permanent Am- bassador to NATO Tapley Bennett look on at Brussels. NATO , defense and foreign ministers were meeting in a joint session to discuss the deployment of new nuclear missiles in Western Europe. (AP Laserphoto) international 15

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In 1975, Patty Hearst left the San Mateo, Calif., jail for court. Sen- .enced to seven years for bank robbery. Hearts — kidnapped and ' brainedwashed by the SLA — was freed after serving 22 ' i nonths. The rockets ' red glare gave proof through the night that the Statue of Liberty was still there. So did 13 World War II searchlights. Reviewing the 70 ' s: National tW% he 1970 ' s brought many changes in the nation, JL — whether through, politics, entertainment, or intriguing people. It included: ... a series of riots over the Vietnam war where students were shot and wounded at Ohio ' s Kent State University. . . . More Women worked outside of the home in professional careers. This is known as the Womens movement. . . . eighteen year olds given the right to vote. . . . The Watergate Scandal which evolved when the Democratic headquarters were broken into. . . . Two giant panda bears arrived from China at the Washington National Zoo. . . . John Dean confessed to being involved in Wa- tergate, and admitted Richard Nixon ' s involve- ment. . . . Spiro Agnew resigned after being charged with the income tax evasion and was succeeded by Ger- ald Ford. . . . Swimmer Mark Spitz won a record of seven gold medals at the Olympics. . . . Nixon, the first president to resign only ad- mitted to errors in judgement, but not to involve- ment in Watergate. . . . Patricia Hearst kidnapped by the SLA from her apartment in Berkley, California. . . . Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth ' s record with 715 homeruns. . . . U.S. officially pulled out of Vietnam. . . . Labor Union Leader Jimmy Hoffa went out to lunch in Michigan and was never seen again. . . . FBI agents arrested Patty Hearst and three other fugitives. . . . Jimmy Carter was elected President. . . . Grand Bicentennial was a major celebration throughout the U.S. . . . Lou Brock broke Ty Cobb ' s 49 year old record by stealing 893 bases. . . . New York experienced a 24 hour black out through a portion of the state. . . . California property taxs were cut in half with proposition 13. . . . the world ' s worst air crash took 582 lives when two jetliners collided. . . . Reverand Jim Jones played on the emotions of underprivileged people and finally called them to their deaths. . . . Karen Quinlan became the first major court case over euthanasia. . . . Pope John Paul II visits the United States dur- ing a world tour. . . . Patty Hearst married former body guard Ber- nard Shaw. . . . Steve Martin led the comedy world. nati