Crown Point High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Crown Point, IN)

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Is there any way to sum up the past year in a nutshell? Don ' t bet on it! Although one word will bring it all to light—Watergate! Mitchell, Stans, Erlichman, Haldeman, Magruder, Dean, McCord, and many more names including Nixon were involved. Nixon and tapes always seemed to connect one to the other. Subpoenas, trials, acquittals, transcripts, Senate investigating committees, Judicial hearings, impeach¬ ment hearings . . . where does it end! Then the world began to resign—Vice-President Agnew, Israel ' s Golda Mier, U.S. Secretary of State Rodg¬ ers, and Kissinger fills the opening, several Nixon aides, Germany ' s Willy Brandt, Canada ' s Prime Min¬ ister Trudeau ' s government crumbles, and finally on August 8, 1974, President Nixon resigns, Gerald Ford takes over. France ' s Pompidou dies, Kissinger marries, Lt. Calley ' s sentence reduced to ten years. The energy crisis came with gasless Sundays, Mira¬ cle Worker Kissinger solves problems in Middle East, granddaughter of the late William Randolph Hearst, Patricia, kidnapped by the S.L.A., then joins their cause. Atlanta Constitution edi¬ tor, Reg Murphy kidnapped because of his liberal news views. Political havoc in Chi¬ cago includes Daley ' s friends and family, Phase IV ends, prices soar, minimum wage up to $2.00. Colleges beg for students, tuition sky- high. In sports: Atlanta Braves Henry Aaron breaks Babe Ruth ' s home run record of 714, Miami Dolphins stars Jim Kick, Larry Zsonka and Paul Warfield go to the World Football League for more money, Chicago Black- hawks Golden Jet , Bobby Hull to World Hockey League for more of the same. In movies, television and music: THE EXORCIST shocks many, thought to run away with Academy Awards, fooled by THE STING, as it snatched Best Picture . Tel¬ evision ' s Walton family cap¬ tures the hearts of.millions, showmen salute Jimmy Cag¬ ney, Superstars Sonny and Cher split, Bobby Darin, Jim Croce, Agnes Moorehead, new caster from the Today show Frank Magee, and retired newscaster Chet Huntley die. November 23, 1973, 10 years since the death of President John F. Kennedy. All in all, it was a confus¬ ing, exciting and sometimes devastating year. Times have changed, we ' re moving faster. WE ' RE NOT GETTING OLDER , WE ' RE GETTING BETTER? Well, think of it this way, things can ' t get any worse. (Thiraoiol ABOVE —The Chicago Tribune made a journalism first when they printed Nix¬ on ' s transcripts, expletives deleted and

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LEFT —Evacuation of the old courthouse became a familiar and bothersome sight in June. LEFT —Landmarking Crown Point for years, the tattered courthouse ' s fate is now at the hands of the county.

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-ergateTapes W Mi; LEFT —The best selling novel of just a few years ago is made into the most controversial movie of the year.