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

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New businesses draw visitors to Crown Point With the addition of several new businesses to Crown Point, the num¬ ber of visitors increased. Many people from Crown Point found they did not have to go out of town to find enter¬ tainment. Three new restaurants were opened this year. The Bon Appetit was the first to open its doors to the area. Its authentic French food and elegant dining was a first for Crown Point. SOB’s Speakeasy was the first of several attractions surrounding the theme of John Dillinger’s stay in the old Lake County Jail. This restaurant was built in the jail with everything from a secret entrance to gangster waitresses to give the feeling of a real speakeasy. Other plans for the jail include a Dillinger Museum and a the¬ atre featuring the Cell Block Players. The opening of Burger Chef added the convenience of fast food to Crown Point. When the Main Street Emporium, a mini-mall with an old fashioned theme, opened, it brought much attention to Crown Point because it had the only shop in the entire Mid¬ west that sold Power Pyramids. These pyramids are said to have the power to, among other things, keep meat fresh, sharpen razor blades, and keep plants and people healthy. The Roller Crown Rink was another entertainment attraction added to Crown Point. People of all ages found it a place to relax and have good, clean fun. Mr. Paul Georgas (above) speaks at the dedication of the new addition to CPHS, while Mr. Ray Rogers, superin¬ tendent of schools, and Mr. Glenn Bothwell and Mr. Ger¬ ald Keddington, school board members, listen.

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National economic outlook improves 30 By the year 2000, oil production in the non-communist world could fall short of meeting demand by 15 mil¬ lion barrels per day stated a 291 page report “Energy: Global Pro¬ spects 1985-2000, product of the 2 ' h year Workshop on Alternative Energy Strategies. The WAES was a group of 35 industrial, government, and academic experts organized by MIT expert Professor Carroll Wilson. Economically speaking, in the first months of his office, Carter has cheered up conservatives by giving up his $50 rebate program and put bal¬ ancing the 1978 budget ahead of starting any welfare-reform or national-health programs. He has also stressed containing inflation as much as creating new jobs. For the first time in years, a man was put to death at justice’s hand. Gary Gilmore, convicted murderer, pleaded with the Utah supreme court The B-1 bomber (above) is the proposed replacement of the aging B-52 bombers. Seemingly the only problem with the B-1 is the staggering 21 billion dollar price tag on a fleet of 244 planes without armament. Alex Haley ' s ancestral story (top), made into a segmented book for T.V. had a tremendous effect on the country. Nikolai Podgorny (above right), president of the Soviet Union and member of the politburo has become Nikita Khrus- chev’s latest victim, having been removed from these two key positions by unanimous vote. to be executed. Only after a long hard battle and a suicide attempt was Gilmore finally put before a firing squad on January 17, 1 977. ‘On the lighter side of the news, Barbara Walters was offered and accepted a million dollar contract to team up with Harry Reasoner as co¬ anchor person of the ABC evening news. The movies on the big screen which seem to be worthwhile have been “Rocky”, “King Kong”, and Star Wars . The arts in the news this year included Marc Chagall’s “Windows. My greatest weakness is America. The people are so young and full of life, said French artist Chagall. As a tribute to the late Mayor Richard C. Daley, Chagall painted an eight feet high by forty feet wide stained glass window which is now in the Art Insti¬ tute in Chicago.