Elkhart Memorial High School - Monolith Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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crook or a good president? Mike Wilsey—Probably a crook. Presidents are supposed to be above doing things like that. He betrayed the trust of the people. Maryellen O’Neil—A crook, I think. He didn’t really end the draft or the war. Congress helped him a Jot. Richard Lutey—lI believe he will get his respect back. Look at what happened in Ken- tucky—they named a gym after him. Patrice Pyles— Well, I think a crook. He really blew it when he lied to the people. I'll always think of him as a crook. Greg Baxter—He didn’t stop the war by him- self, and he was in charge of Watergate. He'll never be liked by the peopla again. 4 Where Did The Seventies Go So Fast? In 50 years, will Nixon be thought of as a

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A helicopter waited to take terrorists of the 1972 Olympics and their 11 hostages to an airport, where, later, all would die. What Seventies event will affect you the most in the Eighties? Marti Ludlow—Probably the decision on what my career will be. I want to be a manager of a nice restaurant. Steve Schemenauer—All the technology that was developed, like nuclear energy and com- puter science, will really change us. s Dorisanne Nielsen—Well, reaching the mid- point of my life means that I'm starting into the second half of my life. Harry Dancler—Definitely going to college. What I do there will set a pattern for what happens the rest of my life. Kim Pawlak—Well, I’m still not sure yet, but I’m planning to go to Purdue after I graduate. That will affect my whole life. Where Did The Seventies Go So Fast? 3

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In their best selling book Bernstein and Wood- ward told of the events that led to the political destruction of Richard Nixon. America set its sights past the moon as the space shuttle, which will be used for outer space travel, was tested. Seventies change U.5. It seems like just last week we were picking up the paper off the front step, opening it, and then picking ourselves off the front step after we read about Agnew’s resignation, Patty Hearst being recaptured, Son of Sam killings. But before we knew it, the Seventies were over. Can you remember when 1970 first pushed its way into our lives? The first new decade for most of us. Nixon and Watergate head the list as earthshakers. After all, American presidents don’t get involved in scandal and don’t resign every day of the year. For those who were not so Cities and towns all around the nation celebrated the Bicentennial in much the same way—music, crowds, and fireworks. concerned with matters of state, there were hula hoops, yo-yos, | and ‘‘back-to-nature’’ move- ments. The little old lady down - the street shrieked with disgust as shameless streakers ran past her window, waving and yelling. This act took real guts but meant that the streaker belonged to an elite group of brave exhibition- ists. People come and go to their 9- 5 routines, but before students know it, everyone says, “It seems like just yesterday we were hear- ing about Renee Richards, pet rocks, and the Canary Islands plane crash. What happened to all those years?”’ Where Did The Seventies Go So Fast 5