Garrett High School - Aeolian Yearbook (Garrett, IN)

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ils Se ee Din. the ’77-’78 school year, ‘gyptian President Sadat made a istoric visit to Israel, initiating peace alks between the two nations. The .S. acted as mediator abroad while pondering the Panama Canal treaty. he country also mourned the loss of enator Hubert Humphrey. | American farmers and coal miners ominated headlines with their ktrikes. Miles of farm equipment hoked interstates, protesting for 100% parity and free trade. Coal puncts vacated jobs for an i nprecedented number of days, ‘demanding higher wages, pension nd health benefits and freedom to ibtrike. The effects of the coal strike bore nto already high energy demands Ib rought on by extreme weather. bove: America grieved the loss of ubert Humphrey who, at the age 66, died of cancer. Floods ravaged California after a severe drought, and record breaking winds and snowfall paralyzed the Midwest and East Coast. Death claimed several world renowned entertainers — Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, Guy Lombardo, Groucho Marx and Charlie Chaplin. Box office hits “Star Wars” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” prompted a renewed interest in science fiction. Television replaced violence with sex. It approached such touchy social issues as homosexuality, transexuality and adultery in the mock soap ope ra “Soap,” and poked fun at mixed living arrangements in the comic series “Three’s Company.” However. . .(continued) =tight: During late summer, Tina ‘figh, Karen Ousley and Donna ' eed spend open lunch across the reet snacking. his Dahan daly ‘5 rt o ood ante ‘! working in the coo o's Be Hensinge - William g ppend Opening 3

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With 33 movies to his credit and such immortal tunes as “Heartbreak Hotel,” “All Shook Ce ae Up,” “Hound Dog” and “Jail ics House Rock,” Elvis Presley dies of 4 i a heart attack at the age of 42. A } + ‘ i

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th, hist “dresses and shawls: we drove four- The coal strike blackened our wheelers and cycles. . world when mandatory The school board anda group measures switched off street : “Concerned Citizens” — siights, lowered temperatures, 2 Bhs world with their © — darkened school halls and cut heated disputes over the conditions — off audiovisuals. Visiting lockers of the proposed building program. — or traveling outdoors between The “Blizzard of 78” halted our classes resulted in 3-day world as snow drifted waist high suspensions. on Randolph and other city streets. This Aeolian records the events ate We experienced cabin fever,food of the °77- 78 year. Turn the | I Ras cals” We one gol shortages and a record 13 snow following pages for a Journey Ck S days. Through Our World. 4 Opening