Golden Valley High School - Viking Yearbook (Golden Valley, MN)

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Weakened time and again by heart attacks, Eisenhower died. Quarterback Joe Namath tearfully announced the untimely end of his football career. Czechoslovakia had glimpsed freedom for some time, but the Russian invasion crushed hopes for reform. The Pueblo crew, however, was freed after months in North Korea. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas left the bench when Life disclosed that he had accepted questionable funds. Being a senior meant knowing that many of the most common school experiences were occuring for the last time. Along with Mr. Saunders, the class of '69 viewed commencement as an end to their years in GVHS. 8

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Even with the new freedoms and concerns, there was still the old need for time off. Some of the necessary comic relief, such as Sno-week's casual dress day, was planned; some, like the pump problems and a smoking movie projector, just happened. A band concert with a short trombonist amused the school; a bomb scare did not. In 1969, students kept time to strangely named groups like the Jefferson Airplane and The Vanilla Fudge. When someone wanted to mark time, they gave a teacher a birthday party, dressed ten years behind the times in a pony tail and bobby sox or tried to see how many typewriter keys they could jam together. Yet no matter how much they got away with, they still had to contend with the math final and timed writings. 7

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