Greensboro College - Echo Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Soon after high school is out, Fidel Castro agrees to withdraw Cuban troops from Angola (newly liberated from Portugal). The British-French Con- corde supersonic jet begins flights to Dulles Air- port in Washington. D.C. Earthquakes next hit China, killing hundreds of thousands of people . . . During an exciting summer, bloody rioting in Soweto, South Africa, erupts on the same day that the U.S. Ambassador is killed in Lebanon. Israeli commandos rescue 103 hostages from Palestinian guerrillas at Uganda ' s Entebbe Airport . . . The United States climaxes its celebration of its 300th birthday with a Parade of Tall Ships in New York Harbor and a visit from Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. Montreal hosts the Summer Olym-

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As the prospective members of G.C. ' s Class of 1980 are approaching their high school graduation ceremonies, Premier Chou En-lai dies in China, an earthquake kills 22,000 in Guatemala, kidnap vic- tim Patricia Hearst is convicted of bank robbery, and President Gerald Ford signs a bill for the mass immunization against swine flu. In Boston thou- sands march to protest antibusing violence. One Flew Over the Cuckoo ' s Nest is the winner of four Academy Awards.

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pics. Vikings I and 2 send pictures from the sur- face of Mars. A mystery illness kills 29 Legion- naires in Philadelphia. President Ford narrowly defeats Ronald Reagan for the Republican presi- dential nomination. The death of Mao Tse-tung introduces a new era in China. The Cincinnati Reds defeat the N.Y. Yankees to take their second World Series in a row. North and South Vietnam officially reunite after years of war. Jimmy Carter is elected President of the United States. Syria ' s peacekeeping troops occupy Lebanon, ending a civil war between Moslems and Christians. OPEC announces an oil price hike. Chicago ' s Mayor Da- ley dies of a heart attack.