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THE ECONOMY went out of control in 1969 and we entered 1970 with living cost being almost 6% more than one year previously. Imports exceeded exports for the full calendar year for the first time in the 1900’s. This prompted President Nixon to impose a 10% surcharge on most imports. 1971 will bear the distinction as the year in which, for the first time during peace, the United States moved to price and wage controls. THE DRESS STYLES during the early 70’s were quite varied. Long hair was the vogue for both boys and girls. Some boys, who were capable, grew beards and mustaches. The girls wore skirts that varied from maxi, midi and mini length. Baggy, cuffed, and bell bottom pants were also in style at this time. The boys went from snug fitting pants to the baggy type. He wore turtle neck sweaters, and when he wanted to be a little more formal he would wear a jacket. He could wear the full range of color designs in any of his clothing. Some girls or boys who preferred the more casual or com¬ fortable look wore jeans and tennis shoes. Halter tops became the summer style for the girls. PRINCIPALS—As we entered school in September of 1973, we found waiting for us our new principal, Mrs. Doris Torrice. Mrs. Torrice took over the duties of principal from Mr. Floyd Worley. Mr. Worley is now on the committee for year-round school, with an office at Lake Braddock. Mrs. Torrice comes to us from Groveton High School, where she also served as principal. GRADUATION—Ever comes the day that you reach out with your hands to touch the fruits of knowledge. Im¬ agine life as the stairway of that knowledge and with every twist and every turn, you meet a new challenge, the chal¬ lenge to face yourself, achieve your goals and build your future. Graduation is pride, and accomplishment deserv¬ ing of recognition. It is to seek the taste of a new genera¬ tion and another life. Happiness is graduation, a struggle finally ended, a sigh of contentment, but also a tear. the world we lived in while at hay field 23
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VICE PRESIDENT SPIRO AGNEW, who seemed un¬ tarnished as Watergate touched member after member of the President’s official family, had his own “skeleton in the closet.” Federal prosecutors portrayed him as a poli¬ tician who had cooperated with and encouraged a tradition of illegal shakedowns and bribes from Maryland contrac¬ tors. Agnew resigned and was fined $10,000 and placed on a three year proba¬ tion. Early in 1974 he was barred from the practice of law in his home state of Maryland. The vacancy was filled by Representa¬ tive Gerald Ford, leader of House Minority, who was selected by President Nixon and the appoint¬ ment confirmed by Con¬ gress. METRO, the Washington area subway, and the dream of the people of this area since the turn of the century, be¬ gan to show signs of reality in the ’70’s. Northern Virginia Transportation Day on June 17, 1971 marks ground-break¬ ing for the first Virginia subway station at Rosslyn. The first Virginia land acquisitions occurred on September 12, 1970—about a half-acre lot at Huntington Station location. Metro, as we have come to know it, is legally designated as Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. It is an interstate compact authorized to plan, build, and oper¬ ate the regio nal rapid rail system in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The initial operation of the Metro was planned for 1974, however, completion would be in 1979. When completed it would consist of about one hundred total miles of rail service; one third in Virginia, one third in Maryland, and one third in D.C. Of this total mileage half would be subway and half surface. WATERGATE was a popular name of a scandal that became public June 17, 1973 when five men with eaves¬ dropping equipment were caught breaking into Demo¬ cratic National Headquarters. The break-in alledgedly was led by a Miami real estate dealer and a former Central Intelligence Agency operative. The Watergate hearings dominated the news in 1973 and probably reached its peak of interest in the fall of the year when the Senate Watergate Com¬ mittee televised its pro¬ ceedings for the public. The scandals cost the Administration two Attor¬ ney Generals, an acting director of the FBI, a Dep¬ uty Attorney General, a special Watergate prosecutor, and a full measure of Presidential aides and lesser figures. By the start of the year 1974, many legislators and Jus¬ tice Department officials were seriously considering im¬ peachment of President Nixon for his alleged part in the offense, his part in the cover-up, or his withholding of evidence in the Watergate Affair. THE HIJACKING OF AIRPLANES to Cuba became a source of public alarm. Incidents of this new form of crime were on the increase and at the time we entered high school a new word was coined to define this offense—skyjacking. Although domestic skyjacking declined in 1970, skyjack¬ ing of international flights increased sharply. The U.S. Department of Transportation set up a permanent federal sky marshal force for deployment on domestic and inter¬ national flights. 22 the world we lived in while at hay field
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