Minnechaug Regional High School - Falcon Yearbook (Wilbraham, MA)

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15 Gerald Ford is the first President of the United States to be elected by a majority of one - and nobody demanded a recount. Laurence J. Peter When Nixon resigned from office on August 9, 1974, what remained was the image of a man who caused public distrust in the presiden- cy. He left behind the wreckage of several po- litical careers, and it was Gerald Ford who was left to put the pieces back together. One of the first things that President Ford did was to par- don Richard Nixon for his part in the Watergate scandal. Although Ford was the one to replace Nixon, he followed in the former president ' s footsteps by keeping up diplomatic relations with China. Ford will always be remembered as the man who restored public trust in the presidency. par dons Nixon • Mars landing • Anwar Sadat • Black Panthers • Hubert Humphrey • Henry Kissinger • 18 year olds vote 1

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14 U ill T c jcu Pioneer 10 launches for Jupiter • Nicaraauan Revolution • Muskie • Summit meetings in Moscow • Ronald Reagan •

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16 The seventies. Radically different from the sixties, but remarkably the same, nonetheless. The decade has had its share of world events and crises, but it has still maintained the human considerations of the previous decade. Although some claim that the seventies is a decade without a person- ality, the seventies is rather a development away from the chaos of the sixties toward the positive social development of the future. The seventies have an identity, that is not as readily apparent as that of previous decades, but is just as real. The people of the seventies have endured the break- ing of a president, the rigors of a foreign war, and the growth of terrorism with the pragmitism that typifies the decade. The children of the decade reflect this, trading the wild activism and rebellion of the sixties for a more conservative attitude toward politics and change. Indicative of this change is the recent rash of Proposition 13 style proposals and the active effort toward non-violence among protest groups. While open rebellion is still present, as in the threatened secession of Nantucket and Martha ' s Vineyard, the real battles have been fought in the courts and legisla- tures, as opposed to the city streets and college campuses of the sixties. a V11U Btt KM irTijfiTiiiKiaiii