Morton High School - Top Hat Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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.from peanut to pre ident After three terms with a Republican president, a Democrat took oath as President of the U.S. — his name - Jimmy Carter. As a presidential hopeful from Plains, Georgia, Carter proposed an idea to reduce the unemployment figure to date. At several public debates held on prime-time television in the privacy of one’s own home, the nation could see the Republican nominee — Gerald Ford and the Democrat — Carter “battle out” problems amidst the eyes of viewers throughout the country. Voters obtained a birds’-eye view of the image brought over the TV set of both candidates. Maybe a pretty face” can sell anything. cidici, K0A9 capture public eqe For the first time in the history of the Olympics, one girl, age 14, from Romania won four gold medals, and the adoration of millions of U.S. fans — little Nadia Comanici. She received invitations from the U.S. for special television appearances. Not only Nadia received world attention but athlete Bruce Jenner and champion figure skater Dorothy Hamill did as well. The remake of the 30’s flick of “King Kong” attracted the eyes of thrill-seekers. The million-dollar mechanical creation of the life-like main attraction, Kong, provoked rhany to go who would ordinarily not see an oldie.” Some said Kong looked almost human — it was “in his eyes.” 20 — National La Husique A new creation in Rock ' n Roll — Frampton. His hit album “Frampton Comes Alive’’ was described as unbelievable, it was unearthly — he’s fantastic,” by one Morton student. Other new sounds include — Boston, Heart, Bob Seger, and Brick whose combined efforts increased the music industry’s sales. Talented Stevie Wonder produced Songs In The Key of Life — a phenomenon, including his hit singles I Wish” and Isn’t She Lovely?

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Selected to perform with the U.S. Navy Band in a concert at Gavit High School, junior Sandi Sonaty rehearses for her upcoming performance. Talent and determination — the perfect blend for vocalists Pat Nadon, Becky James, Diana Brnicky and Karen Kortokray as they took first place in All-State Choir. Achievement , horde A ssl 1 Ol j. 1 O kxiol r ' -vv’sn ckrr r r ct monv +olnn+ a H nnnnlo o A pyramid of 13k+18 bricks are stacked so there are k layers with seven bricks on the top layer. Each layer below contains two more than the one above it. The total number of bricks are ... Reading comprehension verbal questions and problem solving compiled part of the National Merit Scholarship Program test. This year ' s recipients, John Rudd and Dean Witte, qualified out of 15,000 entries as Semi-Finalists. As the first male winner of the Daughters of American Revolution Citizenship Award since 1965, Marshall Greene felt it a great honor and surprise being chosen Concentration and good performance enabled senior Joanie Uhrin to capture the award of one of the top 150 High School Girls’ Basketball Players in Indiana. among many talented people. Chosen to travel to Seattle, Washington in June for further competition, senior Marshall Greene won the Indiana State Speech Championship. He entered an event called “Congress” and proposed several Debate Bills. Chosen to represent Morton in the All-State Choir, Diana Brnicky, Becky James, Karen Kortokrax and alternate Pat Nadon, sang in a concert on Oct. 29 at Howe High School in Indisnapolis. By proving their ability and skills, senior Joanie Uhrin and junior Ruth Drake received the All-Conference Basketball Award. Joanie received another honor being chosen as one of the top 150 High School Girl Basketball players in the state of Indiana.

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Cold hits. cigciifi Our nation progressed through this year totaling quite a bit O of “news.” Was there or wasn’t there an • epidemic? First, many raced to • be vaccinated with the swine flu • shot. Then, after discovering • that some people who took the • shot got the Guillaime Barre B Syndrome which caused paralysis in some people, no one got ■i shots. Later, after some elderly B people in Florida got the flu, the vaccination program was p re-instated. 10 ' S “I have the right to die. If B want it, let it be done.” This was death-row murderer Gary Gilmore’s wish as he pleaded for e execution in the electric chair. After weeks of approving and disapproving his “wish” by J federal courts, it was finally granted, Gary Gilmore was wine llu. executed Jan. 17, 1977 in Utah. Restoration of capital punishment became alive” again. Since the Gilmore incident other prisoners have been awaiting execution. Shown over eight consecutive nights in January, “Roots” captured the hearts of millions in the U.S. Never in the history of television were there more viewers for a TV program. An estimated 130 million people saw the “triumph of an American family.” More people watched ‘Roots’ than the other ’76-77 TV landmark — the immortal “Gone With The Wind” — shown for the first time on TV. Indiana became the 35th state to ratify ERA in January. Four more states are needed to ratify.