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... discovering... IN THE NEWS . . . Richard M. Nixon resigns August 9th as president because tape transcripts reveal former knowledge of Watergate coverup. Gerald Ford is sworn in as the 38th persident of the United States. Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice-President in December. President Ford grants full pardon to Richard Nixon. Betty Ford and Happy Rockefeller both undergo surgery for breast cancer. Boston breaks out in riots over bussing plan. Kanawha County, West Virginia becomes center of a great dispute over controversial schoolbooks which are said to be immoral and sacrilegious. Hurricane Carmen Strikes Louisiana and sugarcane loss is set at S50 million. Sugar prices soar to $3.50 for a 5 lb. bag. Unemployment climbs to 8% and the country is in a recession. New car sales slump and auto industries begin large layoffs. Dow Jones Averages of the New York Stock Exchange drops to a 12-year low. Former President Nixon nearly dies of post-operative complications and special doctors say he is too ill to testify for the Watergate Trial. Propellant gases in aerosol sprays are a serious threat to the earth’s Ozone layer. President Ford says about being president, “I love it. It's sort of got my adrenalin going again. Ed Sullivan dies Oct. 13. Five thousand people are killed in a Pakistan earthquake. Sen. Ted Kennedy says he will not run in the Presidential election in 1976. November elections bring many demoncrats into office and the Republicans pay for a bad year. Watergate defendent's trial begins. All are convicted but one. High oil prices concern the nation with energy conservation. Charles Lindburgh, an American hero who flew the first solo flight across the Atlantic from New York to Paris in 1927, dies in Hawaii at the age of 72. President Ford, in an historic meeting, appears before the House Judiciary Committee to answer questions on his pardon of Richard Nixon. Henry Kissinger is most admired for 1974 as noted by the Gallup Poll. Comedian Jack Benny dies. In sports NFL players go out on strike but resume August 27th. The Pittsburgh Pirates win the Eastern Division but lose to the Dodgers in the playoffs. The Oakland Athletics win their 3rd consecutive World Series defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers. Evel Knievel unsuccessfully tries to rocket 1600 feet across the Snake River Canyon on Sept. 8th. Johnny Miller, new golfing sensation, wins $355,000 on the tour in 1974. Frank Robinson is named the first black manager to the Cleveland Indians. Moses Malone, high school basketball star is offered 300 college basketball scholarships and signs a 7 year contract with ABA team, Utah Stars. Archie Griffin, a junior from Ohio State wins the Heisman Trophy. The Pittsburgh Steelers win the Super Bowl 16-6 against the Minnesota Vikings. Girls are allowed to play Little League baseball. Movies playing are: Towering Inferno, The Excorist, Trials of Billy Jack, Godfather II Earthquake, and Airport 75.
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