New Haven High School - Mirage Yearbook (New Haven, IN)

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Bullet Band, Boston, Lake, Chuck Mangione, Eric Clapton, BeeGees, Supertramp; and in country — a blond-haired lady was getting more famous for her golden locks, meas- urements, and good voice — Dolly Parton. Fort Wayne concert-goers experi- enced a rude awakening this year when Fort Wayne Police Chief Ken- neth Buckmaster attended his first concert at the Memorial Coliseum. He was apalled by the presence of drugs and alcohol and put into operation Concert Crackdown . This resulted in search and seizure of many rock fans, who protested that searching everybody who Ladd. Fort Wayne added a new channel, WFFT-55, and soon people were talking about the Little Ras- cals, Leave it to Beaver, Superman, and other oldies but goodies the new channel brought back. The wild and crazy Steve Mar- tin brought much laughter to the entertainment world as he showed people how to get small and how to have some fun . The science fiction movie, Star Wars, proved that things don ' t have to be real to be believed in, as the movie about a galaxy far, far away ran in theaters for months. Then we realized we are not alone when Close Encounters of the Third Kind also smashed at the box office. Disco became the thing to do when John Travolta and Saturday Night Fever boogied their way into the hearts of movie-go ers. Other well- received movies included the Good-bye Girl starring Richard Dreyfuss and Marsha Mason, Smokey and the Bandit, with Burt Reynolds and Sally Field Rocky with Sylvester Stallone Oh, God! starring George Burns who portrayed God, and John Den ver. At the beginning of the sum mer, just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water — JAWS II !!! I Just Wanna Be Your Every- thing and Shadow Dancing were just two of the songs that put Andy Gibb in stardom as well as in the hearts of millions. Another new face was Billy Joel, who sang to the top of the charts with Just the Way you Are and Movin ' Out . Other favorites for New Haven students were Styx, Steve Miller Band, Fleet- wood Mac, Bob Seger and the Silver Events 21

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Elvis, Mid East, colorful sayings highlight year This year was different from last year, and it will be different from the next. Many of the things we saw, heard, and said made this year unique. When we picked up a magazine or newspaper, or turned on the TV, we learned the latest news. Two men were making themselves known in the Middle East — Anwar Sadat and Premier Begin. Here at home we were making ourselves nationally known with our own problems, including a few things that made 1977-78 one of the most memorable years in his- tory. A blizzard that coated the Mid- dle West for days and held it motionless followed by a coal short- age because of striking coal miners which resulted in energy cutbacks that affected all of us. And then to top it all off, when the snow finally melted away, it brought the worst floods that the Fort Wayne area had seen since 1913. Two other men were in the news this past year, making themselves known and feared. Son of Sam, David Berkowjtz, terrorized many people in New York City, and when arrested he testified that a dog had possessed him and caused him to murder the innocent victims. The Hillside Strangler strangled several victims in California before he was finally arrested. The past year was a year to say good-bye to many famous people, entertainers and politicians, and people who made America what it really is. Among those who died were Hubert Humphrey, who taught us how to die with dignity. Groucho Marx, Will Geer, Bing Crosby, and king of rock ' n roll, Elvis Presley, each a legend in his own time, left Americans grieving. Many new television shows made their way into American homes last year and sometimes, if not often, kept students from getting home- work done, because they were too good to miss . Among the favorites were Soap, Saturday Night Live which featured the Not Ready For Prime Time Players, Three ' s Com- pany with John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, and Suzanne Sommers and an old western, How The West Was Won. Charlie ' s Angels lost Farrah Fawcett-Majors and gained Cheryl 20 Events

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walked in the doors was a violation of a person ' s rights. The searching stopped, but the police continued to confiscate drugs and alcohol, prohibit cigarette smoking in the auditorium, and send people to jail. The biggest result of the Crack- down was when one concert pro- moter. Sunshine Promoters, said that they were not coming back to the Coliseum, and they advised that no one else should either. A new defense for murder trials surfaced when a young defendant, who was charged with murder, pleaded that it was because he Martin, Travolta were favorites