Oshkosh West High School - Notebook Yearbook (Oshkosh, WI)

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AFFAIRS Ten years! It doesn't seem so long ago. I have so many memories of the events that happened during those ten years. The Energy Crisis was a big thing for about the past five years. Our thermostat was turned down to A68 degrees Farenheit. We had to wear warm sweaters around the house, and we kept a fire burning in the fire place almost every night during the cold winters. To cut down on import- ing oil and gas, the speed limit was reduced from 75 mph to 55 mph, and the Alaska pipeline was built. The United States made some great advances in the space explora- tion during the seventies. I remem- ber seeing different Appollos re-en- ter the atmosphere and splash down into the ocean, and watching astro- nauts walk on the moon. America made progress in international af- fairs through the space program when in 1975, Apollo and Soyuz, a Russian spaceship, linked up while orbiting the earth. Birth was an issue. Abortion was legalized and then protested by church groups and pro-life organiza- tions. The birth of test tube baby, Louise Brown, to a couple unable to have children naturally raised eye- brows and discussion, as did the pos- sibility of cloning. It seemed the older I got the more I heard about terrorism and hijacking incidents. There were Liberation Ar- mies involved in the Arab-Israeli conflict, in which the U.S. took a ma- jor part in the peace settlements through President Carter at Camp David. 4 iii 4 - World Affairs Perhaps the occurance that left the biggest scar on the United States during the seven- ties was Watergate. In August of 1974, Rich- ard Nixon became the first president in our history to resign. His successor, Gerald Ford eventually pardoned him for the scandal and coverup that followed. A very historic event in the seventies was our celebration of the American Bicentenial. The year 1976 marked the two hundreth birthday of the United States, which was ob- served with special activities in Washington DC and all over America. The early seventies ushered in a new era of political and social unrest. There was an in- crease in youth rallies and marched on Washington protesting the Viet Nam War. The womens fight for equality made some major gains during the past decade. Many people debated whether the Equal Rights Amendment would cause more problems then it would solve involving the discrimina- tion issue. Overall the seventies have been an exciting time to grow up.

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