Plainfield High School - Plainsman Yearbook (Plainfield, IL)

 - Class of 1975

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 upper left Vice-president Agnew answers newsmen’s questions one week before he resigned. lower left Listening attentively to an idea. President Rich Deardurff leads the Student Council. center The new' president. Gerald Ford, faces photographers after taking the oath of office. upper right After being confirmed by the Senate. Vice-president Rockefeller answers newsmen’s questions. lower right Super diplomat Henry Kis- singer answers questions at a Senate hear- ing. fur right I will not resign the job I was elected to.” said Richard Nixon in the speech when this picture w'as taken. U.S.sees This past year the U.S. has seen political upheaval never before witnessed. For the first time neither the president nor the vice-president had been elected. Early, President Nixon repeatedly denied his connec- tion with both the Watergate break-in and its cover-up, while he pledged not to resign the job he had been elected to do. Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew, the first victim of the Senate’s Watergate Investiga- tion, resigned before, pleading 10

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Changes in government, new concerns nolo contendre, (no contest) to the charge of accepting bribes while in public office. President Nixon was then faced with appointing a vice- president who was agreeable to both parties as well as to the people of this country. House minority leader Gerald Ford, highly respected for his honesty and ability to compromise, was chosen. As impeachment became obvious, Richard Nixon resigned, leaving the former University of Michigan football star as president. Before choosing Nelson Rockefeller as his vice-presi- dent, Ford set another preced- ent by pardoning Nixon from all prosecution. He then turned his attention to his most urgent problems, sky-rocketing infla- tion and unemployment. The one bright spot in the administration remained Secre- tary of State Henry Kissinger. He initiated and carried out what many deemed successful foreign policy. “Super K” as Kissinger was dubbed by the news media, attempted to solve many of the world crises with his shuttle diplomacy.” The student council, led by President Rich Deardurff, also under went a change by rewrit- ing its Constitution. Hopefully the students of P.H.S. have gained more confi- dence in the Congress and Stu- dent Council with the new wave of concern for accom- plishments and credibility. n

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