Port Huron High School - Student Yearbook (Port Huron, MI)

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TOP LEFT — Vice President Gerald Ford, formerly a Congressman from Michigan, took over the nation ' s number two job in December. TOP MIDDLE — Sen. Sam Ervin headed the Watergate investigation in Con- gress. TOP RIGHT — Former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned as vice president after he pleaded no contest to tax evasion charges. LEFT — Sen. Howard H. Baker, left, exchanges stories with Sen. Ervin during the Senate’s Watergate hear- ings while deputy counsel Rufus Edmiston, center, looks on. OPPO- SITE PAGE TOP — President Nixon appeared with William E. Simon often to announce measures dealing with the energy crisis that developed late in 1 973. OPPOSITE PAGE BOT- TOM — Long lines at gasoline sta- tions began in Port Huron in March. 27

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Watergate , Impeachment, Nixon, Agnew, Ford, Ervin, Baker, Oil Crisis Make News in Year of Political Unrest What a mess the world is in today. Especially the United States. At one time the United States was the greatest of world powers, but not any more. It seems like the U.S. is falling into destruction without a way out. People are afraid to travel by car because of the gasoline shortage. Now people say the energy shortage will grow worse, but many say there is none. Who’s to know for sure. It seems like the average American citizen is always getting the bad end of the deal. A perfect example of this is the high cost of food. Next time you buy a bag of potato chips see how many you get. Almost every type of food is dou- bled its price. How can people live if they can’t eat right? The people in looking for someone to blame have been looking at President Richard Nixon. There is currently a movement to impeach him. So far during his administra- tion the matter of the burglary of Watergate, the break-in of Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist, and the res- ignation of Vice President Agnew has shocked the nation. One devel- opment that strikes close to home is the selection of Gerald Ford of Michigan to be the Vice President. Perhaps men like Sen. Howard Baker and Sen. Sam Ervin can get our country straightened out again. The mess in the world today really makes a person think about his place in the world. — Bob LaForge 26

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Tennis,, Baseball Reds Take 1 st In Baseball The Big Red Baseball team fin- ished at 7-1 in the E.M.L. good for first place. They were 1 2-5 overall. In the semi-final district game P.H. beat Fraser 3-0 on a two hitter by Dave Dusellier. The Reds lost, however, in the finals 1 -0 to Stevenson in the last inning on an unearned run. Dusellier led the pitchers with seven wins against no losses with 63 strikeouts in 42 % innings pitched. His earned run average was a sensational 0.1 5 with only one earned run allowed during the entire season. Tim Lynch gave up only 8 earned runs in 35 Vi innings with 21 strikeouts. Pat Hunt led the team in hitting with a .460 average on 23 hits in 50 attempts. He also led the team in RBI ' s with 1 5. Dennis Van Conant was next in hitting with .364 on 1 6 hits in 44 at bats. He and Rick Napolitan led the team in doubles with three each. 1973 BASEBALL TEAM — Top Row: Dave McVety, Mgr. Rick Napolitan, Jim Tucker, Mark Phillips, Greg Owens, Tim Lynch, Steve Letzgus, Tom Seppo, Pat Hunt, Len Lindquist, Mr. Hillaker. Rront Row: Pete Ruiz, Carl Gonzales, Ken Letzgus, Dave Dusellier, Dennis VanConant, Al Schneider, Mel Moncrief, and John Holdburg. 28