Southeast Missouri State University - Sagamore Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO)

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Shortages began to hurt the nation right to the pocketbook as the economic picture turned from inflation to recession. Prices for gasoline, sugar, utilities, and housing were on the increase as the supplies of these goods decreased. Every- one felt the pressures of living within a tight budget, and those who were a part of the high unemployment rate faced living with no budget at all. As President Ford asked the nation to whip inflation now, more students began to help out their own economic situation through off-campus and on-campus jobs. Gasoline prices went up, and students living in the dorms took fewer trips home. When trips were made, car pools and pumping gas at less expensive service stations were tactics used to keep costs down. Inflation hit everywhere on campus to the cost of building Homecoming floats to the cost of buying vend- ing machine soda. Congressional leaders in every state battled over ratification of the Equal Rights Amend- ment, and women gradually began to step into once-forbidden male jobs and responsibilities. lVlissouri became a crucial state in deciding the fate of the amendment, and even local politicians held opposing views on the subject. Speakers both for and against ratification appeared on campus to submit their interpretations of what the ERA involved. 2,16 1. 2 .L QI , 2 . 5 Nw -J Quia--Ni,

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