Stuarts Draft High School - Legacy Yearbook (Stuarts Draft, VA)

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back, and in reviewing those years we found many outstanding leaders. Richard Nixon weathered the storms of Watergate. Upon his resignation Nixon left the position of President to Ford. Restoring the public’s view of the government became his main objective. After the presidential election the victor, Jimmy Carter, provided the A- merican people with peanuts and a smile, but most importantly with a fresh attitude. Negotiations seemed to be the key word as many pending questions were answered. Negotiations between nations dominated, yet the seventies ended with the adoption of the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt still unsigned. Although many forward steps were made in national affairs the ending of this decade brought a need to look back on the mis- takes made. Doing this we often found that we ourselves were to blame. The ever present need for self acceptance and recognition was displayed by the grow- ing popularity of religious cults. Perhaps, the most prominent display of this involve- ment was the Jonestown Massacre. Shocking a world wide public the dominance of one

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In Times Of Uncertainty

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