Sulphur Springs High School - Cats Paw Yearbook (Sulphur Springs, TX)

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Thirty-five dollars an ounce was the price of ld during the early 1970's. The closing price of ld in 1979 was five hundred and eight dollars an nce. Not only has the price of gold been escalat- , but the price of gasoline has gone from about renty-six cents a gallon in 1970 to 251.10 a gallon 1980. Main news topics of the seventies included 'atergate, resignation of President Richard Nixon, and end of the Viet Nam War, and new rel- ations with China. Gerald Ford was the first U.S. President not elected by the people. The end of the seventies were concerned with American hostages being held in Iran and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. With the close of the decade came the 1980 Presidential election. Campaigning by the candidates began making the news with the first party caucuses taking place in Ianuary. lleftj Mrs. DuPriest hangs signs around school urging students to write the American Embassy about the Americans being held hostage in Iran. fbottom leftl Lana Murray and Lanet Bowman realize they don't ave to ride around very long to use up five dollars worth of gas. fbottom rightj Kathryn Latham reads her let- ter she received from the President concerning the American hostages being held in Iran. ks Opening Section

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i gsisfle ftopj Senior Civics students Angela Morri- son, Iohnny McCann, Tomm Starrett, and Dawn Garrett look for Presirllential articles for their special project. Opening Section fleftj Mr. B. I. Chapman has become Ayatollah Chapman to his students as they d cuss the Iranian crisis in class. frightj Lynn Clark finds herself counting her chang1 little more closely as the price of silver continues to go up.

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Entertaining in the Eighties frightj Debbie Osborn is selected as Miss Sulphur Springs for 1980 at the scholarship pageant sponsored by the local Iaycees. fbottomj Terri Stubbs has the opportunity to sing with country singers such as Iohnny Duncan at the Hopkins County Fall Festi- val. TOP TEN HITS OF THE 70's 1970: Bridge Over Troubled Waters 1971 Ioy to the World 1972 1973 1974 1975 First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Tie a Yellow Ribbon The Way We Were Love Will Keep Us Together 1976: Silly Love Songs 1977: Tonight's the Night 1978: Shadow Dancing 1979: Hot Stuff and Bad Girls 6 - Opening Section