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| Music |
"I'll Be There", The Jackson 5
"Let's Get it On", Marvin Gaye
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart", Elton John & Kiki Dee
"I Will Survive", Gloria Gaynor
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| Literature |
Sounder, William Armstrong
The Face of Battle, John Keegan
Angle of Repose, Wallace Stegner
Sophie's Choice, William Styron
Deliverance, James Dickey
Love Story, Erich Segal
Roots, Alex Haley
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| Entertainment |
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Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix die. Masterpiece Theatre and All in the Family debut. "American Pie" by Don McLean is anthem for generation. Disco and denim rule - do "The Hustle" in those Wrangler hip-huggers! Dallas and Dynasty strut their stuff on the tube. Forty-three million watch "Elvis!" on ABC. Decca awards Bing Crosby a second platinum disc for selling 300 million records. Jim Morrison is found not guilty of "lewd" behavior. With $100,000 in funds, Arista Records is founded. Barbara Walters becomes the first female nightly network news anchor. Elvis, "The King," dies in Memphis.
Best Pictures: The Sting, The Godfather Part II, Rocky and Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actors: Jack Lemmon for Save the Tiger, Art Carney for Harry and Tonto, Peter Finch for Network and Dustin Hoffman for Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actresses: Glenda Jackson for A Touch of Class, Ellen Burstyn for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Faye Dunaway for Network and Sally Field for Norma Rae
And on television: 60 Minutes, Alice, All in the Family, Angie, Archie Bunker's Place, Baretta, Barnaby Jones, Barney Miller, Benson, Bridget Loves Bernie, Charlie's Angels, Chico and The Man, ChiPS, Dallas, Diff'rent Strokes, Donny and Marie, Eight is Enough, Fantasy Island, Flo, Good Times, Happy Days, House Calls, Knots Landing, Kojak, Laverne & Shirley, Little House on the Prairie, Lou Grant, M*A*S*H, Maude, Monday Night Football, Mork & Mindy, One Day at a Time, Phyllis, Police Woman, Real People, Rhoda, Sanford and Son, Soap, Starsky and Hutch, Stockard Channing in Just Friends, Taxi, That's Incredible, The Bionic Woman, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Flip Wilson Show, The Jeffersons, The Love Boat, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Partridge Family, The Rookies, The Ropers, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Sonny & Cher Show, The Waltons, Three's Company, Trapper John, M.D., Vega$, Welcome Back, Kotter, What's Happening!!, and WKRP in Cincinnati
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| Average Salary: $15,725.00 |
| Cost of Living |
| Loaf of Bread: |
.28˘ |
| Gallon of Milk: |
$1.40 |
| Dozen Eggs: |
$1.24 |
| Average House: |
$44,160.00 |
| Average Car: |
$4,859.00 |
| Gallon of Gas: |
.55˘ |
| First Class Stamp: |
.10˘ |
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| World Events |
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Lon Nol's and Pol Pot's reigns of terror start after overthrow of Cambodia's Prince Sihanouk. Qaddafi solidifies power in Libya. Pres. Nasser of Egypt dies. United Nations recognizes China. Richard Leakey, in father Louis' footsteps, finds pre-historic human skull in Kenya. Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland. Pinochet overthrows Allende in Chile. Turkey invades Cyprus. India explodes nuke. N&S Vietnam united after US troops pull out of Saigon. Saudi's King Faisal killed by nephew, who is then beheaded. Helsinki Accords signed and détente comes to East and West. Civil war in Lebanon. Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai die, power struggle ensues. Indira Gandhi accused of electoral fraud, loses power, is arrested. Jailed Steven Biko dies in S. Africa, renewing anti-apartheid movement. Upheaval in Pakistan and Iran; 60 Americans held hostage in latter. Jim Jones and followers commit mass suicide in Guyana. First test tube baby born in England. USSR invades Afghanistan.
Palestinian guerillas conquer Irbid Jordania. The Portuguese constitution is assumed. France performs a nuclear test on Murora Island. The United States and Russia agree on the size of nuclear tests for peaceful use. Elections take place in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country. China invades Vietnam. Snow falls in the Sahara Desert. War between North and South Yemen begins.
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| U.S. History |
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CIA action in Laos makes headlines. Four student protestors killed by National Guard at Kent State, Ohio. The EPA is created. Voting age drops to 18 via 26th Amendment. Pentagon Papers made public. Nixon opens door to China with ping-pong diplomacy. Federal Express and Nike open for business. The Watergate Scandal breaks, smearing Nixon and cohorts. Equal Rights Amendment passed by Senate but not ratified by states. Vietnam War ends; Cambodian bombing continues. VP Spiro Agnew resigns for tax evasion and is replaced by Gerald Ford. Supreme Court upholds abortion rights in Roe v. Wade. Oil crisis at the gas pumps. World Trade Center built in NYC. Nixon resigns to avoid impeachment, Ford sworn-in. Word processors proliferate in offices. Microsoft and Apple start-up. Jimmy Carter beats Ford for Oval Office, pardons draft dodgers. Carter recognizes China and negotiates Camp David Accord between Israel and Egypt. Multi-million barrel oil spill in Gulf of Mexico and nuclear disaster at Three Mile Island, Penn.
Luna 16 lands on the moon's Mare Fecunditatis and drills a core sample. Thomas Bradley is elected the first African American mayor of Los Angeles, Cal. The United States files an antitrust suit to break up AT&T. Congress passes the Freedom of Information Act over President Ford's veto. Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs found Apple Computer. Patricia Hearst is released from a San Francisco prison. NASA launches space vehicle S-202. Frank Peterson, Jr. is named the first African American general in the Marine Corps. The last total eclipse of the sun in the 20th century for the continental United States takes place.
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| At Salem State College |
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Frank Keegan is appointed president. The Nursing Department is formed. In 1971, the Women's Caucus organizes and the Veteran's Club is founded as Chi Gamma Iota. Salem State acquires the former St. Chretienne Academy (South Campus) in 1971. The new library opens in 1974. President Keegan leaves SSC, and Vincent Mara is appointed his temporary replacement. In 1975, a Black Studies minor and a Sociology major are introduced, and Edward Penson is appointed president effective August 1. The Athletic Center also opens in 1975. The "Blizzard of '78" shuts down the campus. President Edward Penson resigns. Walter James is named acting president for the remainder of 1978. James Amsler is named president effective January 14, 1979. Winston Thompson becomes the first black vice-president of a Massachusetts state college in 1979.
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| Toys and Games |
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Action Jackson, Atari, Barbie Glamour Head, Battlestar Galactica toys, Boggle, Connnect Four, Darci Doll, Dungeons & Dragons, Easy-Bake Mini-Wave, Electronic Perfection, Fashion Plates, Hacky Sack, Hello Kitty, Holly Hobbie Oven, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Intellivision, Little People, Mandy ("My Friends Doll"), Marie Osmond TV Makeup Center, Mastermind, Mattel Electronic Baseball, Merlin, Monchhichi, Muhammad Ali Action Figure, Payday, Perfection, Pong, Shrinky Dinks, Simon, Sit 'N Spin, Six Million Dollar Man figures, Snoopy Sno-Cone, Speak & Spell, Split-Level Aggravation, Star Trek: The Motion Picture figures, Star Wars Action Figures, Strawberry Shortcake dolls, Stretch Armstrong, The Bionic Woman, The Game of Jaws, Wizard of Oz Mego dolls
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