WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL

Beckley, West Virginia

Class of 1958

"Old times there are not forgotten"

Through The Years

1975

South Vietnam surrendered to the Viet Cong. Thailand asked all American troops to leave that country within a year and the Khmer Rouge took control of Cambodia. United States military installations in Turkey were seized by the Turkish government. We learned of illegal activities conducted by the F.B.I and the C.I.A. The Congress of the United States passed a bill authorizing admission of women into the nation's three major military academies. An estimated six million American gardens were planted to offset soaring food prices. The national deficit reached $52 billion. Exxon replaced General Motors as the wealthiest company in the United States. Ten of the top 20 corporations were oil companies.

New book titles: Breach of Faith, Humboldt's Gift, Passions, Ragtime, Shogun and Looking for Mr. Goodbar.

At the movies: Jaws, Nashville,Shampoo, The Sunshine Boys and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

On stage: A Chorus Line, Shenandoah, The Ritz, and Same Time, Next Year

Emmy awards: Sir Laurence Olivier and Katherine Hepburn in Love Among the Ruins, Robert Blake in Baretta and Jean Marsh in Upstairs, Downstairs.

February 21

Three high ranking members of the Nixon Administration including one cabinet member, were sentenced to 30 months in prison for their parts in the Watergate coverup.

April 30

The last United States citizens were airlifted out of Vietnam.

July 12

Classmate Barbara Elizabeth Fitzpatrick married John Casarow of Bridgeston, New Jersey. She was a real estate agent and he an attorney at the time of the marriage.

July 17

Apollo and Soyuz craft docked in outer space and the joint American-Soviet crews performed scientific expirments together.

September 5

An assassination attempt was made on the life of President Gerald R. Ford.

December 27

West Virginia University defeated North Carolina State by the score of 13-10 in the Peach Bowl played in Atlanta Georgia.