"Old times there are not forgotten"
The first report on national health was issued by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Influencial members of congress admitted receiving illegal contributions from Gulf Oil Corporation and South Korean lobbyists. The rate of inflation was five to six percent and unemployment was approximately eight percent of the workforce. We learned of corporate payoffs to obtain sales in foreign lands. Increased numbers of high school graduates possessing inadequate literacy skills led to comprehensive testing for graduation in a number of states. Viking I became the first spacecraft to reach the planet Mars.
New book titles: Agent in Place, Roots, The Russians, Spandau and The Final Days.
At the movies: All the President's Men, The Magic Flute, Network, Seven Beauties and Rocky.
On stage: The Belle of Amherst and Sweet Bird of Youth.
Emmy awards: Anthony Hopkins for The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, Susan Clark in Babe, Ed Asner in Rich Man, Poor Man and Kathrine Walker for The Adams Chronicles.
February 14
Classmate Janice Gayle Curtis married Wesley Walker, originally from Virginia. The wedding ceremony was performed in Beckley. Janice was teaching school in Raleigh County and Wesley was a right-of-way agent for Appalachain Power Company at the time of the marriage.
April 1
Conrail, a federally funded rail corportion took over operation of six bankrupt railroads in the northeast.
May 28
A nuclear test agreement was sgned by the United States and Soviet Union limiting the size of underground explosions.
July 2
The Supreme Court of the United States upheld capitol punishment laws in Florida, Georgia and Texas but struck down those laws in North Carolina and Louisiana.
August 5
Classmate Betty Jean Ballard married Jack Allen Miller, originally from Point of Rocks, Maryland. The wedding ceremony was performed in Las Vegas, Nevada. Betty Jean was employed in banking and Jack was a police captain at the time of the marriage.
November 2
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter was elected 39th president of the United States.