Patterson High School, Class of 1975 Reunion. Patterson, La
Patterson High School

Class of 1975, Patterson, La








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Top 20 Television Shows

All in the Family
Rich Man, Poor Man
Laverne Shirley
Maude
The Bionic Woman
Phyllis
Sanford and Son
Rhoda
The Six Million Dollar Man
The ABC Monday Night Movie
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Happy Days
One Day at a Time
The ABC Sunday Night Movie
The Waltons
M*A*S*H
Starsky and Hutch
Good Heavens
Welcome Back, Kotter
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Kojak


Saturday Night Live premieres on NBC. George Carlin hosts the first show.


Most Popular Movies

Jaws
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Shampoo
Dog Day Afternoon
Barry Lyndon
Emmanuelle
Farewell, My Lovely
Hester Street
Barry Lyndon Breakout
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The Day of the Locust
The French Connection II
The Hindenburg
The Man Who Would Be King
Nashville
Rooster Cogburn
Shining Star
Tommy
Janis: A Film
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest sweeps the Oscars, winning Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Actress.



In The News

* US troops evacuated from Vietnam
* Inflation + Highest unemployment since the thirties.
* Mitchell, Haldeman, and Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison for conspiring to obstruct justice in the Watergate investigation.
* The busing of 21,000 students is ordered in Boston to achieve racial balance in the public schools.
* Alaska legalizes home use of marijuana .
*CIA conducted illegal surveillance of American citizens and plotted to assassinate foreign leaders. i.e. Castro
* New York City almost goes bankrupt (75-76)
* Calif passes Agricultural Labor Relations Act (grants farm workers right to collective bargaining,establishes a minimum wage, abolishes child labor in the fields)
* Hoffa disappears.
* Sen Frank Church launches investigation which reveals CIA conducted illegal surveillance of American citizens plotted to assassinate foreign leaders.
* Altair, the first "personal computer," announced.
* President Ford escapes 2 assassination attempts.


Top Albums


AWB - Average White Band
Back Home Again - John Denver
Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John
Heart Like a Wheel - Linda Ronstadt
Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain and Tennille
One Of These Nights - Eagles


Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Phoebe Snow - Phoebe Snow
Red Octopus - The Jefferson Starship
That's The Way Of The World - Earth, Wind Fire
Venus And Mars- Wings
Windsong - John Denver
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd



Top 40

Love Will Keep Us Together
Rhinestone Cowboy
Fame
Shining Star
My Eyes Adored You
Thank God I'm A Country Boy
Philadelphia Freedom
One Of These Nights
Pick Up The Pieces
At Seventeen
Kung Fu Fighting
Boogie On Reggae Woman
Laughter In The Rain
Please Mr. Postman
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Lady Marmalade
Why Can't We Be Friends
The Hustle
Best Of My Love
Wasted Days And Wasted Nights
Before The Next Teardrop Falls
Some Kind Of Wonderful
Island Girl
Lovin' You
Jive Talkin
Mandy
Fight The Power
Lady
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Jackie Blue
Ballroom Blitz
Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song
He Don't Love You
Feelings
I'm Not In Love
Games People Play
Love Won't Let Me Wait
Angie Baby
I'm Sorry
Fire
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The Greek Treasure: A Biographical Novel of Henry and Sophia Schliemann, Irving Stone
The Great Train Robbery, Michael Crichton
Shogun, James Clavell
Humboldt's Gift, Saul Bellow
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Sylvia Porter's Money Book, Sylvia Porter
Total Fitness in 30 Minutes a Week, Laurence E. Morehouse and Leonard Gross
The Bermuda Triangle, Charles Berlitz with J. Manson Valentine
The Save-Your-Life Diet, David Reuben
Bring on the Empty Horses, David Niven
Breach of Faith: The Fall of Richard Nixon, Theodore H. White
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Click to Listen to Beaker Street

Little Rock, Arkansas.
The first "Underground Music" program broadcast regularly on a commercial AM radio station in the central US. Began late in 1966 and ran through 1972.


Flashbacks

Inventions

1957 - Fortran (computer language)
1958 - modem , laser, Hula Hoop, integrated circuit
1959 - internal pacemaker
1960 - halogen lamp
1961 - Valium, nondairy creamer
1962 - audio cassette, fiber-tip pen
1963 - videodisc
1964 - Acrylic paint, prmanent-press fabric , BASIC (an early computer language)
1965 - Astroturf , soft contact lenses, NutraSweet, compact disc, Kevlar
1966 - Electronic Fuel injection for cars
1967 - handheld calculator
1968 - computer mouse , first computer with integrated circuits, RAM (random access memory).
1969 - arpanet, artificial heart , ATM invented, bar-code scanner
1970 - daisy-wheel printer , floppy disk

Fads

1955: Automobile stuffing
1958: Hula hoop
1959: Phone booth stuffing
1961: The Twist
1963: Troll dolls
1964: Nehru jackets
1965: Granny dresses
1965: Ben Franklin glasses
1966: Go-go boots
1968: Tie-dye
1968: Waterbeds
1970: Hot pants
1973: Puka shells
1974: Streaking
1975: Pet rock
1975: CB radios
1975: Earth shoes and platform shoes



Grammy's

Album of the Year: Still Crazy After All These Years, Paul Simon
Best New Artist: Natalie Cole
Best Pop Duo or Group:: “Lyin' Eyes,” Eagles
Best Pop Female Vocal:: “At Seventeen,” Janis lan
Best Pop Male Vocal: : Still Crazy After All These Years, Paul Simon
Record of the Year: : “Love Will Keep Us Together,” Captain and Tennille
Song of the Year: :“Send in the Clowns”

Emmy's

Drama
Best Drama - Police Story (NBC)
Best Actor - Peter Falk, NBC Sunday Mystery Movie: Columbo
Best Actress - Michael Learned, The Waltons

Comedy
Best Actor - Jack Albertson, Chico and the Man
Best Actress - Mary Tyler Moore, The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Best Variety- NBC's Saturday Night (NBC)
Best Comedy - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)


Cost Of Living


Postage Stamp .10
Bread
.28
Milk
1.40
Gas
.57
Car
3800.00
Median Income- $13,719



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