1970

=**Political Event in The 1970's** = = =

Ken State Shooting
== In was on May 4 and begun in 1990 by Kent author Sandra Perlman Halem, the Kent State Shootings Oral History Project is an ongoing effort to collect, preserve and provide access to oral history accounts pertaining to the shootings on the Kent State University campus on May 4, 1970. The Oral History Project is now conducted by Kent State University Libraries, Department of Special Collections and Archives. ==

Four students got shot from the ken State Shooting and today they have a memorial for them to remember them to this day.
== l970 members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State University demonstrators, killing four and wounding nine Kent State students. The impact of the shootings was dramatic. The event triggered a nationwide student strike that forced hundreds of colleges and universities to close. ==

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 * POLITCAL PEOPLE OF 1970 KELCEY GARNER **

Richard Nixon-Until the Watergate scandal led to his near impeachment by the House of Representatives and resignation in 1974, he was the dominant politician of the Cold War. He was the first and (so far) the only President of the United States to resign the office.

Gerald Ford- Gerald R. Ford became President of the United States on August 9, 1974, under extraordinary circumstances. Owing to the Watergate scandal, Ford's predecessor, Richard Nixon, had resigned under the threat of congressional impeachment. Ford assumed leadership of a nation whose domestic economy and international prestige—both seemingly sound in the decades after World War II—had deteriorated considerably. Just as important, Watergate, as well as the debacle of the Vietnam War, had profoundly shaken the American public's confidence in its leaders. Gerald Ford stepped into the breach opened up by these converging dynamics and achieved mixed results in addressing the twin problems of economic and geopolitical decline.

Jimmy Carter-Jimmy Carter's one-term presidency is remembered for the events that overwhelmed it -- inflation, energy crisis, war in Afghanistan, and hostages in Iran. After one term in office, voters strongly rejected Jimmy Carter's honest but gloomy outlook in favor of Ronald Reagan's telegenic optimism. In the past two decades, however, there has been wider recognition that Carter, despite a lack of experience, confronted several huge problems with steadiness, courage, and idealism. Along with his predecessor Gerald Ford, Carter must be given credit for restoring the balance to the constitutional system after the excesses of the Johnson and Nixon "imperial presidency."

Barbara Jordan- Houston's U.S. Representative who gained national prominence with her eloquence during the [|Watergate] investigation and hearings which resulted in impeachment proceedings against Nixon.

Daniel Ellsberg-man who leaked the [|Pentagon Papers], massive collection of top-secret government documents, whose publication helps to discredit the Vietnam War policies of the Nixon administration.

[|Cesar Chavez] || Organized [|farm workers] to demand higher wages, health insurance, and other benefits for migrant workers in California. || [|Shirley Chisholm] || First African-American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives; ran for the office of President of the United States in 1972. || [|Patty Hearst] || Granddaughter of newspaper mogul, William Randolph Hearst, kidnapped by the [|Symbionese Liberation Army], and subsequently participated with the SLA in an armed robbery of a San Francisco bank. || [|Jesse Jackson] || A leader in the civil rights movement who founded [|PUSH] (People United to Save Humanity) in 1971. || [|George McGovern] || The senator from South Dakota who was the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1972. || [|Benjamin Spock] || A pediatrician, author, and social reformer whose permissive philosophy in his influential book, // [|The Common Sense Book of Baby] [|and] [| Child Care] //, was blamed for a wide range of social problems in the 1970's. || [|George Wallace] || Governor of Alabama; shot and paralyzed from the waist down while campaigning for the presidency in 1972 on an anti-bussing, law and order platform. || [|Andrew Young] || First African-American voted into the U.S. House of Representatives from the deep South since 1898. ||
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In the 1970's there were TV's in 59 million households When the decade ended there were 79 Millioncable TV which has been around since the 50's came of age with cable subscriptions from 4.5 million to over 14.1 million people watching cable television in 1979. Some of the classic tv shows included WKRP in Cincinati, the Waltons, Three's Company, Welcome back, Karter, Taxi, Sanford and son, The Odd Couple, The Muppet show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, M*A*S*H, Laverne and Shirley, The Jeffersons, Happy days, Chips, The Brady Bunch, The Bob Newhart Show, All In the Family, and Good Times. Work Cited [] []

Various people, known as Celts, are the kind of people you would find associated with Celtic art. These people also spoke a Celtic Language in Europe, from pre-history, to modern days. Celtic Art is typically known to be ornamental. Celtic Art uses a variety of styles, and some influences have shown through by other cultures. Celtic Art is said to be very difficult to really define, since it has covered a great amount in time. []



Silver Surfer Comics Came out and were a great hit! Just 15¢ Got you a comic. The 'Silver Surfer' was one of the many best known comic book characters of seventies, though it only lasted 18 issues. The Silver Surfer was reinvented after Jack Kirby created the character in his Fantastic Four comics before leaving Marvel for DC.



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In the 1970s, this building was threatened to be torn down, along with other historic structures in the area. Money was raised in a campaign to keep these beautiful buildings. Giving tours of the hidden underground happened to raise the money, and that's how the Seattle Underground Tour began.



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- Drew Badgley

Disco looks began in the 1970s and was memorable for its hot pants look and Spandex tops. Shiny clinging Lycra stretch disco pants in hot strident shiny colours with stretch sequin bandeau tops were often adaptations of professional modern dance wear that found itself making an impact in discos as disco dancing became serious. Gold lame, leopard skin and stretch halter jumpsuits and white clothes that glowed in Ultra Violet lights capture the 70s Disco fashion perfectly. Like women, men in the 1970s benefited from the same spirit of choice and experimentation unleashed by the 1960s. The two most important innovations in the 1970s were the increase in men's lei-sure wear and the use of new colors and fabrics. The white shirt fell into a fashion abyss, while double-knit and stretch-knit suits became popular. Rose, purple, orange, and green became acceptable colors for men's leisure wear and regularly appeared in bright patterns on the synthetic shirts worn by men in urban centers. Wide ties in big floral prints could be seen under light-colored, wide-lapeled jackets and slightly belled and pleated pants on a typical evening out in any city in the United States. By 1977 menswear came out of its "peacock period," as one critic commented and returned to classic traditional fabrics, tailoring, and styling that would come to epitomize the look of the 1980s.

Fashion in the 1970s was daring, carefree, and diverse. For women, skirts ranged from extremely long to drastically short and fabrics were bright and boldly patterned. Men wore their shirts tight, their trouser-legs wide and their moustaches long. 'Hippie' styles of dress entered the mainstream and new ethnic-inspired fashion imitated styles from all corners of the world. 1970s fashion was varied and changed frequently, but always liked to shock - whether it was towering platform shoes, huge bell-bottom flares, or tight, shiny, disco-inspired hot pants. By the mid seventies the most ordinary people were wearing two inch deep platforms without a second thought. But accidents did happen and many a woman and man twisted on a pair of platform shoes Pants began gently flared and reached wide bell bottom proportions by about 1975. After which they slowly reduced to straight and wide until by the end of the seventies they were finally narrow again. Popular fabrics included heavy crepes, wool jersey knits, Courtelle jersey and woven Polyester suiting such as Trevira. Emerald green, apple green and bottle green were all favoured fashion colours of the early 1970s. For eveningwear women often wore full length maxi dresses, evening trousers or glamorous halter neck cat suits. Some of the dresses oozed Motown glamour, others less so. The short check flared skirt was very popular, as was the empire style of the diamond check pattern mini dress. Granny dress with a high neck Sometimes the stand neck was pie-crust frilled, or lace trimmed [|halter neck] dress



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