1974
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Slides for the Clinton High School Class of 1974 - 40th Reunion (all animation and effects removed)TRANSCRIPT
Clinton High School
Class of 1974
40th
Reunion – June 2014
Music in 1974
Waterloo Abba
Having My Baby Paul Anka
Do It 'Till You're Satisfied B.T. Express
Takin' Care of Business Bachman Turner Overdrive
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Smokin' In the Boys Room Brownsville Station
Cat's In the Cradle Harry Chapin
Kung-Fu Fighting Carl Douglas
The Best of My Love Eagles
Radar Love Golden Earring
The Entertainer Marvin Hamlish
Piano Man Billy Joel
Bennie and the Jets Elton John
Midnight At the Oasis Maria Muldaur
Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield
Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynard
Rikki Don't Lose That Number Steely Dan
The Way We Were Barbara Streisand
Sundown Gordon Lightfoot
I Shot the Sheriff Eric Clapton
Band on the Run Paul McCartney & Wings
It's Only Rock n' Roll Rolling Stones
Wishing You Were Here Chicago
In 1970
The Beatles go their separate ways…
The Jackson Five sell 10 million records
Fashion in 1974
I can't wait to tell my kids I was born before the Internet. ~Unknown Respect old people. They graduated school without Google or Wikipedia. ~Unknown You know you're getting old when everything hurts. And what doesn't hurt doesn't work. ~Hy Gardner
As you get older, the pickings get slimmer, but the people don't. ~Carrie Fisher
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age. ~Lucille Ball
I guess I don't mind so much being old, as I mind being fat and old. ~Peter Gabriel
On Getting Old…
10 Year Reunion
July 2, 1984
Our 20th
Reunion
June 24-25, 1994
All in the Family
Television in 1974
Little House on the Prairie
Happy Days
Barney Miller
Good Times
The Six Million Dollar Man
In 1973
Bruce Springsteen makes his debut
Jim Croce dies in a plane crash
A ceasefire ends U.S. ground troop involvement in Vietnam
The military draft ends
The Supreme Court legalizes abortion
55 MPH Speed Limit imposed to preserve gas usage US wide
The price of a first class postage stamp goes up to 10 cents
Billy Joel has his first hit
In 1974
Richard Nixon becomes the first US president forced to resign
Work begins on the 800 mile long Alaska Oil pipeline
Average Cost of a New Car: $3,750
Prices in 1974
Cost of a Gallon of Gas: 55 cents
Average Annual Income: $13,900
Average Monthly Rent: $185
Cars in 1974
Movies in 1974
The Godfather: Part II
Chinatown
Blazing Saddles
The Great Gatsby
Young Frankenstein
The Towering Inferno
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
From our
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