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=Prim=  Transportation or Cars in the 1970’s By: Dana Harrell

Between 1971 and 1973 more than half of the U.S. population boarded scheduled air-liners, and Americans were responsible for some 60 per-cent of the world's air traffic. By 1973 there were thirteen thousand flights a day as Americans took advantage of the convenience of air travel. The airlines made flying easy. Student discount fares allowed travelers under age twenty-one to buy tickets at half price; standby fares could be purchased at deep discounts on the basis of the availability of space at flight time; and other discounts attracted casual travelers who filled the seats left after business travelers bound to set schedules had purchased their seats at full fare.

During the 1970’s, as with many other bus companies, older double deckers were replaced with modern single deckers to speed up the conversion to one-person-operation. Complementing this vast intake of single-deckers was a small amount of double-deckers, mainly elegant Northern Counties bodied Leyland Fleet lines. The vehicles of Western SMT in the 1970’s are pictured here. The EPA & DOT got heavily involved in almost every aspect of car production and the horsepower race disappeared... almost overnight. Cars lost a lot of their individuality and the Japanese invasion of economy cars... and well-built inexpensive cars grabbed a large market-share here in America. Sought-after American iron of the 70's are few and far between but cars like the 76 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible, 1975 Corvette Convertible, and many of the Italian made sports cars are still very much in demand with collectors. 

The New York City subway system is one of the most efficient people transports in the entire world. The hot and dingy subway system of the 1970's has been completely renovated into a safe, convenient and comfortable mode of transportation between nearly all areas of New York City. Over 4.3 million people ride the subway system every day; over 1 billion people go through the turnstiles per year! While minor theft and homelessness still abound, the subway is a much better place than was predicted back in the financially troubled days of the city. = = =1970's Television= By Jack Donovan The following are examples of television shows that premiered each year of this decade.

1970
All my children (1970-present) Josie and the pussycats (1970-1974) The flip Wilson show (1970-1974) NFL Monday night football (1970-Present) The odd Couple (1970-1975)

1971
The Jackson five (1971-1973) The Funky Phantom (1971-1972) Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1971-72) Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch (1971-74) The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971-74)

1972
M*A*S*H (1972-1983) Maude (1972-78) Des chiffres et des lettres (1972-present) Sanford and Son (1972-1977). Emergency! (1972-1977)

1973
Schoolhouse Rock! (1973-86) Barnaby Jones (1973-80) Police Story (1973-78) The Young and the restless (1973-Present) The New Treasure Hunt (1973-1976)

1974
High Rollers (1974-1976; 1978-1980) Land of the Lost (1974-1977) Valley of the Dinosaurs (1974-1976) Shazam! CBS (1974-1977). Rhoda (1974-1978)

Real People (1979-1984)
__**Political People in 1970's**__ 1970's; "A Decade of Fragmentation"

The president of the United States was Richard Nixon from the year 1969 to 1974. Nixon started his second term of presidency, and resigned in the year of 1974. He was the 37th president of the United States, and the only president to resign his position. Before he took the office of President, he was the 36th Vice-President.

Richard Nixon was succeeded by Gerald Ford, where Ford served 29 months of presidency Until January 20, 1977 and presided over what were then the worst economic times since the 1930's, as the cost of living rose higher than any time since the collapse of the Confederate Dollar. Ford pardoned Nixon and survived two assasination attempts. In his bid for re-election, Ford got badly behind in the polls relative to his Democratic opponent, Jimmer Carter; and although he almost caught up as Election Day arrived, he was defeated. *Ford believed that gay and lesbian couples should be able to marry, and was the longest lived president.

Jimmy Carter served as the next president to finish out the decade of the 70's.

^Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter [] [] The 1970’s created bridge from and to the 60’s and 80’s. It was a pleasant change from the 60’s rebellious musicians and the 80’s happy songs. The 70’s was more of a slow dancing style of music, relaxing and soft. People wanted to have a good time in dance clubs again. They were tired of the violent fights in the 60’s. The definition of the 70’s was definitely disco. People still dance to it today even though it was short lived. Also another popular music trend in the 70’s was progressive rock. Many bands were more spontaneous in concert. There were a couple of genre they continued from the 60’s to the 70’s. One of these is the Punk Rock. It was the most upbeat and heavier style. They were almost rated #1 but the Beatles beat them. Below are some of the most popular artist from the 1970’s.
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Aerosmith Alice Cooper Black Sabbath Blondie Bob Dylan Bob Marley and the Wailers Boomtown Rats Bruce Springsteen Chicago Commodores David Bowie Elton John Gloria Gaynor Ike & Tina Turner James Taylor Janis Joplin Jefferson Starship John Lennon Kiss Led Zeppelin Marvin Gaye Michael Jackson Minnie Riperton Mungo Jerry Paul McCartney & Wings Paul Simon Pink Floyd Queen Rod Stewart The Doors The Eagles The Jackson 5 The Osmonds The Police The Rolling Stones The Who People Village People ZZ Top

Venus- The Shocking Blue Mama Told Me Not To Come- Three Dog Night Bee Gees I Think I Love You- The Partridge Family Tears Of A Clown-Smokey Robinson & Miracles Rapper, The- The Jaggerz I Want You Back- Jackson 5 Spirit In The Sky- Norman Greenbaum Vehicle- The Ides Of March War- Edwin Starr Green-Eyed Lady- Sugarloaf
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Abraxas- Santana Bridge over Troubled Water- Simon and Garfunke Cosmo’s Factory- Creedence Clearwater Revival McCartney- Paul McCartney Woodstock-Sound Track
 * TOP ALBUMS**

Heart Queen Led Zeppelin Jackson 5 The Allman Brothers Pink Floyd AC/DC Aerosmith Black Sabbath Rush
 * TOP BANDS**

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LED ZEPPELIN By: Robert Geiger

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1971: Email-Ray Tomlinson 1971: Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)- James Fergason 1971: Pocket Calculator- Sharp Corporation 1971: Microprocessors 1971: Floppy Disk- David Noble with IBM 1971: VCR 1971: Dot-matrix 1971: Digital Watch George Theiss/Willy Crabtree 1971: Karaoke Machine- Daisuke Inoue 1972: Pong (the first video game)- Nolan Bushnell 1972: CAT Scanner- Godfrey Hounsfield 1972: Hacky Sack- John Stalberger and Mick Marshell 1973: Personal Computer- Xerox PARC 1973: Genetically Modified Organisms- 2 American Geneticists 1973- Skylab 1973: Ethernet- 1974: Rubik’s Cube- Erno Rubik 1974: Post-it Note- Arthur Fry 1974: liposuction- Giorgio Fischer 1975: Digital Camera- Steven Sasson 1975: Hybrid Vehicles- Victor Wouk 1976: Gore-Tex (waterproof breathable Fabric)- Robert Gore 1976: Inkjet Printer 1977: Personal Stereo- Adreas Pavel 1977: Celluar Mobile Phone- Bell Labs 1977: MRI Scanner 1978: Spreadsheet 1979: The Walkman 1979: Rollerblades- Scott and Brennan Olson

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=Art and Architecture of the 1970s= In the 1970s, art refined prominent works done in the 60s. Earth Art, which took environmentalist and minimalist ideas to the next level was quite popular. Some famous Earth artists are Michael Heizer, Walter de Maria, and Robert Smithson. Land Art and Environment Art challenged the rules regarding mass, space, time, and size. Art created by women was also seen more. Even though there were new things in the 1970s art field, artists still used white plaster to sculpt. One of the best represented 1970s sculpting work was "Three Figures on Four Benches" by George Segal.

In the 1970s, architecture's "modern movement" began to slow, and there was a new found respect for the designs of past times, like the historical and traditional designs of buildings. Architects began to design the buildings for the reason they would be used. Although the designs of historical buildings were coming back, Frank Gehry kept the modern feel of builings around. He built the "Frank Gehry House" in 1978.

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Fashions of the 1970’s Cayla Cox

Fashion in the 1970’s consisted of bellbottoms, and flared trousers. Many women wore full length maxi dresses, evening trousers or glamorous halter neck cat suits. The short checked flared skirt was very popular.



For evening in the early seventies, either straight or flared Empire line dresses with a sequined fabric bodice and exotic sleeves were the style for a dressy occasion. A hugely successful evening style was the halter neck dress. Strong clear, secondary and primary colors were important in the 1970’s. A peasant fashion for eyelets with lacing, oversized ric rac braid with false bib parts of blouses became universal. The lower sleeves on many shirts became bigger and bigger as time went on. Friendship bracelets became very popular in this period of time.

In the early 1970’s platform shoes became the main attraction. By the mid seventies the most ordinary people were wearing two inch deep platforms without a second thought. At about the same time, clogs became popular as they followed the trend for chunkiness of sole. Knitwear and knitted Raschel or jersey fabrics were the easy classic dressing of the 70s. Chunky hand knitted cardigans like the ones worn in Starsky and Hutch were soon paraded around town.

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 colors 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. Hairstyles in the 1970’s were like ones of Farrah Fawcett. By the mid 1970s women had adopted a variety of hairstyles many based on blow drying of hair into specific flicked positioning that emanated from a centre parting. In the 1970s anything went for hairstyles, but it was the age of the hippies and that meant most women tried to look as natural as possible. So no more bouffant, pompadour and poodle hair. Women tried to keep their locks as long, smooth and sleek as possible.  Political Events of the 1970's By Katlyne Heath On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen shot at students of Kent State, killing four. This tradition started on April, 22, 1970. Monday Night Football begins on ABC in 1970. This was great construction done in 1970. Keeping runners in shape ever since, this event started in 1970. Taking place in 1970, this was the last album the famous band released. 1971 had great ideas! 1,200 inmates took on 38 guards at the Attica State Prison in 1971. It ended four days later with 28 inmates and 9 guards killed. This show was first seen on ABC in 1971. Fun for everyone in 1971! On October 1, 1971, Disney's second theme park was opened. Walt didn't live to see it, unfortunately. June of 1972. It was committed by five men; and was the cause of Nixon's resignment. This was on August 8, 1974 due to Nixon being undoubtedly tied to the Watergate coverup. July 13, 1977. New York blacked out for 25 hours, which looters took advantage of. 1978. 900 people were murdered from drinking cyanide in a fruit-flavored drink. The leader shot himself. This in vitro fertilization was used in 1978. December 3, 1979. By the Riverfront Coliseum in Cicinnatti, OH, 11 people were trampled to death. This alternative to standard sports broadcasting took place on September 7, 1979. //(source: [|www.inthe70s.com])// football!
 * Kent State Shooting**
 * First Earth Day**
 * Prime Time Football**
 * World Trade Center is Completed**
 * First New York City Marathon**
 * The Beatles Release //Let it Be//**
 * Cigarette Ads are Banned on TV**
 * Prison Riot in Buffalo, NY**
 * School House Rock is Aired**
 * Disney World Opens**
 * The Magic Kingdom Opened in Florida**
 * Watergate Burglary**
 * Nixon Resignes**
 * New York City Blackout**
 * Jonestown Massacre**
 * First Test Tube Baby**
 * The Who Concert Tragedy**
 * ESPN Starts Broadcasting**

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