It has been forty years since Saturday, January 11th, 1975. Graduation is only five months and change away. Besides an enduring obsession with Happy Days and Fifties-themed dances, what does our teenage world look like? The verdict: Guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty. The Watergate trial has concluded with the convictions of former Attorney General John Mitchell, White House officials H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, and campaign official Robert Mardian on charges of conspiracy and obstruction of justice. The most popular actor on German television for 1974 was portly William Conrad, whose detective show “Cannon” tops the charts in Europe. Conrad, who also played the original Marshal Dillon on the radio version of “Gunsmoke,” received the honor. “Cannon” may be riding high, but the same cannot be said for “Jeopardy.” After 11 years with host Art Fleming, the game show for eggheads is off the air. Pity we’ll never hear the Jeopardy theme again. Fierce twisting winds hit the Wasatch Front last Saturday. Damage at Salt Lake International Airport is estimated at over $1 million, or roughly the profits from sixty-two stale deli sandwiches sold at usual airport prices. Bob Montana, creator of the comic strip “Archie,” is dead of a heart attack at age 54. Remember that plot of land Marlon Brando gave to the Indians? Turns out the tribe is now saddled with a $318,000 mortgage that Brando never paid off. Brando’s attorney confirmed that the actor is still claiming a massive tax write-off for the gift. At least somebody came out ahead in the deal. Top at the box office this week: The Towering Inferno, toppling The Godfather Part II. New game show on daytime TV. “Wheel of Fortune” is hosted by Chuck Woolery, assisted by Susan Stafford on the letters. Mr Blackwell has issued his annual worst-dressed list. Rep. Bella Abzug of New York has a “1940 fashion intellect”; Richard Burton’s fiancee Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia is “the big droop”; stripper Fanne Foxe has “too much of her first name showing”; Charo is “Carmen Miranda with cleavage”; and Cher resembles a “Hawaiian bat mitzvah.” Also making the list are singer Helen Reddy and actress Raquel Welch. She ain’t standing by her man no more. Tammy Wynette has filed for D-I-V-O-R-C-E from fellow country singer George Jones. Grounds? Cruelty. You thought they broke up when we were in 7th grade, but legally it happened only this week. A London court has dissolved the last legal vestiges of the partnership once known as the Beatles. The decision was the culmination of legal action filed by Paul “The Cute But Lawsuit-Happy One” McCartney against John, George and Ringo nearly four years ago. Edith Bunker bids farewell to her neighbor on last nights “All in the Family.” Louise Jefferson and her husband George are movin’ on up to their own sitcom. Speaking of All in the Family, just keep watching “All My Children” and youll never have any. The Food and Drug Administration has discovered that more than 300,000 color televisions across America are emitting as much as 25 times the maximum allowable radiation. The largest television recall in history begins. Skeptical viewers are shaking both heads in disbelief. Pope Paul VI warned that conflicts over oil and land in the Middle East may spread to the Great Powers, leading to the eruption of World War III. Former Utah Congressman Wayne Owens, who lost his Senate bid to Republican Jake Garn in November, has become a law partner to George J. Romney, son of LDS Church leader Marion G. Romney. It’s a little frosty for dragging Main, but crank up your home AM radio while you’re working on that English paper and you may hear new Top 40 debuts “Black Water” by the Doobie Brothers; “Ready” by Cat Stevens; “The Entertainer” by Billy Joel; “You’re No Good” by Linda Ronstadt; “Free Bird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd; “Best of My Love” by the Eagles; and “Pick Up the Pieces” by the Average White Band. I’m sorry to report that “Kung Fu Fighting” has reached the Top 10.
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