Time Capsule: 1975

News & Economy

President: Gerald R. Ford
Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller

Population: 215,973,199
Life expectancy: 72.6 years

Dow-Jones High: 860
Dow-Jones Low: 610

Cost of a new home: $42,600.00
Cost of a new car: $--
Median Household Income: $11,800.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.10
Cost of a gallon of gas: $0.57
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.77
Cost of a gallon of milk: $1.57

News Headlines

Halderman , Erlickman, Mitchell Convicted of Conspiracy 

President Ford Announces Recession Policy 

US Plane With Vietnamese Orphans Crashes …..200 Killed 

Saigon Falls to North Vietnamese, Thousands Flee By Boat 

Marines Rescue 39 From USS "Mayaguez" Seized By Cambodia 

Teamster Leader Jimmy Hoffa Disappear, Foul Play Suspected 

Patty Hearst Arrested By FBI 

Ford Escapes Shot Fired by Sara Jane Moore 

OPEC Increase Oil Prices 10%

Unemployment reaches 8.9%, highest since 1941

Music

Billboard Top 10
1. Sister Golden Hair - America 
2. Island Girl - Elton John 
3. Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain/Tennille 
4. When Will I Be Loved - Linda Ronstadt 
5. Fallin' In Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank And Reynolds 
6. Bad Blood - Neil Sedaka 
7. Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John 
8. Sky High - Jigsaw 
9. Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils 
10. Get Down Tonight - KC And The Sunshine Band

Top Albums
• Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboys - Elton John 
• Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits - Chicago 
• Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin 
• Red Octopus - Jefferson Starship 
• Rock of the Westies - Elton John

Grammy Awards

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” 

Movies

Top 5 Movie Money Makers
Jaws-$260,000,000 
The Rocky Horror Picture Show -$112,892,318 
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -$108,981,275 
The Adventures of the Wilderness Family -$31,223,000 
Rooster Cogburn -$8,022,000

Academy Awards

Best Actor: Jack Nicholson: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Actress: Louise Fletcher: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Director: Milos Forman: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Supporting Actor: George Burns: The Sunshine Boys
Best Supporting Actress: Lee Grant: Shampoo

Television

Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. All in the Family
2. Rich Man Poor Man
3. Laverne and Shirley
4. Maude
5. The Bionic Woman
6. Phyllis
7. Sanford and Son
8. Rhoda
9. The Six-Million-Dollar Man
10. The ABC Monday Night Movie

Emmy Awards

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

Comedy...
Best Comedy - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Best Actor - Jack Albertson, Chico and the Man
Best Actress - Mary Tyler Moore, The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Sports

Football
Superbowl X:
Pittsburgh 21 - Dallas 17
Pro MVP:
Fran Tarkenton, Minnesota, QB

College Football Champion:
Oklahoma
Heisman Trophy:
Archie Griffin, Ohio St., RB

Basketball
NBA Championship:
Golden State Warriors over Washington Bullets 4-0
NBA MVP:
Bob McAdoo, Buffalo

NCAA National Champions:
UCLA 28-3

Baseball
World Series Champs:
Cincinnati Reds over Boston Red Sox 4-3
National League
MVP: Joe Morgan, Cin
Rookie of the Year: John Montefusco, SF
American League
MVP: Fred Lynn, Bos
Rookie of the Year: Fred Lynn, Bos

Odds 'N Ends

Inflation is 14% 

President Ford officially ends American role in Vietnam 

Warren Beatty stars in movie "Shampoo" as a womanizing hairdresser 

Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway star in Three Days OF The Condor 

Arthur Hailey's book The Moneychangers is a best-seller  

Self help business book "Winning Through Intimidation" by Robert Ringer is a best-seller 

Atari/Sears in Japan introduces the first integrated low cost circuits for TV games 

Free agent Catfish Hunter signs a record $2.85 million contract with the New York Yankees 

Oklahoma University's 37 game winning streak is broken 

The "Thrilla in Manilla", Ali beats Joe Frazier by TKO to regain his title 

The leisure suit with open collar over the lapels is the men's fashion of the day 

The fitted double breasted gangster-banker suit is also in fashion 

The Atomic Energy Commission is dissolved  

Rolling Stones tour grosses $13 million 

Fads; Spiderman, dance marathons, skateboards, mood rings