Back in the Day

1971

IN THE NEWS:

• • Supreme Court rules that bussing of students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation in public schools

  • Twenty-sixth Amendment to the Constitution lowers the voting age to 18

  • An anti-war rally in Washington D.C. disrupts business as police and military units arrest and detain more than 12,000 protestors, most of whom are released after less than 24-hours in custody

  • The first dot-matrix printers are introduced

  • James Fergason introduces LCD (liquid crystal display) technology

  • Gilbert Hyatt invents the microprocessor

  • Pittsburgh Pirates defeat Baltimore Orioles to win the World Series

  • Billie Jean King becomes the first woman athlete to earn more than $100,000 per year

ON TELEVISION:

• • Getting Together, The Persuaders, All in the Family, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Cannon, Sarge, The Funny Side, Night Gallery, Alias Smith and Jones, Bearcats, O'Hara, The D.A., Columbo

FADS & FASHION:

• • Food processors, kicktail skateboards, whip antennas, flags, sissy bars, bicycle banana seats

WHAT THINGS COST:

• • Car: $3,742

  • Gasoline: 36 cents per gallon

  • House: $28,300

  • Bread: 25 cents per loaf

  • Milk: $1.32 per gallon

  • Postage Stamp: 8 cents

  • Average Annual Salary: $11,583

• Minimum Wage: $1.60 per hour

ACADEMY AWARD - BEST PICTURE:

• The French Connection - crime drama by Philip D'Antoni

TOP SONGS:

• • Knock Three Times by Tony Orlando and Dawn

  • Go Away Little Girl by Donny Osmond

  • Theme From Shaft by Isaac Hayes