As the decade of the seventies began on Jan. 1, 1970:

Top Headline of the Quarter:

IN HIS STATE-OF-THE-UNION MESSAGE, PRESIDENT NIXON CALLS FOR A "NEW AMERICAN EXPERIENCE" OF EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSIVENESS TO CITIZENS' NEEDS. THE JURY IN THE TRIAL OF THE "CHICAGO SEVEN" FINDS THE DEFENDANTS NOT GUILTY. PAN AM FLIES A 747 FROM N.Y. TO LONDON FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH 330 PASSENGERS.

Prices:
House $40,000, Car $3,542, Milk $1.32, Gas $.36, Bread $.24, Stamp $.06, Average Income $11,106, Dow 839.

President: Richard Nixon  Vice President: Spiro Agnew

In 1970, the following made headlines:

In Libya, Colonel Muammar Qaddafi assumes power as premier after more than a year in power, despite attempts to overthrow him.

Books in print now include Saul Bellow's Mr. Sammler's Planet, James Dickey's Deliverance, and Love Story, by classics professor-turned-writer Erich Segal. 

As the decade of the seventies closed on Dec. 31, 1979:

Top Headline of the Quarter:

MUSLIM STUDENTS IN IRAN STORM THE U.S. EMBASSY IN TEHERAN, TAKING 66 AMERICANS HOSTAGE. THE STUDENTS DEMAND THAT THE SHAH RETURN TO FACE TRIAL. CARTER CALLS FOR THE DEPORTATION OF ALL IRANIAN STUDENTS IN THE U.S. ILLEGALLY, AND IRANIAN ASSETS ARE FROZEN IN AMERICAN BANKS. LEE A. IACOCCA SUCCEEDS JOHN RICCARDO AS CEO OF CHRYSLER.

Prices:
House $71,800, Car $6,847, Milk $1.50, Gas $.88, Bread $.40, Stamp $.15, Average Income $22,316, Dow 839.

President: Jimmy Carter  Vice President: Walter Mondale