Holly Pond High School
Class of 1973

  

                                                                        

Prices 

Cost of a new home:  $35,500.00 

Median Household Income:  $10,512.00 

Cost of a first-class stamp:  $0.08 

Cost of a gallon of regular gas:  $0.39 

Cost of a dozen eggs:  $0.78 

Cost of a gallon of Milk:  $1.31


        Sports                    

Football 

Superbowl  VIII  :  Miami  24  -  MINNESOTA  7

Pro MVP:  O.J. Simpson, Buffalo, RB 

College Football:  Notre Dame  

Heisman Trophy:  John Cappelletti, Penn St., RB 

Rose Bowl:  Ohio St. 42, USC 21 

Orange Bowl:  Penn St. 16, LSU 9 

Cotton Bowl:  Nebraska 19, Texas 3 

Sugar Bowl:  Notre Dame 24, Alabama 23 

Baseball 

World Series 

Winner:   Oakland A's  4-3 (WLWLLWW)  - Coach:  Dick Williams 

Opposing Team:  NY METS  - Coach:  Yogi Berra 

  

National League 

MVP:  Pete Rose, Cin  -   OF 

Rookie of the Year:  Gary Matthews, SF  -   OF



  Music                      

Billboard Top 10 (Buy CD)  

1. Crocodile Rock - Elton John 

2. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce 

3. Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight/Pips 

4. Brother Louie - Stories 

5. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group 

6. Will It Go Round In Circles - Billy Preston 

7. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John 

8. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye 

9. Ramblin' Man - The Allman Brothers 

10. Love Train - The O'Jays 

 

Top Albums  

Brothers and Sisters - Allman Brothers

Chicago VI - Chicago

Goat's Head Soup - Rolling Stones

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

Living in the Material World - George Harrison

No Secrets - Carly Simon

 

Grammy Awards 

Album of the Year:  Innervisions, Stevie Wonder     

Best New Artist:   Bette Midler     

Best Pop Duo or Group:  “Neither One of Us”, Gladys Knight and the Pips     

Best Pop Female Vocal:  “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” Roberta Flack     

Best Pop Male Vocal:  “You Are the Sunshine of My Life,” Stevie Wonder     

Record of the Year:  “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” Roberta Flack     

Song of the Year:  “Killing Me Softly With His Song”

 

 

 

 

Movies

$$$ -Top Movie Money Makers 

The Exorcist  $165,000,000

The Sting  $159,616,327

American Graffiti  $115,000,000

Papillon   $53,267,000

Live and Let Die   $35,400,000

 

Academy Awards  

Best Actor:   Jack Lemmon: Save the Tiger   

Best Actress:   Glenda Jackson: A Touch of Class        

Best Director:   George Roy Hill: The Sting

Best Picture:   Tony Bill and Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips: The Sting

Best Supporting Actor:   John Houseman: The Paper Chase   

Best Supporting Actress:   Tatum O'Neal: Paper Moon   

 

Economics

President:  Richard M. Nixon 

Vice President:  Spiro T. Agnew 

 

Population:  211,908,788 

Life expectancy:  71.4 years 

 

Dow-Jones    

High:  1051 

Low:  788 

 

Federal spending:  $245.71 billion 

Federal debt:  $466.3 billion 

Inflation:  7.6% 

Consumer Price Index:  44.4 

Unemployment:  5.6%