The Year of 1975
Rolling Stone Issue 200

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The Vietnam War officially ended when Saigon fell to Communist forces. Saturday Night Live began its 40-years-and-counting run on NBC, and Steven Spielberg's Jaws gave birth to the modern blockbuster. In one of our most painstakingly reported cover stories, writers Howard Korn and David Weir reveal the true story of Patty Hearst's bizarre kidnapping, tracing her entire journey across America and scooping the entire mainstream media in the process.