Bedford High School - Epic Yearbook (Bedford, OH)

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In the six years since Americans first heard of a mysterious immunity-robbing disease from which no one recovers. AIDS has killed nearly 25.000 Americans, millions of dollars have — poured into medical research and President Reagan has proclaimed the plague Public Health Enemy No. I. Television evangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker said farewell to the PTL ministry in March. Jim Bakker resigned after confessing to a sexual encounter with a young woman. Tammy Bakker bowed out of the broadcasts to undergo treatmet for drug dependency. In an effort to keep the Persian Gulf open to navigation, the United States began in July to escort vessels to protect them from Iran. In Sep- tember the U.S. Navy blew up an Iranian ship that was caught laying mines in the Gulf. Se- veral mines were confiscated. Marine Lt. GdI Oliver L. North, was a key ofn- gal iifihqplan to finance anti-govcrnmeat reb- els in Micaragua ith money from arms sales to Iran. rtestimony before the Iran-Conti hear- ings in Washington. North became somewhat a a celebrity. WORLD EVENTS 5

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-World Events The Dow Jones industrial stock average dropped S08 points, the largest in history, on Monday. October 19. Some called it a “crash.” others called it a “meltdown” and others called it “Black Monday.” Whatever it was. it stripped $500 billion from the markett valluc of U.S. securities. President and Mrs. Reagan greeted Pope Paul II when he arrived in Miami to begin a nine-city tour of the United States. a 24-day strike by the NFL players ended in mid-October when the umion capitulated and went to court instead of trying to fight the club owners at the bargaining table. The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco cele- brated its 50th birthday. About 250.000 people jammed onto the bridge for an anniversary- walk across the span. Another 500,000 packed the bridge approaches but were denied access because the engineers feared the span could not support the weight. 4 WORLD EVENTS

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1987 Homecoming Court Mike Turner, Kelly Kovalik. Rick Jewett. Nicole Urban, Shawn Berry. Lynara Carter. Lisa Slabv. Bill Brand. Cara Licht. Chad Bryant. Cindy Farkas. Jason Mitalski. Lisa Slaby and Bill Brand stop for a quick pose. 6 HOMECOMING