Columbus High School - Discoverer Yearbook (Columbus, NE)

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1984 World Events Willlom A Wilson wos nomed the U S. ombossodor ro rhe Voticon on Tuesdoy. Jonuory 10th. 1984 The Spoce Shuttle Chollenger rakes off from Pod 39A eorly Fridoy. Februory 3rd. or the Kennedy Spoce Cenrer In Florido. It successfully completed it's nine doy mission, londing or rhe some ploce It lifted off from. KILLER STORM There were mony of these oil over rhe notion this winter. These vehicles were coughr in one of the mony snow storms rhot dumped lorge omounts of snow on North Dokoro Some people died of corbon monoxide poisoning, officiols soid Speciol new feorures. The new Codilloc presidenriol limousines hove oil-block exterior ond o dork blue Prlmo cloth interior. The speciol fold-down reor bumper serves os o plorform for Secret Service ogents. A mechonlcolly operored hondroil. which lifts from the deck lid. provides support for ogents sronding on the plorform. Friends ond fomlly of U S. Morine Sgt. John A. Phillips Jr. follow behind his coffin os it's corried by fellow Morine officers down rhe steps of o Wilmette. III., church ofrer funerol services Sgt. Phillips, olong with more rhon 200 other Morines. wos killed in o bombing by terrorists, of the Morine heodquorrers in Beirut. Lebonon

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Exponded this year Is Nied's Meors. Ir moved from 11th Street ond is now on 16th Avenue ond 17th Street. It also sells store products besides their quality meor. Johansen Construction ond on association of architects from Grond Island designed ond built o new low office building for Tessendourf. Milbourn. ond Fehringer located behind Goodrich Dairy Store. The constant snow ond rainstorms that we received In Columbus brought out o lot of potholes. Pictured is one of the nerve-rocking pests which were located oil over the city roods. Firemen put out o blaze which ruined Mike Senior Studio on February 8th The studio hos now moved to 23rd Avenue ond 15th Street. The Columbus Doys Promo Crew rode in the Columbus Days Porode. waving of the crowd ond giving friendly smiles to everyone At their new locotlon Is Columbus Music. The store moved downtown from the US 30 Center moll. Columbus Evenrs 9

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Chrlsry Peoke. Robor Defense Systems President, odjusts the workings of o ronklike. 1.200-pound borrlefield vehicle nomed the Prowler The Prowler hos three UZ1 mochine guns mounted on its top. It's guided by inrernol computers ond remote-control rodio transmitters This DMD oirborn ossoult vehicle wos In the porode held ot Red Squore on Mondoy. November 7th. The porode wos to mork the onniversory of the Bolshevik Revolution. Americon Speedskoter Noncy Swider of Pork Ridge III., come in only 18th in the 1.500-meter speed skoting event Thursdoy. Februory 9th. In which Eost Germony's Koren Enke broke o World record to win o gold medol Nebrosko s Scott Kimboll (88) tries to bring in o long poss but wasn't able to hong onto the boll os the University of Miami's defensive bock Rodney Bellinger (4) covers him dose The poss wos Incomplete ond Miomi wos colled for unsportsmon- shlp like conduct. Miomi went on to beor Nebrosko 31 to 30 in the Oronge Bowl Michoel Kimmel. o medlcol student from Pennsylvan- ia, mokes himself comfortoble os he studies in St George's University School of Medicine ot Point Sollnes. Grenodo. Medical students were evocuoted during the U.S. invosion of Grenodo They returned to dosses on Jonuory 10th World Evenrs 11