Cortez High School - Cortesians Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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Sgt. Jimmy Lopez being greeted by Margie Sports The hostages arrived home just in time to see Superbowl XV. The Oakland Raiders beat the Philadelphia Eagles at the long-awaited football game. Most valuable player of the game was quar- terback, Jim Plunkett of the Raiders. He stepped in after Dan Pastorini was injured early in the sea- son. Philadelphia may have lost the Superbowl, but the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Kansas City Royals in the World Series. A young Panama fighter beat Sugar Ray Leo- nard for the World Championship Welterweight Title. Then, to prove he could do it again, Roberto Duran fought Leonard in November only to lose his title after eight rounds. During the 8th round, Duran told the referee, No mas, no mas, which means, No more, no more, thus end- ing his title and blowing a little of his ego away. The same went for Muhammed Ali. He tried for a comeback, and for the second time, he lost. Local Weather Being at the wrong place at the wrong time was an understatement if you lived in the state of Washington. Mount St. Helen's erupted suddenly in June 1980. Various places had to be evacuated while others met their doom - death. Ash from the volcano was all over the state. Everyone had to wear masks so they wouldn't breathe in the smoke and ash. The mount had erupted about five times. While that was going on, the southern states were experiencing unreasonably high temperatures. Texas was also having some rough times with a drought. Texas had not had a drought for quite some time. On February 25, Phoenix celebrated its centen- nial. A large cake was baked. At noon on the 25th, people on their lunch break went to Patri- ots' Square and had a piece of cake. Happy 100 Phoenix! A young woman from Arizona had a dream of being Miss USA. Her dream came true when .line- ane Ford's wish was fulfilled. She was crowned Miss USA. As the hostages returned, no one knew of the heroic acts of a marine from Globe, Arizona. Whenthe embassy was taken over, Marine Sgt. James Lopez, 21, held the students off with tear gas while eight people made their way to safety at the Canadian Embassy. At a parade upon his return, Lopez was awarded the Medal of Valor by Governor Bruce Babbitt for the parade in his ihonor. President Reagan also congratulated the Arizona hero at a parade in Washington, D.C. Lopez was noted for his famous patriotic writing on the cell wall, Viva el rojo, blanco, y azul. Long live the red, white, and blue! World 81 Local News 27

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Welcome to the 80's International One of the most tragic things that happened during the 1980-81 school year was the sudden and shocking death of ex-Beatle, John Lennon, who helped rock the 60's. Lennon, who was shot outside his apartment building by Mark Chap- man, came after a recording session with his wife, Yoko Ono. Yoko Ono requested that he be cre- mated and have a ten minute meditation service for him everywhere. Millions of people watched time stand still to give the famous singer his final farewell. Another shock was the announcement of Prince Charles' engagement to Lady Diana Spencer. Prince Charles, 32, was the world's most eligible bachelor. Lady Diana, 19, was a kinder- garten teacher and an ancestor of King Charles II. The wedding was to be set for July, 1981. ln the area of astronomy, the planets Jupiter and Saturn conjunct for the first time in twenty years. However, the Christmas star was also in the picture. This star was the one that was seen when the Christ child was born in the stable at Bethle- hem. On Christmas Eve, the star was said to be seen passing over the earth. On July 7, 1980, many people were watching the beautiful girls of the world on T.V., seeing if what they thought was beautiful was the same as the judges. The Miss Universe pageant was won for the first time in many years by Miss USA, Shawn Weatherly. National The election of Ronald Reagan brought in a change in government and the new trend of jelly- beans. On January 20, the inauguration of the 40th President of the United States took place at the front lawn of the White House. Reagan was once govemor of California and was a Republi- can. Therefore, most of his cabinet was Republi- can. The former actor succeeded former Presi- dent Jimmy Carter of Georgia. At the time when Reagan was being swom in, the long awaited return of the American hostages was taking place. The hostages, which were held in Iran for 444- days, arrived in Germany with a greeting of yellow ribbons and welcome home signs all over. The embassy takeover, which was November 4, 1979, hailed the terrible misfortune of the rescue attempt. Eight men died trying to save the fifty-one hostages, two of them being women. Richard Queen, also a hostage, was released earlier than the others because of a believed brain tumor that was actually Multiple Sclerosis. On January 25, all were back in the United States. They met privately with their fami- lies at West Point. Many parades were held and being an American was something to be proud of. Disasters, such as the MGM Grand and Hilton fires in Las Vegas, also affected the country. Many people jumped out of windows only to die. No one knew about the fire and many claimed the sprinkler and alarm systems were not working. At the Hilton, a fire was started in four different places. The coincidence of all this was a busboy working at the MGM Grand left after the fire and was working at the Hilton during that fire. The people of Atlanta were in an uproar with the loss of twenty Negro children all ranging between the ages of eight to sixteen. A curfew was set for all children to be in their houses by 10 p.m. Many of the children found were dead by strangulation. No one knew why this was going on, but the search for an answer did continue. Two other deaths that stunned the country were those of the King of Chicken, Col. Sanders, and the rock around the clock star, Bill Haley. Col. Sanders, who headed Kentucky Fried Chicken died at the age of 87 of leukemia. He had been in the hospital for quite some time before his death. Bill Haley, who had the number one hit, Rock Around the Clock, died of a heart attack at his home in Texas. He lived a life of seclusion, away from the limelight.

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