El Dorado High School - El Dorado Yearbook (Placentia, CA)

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The space shuttle Challenger blasts off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on April 8, Bombs dropped by Israeli jets explode in Beirut, during an attack on PLO strongholds. 83: Mankinds Endless Search For Security The 1982-83 school year witnessed many tragic and inspiring events. It was the year of the unemployed, while nations of the world tried desperately to recover from the world wide recession. It was also the year that held little respite from the toils of war as over one fourth of the worlds nations clashed over differences caused by their own greedy ambitions. But the one recurring theme in all world events this year was mankinds innate need to feel secure. This theme took shape in many obscure ways: in the START talks and the arms race between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.; in the nuclear protests in Europe; in Barney Clarks heroic quest for life with an artificial heart; and even in the movies as a benevolent extra-terrestrial tried to find his way home. Sluggish economics and a number of armed conflicts dominated the news in 83. Every nations leaders tried a number of programs to bring back economic prosperity but none could be judged brilliant. The military oper- ations, however, had no such problems of importance. The Isrealis launched a massive attack in Lebanon which successfully erased the PLO threat against Isreals northern border and may have destroyed the Arab dream of eliminating Isreal by force. But the operation ended in a nightmarrish massacre as Arab civilians were slaughtered by Lebanese militiamen in a refugee camp. In the Folklands, too. Great Britain won a smashing good victory after an old dispute with Argentina flared up. Drew Barrymore makes friends with a creature from outer space in the blockbuster E.T. 22 Current Events

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Typical Richard Sandoval trying to be a mactio man, Fred Zarrow and Joey Husovsky look in awe as Lori Johnson stiows how to pass a banana between her legs. And they said Disco was out Class Competition 21

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Argentine troops over ran a small company of British marines on the island. England then responded by de- ploying a task force which recaptured the islands in less than two weeks. Rolands armed conflict against its own citizens reached a successful, but repressive conclusion in late 1982. The military government imposed martial law which successfully thwarted political demonstrations. Four thou- sand protestors were arrested and the Solidarity Union was outlawed. Other conflicts raged endlessly on. Iraq which had in- vaded Iran two years past suffered heavy losses as Iran invaded Iraq in relataliation. Niether side, however, man- aged to win decisively. Russia, too, became more in- volved in there war in Afghanistan committing over 100,000 troops to the already beleagured country. The Russian forces had major setbacks against the Afghan rebels. Brutality took on many forms other than war. Violence both accidental and calculated claimed many victims. The IRA killed more than its shore of people as they maliciously placed bombs in cars on crowded streets in England. America was not immune to this bestiality. There was a rise in the murder rate and other violent crimes. But nothing shocked the nation more than the gruesome cruelty of cyanide laced Tylenol capsules that took the lives of seven innocent people. All the peoples of the Earth wanned grievously under the shadows of turbulence. Not suprisingly, 83 saw the birth of many peace movements which held demonstra- tions advocating a bilateral nuclear freeze and eventual disarmament in a last ditch hope to rekindle whots left of mankinds sanity. The results of there efforts, however, were questionable as the Geneva disarmament talks made little progress and the dedication of the diplomats to the eventual goal of the nuclear freeze became doubtful. Both the U.S. and U.S.S.R. made proposals to eliminate nuclear weapons that were specifically de- signed to sway world public opinion in 83 as President Reagan declared the development of a new U.S. missile defense system. The world was robbed of many great public figures this year. Most significant of these, was the changing of the guard in Russia when their leader Leonid I. Breshnev died of heart failutre (he was succeeded by Yuri V. Andro- pov). America lost many entertainment greats including Henry Fonda, Ingrid Bergman, Arthur Godrey, and Prin- cess Grace of Monaco. The nation also paid its final respects to the fallen war heroes of Vietnam during the long overdue, but none the less appropriate dedication of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington Mall. 1982-83 had its high and low points. It brought the launch- ing of a new Canadian Constitution and the sinking of the Equal Rights Ammendment in the U.S.; the inspiring flights of the space shuttle Challenger and the sickening crash of a jetliner in Washington ' s Potomac River; the formation of a new United States Football League and a greatly abbrevi- ated NFL football season; social violence and the arrival of an egg-domed extra-terrestrial whose message of gentle wisdom seemed, indeed, unearthly. A permanent artificial heart is implanted inside the chest of Barney Changing of the guard in Russia -Leonid llich Breshnev died of a heart Clark, in the first such operation in history. attack in November at the age of 75, Current Events 23