Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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New politicians elected In November elections Republican Attor- ney General George Duke', Deukmejian defeated Los Angeles Mayor Democrat Tom Bradley in a closely contested race for the governor's mansion. Post election analysis showed one reason that Deukmejian, who is white, was able to defeat Bradley, who is black, was due par- tially to an anti-black vote. Bradley, who was also defeated in his first bid to become LA's first black mayor by an anti-black vote, will consider challenging Deukmejian at the next opportunity. San Diego Mayor Republican Pete Wilson EPA upset Jolted by the horror of New York's Love Canal, and, closer to home, Riverside's Stringfellow Acid Pits, as well as other rev- elations of chemicals seeping into America's earth and water, Congress created a 51.6 billion super fund enabling the EPA to purge toxic dumps environmentalists called ticking time bombs. Despite the urgency the EPA took over 2 W years to identify the 418 hazardous sites. Of those it had cleansed only five. Criticism prompted two congressional sub- committees to investigate charges that the EPA made sweetheart deals with pollut- ing companies and delayed cleanups for political reasons. This investigation led to the ousting of EPA Head Anne Gorsuch when she re- fused to turn over subpoeaned documents and brought about the firing of Anne La- velle when she refused to resign at President Reagan's request. 94 - news Politics defeated former Governor Jerry Brown for the US Senate seat vacated by Republican 5.1. Hayakawa who decided not to seek re- election. in Congress the House gained 26 Demo- cratic members bringing the number to 269 Democrats to 166 Republicans making President Ronald Reagan face stiff opposi- tion over the 2 to 1 Democrats when he wished to have legislation passed. This was evident in Reagan's difficulty with Con- gressional support for his budget, the MX Missile and support for increasing military aid for the civil war in El Salvador. Newly elected Governor George Deukmejian eats cake at a Republican reception. Newly elected Chicago Mayor Harold Washington takes the oath of office as former Mayor jane Byrne looks on. Washington is Chicago's first black mayor. Chicago's machine defunct Incumbent Chicago Democratic Mayor jane Byrne was upset in the Democratic Primary for that position by Democrat Congressman Harold Washington who defeated Republican Bernard Epton to become Chicago's first black mayor. Byrnels defeat brought an end to the machine politics that have been synony- mous with Chicago since the turn of the century. Unwilling to admit defeat Byrne announced she would not chal- lenge Washington as a write-in candi- date, changed her mind and said she would and finally withdrew from the race. Chicago Democratic strategists feel that Chicago's political machine is dead because Washington would not rebuild it.

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Solidarity leader Lech Walesa appears in church with his wife Danuta after being released by Polish government authorities. Walesa released Solidarity Union leader Lech Walesa after eleven months in detention, was re- leased late in November by the Polish government of General Wojciech Jar- velski. Solidarity was formally banned by the Po- lish government on October 8, and some say that Walesa had to make agreements with the government to be released. I did not sign anything, did not resign from anything, made no commitments, ational Artificial heart recipient Barney Clark exercises in his Salt Lake City hospital room after making medical history. Clark died 112 days after the artificial heart's implant. Mechanical heart implanted Barney Clark, a retired dentist from Se- attle, Washington, made medical history on December 1 by being the first human recipient of an artificial heart implanted by doctors in Salt Lake City, Utah. For several weeks after the implant Clark was heavily sedated on medication to keep his body from rejecting the heart. He suffered seizures and uncontrollable nose bleeds and other complications but doctors were able to stabilize his condi- tion enough so that he was moved from Intensive Care and was able to grant media interviews. 1 I2 days after receiving the heart, Clark died of circulatory collapse due to multi- organ failure. Also making medical his- tory was I5 month old Jaime Fisk who underwent a successful liver transplant. by Poles said Walesa. In the spring Walesa returned to work at the government owned shipyards. Upon his return to work Walesa faces imprison- ment and possible death if he, a govern- ment employee, takes part in any out- lawed Solidarity activity. In May Walesa was arrested along with six other Solidarity members. I-Ie was re- leased within several days. Seven die from cyanide Seven Chicago area residents died in early October after taking Extra-Strength Ty- lenol capsules that had been laced with cya- nide. Police suspected that the poisoning took place after the drug was placed on the shelves in stores. johnson and johnson, the producer, immediately removed all of its products from stores until the source of contamination was found. Haig resigns In mid-summer U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig resigned because of dispar- ity with other cabinet members. George Schultz was appointed upon I-Iaigls resignation. Schultz spent much of his time dealing with the problems in the Middle East and in South America. news - Q3

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MX blocked in Congress President Reagan's proposal for prevent- ing nuclear war is to deploy Ioo huge new MX Intercontinental ballistics mis- siles in a Dense Pack cluster near Chey- enne, Wyoming. To bring Reaganis plan to reality would cost S26 billion and Congress, from the start, was more than reluctant to approve the plan. Citing statistics that Russia's military might would soon surpass that of the US, Reagan called the MX, . . . the right missile at the right time. Reagan faced substantial difficulty get- ting an overwhelmingly Democratic Congress to approve this plan, and Con- gress, in December, said no to his plan forcing the president to try to seek a compromise. As late as May Congress was still refus- ing to agree to the MX plan and Reagan was still being forced to compromise. Out of work Pittsburg steel workers take part in an unemployment demonstration on Capital Hill to pressure Congress for more jobs. Leonoid Brezhnev President of the USSR died of heart disease early in November he was replaced by Yuri Andropov A host of others celebrities and news makers also died during the past year In mid September two immortal ac ly died Bergman died of cancer and Kelly the Princess of Monaco was killed in a car crash after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage Veteran actors and actresses Henry Fonda Arthur Godfrey Gloria Swan- son ack Webb Dolores Del Rio Bust- er Crabbe all died during the year. In a sensationalized helicopter accident while filming a new movie actor Vic Morrow was killed when the helicopter crashed into him and two child actors. Singer Karen Carpenter died of a heart attack complicated by a recent bout with the eating disorder anorexia ner vosa Hollywood Director George Cukor died he made films during Holly wood s heyday directing such greats as Hepburn and Tracy and Ingrid Berg man Pianist Artur Rubinstein died in anu ary Noted ragtime composer and lyri cist ames Hubert Eubie Blake died of pneumonia at age Ioo Blues musl clan Muddy Waters also died during the past year Called Americas greatest playwright Tennessee Williams author of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and the Glass Men- agerie also died. Singer Ethel Merman suffered a brain tumor but was recovering as was Kath- erine Hepburn recovering from hip surgery. Brezhnev, Bergman die tresses, Ingrid Bergman and Grace Kel- . i 1 ' J cr - sa - ,J 7 7 , it , New sex law, new disease Under the Reagan administration, a new law, nicknamed the Squeal Law , was put into effect and shortly thereafter chal- lenged in courts across the country. The new law made it mandatory for feder- ally financed birth control clinics to in- form the parents of minor girls who re- ceived birth control devices. Experts say that this law would result in fewer minors using birth control, the same number of minors having sex and an increase in the number of unwanted pregnancies and abortions. Ironically, a minor requesting an abortion from the same clinic need not have paren- tal permission to have that abortion. Also in the news was an ancient disease which has reached epidemic proportions in the US. Coined the VD of the Ivy League or Jerry Falwell's Revenge, Herpes II, an incurable disease, has affected more than zo million Americans. Some say the herpes counter revolution may be ushering a reluctant, grudging chastity back into fashion. This fast moving, incurable disease has set victims spinning into months of depres- sion and self-exile. Support groups com- prised of fellow Herpes victims have sprung up across the nation to offer some solace to victims and to try to educate the public. news - Q5