Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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Sir Richard Attenborough's production of C1handi walked away with a majority of the Academy Awards. Besides Best Direc- tor the film took Best Actor, Ben Kingsley, and Best Picture. Meryl Streep captured the Best Actress award for her portrayal of a Polish immi- grant in Sophie's Choice . Best Support- ing Actress was won by jessica Lange for her performance in Tootsie . She was also nominated for Best Actress for her role in Frances . Ghandi beat out such notable films as Tootsie , Missing , The Verdict and NET . Streep beat out other actresses De- bra Winger, Sissy Spacek, Julie Andrews and Kingsley was selected over Jack Lem- mon, Paul Newman, Peter O'Toole and Dustin Hoffman. Ghandi, Streep big winners Lou Gossett jr. won the Best Supporting man to win a best acting award, the first Actor award for his portrayal of a train- being Sidney Portier for best actor in ing officer in the film Officer and a Lillies of the Field . Gentlemenn. He was the second black Sir Richard Attenborough, Meryl Streep and Ben Kingsley display their Oscars for their work in W K'Ghandi and Sophie's Choice . Entertainment, sports local Toxic waste causes death Relatives of a San Clemente resident who died after being exposed to hazardous waste from the Kellogg Terrace toxic dump site, filed a wrongful death suit in Orange County court against the Shupe Trucking Company alleging that the driver of the truck, whose job it was to deliver the toxic waste being taken from the dumpsite near the school campus, did not take precautions to wash out the waste at the legal dumpsite in Kettleman Hills. The driver allegedly drove his truck back to San Clemente and cleaned the truck there. Charles Dunston, who lived adjacent to the area where the truck was hosed out, report- ed respiratory problems and died at Camp Pendleton's hospital within 48 hours of be- ing exposed to the waste. 96 - news Members of the group Alabama display their Grammy awards. They, along with Toto, Pat Benatar and Men At Work, were among the most notable groups receiving Grammys. CHS After almost a decade of black hu vision s most popular situation comedy came to an end at the end of the 1982-83 season. Such char- acters as Hawkeye Hot Lips BJ Klinger Radar and Col. Potter are forever relegated to re-runs. M 'A'l'S 'I'I d mor set in Korea, M 'A :S fH, tele- Sex to gore: teen trends ere is a e ini e ren ein seen Th df t t d b g by movie critics. A trend away from the horror-gore hack-a-teen-to-pieces films that invariable starred unknown actors with the exception of Horror Queen jamie Lee Curtis, to teen 'fsex ploitationn films. Chicago critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert see this trend as unhealthy in the way that relationships are sacrificed for blatant sexual jokes and in the portrayal of women as little more than sex objects. Movies such as Porky's , Fast Timesu, Losin' lt , My Tutor , Private Les- sons and Joysticks are some of the movies falling into this category. None of these movies show a healthy, normal relationship between teens.

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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

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California feminist leader Ginny Foat boards a Los Angeles Sheriff's van after waiving extradi- tion rights. Foat will be tried in Louisiana for a murder she allegedly committed seventeen years ago. Cocaine causes arrest With his British government financed DeLorean sports car factory edging to- ward bankruptcy and unable to get American financial institutions to loan him money to try to make his Northern Ireland based factory solvent, John Z. De- Lorean allegedly conspired to acquire zzo pounds of cocaine with the expectation of making S50 million profit. DeLorean was arrested late in October after federal undercover agents posing as drug distributors met with him while clan- destine cameras and microphones record- ed the deal. Weather goes haywire While volcanos erupted on the isle of Kilauea in Hawaii, California was del- uged with storm after storm battering an increasingly rain-soaked state. Violent storms were responsible for bil- lions of dollars of damage to ocean side homes which were flooded, some washed out to sea. Landmarks such as the Santa Monica Pier were irreparably damaged. A tornado hit South Central L.A. leav- ing a large section of that city looking as if it were a combat zone. A tornado hit Fullerton uprooting trees and tipping over cars. Tourists were stranded on Dis- neyland's Skyway until firemen could rescue them. 13. . - . o .gJ3m', i.',Qj5331,s.,xAf- - I f .. .. refs, r H .Ai-1.51,-. mm' 1:-lpzffraaz.'z,.,?us,.w.. . 1 ' 1 A 6.5 earthquake jolted the central California town of Coalinga leveling buildings and causing millions of dollars in damages. DeLorean's arrest inspired charges among the cynical that corporate greed knew no ethical bounds. It touched off a furious row in Britain's Parliament where a formal inquiry was launched into how the gov- ernment could have let itself be used by an American high-flyer . Strikes, trades new leagues Pensions, employee benefits and the free agent status were reasons that pro-football players struck this past fall. The lack of football games during this time was not really the media problem it was expected to be because the formation of a new league, the United States Football League, was formed. The Los Angeles Express is the southland's new franchise. These teams will play during the other pro-football team's off season. St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series. The Angels were narrowly defeated by the Brewers for the American League Pennant. The Cardi- nals defeated the Atlanta Braves for the National League Pennant. The Washington Redskins beat the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl XVII and the Bruins from UCLA defeated Michigan in the Rose Bowl. Penn State Coach joe Pa- terno took his team to their very first bowl victory win in the Sugar Bowl. The women Trojans from USC, coached by Esperanza Coach Jean Agee, captured the NCAA Women's Basketball cham- pionship from the Louisiana Techsters. In NCAA Men's Basketball North Carolina State beat the University of I-Iouston Cou- gars for that title. Legendery Alabama Coach Bear Bryant re- tired after 38 seasons and died shortly thereafter of a heart attack. DCWS 1