Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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Tragedy Shakes Mexico CiTy On The morning of Thursday, Sep- Tember 26, 4985 aT 7: 48 a.m. in lVlexico CiTy, Mexico, 250 buildings collapsed in four Tragic minuTes. A massive earTh- auake killed 2,000 people wiTh more Than 5,000 injured. Thousands were missing and Thousands were lefT home- less. Relief efforTs were sTarTed, schools and churches opened as shelTers, buT only a small fracTion of The homeless were able To find help. JusT 36 hours laTer a second auake hiT and Terrified Thousands for aT leasT a minuTe. AfTershocks were felT 'l,'l00 miles norTh from The auake's cenTer To HousTon, Texas. A Two fooT Tidal wave also came upon The coasT of El Salva- dor, more Than 800 miles To The souTh- easT. This devasTaTing earThauake reg- isTered 7.8 on The RichTer scale. Co news - 455

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Reagan, Gorbachev lvleeT in Geneva ln November, a SummiT lVleeTing Took place in Geneva beTween Ronald Reagan and SovieTy lead- er lvlikhail Gorbachev. Such Topics as arms conTrol, STar Wars, fuTure summiTs, culTure and Trade, air ser- vice, and air safeTy were dis- cussed during The Talks. Gorba- chev felT The summiT meeTing would be a bouT beTween some kind of poliTical supergladiaTors. Having an opTimisTic view, Reagan felT ThaT The Talks signified a fresh sTarT for The UniTed STaTes and So- vieT Union. ChariTable Rock Many people have been helped because of The organiza- Tion of fund raising concerTs in 4985 and 4986. The firsT of These evenTs was Band Aid. Band Aid came ouT wiTh The popular Tune lT's ChrisTmas Time. This was The group's recording for Those in need. U.S.A. for Africa, wiTh The song We are The World, was also esTablished To help Those in EThiopia. Live Aid was The lasT evenT buT The biggesT rock acT ever. The worldwide donaTions given To Live Aid helped American farmers To pay off Their morTgages. Fans gafhered for chariTy and Live Aid was able To help many people. The purpose was noT only To help oThers buT To change our world. 454 DGWS ' if A A re- 21, 4511 ,-2i.15wgg5g3g1j1 5 . H W: ':fLi2?ll In ' ' .l 51 3? We .H . ,L ,,,.,, if KT? if H g 'T 2,4538 4 21- :YJ fi if T55 all 3 1 ,,,, Q, ,, 1? Q i -l 1 zz E? . 1 ' la- W-,,f..l,,,l.,, f .f T .g , 1225542 .. GS. x 3 rs is .51 1 if ,L male-, ... . . ,,.5,,..,.L , ,w,,..,,,..., 1:eZw.lfzrf,sfl'5e,? 1 5 i ,sg iii. if 1: ,L Q 2 :ggi 3 we E E ... , . :il ' fl .J Tal i. n 5 5 l al is P21 .503 325 iii lf, ,Iwi rf W .v Terr . :i l T T el. T fl? l 5' 5 Q . 2 lg L, , i, is? ' l ,.. A

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456 - news ...., .Mgr llllndecldred Wdr We ore in The midsT of on undeclored wor. - ClA Direc- Tor, Williom Cdsey. Terrorism. lT's o boTTle ThoT un- Til recenTly mosT Americons con- sidered would never sTrike Them. BuT over The posT yecir, ThoT drosTicolly chonged, ond iT seemed ThoT more Thon ever These ocTs were direcTed To- words Americons. This wor could sTrike oT onyTime, ony- where. This wos o wdr woged by unknown enemies who could be olmosT onyone: The possen- ger in The nexT oirplone seciT, or The people in The cdr nexT To you. ln BeiruT, Shi'iTes hijocked d TWA jeT, flighT 847, ond held hosToges. They Took 37 Ameri- cdn mole possengers ond hid Them in BeiruT. The hijockers' mo- Tive wos To geT Shi'iTe prisoners releosed ond receive help from The UniTed SToTes C5overnmenT. The Shi'iTe hijockers Took five hosToges ond mode Them speok on Television, pleoding To The UniTed STdTes governmenT. The hosToges were finolly re- leosed ofTer negoTidTions. ln FronfurT, o bomb wos lefT in on inTernoTiondl oirporT beside o Trdshcon. AfTer The explosion, 3 were lefT deod ond 412 were in- jured. Police hdd no clue ds To who hod done The bombing or whoT The moTive wos. ln Son Solvodor, ll UniTed SToTes lvlorines ond 45 people were injured. WiTnesses sold 8 or 9 gunmen leoped from o Truck ond gunned down The people oT A differenT sidewolk cdfes. WiTnesses olso cloimed ThoT This ocT wos oimed oT Americons. These were jusT o few inci- denTs ThdT occurred during 4985 ond 4986 ond boTh Americons ond TerrorisTs ore becoming more inTense. The Americon people cry ouT for revenge, os TerrorisTs cldim more lives. Colonel Khodofy, known for lark