Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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Khadafy Threatens U.S his participation in training, equipping, organizing, and di- recting terrorist activities, was accused of being partly respon- sible for the death of several Americans who were caught up in terrorist attacks. This pro- voked President Reagan to or- der all U.S. citizens out of Libya, and to send two U.S.N. carriers, along with the Sixth Fleet, to the lvlediteranean Sea. These forces conducted maneuvers off the coast of Libya. Khadafy then proceeded to draw a death line, which, if crossed, would result in military action on both sides. Soviet Forces were also in- volved. ln just one week the So- viet Naval Forces in the Mediter- ranean doubled and continued to build. However, the Soviets denied that they would take action against the U.S. Forces should a conflict erupt between Libya and the U.S. Israel was also hit by Kha- dafy's involvement in terrorist activity. Israel's leader, Prime Minister Shimon Peres, ordered an attack on a Libian based ter- rorist training camp, which in- volved several lsraeli fighter- bombers. ' news - 457

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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

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Space ShuTTle Crew lvlourned The daTe was January 28Th 4986: The Tragedy was The ex- plosion of The Space ShuTTle Challenger. AfTer many delays, some due To The cold Tempera- Tures, The Space ShuTTle was ready for Take off. As The naTion waTched 73 seconds afTer lifT- off, The Challenger exploded, - Taking wiTh iT six asTronauTs and one enThusiasTic school Teacher from Concord, New Hampshire. ChrisTa lvlcAuliffe was chosen from hundreds of applicanTs as The firsT civilian To Travel in S Q- , 1,5 - 2,4 , E s W T . ..,c W T bf: gf. ,, ff L, .. , 5 Q 1 s1fl-W Y--1 V Q 5 . 5 T , rh is T 'i Q :Q+iiggfif E1fff' T 'I , T .Q fi i. -Q . s sr silllx s s . CSSS , ' I A r, . , T ' J ,.,- . space. The idea was To furTher educaTe The children of Amer- ica. The six oTher crew members consisTed of Frances Scobee Ccommanding officerb JudiTh Resnik, Ronald lVlcNair, Michael SmiTh, Ellison Onizaka, and Greg- ory Jarvis. All were exciTed and deTermined, afTer many delays, To make The Space ShuTTle's TenTh flighT a success. Jarvis was auoTed in Time CFebruary 'lO, 49865 as saying 'il feel very, very comforTable, l'm exciTed buT noT nervous. And ChrisTa lVlcAuliffe said, WhaT are we doing here? We' re reaching for The sTars. Everyone was opTi- misTic. The NaTion mourned The deaTh of These seven men and women. Flags everywhere were flown aT half masT. Shops were closed, and schools closed. The Tragedy was being relaTed To The Tragedy of Ken- nedy's assassinaTion. Everyone will remember where They were on The morning of The 28Th. W, , T?fTfSfaf 2 J . , .sf 458 - news