Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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TR GEDY CERRITGS On Sunday August 3l, I9S6. an Aeromexico Jetliner and a small plane intersected en route to Los Angeles. This was the third accident involving Mexican Commercial Airlines in '86. At least 70 people were killed and 9 others were injured. Dam- ages were extensive. ln Cerritos, I6 homes were set ablaze when the two planes collided and fell to the ground. Authorities identified the air- line as Flight 498 which was about to land at LAX after a flight to Mexico City. The small aircraft apparently strayed into the airpath. Concerns over complications like this have led to a search for more effective and affordable equipment to warn pilots that they are on a collision course with another aircraft. KIDNAPPINGS NCREASE Thursday, December I I, IE-386, Phoebe Hue-Ru Ho was reported missing. The seven year old South Pasadena girl was walking to school when she was abducted. The l983 Taiwan immigrant was last seen by her eight year old cousin midway to school. Eight days later, in the Glen Aron area. her sexually molested. strangled, and fully clothed body was found. Wendy Rachelle Osbourn. a quiet, Tuffre Ju- nior High eighth grader, disappeared on her way to school on the morning of January 20, I987. She was last seen around 8 a.m. as she left for the two mile walk to school. Approximately two weeks later, her body was found in the Carbon Canyon area of Chino Hills on a weeded embank- ment near the Western Hills Country Club. She had been strangled. The suspect for the murder of Phoebe Ho. SI year-old Warren James Bland had a long history of sexual attacks on women and children. ln the last twenty-six years, he had spent twenty-one years in prison. At press time, April Ann Cooper. seven, was still missing from where she was playing at Woodchuck Campground on December I3, I986. near Lake Elsinore. I .- Q . --,. ,..,.. ff, Mi :z .,..,, 4,A,.kE-Epgffzr . F35 Q . at-njikfvssa -an . . P-4,2 V .f I I tr' V- - .5 - AJ. F va 3 Sill l A ,I --:f:.iT 1q l . '- -. .S E. gg xg if , tj '2'g5V.gL G 1 , g ,A ., ' j. . 1' fl J .. '45, if: - A, ,f f -i' 'V' - 1-1. 1 . . I ...-- 1 4 f -A--4 e PW' I Y , , 5 .. 1. 5, 'I '1' . ' A l i . ' I v X : . V ,W lg, ..x J' V 1- f .- ' ,'. J If AT - 5- 't'-. t Y . W ..-' i E4-1'f-'e'w' ' J P CRUI E, BRODERICK RISE TO F ME The entertainment world boomed in the I986-87 year. This was the year for brand new as well as well established artists. For example. in the film indus- try, Paul Newman starred along side Tom Cruise in the popular movie The Color of Money . Stand By Me pro- duced by Francis Ford Copalla was one of the year's most popular movies next to the summer smash Top Gun also starring Tom Cruise. Other summer hits included Ferris Bueller's Day Off starring Matthew Broderick, and Back to School with Rodney Dangerfield. The emergence of Australia's Paul Ho- gan as a favorite commercial personal- ity led him to fame on the screen with his box office hit Crocodile Dundee . heavy metal, making them one of the hottest groups of the year. On the more civilized side of music, The Smiths rolled on to the charts behind the thoughtful lyrics of lead singer Morri- sey and the innovative guitar jams of lead guitarist Johnny Marr. On the country scene, the mother and daugh- ter duo The Judds won best new coun- try group honors at the Grammy Awards. Bruce Hornsby and The Range won the best new pop group honors with their folkrock style. The year was also filled with comebacks: Paul Si- On the music side of entertainment. The Beastie Boys partied their way into the hearts of many high schoolers. Their musical pieces combined rap and mon's Graceland, and Boston's Third State marked a few comebacks. Bruce Springsteen released a l975-I985 com- pilation of his works, and Alabama im- pressed their country with a national tour. The Beatles received a small co- meback boost due to the popularity of movies which used their song Twist and Shout . The television shows to watch were Thursday night favorites The Bill Cosby Show , Family Ties . Cheers , and Night Court . The biggest new shows were Growing Pains and ALF while Moonlighting and the Golden Girls continued to gain thou- sands of fans. Quite a year in entertain- ment. News 24l

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X is x , X . mlm? QQ tm Um a-W 0' ,. s Z.. 23. lf! E3 x f 1 M' X. 1 ff 68 ,ffl A. f K . , ,ff i ff X. f44'lc'WzQLD AQUI T KE OVER Corazon Aquino the new leader of the Phillipines, won her position through hard work and desire. Her op- ponent in the most recent election was Ferdinand Marcos, who was accused of forcing voters to vote in his favor. The Phillipine public turned against him, leaving him no choice but to return to his home in Hawaii. Aquino was a housewife and mother of five. ln an interview with Time, Aquino stated, I have a long memory for people who have helped me. but I have a longer memory for people who have stood in my way. She displayed the facts that any ordinary person could take on such problems as the foreign debt of 27 billion dollars, 20,000 invad- ing communist guerrillas, and many other governmental complications. SPORTS REVIEW: A SURPRISING YE R The I986-87 year in sports was a year of surprises. Most pre-season picks were crushed by teams that had been unsuccessful for years. The Red Sox of Boston were in the Baseball World Se- ries for the first time. They fell to the New York Mets in six games. The New York Giants were in the Superbowl, which was at Pasadena's Rose Bowlg they faced the Denver Broncos. The Broncos won the AFC Championship by defeating the Cleveland Browns in overtime. John Elway, along with the rest of the Orange Crush , was crushed by the Giants 39-2I. On the collegiate grid iron, the Pennsylvania State Nittany Lions, i752 in the nation, blew down the University of Miami Hurricanes in the Orange Bowl to win 240 News the National Championships on a last second interception by Shane Conlan. Revenge was the motivation behind the destruction of the Aussies by Den- nis Connor and the crew of The Stars and Stripesin the America's Cup Yaght- ing finals. In the largest margin of vic- tory in history, the Americans sailed over Australia to take back the Ameri- ca's Cup after its three year stay in the land down under. In golfing news, Jack the Golden Bear Nicholas won the PGA's Master's Tournament, and, in the biggest surprise of the year, the young American Greg Lemond became the first American to ever win cycIing's biggest event, the grueling Tour de France. On the not so surprising side the I8 year old German sensation Boris Becker won the Wimbleton tennis tour- nament. Argentina made the news with a World Cup soccer victory. In spite of the many sports victories, this was also the year drugs collided head on with the world of sports. The Len Bias tragedy made the public and sports officials aware of the link be- tween drugs and sports. Len Bias over- dosed on cocaine the day after he was chosen first in the draft by the Boston Celtics. Soon after, officials in most ma- jor sports began a crack down on drug use. The biggest controversy was brought to attention when Brian Bos- worth, the stand out linebacker of Oak- Iahoma University, was suspended from the bowl game for steroid use, as were thirty other college football players.

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