Estancia High School - Flight Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA)

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1 . Lady Liberty was given to us as a present on July 4, 1886 by the French. On July 4. she was unveiled after a complete ren- ovation. There were all kinds of tributes taking place all over Mew York. There was a boat parade in new York Harbor and a score of fireworks. 2. President Reagan (right) and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev met in Iceland to talk about the arms race. The summit was called off early, having ac- complished nothing. 3. Princess Fergie recently married Prince Andrew, a member of the Royal Family in Great Britain. 4. William De Foe stars in Platoon along with Tom Berenger and Charlie Sheen. Platoon is a very powerful movie about the Vietnam War. It has been called the most realistic documentary ever filmed. I started out just to see Charlie Sheen, but by the end of the movie I had forgotten all about him and was absorbed in Vietnam , said a shocked Jennifer Duffy. 1 had no idea that the war was that bad. I y ews is a broad and ever chang- 1 1 ing subject. Anthing may be X .1. considered news by the media; from the buying of a new house to the assassination of the president. There is an unlimited amount of information that is constantly being found to change the opinion of the public. Such Is the case with the Iran Scan- dal. At first the public thought that President Reagan did not know any- thing about the selling of arms to Iran, though, later it became evident that he knew more and more. It appeared to the public that we swapped guns and ammunitions for three hostages. President Reagan denied these accu- sations on television, stating that we were just trying to become friendlier with Iran. Colonel Oliver North was criticized for having organized the transaction. He was fired from his posi- tion shortly after the scandal was un- covered. John Poindexter, head of the national Security Council, resigned shortly after norths departure. Before the Iran Scandal was uncov- ered. President Reagan traveled to Costa Mesas Pacific Ampitheatre to help the campaign of Republican Ed Zschau, who was running for the sen- ate. Estancia ' s marching band was in- vited to play. The campaign was a flop. Costa Mesa High School ' s whole stu- dent body was asked to attend, in or- der to fill the stadium. Despite the steady campaigning, Alan Cranston won. He was not the only Democrat to take a senate seat. The senate is now a majority of Democrats. Ed Zschau was not the only person defeated. Rose Bird, Chief Justice of California ' s Supreme Court, was voted out of her seat in the Supreme Court. Popular opinion said that she did not support the death penalty and it was time to get some one in who did. Corazon Acquino is also having problems in the Philippines. After Fer- dinand Marcos left the country, she was democratically elected into office. She has had nothing but conflict with military chief Enrile, who also wants control of the country. The people were a little worried about her drastic reform ideas, but they were also leery of the American support. Acquino is not the only one who stands behind reform. The new tax laws enacted in ' 87 also called for drastic reform. Congress pushed it through quickly, knowing Reagan wanted it, but none of the Congress members alone wanted it. They all agreed to stop tax shelters, but they were a little misty as to how to do it. So they put together a bill that as a whole was fine, but each section needed work. Yet another defeat was the Iceland Summit at Reykjavik between Presi- dent Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. This meeting was to reach an agreement on the arms race. Before negotiations could begin, Reagan cre- ated a stale-mate by stating that he would keep his star wars defense sys- tem no matter what. From there it went down hill and the talks ended. On the other hand, there was a lot to be said about the Vietnam War movie, Platoon ' . Director Oliver Stone did an incredible job bringing to life the war. There was some controversy about the material, though. Some con- servatives called it too rash. Stone called it war. I think it was a little raw, but it was really necessary to bring the point home, Erik Torgerson said. There has been new discoveries as far as AIDS goes, AIDS being the ac- quired immune deficiency syndrom. Medical technicians have found that AIDS is only spread through the blood stream. You cannot get the sickness by breathing the same air as some one else. Deaths occurred when deep under Lake nios in northwestern Cameron, the earth belched. A bubble of searing gas rose to the surface and the wind carried it across the land. Within min- utes more than 1,700 people were dead, burned by steam and choked by carbon dioxide and toxic gases.

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1. ESL teacher Mr. Juarez (not pictured: Mr. Valenzuela and his aides) 2. As she soaks in English skills, Graciela Filio enthusiastically smiles. 3. Majed Suflan studiously enhances his English skills in Beginning ESL. 4. Patricia Feralta digs through a dictio- nary to find a meaning. ESL And Migrant Ed. 225

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