Harbor High School - Mariner Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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It's a lonely place. The Ashtabula Coast Guard station may remain closed this sum mer due to cuts in state tundtng. Making its debut; The Harbor Journal was welcomed as the Harbor's tirst and only weekly newspaper. overshadowed by the Crisis in P0 land. The free world was shaken when Poland's government Instltut- ed martial law. The globe was brought together by the unfortunate incidents of the attempted assasinattons of Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II, and the assasination of Anwar Sedat, Press Secretary William Brady was almost fatally wounded in the at- tempt on Reagan's life, but he had people everywhere cheeing when he was allowed to return home from the hospital. 1981 was certainly a time tor news-both good and bad. the year reflected the world's unrest and promised more change to come. VW' h t t f; y.- - ' x at ' 3:... ...while tradition reigns abroad... Community 15

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Plauged with strikes at home. .. 1981 was a year for strikes. First the baseball strike in June which held up the AlI-Stcrr game in Cleve land and got many baseball ploy- ers out of shape. Then came the Air Traffic Controllers Strike tPATCOi holding up hundreds of international flights; and leaving many travelers In toreign airports wondering if or when their flights would come. The Ashtobula Nurses Strike, starting in July 1980. made national news by becoming the longest strike of its kind in U.S. history. After turning down one proposal In January. the nurses tlnally accepted a similar one on February 8 ending the record strike. The space shuttle Columbia mode America worry when it lost its solar panels, but the worry changed to delight when the Co Iumbla made a 'tperfect landing at Edward's Air Force Base in Nevada. 1981 also played host to the op pointing of Sandra Day O'Connor as the first woman Supreme Court Justice. Despite this victory to Wom en's Rights, people everywhere were troubled as the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment come and had to be extended to July 1982. Another news-worthy event of the last year was the decision of lo cal businesses, Including Rockwell Brake Division, to move elsewhere due to the depressed economy in the Ashtobula area. Early 1981 was a time for a new beginning tor the British 05 they prepolred tor the first royal wed ding in many years. Charles, Prince of Wales wed twenty-year-old Lady Diana Spencer at Saint Paul's Cathedral in London on July 29, 1981. Three months otter the wed dlng the world learned of the com ing 01 a royal baby in June 1982. The joy of the year was And up It goes! Stephanie Madar views the launching ot the space shuttle, Columbia as the cameras of Life magazine sow It. Please. anything but consolidation! in Hart bor's new cotiterio, members of the school board discuss solutions to iinanciol problems in the schools 14 Community

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PS studiously studying! Donald Repose suners the Monday Blues in his seventh period th- erature of Communicaiions class. Evely day's a beach day! Sun tanning. swim mino, and volleyball took place just about every day this summer at the beach. Mon day. Tuesday, Wednesday . . . 16 Feature