University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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S Q fill Qi W -The names, faces- and events that createdl .QQ Qidkfzets' The terrible, the bad and the ugly. These existed across the globe as well as the good and beautiful. But, two types of people filled the aforementioned words- racists and terrorists. In South Africa, the fight against apartheid continued. Not only did blacks fight, but other non-white groups fought as well. Students on campus voiced their opin- ions on South Africa through the numerous demonstra- tions. Q '33 r I -1,41 Y' The list of terrorist acts went on and on. A few of these acts included the hi- jacking of a TWA 747. The terrorists were Shi'ite Muslims. Air India, 747 exploded in mid-air, killing 329 people. It had just picked up new luggage before the explosion. An explosion in an airport in Frankfurt, Germany killed three. The Palestinian hi-jacking of an Italian Cruiser caused one death, an American named Leo Klinghofer. Without the good times, bad times and sad times, there would have been no year to reflect and grow upon as individuals. Riots were an almost daily occurrence in South Africa as blacks protested Apartheid. In this photo, a white man runs from a jeering group of stone-throwing blacks in downtown Iohannesburg as widespread violence continued to breakout throughout the country. Q 'X iw .af --mln. X----ll -nlillll'- -

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S l 7 W1 4 1 1 ir f i i I - fi - alEi..K. Top photo: A Trans World Airlines jet with 145 passengers and eight crew members was hijacked in Athens, Greece. in june. The Sheite hijackers took the plane to Beirut, then to Algerisa, and then back to Beirut. Mast of the hostages were released within days, but the remaining 39 hostages were held for 17 days. One American hostage was killed. Left photo: Four Palestinian terrorists hijacked the Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro while on a Mediterrean cruise. One American was killed. After the ship was released, the Egyptian government agreed to return the hijackers to the PLO. However, the hijackers were intercepted by Ameri- can jets as they were flown out of Egypt and returned to Italy to stand trial.