Marcos De Niza High School - Libro de Oro Yearbook (Tempe, AZ)

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This is the era of the rising prices. Long gone are the days of a bottle of pop for a nickel and penny candy. Dimestores should be called dollar- stores due to the reoccuring upping of prices. lt seems like every time one goes into the store, the prices have gone up a few cents more. The cheaper things get expensive and the already expen- sive things go out ot sight. For instance, the average loat of white bread now sells for approxi- Fi mately 79 cents. Didn't it once cost a dime? And coffee, the beverage that some people live on, wake up to and relax with, is now selling for about 32.69 per pound! Dreaming of a Corvette? Well, a new Corvette sold for up to 313,500 in 1978, but now they start about there and an extra 81,000-32,500 can be tacked on depending on availability and demand. Movie tickets have gone up, also. The movie Superman is now S4 a ticket while the average movie now costs anywhere from S3-4, unless it is possible to pass for someone under 12. Even the Marcos de Niza year- book has been affected. Last year it sold for S9 but this year it sold for one crisp S10 bill. WHff SELF SEI nacuum 9 L- EG1I UNLEADED lPRENHUNl News of the year-45

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The year of 1978-79 was a time of many momentous events: more floods, United States severed rela- tionships with Taiwan and estab- lished new ones with China, the revo- lution in Iran as they struggled for a new government, the unsettled peace between Israel and Egypt and finally, the mass suicide at Jones- town, Guyana. One event that particularly stood out in the year's events was the experience of two new popes. About one month after John Paul l was cho- sen, he died in his sleep. His succes- sor, John Paul ll, was the first Polish pope ever elected made the event more momentous. This is also the year in which Ari- zona State University entered the Pacific 10 Conference. One of its most triumphant events of the season was ASU's upset over the University of Southern California with a score of 21-3, leaving ASU with an overall record of 8-3. Not bad for the first year! Once again flooding took over the valley. Rivers overflowed and many people were left homeless and in need of help. Conditions got so bad in some areas that Governor Bruce Babbitt was forced to declare some counties as national disaster areas. 1. China and the United States establish new relationships. 2. Fighting and riots were not uncommon during lran's fight for a new gov- ernment. 3. Pope John Paul ll was the first Pol- ish pope. 4. Gas prices, along with everything else, went up. 44-News of the year 78-79 contains joy, tragedy 51.3

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Rivalry between the Tempe Union High Schools has grown to more than just teams fighting it out on the field, court or diamond. It has grown to competition between clubs, classes and school techniques. Tempe High, the oldest of the four high schools, has a new video pro- duction class. The students produce television shows for channel eight. Corona del Sol, meaning school of the sun, is one of the few solar-pow- ered schools in the country. Their school mascot, an Aztec, originated from the Aztec Solar Power Com- pany. The defending State AAA champi- ons in football, the McClintock Char- gers, failed to make the playoffs this year. The Chargers suffered losses to Coronado High, Westwood High and a last-second loss to the new state champions Mountain View. 1. McClintock cheerleaders were happy to represent their school. 2. Students from Cor- ona del Sol took time out to get together with friends. 3. The campus of Corona del Sol proved to be modern. 4. Charger bumper sticker displays spirit, 5. The Tempe High audi- torium welcomes people to Buffalo Country. 46-Other schools ,r '.v.gp 2 . xx ...N Rivals pon' of school life .