Oneonta High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Oneonta, AL)

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Poland suffered through a black Christ- mas The martial-law forces of Gen Wojciech Jaruzelski cleaned out several major pockets ol protest, but the resistance persisted in the streets and factories — and in an under- ground movement. Ronald Reagan, who gave asylum to the Polish ambassador and his wife (below), put some economic sanc- tions on the Warsaw regime, threatening harsher action — and set up a challenge to the Soviet Union. A .i , W ll 1 m: m ■ i H m . . . And That ' s The Way It Was . . . In a year that could have been de- scribed as one of bad news, it ' s ironic that one of the biggest newsmakers was a wedding. The vows of the Prince of Wales and his captivating 20-year- old bride drew a television audience of around 250 million people all over the world. People across the country began wearing green ribbons to show sympa- thy for the child murder victims of At- lanta. When Wayne Williams was ar- rested for two of the killings, the twen- ty-three months of terror seemed to finally be ended; after the murders of twenty-eight children. In politics, two ambitious personal- ities are remembered. Sandra Day O ' Conner became the first woman to sit as a judge on the highest court in the land; one of the President ' s right hand men, David Stockman, got in hot water. Reagan took Stockman, his budget director, ' on a visit to the woodshed ' for leaking detrimental criti- cisms of Reaganomics. The Columbia became the first spa- cecraft to be reused. While it was be- ing repaired, airplanes in use nearer the earth were in total confusion be- cause of the air-traffic controllers ' strike. In the worst disaster in Kansas City history, skywalks bridging levels inside the new Hyatt Hotel collapsed, plung- ing scores of couples to the lobby floor — Ill were killed, and 190 were in- jured. It was a dance that ended in death Unrest in parts of Europe and all over the world increased tension in glo- bal affairs. In Belfast, Ireland, Bobby Sands was the fir st of ten to die in a hunger strike in hope of gaining politi- cal prisoner status. After seven months, the hunger strike was called off. Reagan ' s budget cuts to investors and industry met with more opposition as the lower and middle classes didn ' t feel they were receiving needed bene- fits. National News 35

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Borne Town m As a town of around five thou- sand inhabitants, Oneonta gener- ally changes slowly. Everyday hap- penings often are involved in changes so subtle that they are hardly noticed. Here are a few of the events that have made changes in the appearance and life of Oneonta. The construction of the new ag- ricultural arena took months, but when It was finally completed it provided facilities for rodeos, cat- tle and horse shows, and other ex- citing events. A popular new addi- tion to the cable television pro- gramming was optional Home Box Office. The Citizen ' s Bank buried a ' time-capsule ' representative of current lifestyle in this area to commemorate their fiftieth anni- versary in the summer of 1981. The idea of a new pressbox for Gilbreath Stadium was initiated by O.B. Logan, a member of the City Recreation Board. The project, a joint effort of the Athletic and Band Boosters, used funds raised by both groups and some materials from the old elementary school. This project was an impressive ad- dition to a magnificent stadium and to a very proud small town. «THE NEV ' I PRESSBOX af Gilbrealh Stadium boasts Oneonta as ' Home of tlie Redskins ' . OPPOSITE, BELOW. AT THE SIDE ol a new city l eautification project, Mike Levering and Ctiris Hill picnic at wliat will be a plant- ed park area. THIS PAGE, ABOVE. IN CREASED STUDENT PARTICIPATION in tlie SGA-sponsored blood drive i a credit to tl e community. BELOW. HIGH ABOVE ON- EONTA on Ebell Mountain, Vanessa Murph- ree, Audra Jants, and Mike Buckelew climb the fire tower.