SUNY Plattsburgh - Cardinal Yearbook (Plattsburgh, NY)

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BLACK YOUTHS SLAIN Over a period of fourteen months, from September 1979 to November 1980, fourteen black youngsters from Atlanta ' s south side, ranging In age from 7 to 15, have disappeared. Ten have later been found murdered. All but two of the victims were male. Causes of death varied from strangula- tion, to stabbing and bludgeoning. Still, a three month old police task force of 24 investigators have not come up with a single lead or motive. Atlanta ' s south side Is gripped with fear. The Georgia Bureau of Investiga- tion, the FBI and psychiatrists at Emory University arc all providing needed aid. A parents ' group, called the Commission to Stop Children ' s Mur- ders, (STOP), set up a hotline and began some detective work in order to halt the murders. Efforts have failed. There is no evidence linking these deadis With KKK, neo-Nazis or any other white supremacist group. Not only have the murders affected Atlanta, but more recently In- dianapolis, Cincinnati and Buffalo have reported murders involving unusually large numbers of blacks. In Buffalo, six black men were killed, two of them left with their hearts ripped out Also, Black leader Vernon Jordan was shot. The killings have not only affected AUanta and Buffalo, but throughout the U.S. many blacks are scared for their lives and the lives of their children. Some see die murders as a backlash against blacks. And until these mur- ders are solved and the antagonism stopped, fear and anxiety will prevail in the black communltv. BEATLES STAR MURDERED Former Beatles rock musician and composer John Lennon, was shot and killed December 8, 1980 In New York City. I-cnnon, 40, was hit by bullets In back, left arm and chest outside his apartment building. The Dakota, In N.Y. ' s upper west side. He was later pronounced dead on arrival from loss of blood at a nearby hospital. Police identified the murderer as Mark David Chapman of Honolulu. The alleged murder weapon was a .38- calibcr handgun. Chapman was charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a revolver. Worldwide shock was die response to Lennon ' s death. In NYC, people silcnUy mourned die musician ' s deadi outside his former apartment building. Radio stations continually played Beatles music in tribute to die singer. In 1964, The Beatles made dicir first concert tour of die U.S. and en- joyed an unbroken string of hit records including Ix»ve Me Do. As a lead singer, composer and lyricist, Lennon was considered the spokesman and die coordinator of the group. The music of die Beatles issued a new wave in pop music and started Lennon to fame. His last recording is an album tided Dou- ble Fantasy. President Carter, honoring Lennon and his music said: Ills spirit, the spirit of die Beatles — brash and ear- nest. Ironic and idealisUc — became die spirit of a whole gerneraUon.

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The Iran-Iraq border dispute began In March of 1980 when Iraq claimed three islands in the Strait of Hormuz, just off the coast of Iran. Tensions heightened when an Iranian revolutionary group claimed die at- tempted assassination of the Iraq deputy premier in Bagdad on April L. Two Iraqis were killed in that incident. While Iranians and Iraqis clashed at their funeral, two more Iraqis were killed In die fighting. Three days later bodi countries put their armies on full alert and seven thousand Iranians were expelled from Iraq. As the weeks progressed this aggression increased. Iraq ' s president Saddom Hussein made a few attempts to negotiate a ceasefire and com- promise but the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini refused, arguing diat they are corrupt . Conditions worsened on September 10 as Khomeini announced on die radio that he had dismissed all peace proposals. He stated diat he would fight against Iraq to the end and (iod willing be victorious. On September 20 die fighting had accelerated. The next day Iraq claimed diat it shot down an Iranian F-4. On the twenty-second Iraqi Jets struck ten Iranian airfields. Iraq ' s prime targets were Iran ' s oil ports and refineries. As die war continues, bodi countries are fighting for land and principles. Bodi have had their gains and losses but neither is willing to compromise. Workers at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland went on strike. .Nearly 16,000 workers walked off dielr jobs in defiance of the Communist Party in Warsaw. The striking union. Solidarity, led by Lech Walesa, called for higher wages, increased food supplies and political reforms. On the seventeenth day of strike, news came diat Warsaw had agreed to allow the formation of self-governing, independent trade unions. The Polit- buro also agreed to allow die workers a legal right to strike, unheard of in Soviet bloc countries. The Polish government had been stressing Industrial investment at die expense of consumer goods. As a result of these government investments, shortages of all consumer goods and a nadonal debt of 21 billion dollars had caused the Polish people to strike. Of 500 Poles Interviewed, 86% replied diat dicir purchasing power was insuf- ficient and only 3% would vote Com- munist Party in a free clecdon. Hut the strikers determination has evidenced gain; most recently an NUCLEAR CLUB The dircat of nuclear disaster is becoming more eminent as more coun- tries have access to new technology and increased scientific knowledge. Currently six countries have built and tested nuclear devices. Within ten years, twenty countries will have Joined die nuclear-weapon9 club. President Carter ' s Administration has tried to slow down nuclear proliferation, but at diis point, says Adrian Fisher, former deputy director of the U.S. Anns Control and Disarma- ment Agency, I think the most we can hope for is simply to slow down proliferation until we get a more in- telligent world order. agreement has been enacted to allow for a five day work week where previously it consisted of six. Hut die repercussions of Solidarity ' s unifica- Uon can be felt throughout the Com- munist Party . Edward Gierck, Com- munist Party leader was dismissed and replaced by Stanislaw Kania. Rumors of a Soviet invasion arc popular. So strong are die strikers diat recently even Western Europe and die U.S. have been feeling its effects. Said Kania of Poland ' s future: Things are very bad and diere is nothing to suggest that they will be better in a month or even six mondis. Until diings are better. Solidarity will continue to strike. And uldiough tanks can guard us, Walesa defies, they cannot make us work.

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NEW VIEW OF SATURN Three hundred and seventy years af- ter Galileo observed the rings sur- rounding the sixth planet from die sun. Voyager 1 brushed past Saturn, die second largest planet In die solar system. I ' mil Voyagers pictures of Saturn, die planet was virtu ally un- known. Through modern technology, however, actual pictures and data were relayed to eardi. It took approximately 1 hours for die data to reach eardi. Saturn Is a gaseous sphere com- MIGMRESOLUTlON CAMERAS ' COSMIC RAY posed mostly of hydrogen ami helium. Until the Images of Saturn were viewed, scientists hypothesized that diere were only six Satumian rings. Now diere are 1,000 estimated rings and the gaps contain several dozen ringlets. The surface of Saturn Is sur- rounded by liquid nitrogen. Orbiting the planet are IS known moons in- cluding Titan and Dione. London ' s Sunday telegraph praised the achieve- ment as die most spectacular piece of VOYAGER 1 DISH ANTENNA (dumeltr 12IMI) space exploration since man stepped foot on die moon. The success of Voyager 1 has heralded die birth of new space explorations. The I ' .S. is ambitious to puss funding for VOIR, Venus Orbiting Radar Mission. By any measure, Voyager 1 is a superb accom- plishment of man ' s technological achievement. And In the words of astronomer C arl Sagan: I can ' t Im- agine anyone remaining blase in the face of such accomplishments. Set r I I Health Com lor OPIE not ■V- ACUTE NURSING SHORTAGE There is an acute nursing shortage in I ' .S. hospitals. There ure currentlv 90,000 to 100,000 nursing vacancies In hospitals widi 88% of die Institutions unable to fill available positions. This nursing shortage can be at- tributed to burn-out or stress im- posed by high technology of modern medicine, long hours, low pay and dis- satisfaction widi jobs. Most nurses leaving hospitals are opting for work in Industry clinics, doctors ' offices and teaching or private care. As a result, U.S. hospitals have to rely on foreign recruitments to fill die needed posi- tions. Approximately 9.000 foreign nurses a year receive Jobs in I ' .S. hospitals. Hospitals are Implementing new recruiting ideas and fringe benefits to attract new nurses. And many hospitals arc ulso trying to strengthen relationships between nurses and physicians. Strained relationships with doctors have caused many nurses to quit their Jobs. The nurse of die future intends to be a sepurate but equal partner. RADIOISOTOPIC POWER SOURCE CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF VOYAGER 1 TETHYS: Canyons Q and craters Spacecraft discovers hundreds of new rings, then dips below ■ Saturn ' s nngs E -RING TO EARTH New moons discovered by Voyager 1 DIRECTIO OF MOONS ORBITS Voyager 1 comes within 78.000 miles of Saturn as it passes by the planers southern hemisphere. ' Wispy markings ENCELADUS o M I MAS: Crater Smooth surfac and peak ODIONE: RHEA: O Wispy markiru 88