San Gorgonio High School - Summit Yearbook (San Bernardino, CA)

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Nineteen-eighty-two news headlines affect all Nineteen-eighty-two was not a quiet year for the United States and the rest of the world. The number one news story that appeared daily in the news headlines was the American economy with its unemploy ment and high interest rates affecting Americans. Americans also felt the attempts of the tax program and the effects to reduce inflation by President Ronald Reagan. On January 6, 1983, President Reagan sign- ed into law a bill which would add a five cents tax per gallon on gasoline. This extra revenue was to be used to improve the nation ' s roads and mass transit systems. Gasoline prices ranged from $1.00- $ 1 .50 per gallon, depending on type of fuel and location of station. The second top news story was the ordeal of seven people who died in the Chicago area, when they took cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules. The most important and terrible occurrence was the attempt at copy- ing the cyanide-laced capsules. The manufacturers of Tylenol, Anacin and other over-the-counter drugs were forced to design safety seals for all their products. War and its problems concerning the countries was the next top story that many people read in the daily newspaper. The Middle East had a great deal to do with the news. They included the Israel PLO war in Lebanon and massacre of civilians in Beirut refugee camps. Many Americans also became aware of the war over control of the Falklands by Argentina and Great Britain. England ' s Prince Andrew was an individual who was watched by the media during his participa- tion as a soldier in the war. Stories leading to deaths and attempts made on lives made top coverage in the news. In the Soviet Union, people were shocked by the death of their President Leonid Brezhnev. The U.S. was luckier as President Reagan recovered from a gunshot wound when John Hinkley Jr. fired as the President left a Washington hotel. Acquitted by reason of insanity, Hinkley was sent to a mental hospital instead of prison. Another headline that received coverage was when Poland ' s Lech Walesa, solidarity leader, was freed by Poland ' s military. Riots started, and a military rule was imposed, with curfews and rationing becoming a way of life. Another story was the U.S. Congressional election which elected Republican George Dukemajein as Governor of California and former San Diego mayor Pete Wilson as California ' s new senator. Finally, the terrible crash of a jetliner in Washington shocked Americans as they watched survivors swim to safety in the icy, Potomac River. The uncertain future of the U.S. Social Security system worried many Americans and President Reagan organized a new department to look into the future of social security. To Americans and the people in the world, these were only a few stories that were covered. The year nineteen-eighty-two was a year for many news headlines. Right: One of Leotra Metoyer ' s jobs is to open the girls restroom each day. Below: Members of the school staff and school board listen as Mr. Haley talks to parents at Back to School Night.

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Below: Custodian aides — First row: William Bane, John Martin. William Culbertson, Guy Knight. Brenda King. Joseph Miller Second row: Lisa Lan dry, Mike Karge. Jerry Bartlet. Lin Ibarra. Clarence Stufflebean, Gary Gregg. Mike Nolan. Third row: John Perez. Derrick Wilson, Calvin Harris, Walt Rybak. Lavin Allen, Art Thurman. Toby Chapa Bottom: Cafeteria workers — First row: Adelina Almaza, Lera Price. Jill Porterfield. Virginia Compos, Shirley Inman. Bobbie Wilson. Lea Beth Duke Second row: Willie Loring. Eulalia Arce. Elanore White. Pauline Covey, Marjorie Burley, Agnes Gerbitz, Angie Higgins, George Gilbreau. Myrna McNeil Below right: Taking popcorn to the hungry secretaries, is no job for Walt Rybak. Secretaries keep network running smoothly Mr Keith Porterfield Athletic Equipment Attendar Mrs. Leotra Metoyer Campus Security Officer II Ms HopeOlgiun Campus Security Officer I Mr Austin Pulliams Campus Security

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Left: Mr Eagles shows his students the text book they will be using in biology Below: Students listen as Mr. Shepherd plans San G. ' s first carnival.