West Ottawa High School - Icon Yearbook (Holland, MI)

Page 233 text:

4.f .as' Fred Astaire Liberace John Huston Xa' 14 Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart was forced to drop his bid for the presidency after it was reported that he was romantically involved with Donna Rice, a 29-year-old aspiring actress and model from Miami. Deaths: Fred Astaire, who epitomized Hollywood's elegance for 25 years dancing in top hat and tails with Ginger Rogers and other stars, died of pneumonia in June at the age ot' 88. Liberace, the glittering showman and pianist who captivated fans for tour decades with an inimitable personal and musical style, died quietly at his home in February at the age of 67. John Huston, who directed such tilms as The Maltese Falcon, and The Treasure oi' the Sierra Madre, died in his sleep in August at the age of 8 l. Lee Marvin, the gravel-voiced Uscar winner who died in August at the age ot'63, was remembered by colleagues as an actor who really was among the good guys even though he often portrayed the hard-as-nails rogue. Jackie Gleason, the rotund Great One who got laughs and riches as a blustering bus driver in the television series The Honeymooners, died in June at the age ol' 7l. Lorne Greene, who for I4 years playedgthe firm but gentle father to three sons on telcvision's Bonanza, died in September at the age of 72. X 41' 'CJD 57 ke 0 Hfnor riiiiftwmem ' ' iUy9lS PIM! ji, ' '-EU A 24-day strike by the NFL players ended in-mid-October when the union capitulated and went to court instead ol trying to light the club owners at the bargaining table. 229

Page 232 text:

l 1 g ,. , Ui. t If ff' 1 .1 Two of the top entertainers ofthe year were Whit- ney Houston and Madonna. 1 -fs. if-M, The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco cel- ebrated its 50th birthday. About 250,000 people jammed onto the bridge for an anniversary walk across the span. Another 500.000 packed the bridge approaches but were denied access because the engineers feared the span could not support the weight. 228 3 UO: cal W Ny t .1 .2 Q-. ,li-.Y . if , Iris. - 2.115 Us 'c-me Television evangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker said farewell to the PTL ministry in March. Jim Bakker resigned after confessing to a sexual encounter with a young woman. Tammy Bakker bowed out of the broadcasts to undergo treatment for drug dependency. A barge filled with 3,128 tons of garbage became a national joke and a symbol of the nation's worsening problem with solid waste management. The barge, looking for a place to dump its cargo, was banned by six states and three foreign countries before an ineinerator reduced it to ash.

Page 234 text:

V Miss Michigan, Kaye Lani Rae Rafko, a nurse who shook up the talent competition with a Polynesian dance, was crowned Miss America 1988. Z. Q , 3539 S Education begins earlier in life as there is so much to leam and so little time. 230 Dennis Conner, the man who lost the America's Cup in 1983, won it back four years later. The Stars and Stripes completed a 4-0 sweep over Australia's Kookaburra III in the race that took place in Australia. ' NANC t 5 - A 1 - . .6 President and Nancy Reagan wave to well-wishers from the South Portico of the White House. Reagan escorted his wife back to the White House from the Bethseda Naval Hospital where she underwent breast cancer surgery. w,,,,,...---w-- Q. 156.1 1 - .Y at ,S my it . The Senate rejected President Reagan's nomination of Robert H. Bork to the Supreme court by a 58-42 vote, which ended a long contentious debate over a judge altemately portrayed as a bnlliant jurist and a dangerous extremist.