Adair County High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Columbia, KY)

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A Year That Brought Tragedy, Hope The days of 1981 and early 1982 were ones that brought feelings of hope, hap- piness, and victory for some people as well as events of chaos and tragedy for others. These events would affect many lives in the United States and the world and will be long remembered for years to come. Oh, my God it's happening!” were the words expressed by White House Aide Michael Deaver while the bullets of John Hinckley Jr. wounded President Reagan, Press Secretary James Brady and two security officers outside a Washington hotel. A few months later a second assassination attempt occurred, this time at St. Peter's Square in Rome. The would be assassin was Turkish Terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca and the target. Pope John Paul II. Both of these attempts failed. But still a third attempt was made by a group of Muslim fanatics to kill Egypt's President Anwar Sadat on a reviewing stand in Cairo. It succeeded. The American people were astonished to learn about an attack made by two Libyan fighters on two American naval fighters over the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. According to Libya’s leader Muammar Kaddafi, the fighters were protecting Libya's territorial rights on the gulf of Sidra. When the dog fight was over, Kaddafi's fighters were in the sea. In Milan, Italy, NATO Officer Brigadier General James Dozier was kidnapped by Italy’s terrorist organization the Red Brigades in December. Because of suc- cessful efforts by Italian police, he was rescued six weeks later. The nation also suffered its worst winter in five years. Arctic air from Canada swooped down over the entire nation the week of January 10, 1982. The chill caused 75 cities to break their weather records all week long. By the end of the week some 230 people died from the cold. The worst accident from the weather by far was the crash of a Florida-bound Boeing 737 in Washington, D.C. The plane hit a crowded bridge over the Potomac River and fell into the icy water. The death toll, which included three infants, was 78. Nationally, the country managed to survive a major-league baseball strike, an air traffic controller strike, and an attack by Mediterranean fruit flies on California crops. The American people also celebrated the 100th birthday of Franklin D. Roosevelt, were amazed by the pictures of the planet Saturn pro- jected by Voyager II, and rejoiced over the successful launch and landing of the space shuttle Columbia. The people said good-bye to famous Americans like actor William Holden, actress Natalie Wood, the Brown Bomber, Joe Louis, journalist Lowell Thomas, and the last of the five-star generals, Omar Bradley. President Ronald Reagan went through with his budget cuts, and tax cuts, and in early 1982 introduced his new federalism. In Poland the labor union Solidarity, with its leader Leek Walesa, went on strike demanding their human and political rights. However, an angry Soviet Union declared martial law and plunged the country into silence and despair. The people of England also had their problems. Many of the major cities of England, including London, suffered when the worst rioting in a century by white, black, and Asian poor set the cities ablaze. But England still had a reason to celebrate for the Prince of Wales, Charles Philip married Lady Diana Spencer in London at the altar of St. Paul’s Cathedral. Locally, a new mayor. Woodruff Flowers, was elected to office along with other local officials. An oil well drilled on the James Woody farm was proved to be the county's largest. And City Police Chief Jim Crouch died of a heart attack after serving only 19 days in office. cTJf As the people of Poland suffer under martial law. Polish Americans and other supporters of Solidarity condemn the action by the Soviet Union in protest marches. 22 current events

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One of Linda Suaraz’s prized possessions from Spain is a flamenco dress. Doarta Nauhaua’a favorite thing about her visit in the United States was getting to meet people. Furniture was one of the items that Jan Saufart and her family brought to the States from West Germany. V students born in foreign countries 21

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A muslim assassin sprays a reviewing stand with machine gun fire where Egyptian President Anwar Sedat was observing a military parade President Ronald Reagan expresses his happiness over the approval of the budget and tax cuts by the Senate and House of Representatives. The space shuttle Columbia explosively takes off on one of its two successful missions. current events 23