Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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Images ’81 ■ Reagan To Test Tube Babies MAJOR EVENTS OF 1981 January 20 Reagan sworn in as the 40th G.S. President . . . January 21 the 52 American hostages were released after 444 days in Tehran . . . Febru- ary 10 a fire that was the result of arson swept through 20 sto- ries of the Las Vegas Hilton, killing eight persons and in- juring at least 200 others . . . February 23 Spanish military faction failed in a coup attempt February 23 John Paul II was the first Pope to visit Ja- pan . February 24 Jean Har- ris was found guilty for shoot ing and killing Scarsdale Diet doctor Herman Tarnower and sentenced to prison for 15 years to life . March 2 G.S. expanded military aid to El Sal- vador March 6 Walter Cronkite ended 18 years as CBS anchor . . March 30 John Hinckley Jr. wounded President Reagan, James Brady, a Secret Service man and a policeman . March 30 while the president was in sur- gery after the assassination at- tempt, Secretary of State Alex ander Haig said, “As of now. I’m in control here. April 11 riots in Britain were set off by jobless youth April 13 Co- lumbia, the first reusable space shuttle, orbited the earth for 54 hours; the voyage was the first manned American venture in space since 1975 . May 51.R.A. member Bobby Sands died after fasting 66 days in the hope of winning political pris oner status; he was the first of nine to die . . May 10 Fran cois Mitterand was elected French President . May 12 G.S. Envoy Phillip Hubib began Shot an instant before the picturne was taken. President Reagan did not realize he was wounded until the Secret Service man and the agent at his shoul der had shoved him into his car and ordered it driven quickly beyond the range of the gunman's .22 pistol Be cause of the attempts on the lives of the U S President, the Pope and the murder of Anwar Sadat, assasination became the biggest news story of 1981 Israeli-Syrian talks . . May 13 Pope John Paul II was shot in St. Peter’s Square by Mehmet Ali Agca, a 23 year old Turk May 26 Jet crashed on G.S. carrier Nimitz and killed 14 June 17 Israeli war planes bombed Iraqi nuclear plant . . June 12 Baseball players began 50 day walkout June 21 after 23 months of horror and 28 dead. Wayne B. Williams, a 23 year old black talent scout was charged with two of the Atlanta murders . . . July 10 Aerial spraying was or- dered to stem Medflies . . . July 17 While scores of cou- ples among a throng of 1,500 danced the foxtrot, skywalks collapsed killing 111 and in- juring 190 in Kansas City’s new Hyatt Regency Hotel . . July 29 Iran’s Banisadr was granted asylum in France . July 29 Wedding of the century as Bri- tian’s Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married, later a royal heir was to be an nounced . . August 3 Air traf- fic controllers called a strike and President Reagan subse quently fired all who would not return to work . . . August 4 Dupont bought Conoco for a re cord $7.9 billion . August 19 G.S. Navy fighter downed two Libyan jets . August 25 Voy ager 2 gathered new informa tion on Saturn’s rings . Sep- tember 25 Sandra Day O’Con- nor 51, an appellate judge from Phoenix appointed to the G.S. Supreme Court . October 6 Egyptian President Anwar el- Sadat shot to death by Moslem fundamentalists while review ing a Cairo military parade October 27 Haitian refugees drowned off Florida coast October 27 more than two mil- lion Europeans united and marched under slogan-filled banners protesting drifts to ward nuclear war October 28 Saudi AWACS sale won nar row Senate victory . . . Novem- ber 12 Budget Director David Stockman, who hacked more than $38.7 billion from the bud- get got in hot water . De- cember 1 the G.S. faced its sec ond recession in 15 months and a projected $50.1 billion defecit for 1982 . December 2 Fed- eral Government received de tailed reports that a Libyan- trained terrorist team had en- tered the G.S. with the inten- tion of killing the President and other high G.S. government of- ficials . . December 15 bomb explosion devasted the sea front Iraqi embassy complex in Beirut, killing at least 30 people and injuring some 100 others December 17 Red Brigade terrorists abducted top-ranking American Army General James L. Dozier in Italy . December 20 rabbit drives and slaughters were conducted by Idaho farm ers who contended nearly $10 million in damages to crops and hay had been caused by hordes of jackrabbits . De- cember 26 four veterans re- turned from a trip to Hanoi and reported the Vietnamese had told them none of the 2,500 American soldiers missing in action were still alive . De- cember 28 Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the nation’s first test-tube baby was born in Norfolk. Vir- ginia. In POLAND the year ended in more unrest, as martial law was insituted. The Polish peo pie faced severe shortages of food and fuel as wildcat strikes defied government orders. Time magazine's Man of the Year. Lech Walesa, Solidarity leader, was arrested by the gov ernment and the G.S. placed sanctions against the G.S.S.R. and Poland. Here in Gtah a mas- sive Food for Poland drive raised millions of dollars to help needy Poles. Current Events • 33

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 My Timex is still running. bravely joked a man dragged out of Kansas City's Hyatt Regency Hotel which turned into a deathtrap when two sky bridges collapsed making concrete, glass and steel crash down For 12 hours. 1.000 workers tried to rescue the trapped dancers. Helping the Dodgers, winning the Cy Young Award and being the best rookie pitcher to come along in years. Fer nando Valenzuela became a hero. Fasting for 66-days in Belfast's Maze prison. Bobby Sands was the first of nine to starve. Officials refused to meet the striker's demands and after seven months, the I R A. called off the strike There is a Fire in the country. —Soli- darity Leader Lech Walesa as strikes and shortages battered Poland. Under the leadership of Lech Walesa. Poles boldly persisted in tilting at the Soviet controlled regime in Warsaw When the Medflies invaded California. Governor Jerry Brown tried to ban pes ticide dusting of crops, because he felt it would hurt the ecology But Agricul ture Secretary John Block threatened a statewide quarantine unless the medfly was squashed 32 • Current Events

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Bursting out with a shout for the joy of freedom, Lt. Col. David Roeder, one of the 52 Americans held hostage for 444 days in Tehran, arrived in Frankfurt. A scene-stealing child actress, whose career began at age 4. Natalie Wood grew up in the movies acting in 45 films. More than two million people marched in city after city across the continent protesting what they perceived as an ominous drift toward nuclear war. While conducting outdoor audiences as he was driven slowly around St. Pe ter’s Square. Pope John Paul II was shot and injured by Mehmet Ali Agca. The gunman, who had escaped from prison after murdering an editor in Is- tanbul. was quickly captured and sen tenced to life in an Italian prison. WELCOME i t CK TO' REEDOM X Breaking up The Brethen of the Su- preme Court. Sandra Day O'Connor. 51. became the first woman appointed to the Court by President Reagan Her appointment, though it scandalized right-to-lifers suspicious of her views on abortion, pleased almost everyone else including her fellow justices. ♦ 34 • Current Events