Althoff Catholic High School - Crusader Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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JULY •Gorbachev sends letter to Reagan, says he ' s willing to compromise on issue of medium-range missiles. -World Court declares U.S. aid to Contras illegal. -Statue of Liberty ' s 100th Birthday is celebrated. -Britain ' s Prince Andrew weds Sarah Ferguson. AUGUST -U.S. Senate passes S. Africa sanctions - crack explosion alarms nation. -Vatican bars Charles Curran from teaching at Catholic University. 30-KGB arrests U.S. N W R Moscow correspondent Nicholas Daniloff, accused of espionage. SEPTEMBER 5- Four Arab terrorists storm a Pan Am jumbo jet in Karachi, Pakistan. After 16 hours, fearing a raid by Pakistan com¬ mandos, the gunmen opened fire, killing 21 people. 6- Two Arab terrorists killed 21 Jewish worshippers them¬ selves in an attack on a synagogue in Instanbul, Turkey. 12-American reporter Nicholas S. Daniloff was given over to the U.S., the same day that Gennadi F. Zakharov, a jailed Soviet accused of spying in the U.S., was released to the Soviet ambassador. -Women scored major victories in several primaries on su¬ perprimary day . The results helped enshrine 1986 as a year when women who were seasoned politicians broke through in large numbers to run for high statewide office. -82 people were killed as the result of a collision between an Aeromexico airliner a small private airplane over Los Angeles. -Martina Navratilova Ivan Lendl won the singles titles at the U.S. Open tennis tournament. -Philippines President Corazon Aquino arrived in the U.S. to meet with Reagan and to address a joint session of Con¬ gress. Cory scores homerun, while Congress promises financial and economic aid, as well as enthusiastic sup¬ port. -Senate confirms Rehnquist, 65-33 as new Chief Justice, and unanimously voted 98-0 to approve Antonin Scalia as the new member of the court. -First Lady goes on the air to appeal for a national cru¬ sade against drug abuse, launches ' Just say no ' cam¬ paign. 3

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MARCH 1. The President and First Lady mourn alongside the families of the seven astronauts who died aboard the space shuttle Challenger. 2. Challenger ex¬ plodes, 73 seconds after lift-off. 3. Hands Across America |Oins 5 million Americans to raise money for poor 4. Tripoli in shambles after bombing. 5. Soviet dissident Shcharansky is freed. 6. Antonin Scalia fills vacant seat on the Supreme Court. -Premier Olaf Palme assassinated; killing stuns nation, world. -U.S. NEWS 7 WORLD REPORT publishes letter from Andrei Sakharov, famous Soviet nuclear physicist, and impris¬ oned Jewish dissident. -Pope John Paul II visits India. -Adlai E. Stevenson easily wins the Democratic nomination for Illinois governor, only to be stunned by the discovery that two of his running mates were followers of right¬ winger Lyndon H. LaRouche. 18-Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Prince Andrew to Sarah Ferguson. 24- U.S. Navy hits Lybian ships. APRIL 2-Arab terrorists plant bomb on TWA jet nearing Athens, kills 4 Americans. -Gorbachev calls for summit on test bans. -West Berlin disco bombing kills 2, one American service¬ man. 14-U.S. bombs Lybian targets in response to terrorist attacks, anti-American protests break out around the world, Rea¬ gan ' s popularity soars in the U.S. MAY -Crisis at Soviet Chernobyl nuclear plant spreads radiation and fear. -Seven-nation economic summit held in Tokyo, meeting termed a success, anti-terrorism declaration issued. -McDonald ' s begins serving Classic Coke again, instead of New Coke. 25- Over 5 million Americans form human chain across coun¬ try — Hands Across America raises money con¬ sciousness about poor. JUNE -Senate begins cable broadcasts on cable T.V. -Challenger crew is buried. -S. Africa declares national state of emergency. -Shuttle commission presents report, blames NASA for ne¬ glecting to address serious problems in program. -Kurt Waldheim wins Austrian Presidency despite Nazism charges. -Fear of terrorism hurts tourism. -Chief Justice Warren Burger resigns, William Rehnquist is appointed new Chief Justice, and Antonin Scalia is ap¬ pointed aid to Contras.

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1 Violence erupts in S. Africa as attempts are made to abolish apartheid. 2. The two superpowers quibble over Star Wars in Iceland pre-summit. 3. Khadafy, mad dog Lybian leader, supports the defeat of America through terrorism. 4. Nick Daniloff is taken hostage in Moscow, becomes pawn in superpower game. 5. America celebrates 4th in show-stealing fashion, with Lady on center stage. -Reagan orders drug testing of federal employees holding sensitive positions ' ' . -177 die in South Africa Gold Mine, the country ' s worst gold mine disaster, as a result of poor safety conditions. -Reagan vetoes South African sanctions. -U.S. expels 25 Soviet diplomats. OCTOBER -Reagan and Gorbachev agree to confer in Reykjavik, Ice¬ land Oct. 1 1-12, to establish a framework for a possible summit in the U.S. -Daniloff and Zakharov are set free. -Congress overrides South African sanctions veto, Reagan nominates Edward J. Perkins to be the first black Ameri¬ can ambassador to South Africa. -Nicaragua shot down a U.S. plane carrying contra sup¬ plies, kills two Americans on board, one parachuted and was captured, Eugene Hasenfus, an ex-Marine, CIA de¬ nied any role. -U.S. was accused of deceiving the press about future re¬ taliatory strikes against Lybia. -Reagan and Gorbachev hold Reykjavik prep summit, Star Wars ' issue blocks a sweeping arms agreement. The leaders blamed each other. -U.K. cuts all ties with Syria. -Vatican removes the authority of Seattle Arch-bishop Raymond G. Hunthausen because of the bishop ' s liberal policies from liturgy to sexual matters. -N.Y. Mets defeat the Boston Red Sox in the World Series. NOVEMBER -American hostages are freed in Lebanon, U.S.-Iran arms deal is revealed. U.S. shocked because this violated the administration ' s vow never to negotiate with terrorists. -Reagan confirms the arms shipment to Iran, but denies the deal for hostage releases. -The Federal fight against AIDS is called lacking by the Na¬ tional Academy of Sciences. -Reagan defends the Iran policy, and ends the arms sales. -Eugene Hasenfus is convicted by the Sandinistas to 30 years in prison. -U.S. Catholic Bishops meet in N.Y. approve a pastoral letter on economic justice. -White House says that profits from covert U.S. sales of arms to Iran were secretly diverted to contra rebels. -Reagan says that he was not fully informed. Vice Adm. John Poindexter, the national security advisor, resigned, and Lt. Col. North was fired. 9