Alton High School - Tatler Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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HITS November 19. 1981 is known to some os the doy that St. Louis got stoned . That is. the doy the Stones rolled info the Checkerdome on their current ' Tattoo You tour and started up close to 100.000 fans. Throughout their four, the Stones really kept their fans Under their thumbs as they sung old and new tunes. You can’t always get what you wont , but let’s just say Mick finally achieved satisfaction grossing on estimated S38 million from the tour alone. The Rolling Stones consisting of Mick Jogger. Keith Richards. Billy Wy. man. Ron Wood. Charlie Watts and Don Stewart are one of the oldest touring rock-n-roll bands still hitting the chorts. Originally starting out as a rhythm and blues band, the Stones have been around for some 20 years. Top Right-On of the mony signals that the Rolling Stones were coming to town wos this sign found on Elm Street. Center Right-The Rolling Stones Center Left-Ion Gordner displays several Stones' rkRets. each selling for S17.50. Bottom Right-This video game found at Tilt in Alton Square is typicol of the mony that ore now so popular. 4 - Features

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Pope John Paul II was wounded on Moy 14. 1981 In Rome's St. Peter's Square. Four shots were fired by a Turkish terrorist named Mehmet Ali Agca. The pope recovered by the end of August. Royal Wedding: On July 29. 1981 Prince Charles and Lady Diana were married. The event was televised Nationwide. The wedding and events leading up to it were some of the most spectacular of the year. On September 24. Arizona's 51-year old appeals-court judge, Sandra Day O'Connor become the first woman ever to be sworn in as a Supreme Court justice of the United States. Many women feel as if this is a great advancement for their struggle to be equally represented. However Mrs. O'Connor asks nothing more than a tombstone reading-. “Here lies a good judge. Features - 3

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Eoch year trends come and go. Some stay longer thon others ond sometimes lost for more thon o year. The ever-popular. yet challenging Rubik's Cube continues to boffle most of us even though o book with the solution to the puzzle come out. It has some 43.252,003.274.489.856.-000 possible combinations. Among other ongoing fods is whot is known os the preppie look. This conservative style of dress includes ottire such os knee socks, ploids. Oxford cloth button downs, ond of course the Locoste alligator. Perhaps the most omozing croze is that of the video gomes. Lost year on estimated 20 billion quorters (S5 billion) ond 75.000 mon-yeors were spent ploying orcode machines such os PocMon. Defender, ond Space Invaders. Top Left-leod vocalist. Mick Jogger excited his tons with his dromotic showmanship. Center Right-Rubik s Cube baffled mony students. like Donno Wohlfell. Bottom Left-lndian Jones, played by Harrison Ford, triumphed In Roiders of the Lost Ark. It wos the top box office hit of the yeor and continues to rise. Bottom Right-These models accurately represent the way of dress for a prep. Features - 5