Angelo State University - Rambouillet Yearbook (San Angelo, TX)

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Americans 1984 had a promising start. The Summer Games of the XXIII Olym- piad were held in Los Angeles, Calif. US. athletes accumulated nearly 200 gold, silver, and bronze medals. The Soviet-bloc boycott had not marred the competitive spirit of the athletes. But the serene summer of 1984 was shattered by the worst one-day slaughter in U.S. history. James Huberty, 51, ex-security guard. murdered 21 people and in- jured 15 others at a McDonald's in San Ysidro. Calif. Huberty had a reputation for his explosions of rage. 1984 became a year of break- throughs and defeats. Ronald Reagan overwhelmed Wal- ter Mondale with a 49-state sweep in the '84 presidential election. Reagan was supported by every region, every age group and almost. every demogra- phic voting bloc in the U.S. Vanessa Williams, 21, became the first black woman to hold the title of Miss America - and the first Miss America asked to resign her title. The explicit nude scenes of Williams with another woman in Penthouse maga- zine were said to have tarnished the shine in L.A. title of Miss America. Baby Fae was the first infant to receive a simian heart. She carried the heart of a baboon for 21 days be- fore she died-two weeks longer than any other previous recipient of an animal heart. Another breakthrough was that of a 33-year-old ocean geologist. Mis- sion Specialist Kathryn Sullivan be- came the first American woman to walk in space. She took part in the space Shuttle Challenger voyage with six other astronauts. Actor Richard Burton, 58, died this year of a cerebral hemorrhage. Bur- ton received seven Academy Award X .. ' i . ' I V . 5.3 . -, r 'A Z- , gljpvq 7 ,M -fe i'2'f7,....' , ' na Q , . g. 9, 3 K sk, . ,imuiga 0 'JI 'C ,fr E? ag' -ffm ' 4. iii,.'8Li4da i' I ' . A ' qt ' ,l F R N lk:-Qian? ' nominations for his roles in such films such as Becket,,' The Spy Who Came In From the Cold and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. - Phyllis Velez Mary Lou Retton won the all-around gold medal in women's gymnastics and led the women's team to a silver medal. She also won bronze medals for the floor exercise and the uneven parallel bars and took a silver medal for the vault. CAPfWide World Photol Vanessa Williams, the first black Miss Amer- ica was forced to resign her title for nude pho- tographs in Penthouse Magazine. tAPfWide World Photol .. 3 I -aff :af-

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,f 311' Nw, 'TEM x xxug .. .- .omg sw. A K i. V-ef' ff! -- V X 0 .if .. V. X - Q. 1 u Republicans vote straight, sweep mock elections The Repulican Party, in what turned out to be a foreshadowing of Election Day, swept the polls in a mock election held in conjunction with homecoming queen balloting. Of the approximately 600 ASU stu- dents who voted in the mock election, 53.4 percent chose to vote a straight Republican ticket. President Reagan easily defeated Democratic challenger Walter Mon- dale by a vote of 447 to 130. In the bitterly contested Senate race, U.S. Rep. Phil Gramm extended the Republican sweep and beat state Sen. Lloyd Doggett 408 to 160. The mock election was added to home- coming queen voting to increase par- ticipation in the election, ASUSA President Tim Weatherby said. He said the number voting doubled to 20 percent of the student body. - Gary Dulude Experience he gained from working on several daily newspapers gives Jim Batts the know- how to advise reporters and co-ordinate the election issue. lArt Hanson PhotofASU News Sz Information? Editor David Ramirez works on the front page layout. tDavid Lozano Photol Ram Page reporters, Jim Batts, and Dr. John Jenson await election results. tDavid Lozano Photol Rhonda Woodall, Alex Draughon, Yolanda Melendez, and Kris Ballard worked late into the night setting copy and laying out pages. tDavid Lozano Photo!

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,iv 9-. A . 1 ' if V? ' 1: 35- , 'h .-N.: 'i qu- lw... .vb tl-L., i-......m fgffelff 4' UV! 'mia ir z ,ll .5 is 5465 1 ,.. ,. J, 1-mmm 'K' vi pvmxmv'-n F1353 ,war The United States won 83 gold medals, 61 silver and 30 bronze. The men's gymnastic team walked away with a gold medal. IAP! Wide World Photol Carl Lewis lived up to all expectations and won four gold medals - the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the four 100 meter relay and the long jump. iAPfWide World Photol .f . l olympics 23