Arvada West High School - Claw Yearbook (Arvada, CO)

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MOUNT 8T. HELENS With a blast comparable to the largest H-Bomb ever tested. Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18. Despite all the warnings. 32 people died and a paralyzing blanket of gray soot dropped over cities, farms and highways as far east as Montana POLISH UNRE8T Poland's striking workers brought down the government and dangerously provoked the Soviet Union. THIRD CANDIDATE - Although John Anderson won only a small percentage of the popular vote in the presidential election, he stressed that his campaign was not wasted. We have put the major parties on notice that they can never again come up with the kind of choices they have this year.' REFUGEES FLOOD FLORIDA In a little more than two months. 110.000 Cubans descended upon the United States. The sudden influx forced Florida's governor to declare a state of emergency. Cuban President Fidel Castro claimed it was to teach the U S. a lesson for welcoming Cuban hijackers as heroes TELEVISION STRIKE Over 1.200 actors went on strike demanding compensation for videocassettes and cable TV. The long-winded strike lasted several months, delaying the new fall programs.

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FINAL EDITION if 1980-1981 ★ ★ VOL. 1 PG 2 BASEBALL'S TOP HITTER - Kansas City Royals third baseman. George Brett, wrapped up the season with a phenomenal batting average just short of 400 and was voted the A. L.’s most valuable player His team lost the World Senes to the Philadelphia Phillies BRUSH FIRES - A wall of fire headed toward the campus of California at San Bernadino — one of several brush fires that raced through Southern California, destroying over 30.000 acres and over 100 homes. IRAN, IRAQ DECLARE WAR - Iran became sufficiently weakened by worldwide repercussions over the seizure of the American Embassy and became a feasible target for neighboring Iraq. BAILING-OUT CHRYSLER President Carter shook hands with Chrysler Chairman Lee laccocca in May after signing a $1.5 billion federal loan to keep the nation’s third largest auto- maker afloat. When their 1981 line didn’t sell as predicted, the corporation started looking for further federal generosity. GIVE PEACE A CHANCE The hopes Beatle was shot and killed on the steps of a generation were summed up in of his New York apartment, causing a John Lennon's poetic lyrics. The former worldwide outpouring of grief WHO SHOT J.R.? - Over 83 million Americans turned on their TV’s one Friday night in November to find out who shot J.R. Ewing, the dastardly double-dealer of CBS' Dallas. The episode had the highest ratings in television history.

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FINAL EDITION ★ ★ 1980-1981 if ★ VOL. 1 PG. 4 HOCKEY VICTORY For the first time the world champion Russian team The in 20 years, the American hockey team American team had only been playing won the hockey gold medal, defeating together for five months. 'SHOGUN' FEVER - The 12-hour television mini-series captured rare top ratings for NBC. Richard Chamberlin played the lead in the story about 17th century Japan BORG WINS, AGAIN - Sweden’s Bjorn Borg falls to his knees after beating John McEnroe of the United States to the All England Tennis Championship for the fifth straight year at Wimbleton. THE AB8CAM TRIALS - Two of seven Congressmen involved in the ABSCAM trials are shown arriving at Federal Court with their wives to deny charges that they accepted money in exchange for political favors from an FBI agent, posing as an Arab sheik. THE RELEASE OF THE HOSTAGES A surge of relief, joy and patriotism swept the country when the hostages were released from Iran after 444 days in captivity on Jan. 20. inauguration day ACTOR DIES Peter Sellers, a mastermind of disguise, played a variety of characters and was lovable in them all. from Inspector Clouseau in the “Pink Panther films to Chauncey Gardiner in Being There. OLYMPIC BOYCOTT - Beauty and pageantry couldn't hide America's absence from the Summer Olympic Games in Moscow. A number of countries boycotted the Games to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan