Astoria High School - Zephyrus Yearbook (Astoria, OR)

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HEADLINES ' 85- ' 86 1 SEPT. ON SEPT. 26, 1985, MEXICO CITY HAD TWO MAJOR EARTH¬ QUAKES, THE LOWEST TOTAL¬ LING 7.3 ON THE RICHTER SCALE. THE TOTAL DEATHS RE¬ PORTED WERE AT LEAST 10,000. OFFERS OF MONEY AND SUP¬ PLIES CAME IN FROM GOVERN¬ MENTS AND CHARITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS TO CLEAN THE DAMAGE, BUT LEADERS SAY THIS COULD . LEAD TO A STRONGER MEXICO. THE STORY OF “AIDS” HIT AMERICA IN EPIDEMIC PROPORTION. THIS DIS¬ EASE THAT EFFECTS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, WAS NOT EVEN HEARD OF FIVE YEARS AGO BY MOST DOC¬ TORS, LET ALONE THE PUBLIC. TO¬ DAY AFTER THOUSANDS OF DEATHS, THE DISEASE HAS SUR¬ FACED AS THE BUBONIC PLAGUE OF THE PRESENT. RESEARCH HAS YET TO FIND THE CURE, BUT HAS IDENTI¬ FIED HOMOSEXUALS AT THE HEART OF THE EPIDEMIC. THE AIDS PROB¬ LEM AND CONCERNS HAS CAUSED FEARS, PRECAUTIONS, AND NEW RULES THROUGHOUT THE COUN¬ TRY. AFTER 73 YEARS, THE TITANIC WAS FINALLY FOUND. THE DISCOVERY OCCURED BECAUSE OF ONE MANS OBSESSION. THE NAVY DECIDED TO SPONSER ROBERT BALLARD, AND PUT TOGETHER A SUBMERSIBLE PHOTOGRAPHIC VESSEL CHRIS¬ TENED “ARGO.” THEY STOPPED FOR TESTING, AND DISCOVERED THAT THEY WERE OVER THE BOILERS. THEY CELEBRATED IN THE DISCOV¬ ERY OF THE SHIP, AND THE PER¬ FECTLY PRESERVED FINDINGS ON BOARD. THE ELATION GAVE WAY TO A PROPER MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ALL THOSE ON BOARD. O FIRST TEAM TO WIN WORLD SERIES AFTER LOSING FIRST TWO GAMES AT HOME: KANSAS CITY ROYALS LED THE LEAGUE IN VICTORIES (24) STRIKEOUTS (268), AND ERA (1.53); DWIGHT GOODEN MOST HITS. CAREER: PETE ROSE 3,000 HITS IN A CAREER: ROD CAREW 300 WINS BY A PITCHER: PHIL NIEKRO FOR THE RECORD, THE ALL-MISSOU¬ RI SERIES OF THE ROYALS AND CAR¬ DINALS WAS WON 4-2, KANSAS CITY. OCT. 10, 1985, ISRAELI JETS DEV¬ ASTATED THE PLO’S HEAD- QURTERS IN TUNISIA. THE F-15 FIGHTER-BOMBERS LEFT FROM ISREAL 1500 MILES TO THE EAST, REFUELED IN MIDAIR OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN, AND DROPPED TO JUST ABOVE SEA- LEVEL TO AVOID RADAR. FOR SIX MINUTES THE JETS UNLEASHED A DEADLY PAYLOAD OF BOMBS AND ROCKETS. THEN THEY STREAKED FOR HOME. THE FALL OF THE BHAGWAN WAS THE MAJOR NEWS EVENT IN OR¬ EGON DURING 1985. ON OCTOBER 29, RAJNEESH AND HIS PERSONAL SECRETARY MA ANAND SHEELA AFTER ABRUPTLY LEAVING OREGON WERE ARRESTED. THE GURU WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND CHARGED WITH IMMIGRATION FRAUD. A WEEK LATER. DISCIPLES ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD DISBAND THEIR COMMUNE AND SELL ITS ASSETS. BY THE END OF THE YEAR, 100 CARETAKERS WERE LEFT AT THE COMMUNE THAT WAS ONCE HOME TO PERHAPS 4,000. 1 1 1 1 1 NOV. 19, 1985, RONALD REAGAN AND MIKHAIL GORBACHEV MET FOR THE FIRST SUMMIT MEETING IN SIX YEARS. AFTER TWO DAYS OF MEET¬ INGS THEY AGREED TO MORE SUM¬ MITS, ONE IN THE U.S., AND ONE IN THE U.S.S.R. THEY ALSO PRODUCED A JOINT STATEMENT AGREEING TO SPEED UP ARMS-CONTROL NEGOTI¬ ATIONS AND CALLED FOR A 50 PER¬ CENT REDUCTION IN NUCLEAR ARMS BY EACH SIDE. PROBLEMS OCCURED WHEN BOTH LEADERS RE¬ FUSED TO GIVE UP CERTAIN PRO¬ GRAMS, BUT THEY AGREED TO KEEP TRYING. CROCKETT AND TUBBS ARE HOT! THESE TWO ARE THE CHARACTERS PLAYED BY DON JOHNSON AND PHILLIP MICHAEL THOMAS ON THE TELEVISION SERIES MIAMI VICE. THIS AWARD WINNING SHOW SET THE PACE FOR MANY OF THE LATEST FADS AROUND THE COUNTRY. TAK¬ ING TO THE STREETS OF MIAMI, THE SHOW INCORPORATED GOOD AC¬ TION, PASTEL COLORS, AND FINE MUSIC TO CATCH THE ATTENTION OF TEENAGERS. NOMINATED FOR 15 EMMY AWARDS. THE TOP TEN TV SHOWS FOR 1985-1986; 1) THE COSBY SHOW (NBC) 2) FAMILY TIES (NBC) 3) MURDER SHE WROTE (CBS) 4) 60 MINUTES (CBS) 5) CHEERS (NBC) 6) DALLAS (CBS) 7) DYNASTY (ABC) 8 THE GOLDEN GIRLS (NBC) 9) MIAMI VICE (NBC) 10) WHO’S THE BOSS (ABC) 1 1 1 ON DEC. 20, 1985, THE CHAR¬ TERED DC-8 CARRYING 248 SOL¬ DIERS AND EIGHT CREW MEM¬ BERS CRASHED KILLING ALL ABOARD. THE SOLDIERS WERE RETURNING HOME FOR CHRIST¬ MAS AFTER SIX MONTHS DUTY IN THE SINAI DESERT. THEY REFU¬ ELED IN NEWFOUNDLAND,THEN TOOK OFF FOR KENTUCKY. LESS THAN HALF A MILE AFTER TAKE OFF, THE PLANE EXPLODED, STREWING BODIES AND DEBRIS FOR THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILE. X. WITHOUT A DOUBT, 1985 WAS THE YEAR OF HALLEYS COMET. HALLEY LEARNED THE SECRET OF THE COM¬ ET IN 1705: THE COMET COMES, IT RETREATS BEYOND NEPTUNE, THEN PLUNGES INTO VENU’S ORBIT. THE CYCLE IS ABOUT 76 YEARS ON THE AVERAGE, JUST LONG ENOUGH FOR US TO MAKE IT A NATIONAL EVENT, BUT STILL SHORT ENOUGH FOR US TO EXPERIENCE THE THRILL THAT OUR GRANDPARENTS MUST HAVE FELT. MANY PLACES OF THE WORLD VIEWED THE COMET EASILY, WHILE WE IN ASTORIA WERE LUCKY FOR OUR FEW GLIMPSES. FOR CLATSOP COUNTY, 1985 MARKED THE END OF AN ERA IN THE NORTHWEST TIMBER INDUSTRY CROWN ZELLERBACH CORP. AN¬ NOUNCED IT WOULD SHUT DOWN COMPANY LOGGING OPERATIONS AT ITS CAMPS IN NORTHWEST OR¬ EGON. CHANGES AT CROWN WERE INEVITABLE DURING THE YEAR AS CORPORATE RAIDER SIR JAMES GOLDSMITH HAD TAKEN OVER MORE THAN 50% OF THE COM¬ PANY ' S STOCK. THE CLOSURES MEANT THE LOSS OF AT LEAST 163 JOBS. CROWN LOGGERS FELLED THEIR LAST TREES IN DECEMBER