Astoria High School - Zephyrus Yearbook (Astoria, OR)

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LOOKINOAffi Top Ten News Stories Of 87-88 HEARINGS The Iran Contra hearings, made Oli¬ ver North a household word, ranked as the top news story of 1987. North was fired from the National security council for his role in the Iranian arms deal. The sessions took most of the summer and testimony was given from 500 wit¬ nesses. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN ONE MUST GO ABOVE THE WRITTEN LAW. -FAWN HALL MARKET CRASH On October 19,1987 the stock market collapsed an astounding 500 billion dol¬ lars. This day was soon to be known as black Monday, for it was the worst mar¬ ket panic of modern times. Although black Monday’s crash was worse than the crash of 1929, by late December the Dow had recovered more than 200 points. SUMMIT A three day summit meeting between President Reagan and soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev took place in De¬ cember. The two leaders signed a treaty to ban medium-range nuclear missies and proclaimed it a historic turning point. Most liberals praised the treaty, while many of the president’s fellow conservatives denounced it. IT IS THE LARGEST ARMS REDUCTION IN history. -RONALD REAGAN PERSIAN GULF VIOLENCE Persian Gulf violence began with the reflagging of Kuwaiti oil tankers so they could travel under U.S. Navy escort. The tension mounted when Iraq’s Air Force attacked the U.S. Navy frigate Stark, killing 37 Americans. Through¬ out the summer and fall, one reflagged tanker hit a mine; U.S. helicopters sank an Iranian minelayer and a speed boat; an Iranian missile hit one of the reflag- gee tankers; and U.S. warships and commandos destroyed three Iranian oil platforms in retaliation. SUPREME COURT With the retiring of Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell came the the need to find a replacement. Reagan’s first choice was Robert Bork, an appellate judge favored by conservatives. The Senate finally refected Bork 58-42. Rea¬ gan’s second choice, Douglas Ginsburg, was asked that his nomination be with¬ drawn when it was discovered he had smoked marijuana in the 60’s and 70’s. PTL SCANDAL The disclosure of TV evangelist Jim Bakker s affair with 21 year old Jessica Hahn caused a widespread scandal. Bakker allegedly paid Hahn hush mon- ey t° keep the affair quiet. Bakker’s P1 L ministry was turned over to Jerry alwell, another TV evangelist. GARY HART Ex-Senator Gary Hart dropped out of the presidential race after press disclo¬ sures of his relationship with a Miami model, Donna Rice. An angry Hart de¬ nied that he had an affair with Rice, and claimed the media was responsible for his withdrawl from the Presidential race. Hart later re-entered the race. LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE. -GARY HART AIDS The deadly AIDS virus continued to spread. Over 50,000 cases of AIDS have been reported since 1981. Although by the end of 1987 no cure had been found, treatments had improved. The drug AZT retards the virus but is expensive and has several side effects that limit its use. Doctors also began the first human trials of vaccines to prevent further spread of AIDS. TRANSPORTATION DISASTORS Transportation disasters made many headlines. A Northwest Airlines flig 1 crashed and tumbled onto a highway interchange killing 156 people, two o them motorists. Only one P ass ® n ®|’ survived. A Continental Airlines flight flipped over and broke into ree pieces. Also crashing was a Calu 0 ™ plane in which 43 people died, sinking of a Phillipine passenger ship tragically took 1500 lives. BABY JESSICA The rescue of 19 month old J® ss a McClure from an abandoned well cap tured the heart of the nation. It too hours to drill through solid roc reach the girl. She was release healthy, a month later from the tal. !8

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L Wmmd ast year Astoria High School was blessed with two Spanish exchange students. Fernando Alba is from Leon, Spain, a city with 100,000 people. His stay with Thom¬ as and Kathy Carmichael lasted one year. Fernando is interested in basketball, ski club, and soc¬ cer. He helped our new soc¬ cer team strive to a winning season. His basketball career was cut short by the news of the rule about exchange stu¬ dents in sports. Fernando was glad to be able to see a Trail Blazer’s NBA basket¬ ball game. One of the hardest transitions that Fernando made was learning how to get around in Astoria. Ac¬ cording to him, transporta¬ tion here is a lot more diffi¬ cult. The bus system in Spain is much more efficient, while here teenagers are forced to find a ride with friends or with their parents. This was not Fernandos first experience as an ex¬ change student. He had been an exchange student in England one month every year for five years. Upon his return home, Fernando plans to study technical or electrical engi¬ neering. ' Fernando le$a Teuo “YrJ ONEN T M he strong Scandinavian heritage here in Astoria made Teijo Yrjonen feel right at home when he arrived in Au¬ gust. Teijo is from Kerava, Fin¬ land, which has a population of about 20,000 people. Needless to say, there was not much of a culture shock for him. Teijo stayed here with Roy and Nancy Chamberlain. He was able to play soccer and track and he really enjoyed the experience. Like most foreign exchange students he would like to visit California, and es¬ pecially Disneyland. Although Astoria has a strong Finnish background, there are a lot of differences be¬ tween Finland and the United States. His first surprise was the size of American cars; they’re a lot bigger than Finn¬ ish cars. The guys here lift weights more often and are more concerned with their phy¬ sique. Teijo also thought that requirements for school are harder in Finland, but school is not such a fun activity there. When he returns to Finland, Teijo has two more years of the equivalent to high school. After that he plans to go to college, but other than that he had nothing planned. Until then he planned to relax and absorb the American Society. 27

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Entertainment I Academy Awards Sports Music RECORD OF THE YEAR- Paul Simon BEST ROCK VOCAL- Bruce Springsteen BEST R B VOCAL- Smokey Robinson BEST NEW ARTIST- Jody Watley ALBUM OF THE YEAR- lJ2-The ' Joshua Tree SONG OF THE EAR- Somewhere Out There BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO- U2 BEST POP VOCAL. MALE- Sting BEST POP VOCAL, FEMALE- Whitney Houston BEST COMEDY RECORDING- Robin Williams Television BEST COMEDY SERIES- “The Golden Girls” BEST DRAMA SERIES- ’L.A. Law” BEST COMEDY ACTOR- Michael J. Fox, “Family Ties” BEST COMEDY ACTRESS- Rue McClanahan, “The Golden Girls” BEST DRAMA ACTOR- Bruce Willis, “Moonlighting” BEST DRAMA ACTRESS- Sharon Gless, “Cagney Lacey” BEST MINISERIES- “A Year In The Life” BEST DRAMA COMEDY SPECIAL- “Promise” BEST SUPPORTING COMEDY ACTOR- John Larroquette, “Night Court” BEST SUPPORTING COMEDY ACTRESS- Jackee Harry, “227” Movies BIGGEST BOX OFFICE MOVIES 1 .Beverly Hills Cop II 2 .Platoon 3 .Fatal Attraction 4 .Three Men and a Baby 5 .The Untouchables 6 .The Secret of My Success 7 .Stakeout 8 .Lethal Weapon 9 .The Witches of Eastwick 10 .Dragnet BEST PICTURE- “The Last Emperor” BEST ACTRESS- Cher BEST ACTOR- Michael Douglas BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS- Olympia Dukakis BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR- Sean Connery Elections 1988 was the year of the Presidential Election. The Democrats, in attempt to find a good candidate to oppose the Re¬ publican challenger Vice-President George Bush, pulled out all the stops and had quite an interesting list of characters. Among them were Michael Dukakis, Jesse Jackson, Gary Hart, Bruce Babbit,and A1 Gore. From this pack of hopefuls, the people’s choice at the Democratic Convention was Mi¬ chael Dukakis. Promises of drug con¬ trol, crime control, inflation control, national debt control, dog control, and nuclear arms control, filled the issues list that made for commitments and de¬ cided the choosing of the best candi¬ date. BASEBALL Despite preseason 150-1 odds of win¬ ning the World Series, the Minnesota Twins finished off the St. Louis Cardi¬ nals to claim the title. Fighting their inablility to win on the road, the Twins took their big bats into the Metrodome and jumped all over the Cardinal pitch¬ ing in game seven to win the dead¬ locked series. MVP for the World Champion Twins was Frank Viola. FOOTBALL The Washington Redskins and the Denver Broncos met for the NFL Championship Super Bowl. Despite be¬ ing lost in the limelight of Bronco Quarterback John Elway, the Redskins took advantage of a defense that fell asleep in the second quarter to rush to the title of World Champions. Final score Washington 42, Denver 10. Super Bowl MVP - Doug Williams. OLYMPICS During February, the attention of the world was focused on Calgary, Canada for the Winter Olympic games. Athletes from the nations circling the globe, came into our homes and entertained us with their spectacular abilities. The competitors from the United States, while not doing well in the overall com¬ petition, had many moments of glory. Men’s ice skating gold medalist Brian Botrano, was among the Americans .that provided excitement to the coun¬ try and received medals from the two week event. The Olympics brought some colorful personalities into public view, but not necessarily for their athletic abilities. Eddie the Eagle, the only ski jumper from England, became recognized be¬ cause of his last place finish. BASKETBALL For the first time in 19 years a world champion was able to win back to back titles. In a repeat from last year, the Los Angeles Lakers dominated the NBA be¬ hind the great play of Magic Johnson and James Worthy. Taking the final se¬ ries with the Detroit Pistons to seven games, the Lakers were able to win at home in the final game by a score of 108-105. James Worthy was voted the most valuable player of the series. lis page sponsored by ANK OF ASTORIA 29