Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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Space ShuTTle Columbia's Ee-EnTry lnTo KTTTESphereE q A Success In mid-April, The space shuTTle Columbia wenT inTo orbiT and succeeded T0 land in The Mojave DeserT Tw 0nd one-hclf days laTer. Thusly opening a new door To space explorcITion. - The maiden fllghT of The Colombia had 0T firsT been posT-poned due To The malfunTionlng of The computers. BuT Twedays IoTer. amidsT The cheers of a holf-million SpecToTors, The shuTTle roared off The launch pad 0T 0 sTorTing speed of 75 miles per hours. , ExcepT for Commander John W. Young and PiIoT RoberT L. Crippen, The Columbia was run olmosT enTirer by goureguidance compuTers. These blonaced The ThrusT of The 44 rockeTs on The fronT and back of The shuTTle's use age. Once in orbiT, The Columbia circled The earlh 36 Times. Then. 54 hours ofTer iTs launching, The space shuTTle re-enTered The aTmosphere GT 27 Times The speed of sound and disappeared into c1 shroud of ionized gas. This successful voyage marked a brighT future for space-uge Technology. GianT relay sToTlons can be consTrucTed in space, and soTelIiTe communicoTions will Thrive. Such Things as orbiTing Telescopes and space cameras are also closer To reoliTy Thanks To Columbia's smooTh flighT. As PiloT Crlppen puT iT cher his firsT Trip inTo orbit. lee are really in The space business To sToy. WolTer CronkiTe ReTires On March 43. WolTer CronkiTe, probably The mosT respecTed 0nd TrusTed newsman in America, retired from his Television anchor posT on The CBS Evening News. CronkiTe hos sTood by The noTion for Two decades, helping iTs peo- ple Through rioTs, ossessinaTions. wars. and national discsTers. WhaT- ever kind of news he had To report ThoT evening. we always knew he genuinely cared obouT The entire world. And as CronkiTe lefT, he Took wiTh him an excellence in prinT end brocdcosT journalism That no oTher man or women may ever achieve. World Evenls 7

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?WiDE WORLD PHOT i is World Events Assassinations Attempted On Reagan And Pope r They were American nighmares rerun: the assassination attempts of President Rancid Reagan and then of Pope John Paul II. It was a rainy day in March, President Reagan was speaking l to a banquet room of 3,500 AFLsCIO union delegates at the Washington Hilton Hotei. At the same time, John Hinckley. Jr. was composing a love letter to actress Jodie Foster, whom he had never met, In the letter. he explained that he was going to kili Reagan to gain her respect and love, He then headed for the Hilton, at which he was going to stand among the press waiting for Reagan. One hour later. Reagan emerged from the WP entrance. He raised his arm to wave at the press. and Hinckley opened fire. Reagan was struck by a builet which ricocheted off his limousine. It then puntured his left lung and came to rest only three inches from his heart. Press Secretary Jim Brady, Police t Officer Thomas Delahanty and Secret Service Agent Timothy McCarthy were all hit directly. The country became chaotic Reports fiashed on that Reagan was not shot. then he was; that Brady had died, but then he was holding his awn. Reagan's cabinet men rushed to the White House to make sure that the government continued to function fully and effectively. But through it all. President Reagan manged to keep his sense of humor intact. While being wheeled into the operating room, he told Nancy he tiforgot to duck, asked his aides who's minding the store, and auipped to his surgeons, I hope you're ail Republicans The morning after the surgery. Reagan was propped up in bed and ready to go on with business as usuai. He met with aides and signed bills from his hospital room. His main goal was to remain positive for the countryls sake. He repeated many times during his recovery, t'Winston Churchill said there i ,F mu is no more exhilarating feeling than being shot without result, 1 But then it happened again. only this time to Pope John Paul II. It was a warm May afternoon in St. Peter's Square. t1 Vatican City. The man who had become known as the people's Pope was waving and smiling to the crowd of 10,000. Four shots rang out. and blood stained his white vestments. The assailant: Mehmet Ali Agca, a 23-year oid Turkish hit man. John Paui feil to the floor at his jeep. He was wounded in the lower abdomen, the right forearm. and the index finger of his left hand. Two American women were also wounded in r the attacks The Pope was rushed to a hospital, given his iast rites, and then wheeled into surgery. He survived the operation, though. and remained in intensive care for the next few weeks. The prayers of millions were answered as Pope John Paul Ii recovered, And he has pubiiciv said that he is not afraid - it's what you might call one of the risks of the job. We are all in God's hands. and love is stronger than hate.

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In Memoriam . . . John Lennon 4940 - 4980 John Lennon, poet, songwriter, and former member of the Beatles. was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman on De- cember 8. 1950. Lennon had been an enormous influence on Americans e especially the radical teens e and their culture during the '60's and 703 As a Beetle member. he encouraged teens to stand up and show their elders that they, too, were people with talents and abilities. Among the many songs he has given the world are Come Together. tiYesterdoy, and Imag- um . u nman- me. 1 nun um But Lennon had always supported peace throughout the ......,...,.n..., , worid. too. As he told many, it someone thinks that love and 1 MD SW um mum I saw, m m mm 0, m mm peace is a cliche that shouid have been left behind in the m, m m or m mm m Emzmn m 51mm . 1 M 5m '60'5, that's his problem; love and peace ore eternal. In recent years. Lennon had become somewhat of a re cluse. retreating from the music business for five years. In this , time, he heiped raise his son Sean and discovered what his mm ' A comm MSW 5 SM a 5mm 9 m n '3 ' W 11:: SPOT WERE JDIDI LAY N HE HAS SHOT. SEAN ANTED 10 W in TIE FERSDN SHOT JOHN 1? HI LIKED JOHN. I EJCFLAIEED m1 HE HAS 0an life was recily about. This year. marked by his 40m birthi comm R 3 mm m m W m 10 - t 5m mt'i'ts i day, Lennon was once again at peace with himself. more seif- 1 m mm- '5 mm m WW ' ' mm COURT OR 5 mm confident, more in love with his family and life than everi COURT? mT'S W SW m TO TALK timi 15 TAMIL Tm m mm! His creative juices were again flowing, too. As the song says. mm wum um um Pawn or 5w 1? H: m m ms. sm man he was Starting Over with his wife Yoko Ono on their new urea in: ALSO sun wow DAEDY :3 min or com. I GUESS um! You or: oibum tiDoubie FODTGSV. His record pi'OdUCGL David Geffen, you 55cm: nucu mu: amaze. amuse YOU'RE PAM or mmmc . felt that nthe last day of John's life was the happiest he'd ever seen him- 1 non'r 'IMVE. mini Mn: 10 AM To sun's STATEMENT. 'm: Slum vmu. 1' On Sunday afternoon, December '14. Yoko invited all mourners to shore in a 10-minute silent vigil for Lennon. John loved and prayed for the human race, she said Please pray the same for him. WILL TAKE ?MCE DECEI'BER IATH AT 2 ?.PL FOR 1'!!! HIMSV OUR NOUG'WIS ILL BE Him YOU. 8 World Events