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

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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

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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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The Children Of Atlanta This year, over 20 btock children were killed in the city of Atlanta. Minions of donors and months of investigations have not turned up any clues as to the identity of the murdererhst. Amongst those dead or missing are 9wyeor otd Yusef Belt, 13-year old Curtis Walker and 15-year otd Joseph Belt. The tragedy affected the entire nation. People across the country sent in money and comforting words to aid the victims' families and the investiga tion. Sammy Davis, Jr. and Frank Sinatra entertained at Atlanta's Civic Center. raising $263,000 for the cause. Green ribbons, symbolizing life. were worn notion-wide and candlelit memorial services held in tribute to the children. One sympathy cord, signed by 300 people. was received by Atlanta's City Hall. tt read. the killing of Atlanta's black children have affected us greatly Each of us has shed tears for the children who have died, The senders: inmates at the Folsom Prison in California, May these children and their fomities find peace. World Events 9