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

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International Horvesrer, which is pictured here from on Old Main window and across me overpass, shut down in 1984 Xeoving thousands jobXess 0nd wirh nowhere ro rum The ogncuirurd equfpmenr plum was 0 mcgor Quod-Cmes business. On January 21, 1985 President Ronald Reagan repeared rhe ocrh of office of the presidenr os hlS wwfe Nancy holds the Bible Phoro Courtesy of APlWide Worm Phoros. Democratic presidenncnl condwdore WoWrer Mon- dale and his female running more Gerddfne Ferraro celebrate in the 1984 DEMOCYOTiC Vicror ry Golo Photo Courtesy of APlWide WoHd Photos.

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18 1984 Elections See A First; Area Companies Reach An The ourlook for women in politics got brighter 05 Geraldine Ferraro become rhe first women vice presidential running more of Democratic presidential candidate Welter Mon- dale. Quod-Cirions and people all over Illinois and iowo got excited over the sensational Chi- cago Cubs' comeback. Yet the democratic porn ry voters, and the Cubs' fonsjoined in disap- pointment with area International Harvester workers 05 all three subjects ended in foiiures in 1984. Republican Ronald Reagan bear Mondale by a landslide in rhe 1984 elections. And how about those Cubs? They played such 0 won- derful season, yet even otter opening with four homeruns in the first inning of the playoffs, the Cubs lost to the San Diego Padres. After years of being a major part of the Quod-Cities, International Harvester Company sold its. agricultural equipment operation TO Ten- neco Inc. The announcement left over 2,000 workers without jobs. In addition to this sad affair, other erect companies including John Deere and Caterpillar were forced to layoff more workers. And McCobes, 0 Rock Island Department srore for years, had to close its doors also. Not everyone had it so tough though. The lucky combination 2071072030413 brought Chi- cogoon Michael Wirrkowski 540 million doiiors in the weekly Illinois Lotto game. He become the biggest lottery winner in history. In 0 case that encEfed up receiving notionoi coverage, Davenport chiropoctor James Kiindt was sentenced to serve 50 years in prison for A major business in downtown Rock Island, McCobes become one of 200 downtown Rodi island firms to close down since 1940. The department store closed its doors otter reducing oil its merchandise in mid De- cember, News End the murder and dismemberment of his wife Joyce. He was first accused of kiiling his wife by curring her body up with Cl chainsaw in 1963 05 0 women's rorso was found in the Mississippi River and believed by experts to be that of Joyce Kiindr's. Other deaths in 1984 inciuded Count Basie, Ethel Mermon, Marvin Gaye, Truman Capote, Richard Burton, Francois Truffaut, and Janet Goynor. For most QuadrCitions, 1984 was not 0 year they were sorry to see p055. Yet through it oll people still kept Up the pride in their communi- ties which remain Joined by a River.

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