Battle Mountain High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Battle Mountain, NV)

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YEAR OF NUMBERS , Numbers can often tell a story in and of themselves. ln looking back over the year many figures and numbers caught our attention. The gfederal deficit was estimated to be ' over S200 billion and the national debt was almost S2 trillion. A gram I of cokcaine sold on the streets somewhere between Sl00 and 5120. There were 6,406 new Aids cases reported in the U.S. which brought the total to l5,775. Eleven American were accused of spying with Vitaly S. Yurchenko redefecting'f back to the Soviet X A ' 0 Union. Disaster numbers reached record T levels. More than 44,000 people s were killed in natural disasters. Accidents involvingscheduled and chartered aircrafts claimed l,948 lives making' it the worst civil- aviation year in history. International . ' X terrorism took 782 lives. Looking on the positive side of the numbers story found Pete Rose. hitting hisc4,l92nd career hit breaking Ty Cobb's i928 record. More than 53 million people saw the film Back to the Future which grossed Sl90 million.f, The Cosby Show receivedythee top rating for a TV series but more .people watched the Super Bowl than any other single show. For the readers the book Texas soldover afmillion copies. U i985 was ag figure s year. 'Q TERRORISTS ALL OVER. Many Innocent people suffered because of the politicial upheavel aroundthe world. CONTRGVERSY. Rock Hudsoh's death brought Aids out inthe open which caused as much terrorin some people as the terrorists. f ' ' N ' X V 5v'55Ox0N9 . is 5 ,G 1 Qvexagggs . T Q-Q09 f Chronicle ofa Bloody Year . ,4 -- ,CJJZ ' , X Mideast political violence came in marty forms A ,Zin f 1 during lf.-J85,andinnocents paid the heaviest price N 1 5147: 'iam l I ' l i I ' :qi :slum A Pulau l mrislhurlnz nad I nian I gre e 'n from nf the Cali do Par-in on the liuhi able Via Venzlot e ex os i l injures 38, Th Pl ilherz are no dmtlom N bl Il, lin: Shiildluxlinu hi- t jun TWA ntgnssfvanammfi ' 1 Q l to Beirut Tnq mlm mn but E 1 lelzau rhgotherrooer I6 day. l 5 I 1 L M 1 Pail-:Amman ' gg. - i l . lik tinian pm- i 1 nunlrizllhlI1allhnthipAcllil1c 34-X1 R1 Arhdy Kllliztrlu 4 haum and murder lan Kling- ouoflaurlidnpppedSavlidEm- ir hujzr, an American tourist. hluyllafen, in later lilled. xo'5'6iitifO9 . ' K ef . f- . '06 owe' Dlx f IA .lefyaea nfqr. 4.x wi' r '0i'5 54: Sf Ugfw A 067 u rin .Hx if . C- . jr 'X-w. - 1' las '01 Pxmdfb de 69: -'1-vf, vaf . or ' ff 17Qf!Z00f11,,i6'06' 154108 17? Us A06 .4 49111 ,D A'A plafsfkfclzf of-:d'5e 4 fqfn Q X95 M6001 I' 0 150' Po' We' Q fzfrqgd' 1271012 fn' 162' - f pr0f9S!Zfnr,17?fap,k S'fffw.ffQW . M1617 O . O 94 year rev l owO O

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1, y f . V k ' X. f ,X f, V r fm 1, - ' LoTs OF BAXCKPACKS. Anytime during The day or night, bockpqcks ond sleeping geovr for the firefighteujs could be foundoroond the whitegynji' ' ' ' 'ii A f MORE PLACES VTO GO! Archie Minchew and PhiI.Sonsonetti enjoy the new orcode focilities in town. , ' X ' -W, -'fy 1 4' ,Ff '1 1 -V W U V ' .'X' . f .

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I I ' x QROKE THE BAT!!! Pete Rose set a new record for all-time hits breakinQTy Cobbfs long stand- ing milestone. A A ,K L- ENTERTAINMENT STARS. Don Johnson, Lily Tomlin and Bruce Springsteen lead the way in the 'entertainment world. ' DISASTERS WORLD AROUND. No part olf the world is totally immune to the man-made and! or nature made disasters. Q . X N YOII' revoow 950