Billings Senior High School - Kyote Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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Greg Kemmis and Scott Anderson find out just how far they can push Seniors new dean of boys, Dwane Algren, who replaced John Kosich. United States. Our choices were incumbent President, Democrat Jimmy Carter, Republican Ronald Reagen, and Independant candidate John Anderson. When November came, the winner was a nno u need--f ormer California Governor Ronald Reagen. The second question was, of course, “Who shot J.R.?” J.R. Ewing, played by Larry Hagman from the hit televi- sion series Dallas, was mysteriously shot and for several months the producers of the show kept us in suspence...Finally, when the fall T.V. season began, the cat was out of the bag. In this in- stance the cat was Kristen, J.R.’s wife’s sister... A census was taken and America has 220 million peo- ple living within its borders. Disaster had its place with these people during the course of the school year. The MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas burned, killing 85 men and women, and a wing of the Las Vegas Hilton also burned, killing 8 people. Disaster in the economic world was represented by still rampaging inflation and the seemingly inevitability of the Chrysler Corporation going bankrupt. The 1980-81 year was ex- citing and one to be remembered. sr, Mrs. Adella S. Hummel, counselor and former dean of ygirls, passed away October 30, 1980, after a long battle with cancer. Mrs. Hummel, who spent nearly seven years at Senior, was also in charge of the in- school suspension program. Those who worked with her will, as principal James Rickard said,“...always remember her indomitable spirit.. ” Every year we lose a number of great people from all walks of life. Among those who died dur- ing the school year were Beatles member John Lennon, who was shot to death on December 8th, 1980, and Mae West, star of many Western movies died at the age of 87. Peter Sellers, star of the Pink Panther movies, died as did Alfred Hitchcock, Steve McQueen, and the Shah of Iran. Internationally, the hostages were finally released on January 21, 1981 after a long 444 days in captivity in Iran and the nation breathed a heavy sigh of relief. Also, the summer Olympic games in Russia were boycotted by the United States and others to protest the presence of Rus- sian troops in Afganistan. On (he national scene, two questions dominated the news. The first was who would be the 40th President of the

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