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

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rHE TIMES TOP FOODS pizza tacos macaroni cheese ice cream pizzarettos lobster On the music scene, the Rolling Stones toured America for the first time in twelve years. The tour gained the Stones $60,000,000. The number one song in the country was “Bettie Davis Eyes” by Kim Carnes, and REO Speedwagon’s High Fidelity was the number one album which sold over 6,000,000 copies. In the world of sports, the LA Dodgers won the World Series over the NY Yankees. There was a tennis upset when “superman” Bjorn Borg lost to John McEnroe at Wimbledon. In box- ing Sugar Ray won over Thomas Herns. TOP MOVIES Arthur Taps Raiders of the Lost Ark Modern Problems Sharkey’s Machine Halloween II On Golden Pond Absence of Malice American Werewolf in London Rocky Horror Picture Show The movie industry suffered the loss of four of its famous actors. Vetran act Melvin Douglas died, along with William Holden. A tragic drowning added Natalie Wood to the list. Animal House favorite John Belushi died of a drug overdose. TOP SONGS Open Arms-Joumey Let’s Groove-Earth, Wind Fire Love is Alright-Rick Springfield Great White North-Mackenzie Sweet Dreams-Air Supply No Can Do-Hall . Oates Centerfold-J. Giles Band Super Freak-Rick James Don’t You Want Me-Human League Get Down on It-Kool the Gang PLACE 23

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 TOP TV SHOWS Mash Laverne Shirley Hart to Hart Magnum PI Fridays Best of the West Monday Night Football Police Squad Hill Street Blues General Hospital T he school year of 1981-82 was filled with events that rocked the world and some that shocked the world. This was a year of exploration in space, starting with the U.S.S. Colum- bia, the first reusable space ship. Like something out of a 1940 Flash Gordon movie, the space shuttle launched off three times during the year. Also in space news was the Voyager II satelite that flew past Saturn in May, and sent us back many new photographs of the ringed planet. One of the most shocking events of 1981 was the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan, the seventy year old president took one bullet in the chest, but recovered after a month in the hospital. Th President’ Press Secretary James Brady took a bullet through the head, but survived. Pope John Paul was also shot at and suvived the incident even though ht took a bullet in the chest. This was also the year for strikes, ic August it was the PATCO air con- trollers strike which ended with the los of their jobs. Also striking was the Na tiona! Baseball Leagues which con- tinued for fifty days. In July the Wedding of the Centur? took place. The marriage of Princt Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. Tht wedding was televised and one out of every six people on the planet watched On the other side of the world the Polish Solidarity movement waf started by a man named Walensa whe later would win Time magazine’s Mac of the Year. While back in our own country, twenty-eight young blacks were found dead in Atlanta. The police found i suspect name Wayne Williams wh would be put on trial. The Supreme Court took a new lool with its first woman justice, Sandn Day O’Connor. In October the Middle East peact talks took a sad blow with tht assassination of Egyptian Presidenl 22 BRONC

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Let’s go! Those nerds, played by Tom Ponich, Joe Darby, Dennis Iverson Rick Hoffarth, and Dick Hoefle. Jerry Hanson. Smile, you are on the Bill- ings Home and Garden Show! Lifting your weights for the day, Chris? Wendy Rice and Chris Pruitt. Coach Pat o’Connor shooting for two. 24 BRONC