Blue Ridge High School - Cresta Azul Yearbook (Lakeside, AZ)

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Mideast has peace, Asia invaded, U.S. a mess by Jim Lemon, Rex Little, and Clayton Lord The biggest and most pleasant issue in the world during school year 1978-79 was the Egypt-Israeli Peace Treaty. After many heated debates and postponements, both countries agreed to sign the peace treaty in Washington, D.C. on Nlarch 16, 1979. The U.S. was a co-signer of the treaty. China went on a spree that started on February 23, 1979 and invaded Vietnam. China led 200,000 troops against Vietnam's 100,000 to punish Vietnam for invading Cambodia. China went into Vietnam approxi- mately twenty miles on the northern border and captured the city of Lao Cai. Russia, who had a military treaty with Vietnam, massed 650,000 troops on China's western border and threat- ened to invade unless they pulled out. For a while, world peace swung on a thin thread, but China agreed to alim- ited invasion and then to pull out all troops. The United States had some very upsetting events also. For the first time in history, the U.S. broke a treaty with another country and pulled all troops out of Taiwan. This happened because of a new agreement between the U.S. and China. The devastating event of the Jones- town mass suicide shocked most peo- ple, placing tension on their feelings and religious beliefs. Over 900 people in Jonestown were put to death either by force or by voluntarily taking poi- son. Jonestown was a religious village or cult in Guyana, South America. Headed by Jim Jones this group of people had lived with great success, giving people their own religion and feelings of satisfaction. No one really knows why this mass suicide took place, but it put its toll on the minds and hearts of all people around the world. The Shah of Iran was overthrown by a Moslem religious group headed by the Ayatollah Khomeni. As a result of this takeover, oil production was lim- ited and less oil was sent to the U.S. Prices rose on gas in the United States 8 STATE AND LOCAL NEWS quickly and promised to slowly con- tinue to rise to a high, as some con- gressmen and oilmen felt, of 1 dollar a gallon. Mexico was placed in the news on two occasions. With the lack of lranian oil, the U.S. has to look for new oil in different nations. Mexico had a vast supply of unused oil and natural gas which was needed by the U.S. No agreement was reached on trade of oil between Mexico and the U.S. Mexico was also afflicted with many frequent earthquakes. One of the most terrible happened on March 14, 1979 when a massive earthquake, registering 7.0 to 7.75 onthe Richter scale, hit Nlexico City causing terrible damage. In Harristown, Pennsylvania, a nuclear accident gained worldwide attention. There was a danger of a reactor core meltdown, the most cata- strophic type of nuclear accident. However, scientists were able to get the reactor cooled down, but some radiation did escape during the 7 day ordeal. Some residents did evacuate their homes. Arizona made the news in August, 1978 when the Tison gang escaped from the maximum security Arizona State Prison at Florence. The group killed six people all over the Southwest ranging from Colorado to Yuma before they were captured. Gan- gleader and father of the bunch, Gary Tison, died in the desert and Billy Tison, his son, died in the shootout that immediately preceded. Two other Tison boys, Ricky and Raymond, and accomplice Randy Greenawalt were captured and arrested. Locally, a dispute developed between workers at the Colorado Gen- erating Station, and Bechtel, the con- tractor working on the job. Workers complained that Bechtel was giving the workers an unfair shake in lunch time and other matters, such as unsafe working conditions. Workers walked off the job, but returned after an apparent compromise solution was reached. ln the Pinetop-Lakeside school dis- trict, Tom Martel and Anne Gibson were elected to the school board. Construction on the new sewer dis- trict made local traffic slower and more dangerous than usual. IXPOBISIOS-3115179 -MIDI!!! Vhtncasn troops have rcukon Lao Cai,tho lut provirnhl capitol bold by China's rotrutirg invasion fox-cogent-ern military som-eos uid 30.5, UPI lllrwlllhl onlJoo A Hari 2 ...J 2. H. Nannlng A CBOBIDQQ C ii i N A Lao ll j ,funn ,.-. . LangSon Hanoi 0 ' 0. ,sl-lllphong ms VlfTN,lM ?:L'.f..' hanf . :. HDI 1 - 2. p

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r Q5 o 'W' A N5 X , :sm v .. sam x . . , aunt E f i 5 if if :J Yf 4.- 'W- .Q Page 6. 1. Students make their way carefully around Blue Ridge Lake during the last snow- storm ofthe year on May 9. 2. Campus footwear includes wallabies, poney hair shoes, beachcombers, more wallabies, waf- fle stompers, nikes, and jap slaps. 3. Cheri Powell works on an assignment. 4. Faculty members and students enjoy ham- burgers and french fries in the cafeteria. Page 7. 1. Mrs. Hunt takes tickets in the lunch room. 2. Kenny McCloud, Theresa Hawthorne, Becky Coleman, and Gina Greene pause to talk on the way to class. 3. 1976 Olympics silver medalist in the 200 meter butterfly, Steve Gregg, encourages stu- dents to reach their full potential. 4. Mike Boggs and Kyle Moline converse in the locker room. 5. Students try to avoid snow, mud, and water on their way from the gym to Senior Hall. CAMPUS LIFE 7

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Eclipse photo by Dane Roush UPI photos courtesy of Arizona Daily Sun Page 8. 1. This map shows the action and loca- tion ofthe Chinese-Vietnamese conflict. Page 9. 1. Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin announced to newsmen that the Israeli cabinet on March 14th nearly unanimously accepted President Carter's compromise pro- posals lor wrapping up a peace treaty with Egypt. 2. On February 26, 1979, the last of this centu- ry's total solar eclipses occurred in the North American hemisphere. 3. One of the biggest earthquakes to hit Mexico destroyed this dining room at lberoamericana University, Mexico City. 5'-N .1 fig, tg 'iii -wt WORLD AND NATIONAL NEWS 9