Booker T Washington High School - Graffiti Yearbook (Pensacola, FL)

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X4 'te G69 Q i i 759' V. 1 Iranian Arms Deal creates White House Crisis: After the President's successful surgery, his smile vanished as new revelations about Casey, Poindexter, and North seemed to show that they were aware of Iranian Arms profits being directed to Nicaraguan contrar. Miss Tennessee Kellye Cash, the grandniece of country star johnny Cash, was crowned Miss America 1987, She received the crown from outgoing Miss American Susan Akin. Two Arab terrorists stormed Istanbul's main synagogue on Sept. 6 killing more than 20 worshippers with submachine-gun fire. When police arrived, the terrorist detonated hand grenades and killed themselves. Front Page New:

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The city of New York gave the Statue of Liberty a big 1986 bash - A Fourth of july festival of song, celebrities and fireworks honoring the great lady's first 100 years. They call it crack on the East Coast and rock on the West Coast. Whatever its name, this refined, smokable form of cocaine may be the most addictive narcotic ever sold on the streets of America. - e After 20 years of ruling without serious challenge, Phillipine president Ferdinand E. Marcos was forced from office amid charges of corruption and scandal. The new president, Corazon Aquino, was faced with political and economic turmoil. Front Page New! Caroline Kennedy, who captured Americas heart as a little girl romping through the White House, married Edwin Schlossberg, a New York businessman and artist in Hyannis Port, Mass., on july 19, 1986.

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A drought spread throughout the Southeast during 1986. lt was the worst dry spell on record. At the peak of the drought, crops wilted from southern Pennsylvania all the way into northern Florida. Even after some rain, many farmers in the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia were on the brink of ruin. an, A -S-.. K President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met in Reykjavik, Iceland, for a two-day summit in October to discuss arms control. The two leaders reached an impasse on testing of the US. Star Wars weaponry. ,,,..?. Deep under Lake Nios in northwestern Cameroon, the earth belched. A bubble of scalding gas rose to the surface and the wind carried it across the land, Within minutes, more than 1700 people were dead, burned by steam and choked by carbon dioxide and toxic gases. Among casualties was a large group of cows. 0 I Page Neuff Among the celebrities who died in 1986 were singer Kate Smith at the age of 79, Benny Goodman, the King of Swingg james Cagney, one of I-lollywoocl's famous toughguysg Ted Knight, television starg and Cary Grant, Hollywood Movie Star.