Brazos High School - Cougar Yearbook (Wallis, TX)

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Iilliiii I :bin 1---e ---l-- --- During Presldent Jlmmy Carter s admlnlstratlon our country unlted as the U S A athletes chose not to attend the 1980 Summer Olymplcs held ln Moscow to show contempt to the Sovlet Umon for their lnterventlon ln Afghanistan Then agaln on January 20 1981 the coun try united to dlsplay yellow rlbbons when the hostages returned home from Iran President elect Ronald Reagan and Vlce Presldent George Bush assumed leadershlp of our country as lnflatlon contlnued to grep our economy Drlvlng to your local grocery store one could fund a loaf of bread for 800 beef S1 59 per pound a can of soda for 45m a candy bar for 26m and a hamburger for S2 00 Gasoline on the average would be found to cost S1 50 per gallon A shlrt would run for S10 00 a palr of jeans for S15 00 at least and a palr of casual shoes for S20 00 The prlme Interest rate rose to 20 !o as gold freachlng S500 00 an ouncel and silver lS50 00 an ouncel prlces rose Just as all seemed to be golng well at a publlc appearance Reagan was wounded ln an assasslnatlon attempt by John Hlnkley ln Washington D C on March 30 1981 Walter Cronkite retired hrs job as head anchorman for the C B S evening news to Make Wallace The drlnklng age ID Texas promlsed to ruse to 19 And yet Americans chose to lose themselves ln such dramatlc TV shows as Dallas CE SHUTTU5 IEEAGWV 5 1, SMCCESSFU '4LMOS7,Z1gS4.SSfflf47'EZ3 BQOTS il-1,475 mst-718, O49 wllh fha, UR-BAN COWBOY Loom ,176W04,5WW 4-56,0 H80 ff' Y P!2E5fo.eflfff4f- MQW Vy l tjggcrfolu fsfgd QV 0 5 Agbga YA lINFLATILrl1U . . . , . . U. . . - - - X P4 ' I - if V . l ll - 'D Ll . 4 V 09 0 . f 7 , VNV , ' I X ii ' ' E X A Q21 , X 1 N '

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