Carson High School - Carneta Yearbook (Carson City, NV)

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Politics and religion took a beat- ing this year as scandals covered the front pages of papers across the country. Wall Street suffered one of its worst years in history — only second to the crash of 1929. Still making headlines was the life- robbing disease known as AIDS. Politics held the title for most seen and read in the past year. There were the basics like the scan- dal with Gary Hart, and then there were a few surprises with Supreme Court nominees Bork and Gins- berg. But two stories took the cake this year. The first one was the Iran Contra deals which made Lt. Col. Oliver L. North a hero to some and an opportunist to others. The sec- ond was the Summit Meeting with Reagan and Gorbachev which en- ded with the reduction of medium range missiles and made the two countries friendlier towards each other. Religion took second with TV evangelists Jimmy and Tammy Bakker, the 700 Club, and Oral Roberts. And don ' t forget about Pat Robertson and Jesse Jackson being the first presidential candi- dates who were reverends. Probably one of the biggest sto- Marine Lt. Col. Oliver L. North, was a key official in the plan to finance anti- government rebels in Nicaragua with money from arms sales to Iran. In tes- timony before the Iran-Contra hearings in Washington, North became somewhat of a celebrity. In the six years since Americans first heard of a mysterious immunity-robbing disease from which no one recovers, AIDS has killed nearly 25,000 Americans, millions of dollars have been poured into medical research and President Reagan has pro- claimed the plague Public Health Enemy No. I. Kirby Puckett and Jeff Raerdon of the Minnesota Twins celebrate their World Series victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Twins won the seventh and final game of the series 4-2. ries of the year was the drop of the Dow Jones on the Stock Market. It dropped 508 points and was given many names but the most popular was the name Black Monday. And last but not least, probably one ot the biggest tragedies of the year was AIDS. It was the non- curable disease that destroyed the immune system. In the last six years AIDS has killed about 25,000 Americans alone. by Matt Wilkerson 40

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Television evangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker said farewell to the PTL ministry in March. Jim Bakker resigned after confessing to a sexual enct unter with a young woman. Tammy Bakker bowed out of the broadcasts to undergo treatment for drug dependency. President and Mrs. Reagan greeted Pope John Paul II when he arrived in Miami to begm a nine-city tour of the United States. Vhe Dou Jones industrial stock average dropped 508 points, the largest in history, on Monday, October 19. Some called it a crash, others called it a meltdown and others called it Black Monday. Whatever it was, it stripped 5500 billion from the market value of U.S. securities. Mini-Mag 41