Charlestown High School - Pirates Yearbook (Charlestown, IN)

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AROUND THE WORLD . . . SHOT-ln May, the world was rocked by the assassi- nation attempt on the life of Pope John Paul II by a Turkish gunman. HUNGRY-Trying to be declared political prisoners, four Irish Republican Army members died after a hun- ger strike. CONFLICT-The US. and Russia were involved in El Salvador's Civil War. ON STRIKE-The Polish Labor Union, Solidarity, staged a number of work strikes against the government. HOT SPOT-Syria and Lebanon joined forces in their fight against Israel. ELECTED-The French people elected a new presi- dent, Socialist Francois Mitterand, who defeated for- mer president Valery Giscard-D'Estaing. HOOKED-England's Prince Charles finally chose a bride, Lady Diana Spencer. ACROSS THE NATION . . . DEFEATED-Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale were defeated by the Republican ticket'of Ronald Reagan and George Bush for the Presidency and Vice Presi- dency of the US. FREE-On President Reagan's inauguration day, January 20, the American hostages in Iran were released after 444 days of captivity. Americans could finally wave their yellow ribbons in triumph. FIRED UPON-While leaving a press conference at a Washington hotel on March 30, President Reagan was shot in the chest. Also shot by John Hinckley were press secretary James Brady, who had a critical brain wound, a Secret Service agent, and a Washington po- lice officer. SUCCEEDED-NASA'S newest experiment, the shuttle plane. The first reusable spacecraft made a successful flight under the direction of astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen. POWERFUL-The new movement, the tiMoral Major- ity, took an avid interest in politics, claiming responsi- bility for the downfall of many prominent politicians who disagreed with their policies. sassina W i As

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Sports dominated everyday life. For every season there was a sport. With summer and fall was baseball, and the Philadelphia Phillies, led by Tug McGraw, cap- tured the 1980 World Series. Fall and winter brought football and the Super Bowl XV winners, the Oakland Raiders. Winter and spring had basketball, and Indiana LOVES basketball. In 1981, basket- ball loved Indiana, as the I.U. Hoosiers won the NCAA. In pro- fessional basketball, the Boston Celtics walked away with the NBA title. With the end of spring came Memorial Day and the Indianapolis 500, but a conflict came to the Indy. Though Bobby Unser crossed the finish line first, he had violated a racing rule, so Mario Andretti was declared win- ner. Movies were still the most popu- lar form of weekend entertain- ment. Some of the best liked were 9 to 5, Hazz Singer, and ttExcaliber. Goldie Hawn made a comeback with box office hits, ttPrivate Benjamin and hSeems Like Old Times, while ttStar Wars had its sequel, hThe Em- pire Strikes Back. The movie year ended, as always, at the Academy Awards. Sissy Spacek was voted best actress for hCoal Miner's Daughter, while Robert DeNiro was best actor for ttRag- ing Bull. The best picture of the year was Robert Redford's direc- torial premiere ttOrdinary Peo- ple.

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ACROSS THE NATION . . . tConU SLASHED-All federally funded programs were cut by Reagan's tax-cut proposals. SLAUGHTERED-Over 25 Black children had been killed in Atlanta at the time this book went to press. Atlanta authorities had no leads as to who the killer or y killers may have been. i STRIKING-The United Mine Workers went on strike for better wages, causing guerilla war between union and non-union workers. i MURDERED-Ex-Beatle John Lennon was shot and ' killed in front of his New York Condo. DlED-Hollywood mourned the loss of Steve McQueen, famed for his daredevil roles, who lost his battle against cancer. RETIRED-After being on TV since 1947, America's ; first television newsman Walter Cronkite said iiAnd that's the way it is for the last time. ABOUT KENTUCKIANA . . . CLOSED DOWN-The Louisville chapter of the iiMor- al Majority fought and won a battle to close the controversial, X-rated movie, iiCaligula. PROMOTED-Former Lt. Governor Robert Orr was elected to take over former Governor Otis Bowen's position, as Dr. Bowen retired. Orr defeated Demo- crat Hillenbrand in the November elections. . OPENED-The Charlestown Motor Speedway opened 1 for business in the summer of 1980. Every weekend during the summer the speedway hosted street and stock car races. EXPLODED-On Friday the 13th of February, the Lou- isville sewer system blew up all over the down town area, severely damaging many of the city streets. THE WORLD WAS SHOCKED by the attempt on Pope John Paul '5 life, as he mingled with the people in Vatican City. DANCING ON THEIR SPECIAL DAY are newly inaugurated President and his first lady, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Reagan. PRINCE CHARLES and Lady Diana Spencer are photographed before the an- nouncement of their engagement. THE FIRST REUSABLE SPACECRAFT, launched and landed by computer, made its , flight in April.