Charlestown High School - Pirates Yearbook (Charlestown, IN)

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World Headlines of 1983-84 PEACE KEEPING: Amidst mixed ublic opinion, U.S. peace keeping orces entered Lebanon in a police action ordered by President Reagan. BOMBING: In Lebanon, a terrorist truck bomb destroyed the Beirut International Airport, one of many similar instances in which fanatics drove vehicles with explosives into buildings where US. troops were sta- Honed. INVASION: After a massacre in Granada in which the leftist regime murdered Maurice Bishop, the island's leader, US. Marines stepped in on a rescue mission to save American civil- ians living on the island. f PULL OUT: After the truck bombing and other such actions in Lebanon, public pressure forced Reagan to withdraw the US. troops to nearby Navy Ships. SHOT DOWN: A Korean Airline pas- senger jet was shot from the skies by i Soviet aircraft, killing 269 people. The Russians claimed the jet was on a spy mission for US. Intelligence. 1 ' SHUT DOWN: Due to heated pro- . 1 tests and a lack of money, many nuclear plants world wide were closed. Included was Madison's Mar- . ble Hill, which had employed many '. local residents. MX MISSLE: The deployment of the MX missle in European countries caused much controversy and pro- tests in the forms of peace marches and riots. NUCLEAR DEPICTION: ABC aired uThe Day After, a made-for-TV movie showing the effects of a nuclear holocaust. DEATH: After six months of Soviet claims that Uri Andropov was merely ill, he died in February. He was re- placed by Constantine Chernenko. NOBEL PRIZE: Polish Solidarity union leader Lech Walsea won the Nobel Peace Prize, but sent his wife to ac- cept it, fearing exile if he went himself. : ATTEMPTED coup: Terrorist at- Seabees construct new barracks after the ones they occupied were i tempted to murder Libyan leader deStFOYed bY a L'bYa Ck bomb. i g . . . . - i lggdafy by bombmg hIS llvmg quar The Democratic Primaries for president were led by Walter Mondale. Following close behind was Gary Hart, and a distant third was Jesse Jackson. Marines were thrust into duty when an urgent call came throught to President Reagan from the leader of Grenada. The MX missile met resistance, but due to the Russian build-up of l missiles, the MX was given a limited go ahead. 20

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Michael Who? That's one thing never heard about Michael Jackson. With his hit songs and hot videos, Jackson has become the most talked about personality in the entertainment busi- ness. In her portrayal of Karen Silkwood, Meryl Streep once again displays her dynamic acting abilities. When this sweet, hlittIe-old-granny-type person belts out, hWhere's the bzeef?! people listen . . . and look.

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8-1 bomber. Feelings were mixed in the House of Representatives and Senate over the new proposed B-1 bomber. President, as well as Mrs. Reagan, were seen in the public eye with 1984 being an election year. MISSING: The rising rate of child abductions sparked the TV movie 11Adam, the story of Adam Walsh, a missing child who was murdered, and of his father's struggles to get legislation enacted to help find missing children. After the first airing of the movie, 15 missing children were located. One of the children pictured at the end of the movie who was not found, however, was Ann Gotlib from Louisville. PRINTED: Due to the large number of children who disappear each year, police in many cities, including Charlestown, fingerprinted elementary students to make identification easier. PRIMARIES: Walter Mondale, Gary Hart, and Jesse Jackson fought it out for the Democratic Presidential nomination, with Hart winning Indiana. BREAK UP: The break-up of AT8rT caused higher telephone bills and much confusion for the consumer. PRAYER: Controversy arose over Reagan's proposal of an amendment to permit prayer in public schools. MAY ELECTION: Charles Gregory, Don Gibson and Laura Voyles were elected to the Greater Clark School Board. WITHDRAWAL: In May, the Soviets an- nounced they weren't coming to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. They also influenced other Communist countries to withdraw, stating the U.S. didn't have proper security. MORE TROUBLE: In late May, Iran and Iraq extended their war to the Persion Gulf, where they began firing on ships, endangering the U.S. and European countries whose oil supply is shipped through the Gulf.