Concordia Lutheran High School - Luminarian Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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First Step On Ladder Of Peace Taken V Digest Offense, defense, satellites, nuclear weapons and missiles were all subjects discussed in De- cember and January by George Schultz, the U.S. Secretary of State, and the Soviet Foreign Min- ister, Andrei Gromyko, at the Geneva Arms Talks. The main goal of the U.S. was to switch the emphasis on offensive weapons to defensive. In this way, new weapons manufactured wouldn ' t be potential people killers, but people savers. It was expected by all that these talks would end as so many others had, a stalemate. On New Year ' s Day when Schultz flew back to Washington, the President was greeted by a pleasant surprise. Schultz and Gromyko had devised a 12 -page report on their progress and there was still more to come. As others around the world found out, they were pleased. Finally people were trying to make the world a better place to live, said sophomore Beth Shugart — Heidi Bieberich Richard Burton was an ac- tor who had a beautiful com- mand for the English language and made it sing. - Mr. Kurt Jordan Terrorist Brutality Worries All One who rules by mass -organized ruthless- ness. That was Webster ' s Dictionary ' s defini- tion of the word terrorist. People who killed people and blew up buildings, said sophomore Steve Habegger. During September in East Beirut, a driverless truck carrying a bomb was headed toward the U.S. Embassy with the intent of blowing it to bits. A guard fired a shot and hit the truck causing it to explode prior to reaching its desti- nation. A few were killed or injured, but not nearly as many as would have if it had reached its destination. Indira Gandhi was unable to escape the ac- tions of terrorists. She was assassinated in Octo- ber by two of her own guards. The terrorists achieved their goal, but the damage inflicted went far beyond the death of Gandhi. Violent riots broke out after her death and nearly 2000 people died. Terrorists tried, but didn ' t succeed, in assassinating the Prime Minister of England, Margaret Thatcher. Explosives had been placed under the floor boards in the bathroom of her hotel room before she had arrived and were controlled by a timer. After walking out of the bathroom, there was an explosion that demol- ished the exact place she had been standing only minutes before. Not only presidents, prime ministers and other political figures had to worry about being tortured or killed by terrorists, but also com- mon, average everyday people who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Two terrorists hijacked a plane in Iraq and demanded the release of 17 of their fellow hijackers. Immedi- ately after their request, they killed one Ameri- can without even waiting for an answer. After receiving a negative reply, they killed another. They were later captured. Terrorists were to be feared. They were a group of people whose thoughts were illustrat- ed by violence. One terrorist said, We had only to be lucky once. You had to be lucky always. Meaning, for us to kill someone it only took one shot of a gun and the act was over, never to be done again, but their intended victims had to be aware of an assassination attempt not only once, but always because if at first they didn ' t succeed, they certainly tried again. I didn ' t worry too much because I knew if I got killed, I would go to heaven, said sopho- more Mike DeVore — Heidi Bieberich Standing among (he member Jose Napoleon Duarte becomes president since 1934. s of El Salvador ' s army. El Salvador ' s first elected The Grand Hotel in Brighto after a terrorist group made ar Margaret Thatcher. n, England was destroyed assassination attempt on 28 World News

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Los Angeles Gets A Torch Los Angeles, Mary Lou Retten, Edwin Moses and Lionel Richie all had one thing in common. All were involved in the Summer Olympics. Los Angeles hosted the Games, outstanding performances were executed by Moses and Ret- ton in track and gymnastics respectively, and Richie performed All Night Long during the closing ceremony. Retton was the first woman from the L ' nited States to win the All -Around competition in gymnastics. I feel her success was predeter- mined on the basis of her extreme effort and dedication in practicing. There is also a correla- tion between her instant success and her ability to perform in pressure situations, said senior Andy Knudten, a real fan. I enjoyed the rhythmic gymnastics which was a new event in the Olympics, said senior John Bakalar. The thing I remembered most about the Olympics was the togetherness of the crowd, said sophomore Paul Smith. — Heidi Biebench Mary Lou Retton had a posi- tive attitude which was confi- dence, not cockiness, and her smile shows it. — Andy Knudten Heart Beats: Research Goes On Most people took for granted that they had healthy hearts able to provide their bodies with all the blood they needed. That wasn ' t the case with Mr. William Schroeder. Schroeder was the second human to be fitted with an artificial heart. I think using an artifi- cial heart was good because if God didn ' t want us to preserve a man ' s life. He wouldn ' t have let us get so far in the success of the heart trans- plant, said ]unior Randy Patterson. Because he only had a short time to live, Schroeder agreed to the heart transplant by Dr. William DeVries in November. Although he was two years over the maximum age for the operation and had diabetes, the operation was undertaken. The Schroeder family was aware of the risks, but tried to look only at the positive results. I was glad the Schroeder family decided to go through with the heart transplant because even if he wouldn ' t have lived, the knowledge gained would have been worth it, said sopho- more Matt Stoudt. By February Schroeder was able to walk, eat solid foods and was happy just to have gotten the chance to live a little longer. He looked forward to being able to leave the hospital. Because of the success of Schroeder ' s trans- plant, another transplant was undertaken with a Louisville, KY man in March. Another controversial heart transplant in- volved a child nicknamed Baby Fae. An im- properly developed heart at birth led to the implant of a seven month old baboon ' s heart in the infant. Baby Fae lived 20 days longer and then died of kidney failure. I was happy about the success shown with all the different things they could do with hearts, it was a real comfort to others in the same situation, said junior Laura Heilman. — Heidi Biebench After recei int the baboon ' s heart. Baby Fae is held by her parents. who are happy the it child had been given the chance to li e a little longer. ing given an artifical hean, William Schroede first steps while the Humana medical team stand pplause. Schroeder was able to live in an apartmen the hospital by the end ot February. National News 2 7

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Aid Being Sent, But Is It Enough? Malnutrition, starvation and disease all be- came familiar to those living in Ethiopia. Over one million men, women and children died there in 1984 and early 85. Lack of food was attributed to the lack of rainfall, which caused crops not to grow, ani- mals to die and rivers to dry up. The drought mainly affected the farmers and herdsmen living in the desert. Since there was very little food, the immune systems of the hungry people were weakened. One of the tho tage of the free ands of starving children t ieal he received once a day As a result, epidemics of cholera and measles spread. Since the number of doctors was so small, there was no way to care for all the sick, and thousands died. In an effort to solve the problem, the United States promised to send 195,000 metric tons of food as did many other countries around the world. I think we were helping out and besides sending more food, I ' m not sure what we could have done, sand junior Phil Nation. A group of musicians calling themselves Band -Aid also helped by making a video called Feed the World. It helped to tell a message to the world about all the help needed in Ethio- pia, said freshman Tracy Ott. — Heidi Bieberich World News 29