Coronado High School - Trail Yearbook (Scottsdale, AZ)

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Q13 news stories of '76-'77 reporter don bolles killed by explosron Arizona Was projected to the top of the national news scene With the brutal bombing and subsequent death on june 13 of Don Bolles, investigative reporter for THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC. Based on clues provided by Bolles at the scene of the bombing, john Harvey Adamson was arrested in con- nection With the crime. Acting on a request for a Change of venue from Maricopa County, the judge hearing the case moved the trial to Tucson Where the prosecution began presenting its case in january. Adamson confessed to setting the fatal bomb and im- plicated jimmy Robison and Max Dunlap. A cease-fire was reached in the Lebanese Civil War after pressure from Saudi Arabia, left-Wing Palestinian and Syrian forces ended the 18 months of strife. A daring night raid on Entebbe airport in Uganda re- sulted in the rescue of 91 hostages and 12 crewmen from an Air France airliner that had been hijacked by Arab terrorists. QContinued to next page? C 28 current events

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1 l top news stories tContinned from previous pageb Multi-billionaire Howard Hughes died on a flight from Mexico to Texas, setting off a flurry of activity as a search was launched to determine which of the inanv wills Was authentic. ' Viking Lander I and II became the first man-made ob- jects to be successfully landed on another planet - Mars. Illegal activities conducted by the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation and the Central Intelligence Agency were thoroughly documented by Senate and House investigat- ing committees which recommended extensive changes in the operation of the two agencies. Economic recovery was slow in the early part of the year and really turned sour in july as growth slowed, unemployment increased, and the Dow jones industrial average once again fell below 1000. Bitter cold weather struck the eastern United States as well as the Midwest, depleting natural gas supplies and closing factories and schools. Drought hit the western portion of the nation, drying up farmlands and threat- ening water supplies. Both events posed a problem for the nation's food supplies. ay- ,naw vi Ya, Maw A-, :cms ff K Qa The life and death of convicted niurderer Clary Gil- more were headlined in the fall while the Utah Supreme Court, and subsequently the If S, Supreme Court, tested the validity of the death sentence. Cihnore's request to die was ultiinately granted, and he was executed by a fir- ing squad on Ian, IT. lb Flanked by ll, S. Nlarshals janey Jimenez and john lirophy. Patricia llearst, daugh- ter of newspaper publisher Randolph llearst. was cap- tured. tried and found guilty of terrorist charges during the time she spent with the Synibionese Liberation Ariny. lc john llarvcy Adanison confessed to particia pating in the bonibiug death of Reporter Don Bolles. Cd THE ARIZONA REl'UHl,lC'S investigative reporter Don Bolles died june I3 froin injuries received wlieu a bonib exploded in his car. le After nearly 30 years of leadership, Connnunist China's Chairinan M ao Tse Tung and Preinier Chou En-lai tnot picturedl died within two inonths of each other, Dlacing Chinals future on an un- certain eourse. If and lg XVhile Coronado junior Sherry Turnage liasks in january sunshine beside her backyard pool, Buffalo, New York is inunobilized by the winters Big Freeze. New York Governor llugh Carey or- f dered emergency relief during severe storni conditions. wide world photos ,waWe2 rfg4,5 'L,:,g,.z .f . ,.h.fi 1. , if' sfo . , ' ,.,,. W 25, current clients 29