Crown Point High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Crown Point, IN)

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TRAGEDY STRUCK the nation as the space shuttle Challenger, after 56 manned missions, exploded in mid¬ air. This in-flight disaster took the lives of seven crew members and the first teacher allowed in space flight. PALESTEN1AN TERRORISTS hi¬ jacked the Achille Lauro, an Italian cruise liner, but after a matter of a few days the ship was recovered. The terrorists were then flown to Italy to stand trial. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, the boss of rock n ' roll, sings about the blue-col¬ lar worker and Vietnam veterans. His music is a hit with Americans of News 19

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T ragedy Challenger explodes; terrorism strikes worldwide This was a year in which tragedy and celebration both played a part. In No¬ vember, President Reagan met with newly appointed Soviet Premier Mikhail Gor¬ bachev for the Geneva Sum¬ mit talks. There they dis¬ cussed future plans for arms negotiations, but no formal agreements were made. Terrorism stalked the headlines of 1986. In the Mediterranean, the Italian- cruise liner, the Achille Lauro, was hijacked by Pal¬ estinian gunmen. The cap- tors were later captured after attempting to escape on a jetliner and forced to land on the island of Crete. The leader among terrorists was Moammar Gaddafi, dic¬ tator of Libya. Libya de¬ clared a line of death span¬ ning 12-miles around its Gulf of Sidra border. This violated the international law stating a country only PRESIDENT REAGAN and the So¬ viet Premier, Mikhail Gorbachev, met for the Geneva Summit talks concerning arms negotiations. KEVIN BUTLER, Chicago Bears kicker, hugs quarterback Jim McMa¬ hon after the Bears beat the New England Patriots 46-10 in Super- bown XX. had rights to a two-mile ra¬ dius. President Reagan sent ships into this line of death which prompted Gaddafi to send order for them to be shot at. In the months that followed, several terrorist incidents occurred that were linked to Gaddafi and his followers. Finally, on April 14, 1986, the United States retaliated, bombing Libyan airbases. On September 26, 1985, a deadly earthquake devastat¬ ed Mexico. The quakes force measured 7.8 on the Richter scale and resulted in a large death toll. After 20 years of corrupt government, opposition candidate Corazon Aquino defeated Philippine presi¬ dent Marcos. The most immense trage¬ dy for the American people was the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28,1986. The loss of the space shuttle took with it seven lives, one of which was teacher Christa McAu- liffe, first teacher chosen to be shot into space. In 73 sec¬ onds a new era in space travel exploded into a terri¬ ble nightmare. In March, plummeting oil prices did both harm and good. Less expensive oil meant lower energy costs for consumers but dealt a bad blow to U.S. energy firms and debt-ridden oil producers. On the brighter side, in May people all across Amer¬ ica joined hands in the Hands Across America cam¬ paign to fight hunger in the U.S. Locally, the Bears won the superbowl for the first time ever defeating the New England Patriots in a score of 46-10. 18 News

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LEE MORGAN and his date glance at the Queen and King candidates i n their prom program. DURING A FAST DANCE, Karen Shafer and Trevor Calhoun discuss post-prom plans for later that even¬ ing. THE 1986 PROM COURT includes Jon Lunn, Mike Pepa, Bill Pierce, King Tim Shapley, Queen Julie De- Pasquale, Rachel Gabato, Lisa No- manson, and Michelle Petrovich. 20 Prom