Dupo Community High School - El Tigre Yearbook (Dupo, IL)

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At Home And Abroad IHW Every 76 Years Halley’s Comet, famous for its regular once-in a lifetime appearances, was visible to casual observers in the winter and spring of 1985-86. If you missed it this time, you may have a second chance. The heavenly body will be visible again in 2061. President Ronald Reagan Gives The A-Okay President Reagan, with his wife Nancy, gives the A-okay sing from his sign from his hospital window in July after undergoing surgery to Columbians Dig Out A resident of Armero in the Columbian mountains is helped by the Columbian Red Cross during digging out efforts. Many people were trapped in mud which resulted from an erupted volcano. remove a cancerous tumor from his lower intestine. The 74-year old president was back on the job within weeks after the operation. Bears Win Super Bowl Chicago Bears’ Jim McMahon and kicker Kevin Butler rejoice in their 46-10 victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XX. 4 The Year TWA Jet Hijacked A TWA jet with 145 passengers and eight crew members was hijacked in Athens, Greece. The Sheite hijackers took the plane to Beirut, then to Algeria and then back to Beirut. Most of the hostages were released within days but the remaining 39 hostages were held for 17 days. One American hostage was killed.

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fj Cards Win Division, Lose To Royals In -70 World Series MD|OfU How ’bout Them Cards! The 1-70 Series. The Show Me Series. It was a serious baseball fever year at Dupo considering Junior High Principal Ron Colyer is an avid Dodger fan(atic). He and sons Josh and James, pictured above, especially enjoyed the rivalry for the N.L. Eastern Division Championship — Dodgers vs. Cardinals. But, it was not to be for the Colyer boys. After losing the first two games of the 4ser£esj4o the Dodgeri, the Cardinals won the last four. The Cards then lost the World Series to the Kansas City; Royals. New Highway Dupo On The Dupo?! Where’s that?! When 1-255 opened earlier this year, connecting 1-55 to 1-64. EXIT 9 DUPO was there for thousands a day to see. Travel time to Columbia, Belleville and Fairview Heights decreased. Eventually, 1-255 will take motorists to 1-55 near Collinsville. :::i 1 The

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Crew Members Aboard Challenger Killed The seven-member Chal- and, top left Ellison Onizuka, lenger shuttlecrew killed: Christa McAuliffe, Greg Jar- Left front, Michael Smith, vis, and Judy Resnik. Dick Scobee, Ron McNair .-■iiuairn Quake Rocks Mexico Pete Rose Hits 4192 Cincinnati Reds player-man- ager Pete Rose broke Ty Cobb’s career hit record in September, 1985. The historic 4192 hit was a single to left field on a 2-1 pitch from San Diego Padres right hander Eric Show with one out in the A series of devastating earthquakes rumbled through Mexico City and the death toll was in the thousands. The first quake registered 8.1 on the Richter scale. v c The Year 5 bottom of the first inning. 11,000 Teachers Apply For Challenger Berth Killed in the Challenger explosion was Christa McAuliffe, a high school teacher from New Hampshire who was chosen from 11,000 applicants to be the first teacher to travel into space. Challenger Explodes After Blast-off The space shuttle Challeng- blast-off on January 28, killer exploded in a devastating ing all seven crew members ball of flame 74 seconds after aboard.