East Lincoln High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Denver, NC)

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And a time for tears . . . Disaster Shakes X Mexico A series of devastating earth- quakes rumbled through Mexico City in September leaving mass de- struction. Few ofthe 18 million lio- ing in the metropolitan area escaped the effects of the first earthquake- which registered 8.1 on the Richter scale-on the second, which regis- tered 25. Hometown Tragedy The Passing gf An Age . . .But the tragedy that most directly affected us was the loss of Four prominent actors died in late 1985: Orson Welles, 70, of a heart attackg Llo dNolarz 83 o lun cancer'Rock Hudson 59 o AIDS'and YalBrennen one of our own, Donald Beam, on October 10. y , , f g , , , f , 65, of cancer 1 x ,FX y 145

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1985 A tzrne for laughter . Blue-collar troubadour Brace Springsteen was the undisputed boss of rock 'n roll. His songs about Viete nam veterans, steelworkers and factory workers hit many responsive chords with all ages of Americans. His Born in the U.S.A. ancl My Home Town pro'- rrzoted the spirit of Nationalism in 1985. The Boss is Born In the u.s.A. 'Fweef' the at erorrlarffreefewewffheoees ffkel f'Cre2a far etY0a 'f -aaaflffllaregg Llp with Aeee lMyE,LQveg Here M rfffeafee eeeeareeeereeaaellfferaSereeferffefeerrrlede lfefje lrff rift Ael r r la .erl llae e lre rl e l t le l, lr elra lllw lkrly e j etll f e l 5 AAAA 2 it V'V',V V,fA 'V f, il 5 L l r eeee eA e e T: e e r e l r et K V gygk Vkli -k,i, V' Y A , 'K W W 'Sxu,,,.gh I . , , 5 A S ealll W2

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Q film r International terrorism spread to the sea in 1985. Pour Palestinian ter- rorists hijacked the Italian cruise-iinen the Achille Laura, while on a cruise in the Mediterranean Sea. Many Americans were angered as one American was killed during the ordeal. After the terrorists released the ship, the Egyptian government agreed to re- turn the hijackers to the PLO. Howev- en the hijackers were intercepted by American jets as they were being flown out of Egypt and returned to Italy to stand trial. isis X ' in 1985' ations ace acts In 1985, racial tension in South Africa reached high levels. The attention of the world was focused on South Africa as many nations questioned the properness of a mod- ern-dayApartheid system, In South Africa, 'riots were an almost 'daily occzirrencefas blacks protested Apartheid. Shown here, a white man runs from a jeeringc groupfgof stone-throwing blacks in downtown Iohan- nesburg aas widespread violence continued to errnpt throughout theicountry. V '4 2 Q X' cz 1 . 1 ' A L ! 'A mg, x--al Terrorists shocked the world once more. A Trans World Air- lines jet with 145 passengers and 8 crew members was hijacked this I une in Athens, Greece. The Sheite hijackers then forced the plane to fly to Beirut, then to Algeria, and hack to Beirut. The majority of the hostages were released within days, but 39 re- maining hostages were held for 17 days. During the hijacking, the terrorists killed one American hostage,