Eldorado High School - Sunburst Yearbook (Las Vegas, NV)

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85 A 16 CLOSING 4' .wg .. .. 3, he gmt: PERIOD OF CCNTRASTS AND CONFLICTS 86 ' is 1985-86: A period of contrasts and conflicts. Thls year the lady liberty celebrated her 100th birthday, for her birthday present she received a face - lift. President Reagan has talks of a new defense program. On the other side of the world, the blacks of South Africa are suffering from Aparthied. This years mlnd boggling and shattering events were the arrival of Halleys Comet and the big fight between the Pepsi- Cola and Coca - Cola bottling companies. Also this year for the first time In the world, A teacher was Sent into space with the Space Shuttle Challenger. 75 seconds into lift-off, 9 mlles Into the air, it blew up, leaving nothing but debris. The teacher who wentup was Christa McAuliffe. Four Palestinian terrorists hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro while on a Mediterranean cruise. One American was killed. After the ship was released the Egyptian government agreed to return the hijackers to the PLO. However, the hijackers were intercepted by American jets as they were flown out of Egypt and returned to Italy to stand trial. ,At A O M . .Mfg-9 utf. -uf 0 an

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Upper Left: Bruce Sprlng- steln. the Boss . wlth hls unlqued gravel-volce style. set the muslc tempo of the 60's. Upper Right: The year 1985 brought the tenth anniversa- ry of the fall of Saigon cele- brated-at the Vlet-Nam War Memorial In Washington D.C. The Memorial Is the symbol of the patrlotlc sacra- flce of those 58.000 Amerl- cans who dled ln Vlet-Nam and would be forgotten ex- cept for this memorial. Center Right: The age-less Pete Rose flnally achieves hls quest of Ty Cobb's career hlttlng record. Rose beat the record In September 1985. wlth 4,192 hlts. Bottom: President Reagan waves from hls hospltal wln- dow after major surgery. glvlng the rIght-on slgn. Nancy. at her husband's slde. waves her support. ' MQW' 1' .i my rf 1