Florida Institute of Technology - Ad Astra Yearbook (Melbourne, FL)

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JOHN DE LOREAN John DeLorean, auto executive and founder of the company which produces DeLoreans was arrested in Los Angeles on October 19. The arrest was made for cocaine trafficing. The cocaine was worth 124 million dollars and was apparently needed to regain control of the North Ireland auto oper- ations. AIR FLORIDA JET CRASH On January 14, 1982, a Boeing 737 crashed into the Potomac river in Washington D.C. As the plane crashed it struck a truck and six cars on the crowded 14th bridge. This was the worst disaster for a national airline since 1979. 78 people were killed. FOOTBALL STRIKE September 21, the National Football league players began a strike against the league’s 28 teams. This strike caused the first regular season washout in the 63 years of the NFL. The players stiked due to a failure to negotiate basic labor agree- ments demanding 55% of the owners total revenues. BRANIFF AIRLINES May 13, Braniff Airlines laid off 9,500 employees. The eighth largest national airline filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11, It was the first major airline to fail. MX MISSLE The House of Representatives voted December 7 to eliminate funding of the MX Missle in fiscal 1983. This is the first time since WWII that either the House or the Senate has rejected a President’s request for a major defense weapon system. The House did retain 2.5 billion dollars in appropriation bills for continued research and development of the MX Missle. REV. SUN MYUNG MOON Rev. Sun Myung Moon was found guilty on May 18 of tax evasion. Moon is the founder and leader of the Unification Church which claims a world wide membership of three million. 149

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ARGENTINA SEIZES THE COLUMBIA FALKLANDS April 2, 1982 Argentine troops seized the British held Falkland Islands. British set sail April 5 with Prime Minister Thatcher vowing the Falklands to remain British. The troops landed May 21 and met with little opposition. British airraids cost Argentina about 30 aircraft. 1400 Argentine troops surrendered May 29, after 14 hours of fighting. June fighting ended completely when Argentine troops surrendered at Stanley. GENERAL DOZIER RESCUED On January 28 U.S. General James Dozier was rescued from Red Brigade Kidnap- pers by a special team of Italian antiter- rorist forces. He was being held in an apartment in Padua, Italy after being kid- napped in Verona 42 days earlier. The raid was initiated on a tip from an undis- closed source. US Space Shuttle Columbia landed safely at Edwards Air Force Base in California, November 16 after a five day mission. This mission was its first operational flight after four test flights. The four astronauts on board were Vance Brand, Col. Fobert Avermyer, William Lenoir, and Joseph Allen, The key task was the delivery of two satelites into orbit for commercial customers in Houston. The maiden voyage of the Challanger was delayed because of a crack in the engine. ISRAEL LEBANON September 16, men supposed to be Christian Militia raided two Palestinian refugee camps in West Beirut, shooting to death hundreds of men, women, and children. The massacre shocked the world. September 20 President Reagen ordered U.S. troops back to Beirut to help in the international peace keeping forces.

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150 TYLENOL During the week of September 29, seven people from suburban Chicago died after taking Extra Strength Tylenol capsules which were tainted with cyanide. The capsules had been emptied, laced with the poison, and returned to store shelves. A recall of some 264,000 bottles was ordered by McNeihl on October 1. The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers to stop using tylenol capsules and on October 5, ordered a national recall. FIVE CENT GAS TAX A 5.5 billion dollar program to repair roads and bridges financed by a five cent gas tax was, on November 22, backed by President Reagan and top party leaders of the House and Senate . The backers hope to see 320,000 jobs created by the tax increase. This contro- versial bill was passed on December 23. The bill did not only increase the gas tax, but it also increased taxes for truckers. This fact caused the truckers to start strikes in Febru- ary. The threat of violence was used to keep other truckers off the roads. VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL A controversial Vietnam War Me- morial to 57,933 soldiers killed or missing in the war was dedicated in Washington D.C. on November 13. An estimated 15,000 veterans marched past the White House to Washington Mall near the Lincoln Memorial where the monument stands. The monument consists of two black granite walls converging into a “V” shape and lists the names of those killed in the war. ARTIFICIAL HEART December 2, doctors at University of Utah Medical Center Salt Lake City suc- cessfully implanted a permanent artificial | heart in Barney B. Clark; a 61-year-old retired dentist. The seven and-a-half hour operation was the first of its kind. A second operation was needed December 4 to deal with subcutaneous leaks of air from the patient’s lungs. The medical team was lead by Dr. William DeVries and the heart itself was made of polyure- thane plastic and aluminum. The heart was developed by Dr. Robert Jarvik. BIRTH Princess Diane and Prince Charles gave birth to a boy, William Author Phillip Louis. EDWARD KENNEDY Senator Edward Kennedy announced December first that he would not run in the 1984 presidential campaign. His rea- son for not running was family problems.