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

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ECONOMY Dririis Key intersets began falling significantly during the summer of 1982 and closed December 31 at a prime rate of 11%. This fact and optimism of a recovering economy lead the way to the highest stock market rallies ever seen on Wall Street. But unemployment reached levels not seen since the 1930's. Leonid Brezhnev, 75 Henry Fonda, 77 Bess Truman, 97 Grace Kelly, 52 John Belushi, 33 Ingrid Bergman, 67 Karyn Carpenter, 34 POLAND October 8, Polish Parliament apprived a law banning all existing labor organizations, including Solidarity, After being held 11 months, former Solidarity leader Lech Walesa was freed November 4. Martial law was suspended in Poland FOOTBALL December 31. Super Bowl XVI San Francisco over Cincinati Super Bowl XVII Washington over Miami Sugar Bowl | Penn Sate 1 over Georgia | Rose Bowl UCLA over University of Michigan EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT June 30, the proposed Equal Rights Amendment was defeat - ed when the ratification deadline expired. The amendment had was support in 35 states, three states short of being | ratified. COMMENTS The last episode of M A S H aired Febuary 28. A second Soviet satelite reentered the earths atmosphere, but no damage was incurred this time. RESIGNATION June 25, President Reagan announced the resignation of Alexander Haig, Secretary of State. The reason hinted was Time magazine named the computer Machine of The Year. | policy differences. Reagan named George Shultz as the ; successor. Gary Trudeau took a break from his comic strip Doonesbury. The Washington Monument was siezed by terrorist. 151

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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.

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