Grain Valley High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Grain Valley, MO)

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1982- Year of Firsts Nineteen eighty-two was a year of tragedy and tri- umphs. President Ronald Reagan began his first year as the oldest leader of our country serving his first term. In March, john Hinckley pulled a gun and fired at the presi- dent as he was coming out of the Washington Hilton Hotel. Also injured were a policeman and Press Secretary james Brady. The president recovered well and was soon released from the hospital. However, james Brady received a gunshot wound to the head, making his re- covery long and slow. On the foreign scene, Prince Charles chose a bride. Lady Diana Spencer and the Prince were wed in St. Paul's Cathedral on july 29. The press was allowed into the cathedral to cover the momentous occasion. Twen- ty-one television cameras brought the wedding to a worldwide audience of an estimated 750 million people. After the wedding the royal couple spent most of their honeymoon on a two week cruise aboard the Britannia. On May 20, 1981, Pope john Paul ll circled the square around St. Peter's Basillica greeting those worshippers who had gathered to greet the pontiff. Suddenly two shots rang out and the Pope collapsed. One shot grazed his arm but the other passed completely through his ab- domen. The gunman ran, but was soon caught by a plain-clothesman. Breaking a long tradition of only men serving as Su- A preme Court judge, Sandra O'Connor was appointed toi- a position vacated by Supreme Court justice Potter. Re- j tiring justice Potter commented after learning of the ap- pointment, 'You are one of nine people. You aren't subservient to anyone. On October 6, 1981, Anwar Sadat, Leader of Egypt, was assasinated. Anger was turned on Sadat after the 2 1977 signing of the Camp David agreements. Many wor- g shipped Sadat, reported to be one of the last great lead- ers. But there were those who were overjoyed upon an- f nouncement of his death. Throngs of people could be 1 found rejoicing by waving flags and rifles in the air. ' A space shuttle designed and built by the U.S. was brought into the homes of millions as they viewed the Q shuttle making its first landing. Plans for the shuttle in the near future are placing and repairing sattelites. It will also .5 be used for detection of nuclear devices. Long range 3 terms for the shuttle are to carry workers into space t l help build space stations. Astronaut Robert Crippen, - - l pilot on the space shuttle Columbia's maiden flight e- marked, llAin't no way you can describe it. l The future for the hostages that were released a e ago january 20 from Iran is looking brighter. The hos Q tages have rejoined society and are settling dow to a ' POLANU l is l I i,f'C-'7 'xx l if j' i

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more comfortable life. Many have left the services and taken jobs in other areas. President Reagan's life was put in danger once more as Libyan Strongman Muammar Gaddafi reportedly sent out hit squads to kill Reagan. Gaddafi denied all reports of assassination attempts saying there was no proof. Proof was never produced for public viewing but CIA officials reported they had solid information from trusted informants. lt was also rumored that Gaddafi had given instructions to kill the top officials if the hit squads could not get to the President. Thus security was tightened around the Vice-President, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State in addition to the president. hether due to the security or false reports, no at- t pts were ever made on any of their lives. lso in Washington tragedy struck in lanuary when a jet lane crashed into the Potomac River. Survivors were fe with only five living and seventy-eight killed. Thr gh a blinding snow storm the Bowing 737, bound for ' rida, lifted off. While waiting for clearance on a run r ice formed on the wings. The pilot was unable to ai . titude and plunged into the river after grazing th Fourt nth Street Bridge. Tops were sheared off cars be ore th y were dumped into the river. Four people I lilly ., N BS- 4-ii-ull Lvepnnf .. f-fx' X I igqg- I -,,,- H W X N ffl 1 annul H1 O l x ff f g af x P from the bridge were killed. The tapes made in the cockpit right before the crash revealed very little except that the pilots felt there might be ice on the wings. On the local scene, Kansas City was devastated by the loss of one-hundred-fourteen lives. On luly 17, during a weekly tea dance, the suspended skywalks of the Hyatt standing on were either walks were Regency crashed to the dance floor. People the walks positioned over the dance floor severly injured or killed. Those under the crushed. The mental shock of those present at the tragic event was treated in special group therapies formed just for this purpose. People not related to the incident were also treated .for mental problems connected with viewing the graphic pictures shown on t.v. and reading the ac- counts of the event. Many lawsuits were brought against the Hyatt Regency for negligence. . Grain Valley students were obstructed from cruising 7 highway when it was shut down in the fall to be widened. Two more lanes were added in order to make it a four lane highway. This didn't hamper the cruising much as faithful cruisers found detours to make it around the construction. Finally, on December 11, the new highway was unveiled and G.V. students cruised on through. CI QQQ HQC QQQ fleas lljilgl