Gross High School - Heard The Latest Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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,gn-l -pil if fl .g-- Once in o lifeiime event foils To Thrill l'You could never cotch me out One of this yeor's celebrities wos noth- ing but o snow boil. S o m e p e o p I e comped out nights or got up eorly to get o view of this giont ice cube. Others couldn't hove cored less, HoIley's Comet wos one of the onticipoted highlights of 1986. Fon clubs ond scientists went crozy over the orrivol of the comet. For rhe Averoge Joes, the comet wos o disoppointment. I thought it wos going to be something huge with o big toil, but oil I sow wos o little speck, soid senior Ronde Bernhogen. However, those who didn'r see the comet for outnumbered those who did. I feel very fortunote to hove hod the chonce to see the comet, but you could never cotch me out in some cornfield in the middle of the night looking for o hunk of ice, Donnie Piomon '86 sold. Senior Colleen McDermott sold, I didn't even toke the time or effort to go look outside. The lost time the comet troveled neor eorth wos bock in 1910. Sightings of the comet were very common then. Mony people could just wolk out their door ond look up to the sky. However, becouse of the city lights, this yeor people would hove to trovel greot distonces to view the comet in some cornfield in the middle of the night looking for o hunk of ice. -Donnie Piomon '86 o sign of good luck. ln 1456 the comet wos blomed for the foil of Constontinople to the Jews, The Americon outhor, Mork Twoin, wos born with rhe or- rivol of the comet in 1885, ond died with cleorly. The comet's toil olso troveled closer to the eorth in 1910 thon it did in 1986, giving the people of 1910 o more spectoculor view. The comet, which trovels on on ellipticol poth obout three billion miles from the sun, possed eorth in November, 1985, rounded the sun in Februory, 1986, ond troveled close to eorth ogoin in April before it went bock out to the solor system, The comet, both in 1910 ond 1986, trig- gered the monufocture ond sole of mony comet monio items. This yeor there were such items os Holley pins, cops ond troveling bogs. ln 1910, the comet's logo wos found on socks, gloves, jewelry ond ties. The first time the comet's oppeoronce wos recorded wos in 240 BC. by Chinese, Koreon ond Joponese ostronomers. The comet is fomous for being ossocioted with mony historicol events, For exomple, in 1066, when Williom Duke of Normondy, invoded Englond, the comet wos visible. The troops of Normondy took the comet os the possing of the comet in 1910, In 1910, o French ostronomer worned thot life on eorth might be endongered when he pointed out thot the comet's toil contoined cyonogen, o poisonous gos, thot might kill oil life os eorth possed through the comet's toil, Doctors were stormed with pleos for ontidotes, ond the newspopers recorded mony comet-inspired suicides, This yeor, there moy not hove been crowded doctor's offices becouse of the comet. The popers moy hove written o lot obout the comet, but mony people moy not hove reod it. This once-in-o-life-time ex- perience wosn't token odvontoge of by most of the Americon people, despite those die-hord spoce fons who would comp out for weeks in o cornfield in the middle of the night to look for o hunk of ice. holley s cometf41

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of, of lreland's Boomrown Rars. He was larer nominared a Nobel Prize for his efforrs. As a resulr of rhe awareness given ro rhe srarving in Africa, a concerr was also held for American farmers, who were economic hardships. Farm Aici a concerr organized by singer Willie Nelson, raised nearly S7 million. The con- fearuring over 50 rocls and counrry acrs, was held in lll., on Seprember 22. While Live-Aid was rhe rop concerr of rhe summer, rhe rap starred Michael J. Fox. BACK TO THE FUTURE grossed S190 million which made ir rhe number one box office asn of rhe summer. Following a disranr second ar S40 million as rhe sequel ro FIRST BLOOD, RAMBO.- HRS T BLOOD PAR T ll. again, Sylvesrer Sralone played rhe Viernam War verer- Rambo. I-Trsr Blood Parr ll grossed approximarely S150 mil- Rambo merchandise, including roy guns and lsnives, 1 rhe marker. Rambo became an insranr falls hero. lr impossible ro walls down rhe srreer and nor see some or eighr year old boy dressed in camouflage wirh a nefif records smashed bandana wrapped around his head. Anorher of rhe rop box office arrracrions of rhe summer was COCOOINL direcred by Ron Howard. lf you weren'r in rhe movie rhearers, you may have been ar rhe baseball sradium. Missouri boasred nor one, bur rwo championship caliber reams. ln rhe firsr infer-srare World Series ever, rhe Kansas Ciry Royals came from behind ro defear rhe Sr. Louis Cardinals ro false rhe rirle of rhe all-Missouri World Series. Before rhe Royals made rhe big hir in rhe Show Me Srare, Pere Rose showed 'em ar Riverfronr Sradium in Cincinnati, Ohio on Seprember 11, when he hir a single ro lefr-center field. Thar one single brolse Ty Cobb's world record career-hir roral of 4,191 The player-manager brolse rhe career base hir record off San Diego Padres pircher Eric Show in rhe firsr inning. On rhe foorball field, rhe Bears led all rhe way. The Chicago Bears won 15 of rheir sixreen regular season games. Please turn to page 44 5? . ,si-11 .. . .. C K V M 3 The Kansas City Royals wins rhe World Series. Royals pircher Drer Saberhagen embraces rhird baseman George Brerr afrer pirching a five-hirrer ro give rhe Royals rhe World Series crown over rhe Sr. Louis Cardinals. Saberhagen was named rhe Mosr Valuable Player in rhe series. Phoro by Mde World Phoros on rhe ourside!4L3 mil' if s