Gwinn High School - Gwinner Yearbook (Gwinn, MI)

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— $69 Toxic chemicals spilled into the water of the Rhine river during a fire at a Sandoz chemical plant in Basel, Switzerland on No- vember 1st. On the March A hugh demonstration in Shanghai marked the cli- max of three weeks of campus agitation in favor of the modest democratic reforms suggested by Deng Xiao- ping. But the demonstrations seemed too spontane- ous, causing Chinese leaders to worry that popular democratic aspirations were getting out of hand. 100 Years Old The Statue of Liberty's 100th birthday million renovation. Stephanie Is High On Lowe Princess Stephanie of Mo- naco may have finally met her match, actor Rob Lowe The Chernobyl Syndrome In a chilling account of human misjud- gement, Soviet officials in Moscow gave their first detailed explanation of what went wrong at Chernobyl to trigger the world's worst nuclear accident. 22. Stephanie is Monaco's favorite royal model, cloth- ing designer, and new mov- ie star.

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The Baby M Dilemma When a Mew Jersey couple offered to pay Mary Beth Whitehead to bear a child for them, the arrangement was similar to hundreds of such deals. But after Baby M” was bom, Whitehead had second thoughts and fled with the child she now wants to Keep. The case has called into question both the adaptability of the law to social change and traditional definition of parenthood. Saying No” to Parenthood More parents are choosing not to have a baby, pushing the rate of child- lessness in this country to its highest level since the Depression. The lack of reliable income dissuaded many in the past, but today's couples cite dif- ferent reasons: the chance for a chal- lenging career, the cost of child rear- ing ($135,000 from cradle to college) and an unwillingness to sacrifice the good life.” Drugs — Cocaine Cocaine is not fun and games. The Boston Celtics learned this after the death of their star and legendary player, Len Bias. Bias had been drafted by the Celtics and closed a deal to promote sneakers for $1.6 million. Celebrating with friends in his University of Maryland dorm he ODd on cocaine, claiming, I can handle anything.” Cocaine was thought to be the glamour drug. Bias' death opened America's eyes to something it didn't want to see. Cocaine struck at random and could kill even the light user. And now there's crack, a cheap, highly addictive new form of cocaine. Jordan's Life Michael Jordan of the Chi- cago Bulls is soaring above the national Basketball Asso- ciation in a way no back-court man ever has. Averaging near- ly 40 points a game, he is also a team player who dazzles fans with his mid-air moves and is the best in all of sports. 6

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Overturning a Presidential Veto of Sanctions Against South Africa. The president lobbied furiously. Me said he was second to no one in detesting apartheid. He appointed a new black ambassador to South Africa. Me insisted that economic sanc- tions would only hurt Africa's blacks. But by a 78 to 21 vote the Senate overrode the president's veto of sanctions agains South Africa. The House had rejected the veto 3 days before. In 1986 while political unrest killed over 1,300 South Africans — most black — Americans began to see apartheid not as a foreign- policy issue by a question of civil rights. Demonstrators picket- ed S. African embassy in Washington and college students across country called for U.S. divestment of holding in S. Africa. By the end of the year some two dozen corporations pulled out such as IBM. Honeywell and Coca Cola. Hostage American journalist Nicholas Daniloff spent the week in a Soviet prison, an un- willing pawn in a superpower stalemate. Moscow accused him of spying, but its real goal was to engineer a swap for a Soviet agent. The capture of Eugene Hasenfus, from Marinette, Wisconsin, in Nicaragua has lift- ed the veil on the shadowy world of Ameri- can mercenaries. A Reign of Terror in Paris With a dreadful roar, a terrorist bomb exploded on the Rue de Remnes in Paris killing and maiming women and children. An outbreak of similar bomb- ings turned the City of Light into a City of Fear, but despite a massive manhunt, the terrorists eluded the police. Pan-Am Flight 73 Boeing 747 in Pakistan killing and wounding more than 100. It is suggested that mid east terror- ism may be moving to new killing grounds. 8