Hardaway High School - Gold Nugget Yearbook (Columbus, GA)

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I News 8 What Happened Then Many events made the news in 1987. These events affected most people in that they created opinion on different subjects, made people think about the World around them or sympathize with or antipathetic against someone. Politics played an important role in the news. American's watched as Lt. Col. Oliver North testified before the Iran-Contra hearings. Some people claimed North was a hero while oth- ers believed that North was a law- breaker and should be punished. Conflicting opinions were also creat- ed with President Reagan's nomina- tion of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. This nomination was eventual- ly rejected by the Senate. Reagan's second nomination of William Gins- burg was withdrawn after Ginsburg admitted he smoked marUuana a few times in the 60's and 70's. Also with- drawing from a political situation was Democratic presidential candidate, Gary Hart, who admitted to romantic involvement mth Donna Rice. In October, Southem California was rocked by an earthquake which mea- sured 6.1 on the Richter scale. Also in October, the whole nation was stunned by a 508 point drop in the Dow Jones industrial stock average. This tremendous drop caused uncer- tainty in the market and many stock- holders lost money. One such stock- holder, who lost over one million dollars, ended up killing himself and his stockbroker. Nineteen-eighty seven was a time to say good-by to many popular enter- tainers such as Fred Astaire, Liberace, John Huston, Lee Marvin, the Great one Jackie Gleason, and Lorne Green. It was also a time to celebrate with the crovming of Raye Lani Rae Raflo as Miss America and Dennis Conner's winning of the America's Cup. Bert Lyma Student Life I7 Television evangelists Jim and Tammy Bakker said farewell to the PTL ministry in Jim Bakker resigned after confessing to a sexual encounter with a young woman. T Bakker bowed out of the broadcasts to undergo treatment for drug dependency. World Wide Phot Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart was forced to drop his bid for the presidency after it was reported that he was romantically involved with Donna Rice, a 29 year-old aspiring actress and model from Miami. a 24-day strike by the NFL players ended in mid-October when the union capitulated and went to court instead of trying to fight the club owners at the bargaining table.

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5 C 2 l . SESS a 3 RM Photo l I i l l l Y RM Photo Service ltop leftl One of the top-rated television shows this year is the The Bill Cosby Show. The Huxtable family, ltop, left to righti Phylicia Rashad as Clair, Sabrina Le Beauf as Sondra, Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Theo, Tempestt Bledsoe as Vanessag lbottom, left to rightl Bill Cosby as Cliff, lieshia Knight Pulliam as Rudy. ibottom lefti Actor Tom Cruise poses with his new star on the Holly- wood Walk of Fame on Hollywood Blvd. Cruise starred in Risky Busi- ness and Top Gun and The Coior of Money. RM Photo Service C RM Photo service Q . 4, Q RM Photo Service lTop righti One of the hottest television shows starred a little furry alien Life Form from Melmac - also known as ALF. Imiddle righti Entertainer Billy Joel performs in Moscow. The piano man played for a sold-out crowd at the Olympic Stadium. lbottom rightl Genesis lead singer, Phil Collins sings the opening song at a concert in Three River Stadium in Pittsburgh. Ent ertainers

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larine Lt. Col. Oliver L. North was a key ofticial in the lan to finance anti-government rebels in Nicaragua with 1oney from arms sales to Iran. In testimony before the 'an-Contra hearings in Washington, Nonh became omewhat of a celebrity. The Senate rejected President Reagan's nomination of Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court by a 58-42 vote, which ended a long contentious debate over a judge alternately portrayed as a brilliantjurist and a dangerous extremist. icenterl President and Mrs. Reagan greeted Pope Paul ll when he arrived in Miami to begin a nine-city tour of the United States. World Wide Photos The Dow Jones industrial stock average dropped 508 points, the largest in history, on Monday, October 19. Some called it a crash, others called it a meltdovm and others called it Black Monday. Whatever it was, it stripped S500 billion from the market value of U.S. securities. gyy. ..... Q .J K K,-' 'M Q 5.4 A SSX X EV . if , kk if N 1 World Wide Photos kirby Puckett and Jeff Raerdon of the Minnesota Twins celebrate their World Series victory over the St. Louis Cardi- nals. The Twins won the seventh and fi- nal game ofthe series 4-2. World Wide Miss Michigan, Kay Lani Rae Falko, a nurse who shook up the talent competition with a Polynesian dance, was crowned Miss Ameri- can 1988. News l 41