Hialeah Miami Lakes High School - Occurrences Yearbook (Hialeah, FL)

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198(5: The year NeH ' s Headlines . . When reviewing the major news stones of 1985, the year proved to be quite a tumultuous and tragic one. both nationally and internationally It was a year of famine, airline crashes, natural disasters and Aparthied International terronsm. may have been the single most recognized news item of the year. Seven hundred eighty-two lives were claimed in terrorist at- tacks alone In Malta, 57 people died after a hijacked Egypt Air jet was stormed on the runway by Egyptian Commandos; in the airports of Rome and Vienna, Palestinian terrorists killed four- teen ticket buyers dunng two simultaneous machine gun and grenade attacks; after the PLO s seizure of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro, American tourist. Leon Klinghof- fer was shot and killed The re- maining ship hostages were released several days later; in Athens. Shiite Muslims hijacked a TWA flight and directed it to Beirut where seventeen men were held captive. Sixteen days later, one man was killed and the others released; in a residential section of Chnstian East Beirut, a car bomb ex- ploded, killing scores of inno- cent bystanders. Finally, in Beirut, suicide terrorists seized TWA flight 847 and held all passengers hostage. Of the 39 Americans held, US Sailor Robert Dean Stethem was brutally beaten and shot After seventeen grueling days, all passengers aboard the plane were released. Natural disasters were also a focal point in the news More lives were claimed by earth- quakes and volcanoes than any other cause during the year In Mexico City, almost 20,000 died after a devastating earth- quake crumbled the entire city, burying thousands underneath mounds of rubble; in Columbia, the Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupted in November and obliterated the town of Armero. Twenty-five thousand people were swept under massive mud slides and over 50,000 acres of farmland were drowned. In other news: Aparthied violence continued in South Afnca and thousands were killed in the midst of the racial segregation; Ronald Reagan was admitted into a hospital to have a cancerous colon growth removed; the Titanic was found off the coast of New Foundland after seventy-three years after its disappearance; President Ronald Reagan visited a cemetery in Bitburg, Germany where hundreds of war victims are buried; citizen Bernard Goetz turned vigilante after he shot three black muggers in a New York subway; President Reagan and General Secretary Mikail Gorbachev met for their first Summit Conference in Geneva, Switzerland; the world was rocked by numerous spy scandals in Russia. Great Bn- tain. and America; the worst single commercial airline crash killed a record 520 people in Japan; a Delta jet crash in Dallas killed 134 of the 160 aboard; Nazi doctor. Joseph Mengele s bones were found in Brazil; Cult leader Bhagwan Rajneesh was arrested on immigration charges; $400,- 000,000 in sunken treasure was found off Key West by diver Mel Fisher; millionaire Claus Von Buleau won his tnal for the second attempted murder of his wife; Ted Turner failed to take over CBS for an estimated 5.4 billion dollars, but settled for a 1.5 billion agreement with MGM UA; the national deficit reached an incredible $200 billion; Coca Cola tned improv- ing their taste by presenting New Coke, but the public didn t buy it In the controversy. Coca Cola brought back the original taste with Classic Coca Cola and kept the New Coke on the market for those who did like it.

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in review and mere entertainment At the Movies . . . Although 1985 was economically rewarding for the film industry, this was not the case from a cntical standpoint. Cntics disliked and ndiculed many of the big moneymakers. Virtually every movie released failed to escape the abyss of critical embarrassment. Many of the films however, fared well against the cntics and managed to score at the box office. Beverly Hills Cop was a prime example. Its influence was ap- parent throughout the year and it became the top grossing film in 1985. Other movies stacked up almost as well and pulled in their share of profits. Back To the Future became an obsession, Rambo became the nations hero, A View To A Kill con- tinued the James Bond saga for the twenty-fifth year, Cocoon became everyone ' s inspiration. Jagged Edge matched Alfred Hitchcock ' s niche for mystery, The Breakfast Club spoke for the younger generation, and Mad Max spoke for himself. As a result of MTV ' s philosophy of combining video visuals with music, many of the films were given an added boost at the box office by having title tracks recorded by popular artists. Duran Duran sang and pro- duced the title theme to ' A View To A Kill, Tina Turner performed the title song to Mad Max Beyond Thunder- dome, Madonna sang the title track to her own film, Desperately Seeking Susan, Cyndi Lauper performed The Goonies Are Good Enough, for Steven Spielberg ' s master- piece. Phil Collins joined Manlyn Martin for the love theme to White Nights, ' Huey Lewis and the News gave Back To the Future, The Power of Love, Simple Minds sang Don ' t You Forget About Me for The Breakfast Club, and Harold Faltermyer created the powerful Axel F, from Beverly Hills Cop. At the Academy Awards, Amadeus won best picture: Sally Field won best actress for her role in Places In the Heart: and F. Murray Abraham was awarded top actor honors for his performance in Amadeus. Sports . . . The year in sports was definitely one filled with winners and record breakers. The most memorable of these was Pete Roses record 4,192nd base hit. Rose broke Ty Cobb ' s all time career hit record and ended the season with 4,204 career hits. Other record breakers in- cluded a baseball stnkeout record by Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets: pitcher Phil Nikro and Tom Seaver pitched their 300th victories each: Lynette Woodard became the first woman to play for the Harlem Globe Trotters: and Pathck Euwing of the New York Nicks signed a seventeen million multi-year contract with the NBA. As for the winners: Super Bowl XIX was conquered by the San Francisco 49ers: the Kan- sas City Royals won the World Series: the Edmonton Oilers became the Stanley Cup Cham- pions: Michael Spinks defeated Larry Holmes for the Heavy- weight boxing championship; seventeen-year-old Boris Becker won the Men ' s Wimbledon title: Martina Navra- tilova won the Women ' s Wim- bledon title: Spend A Buck won the Kentuc ky Derby: Danny Sul- livan won the Indianapolis 500: and the USFL Championship went to the Philadelphia Stars. In college sports, the NCAA Baseball Championship went to the University of Miami: Villanova became the NCAA Basketball Champions and the Orange Bowl went to Washington. Finally, in local sports, Bradenton won the Florida 5A State Football Championship: Carol City won the Flonda 4A State Basketball Championship and the HML Trojan Baseball team took the Florida 4A Baseball Championship and the National Championship. Extras 297

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In review and mere ne v$ Fads and Fashions . . . In fashion, Swatches and Reebok shoes ruled the younger generation. Over 13 million pairs of Reebok shoes were sold in the country. 501 Button Fly Jeans by Levis were the most popular jeans among both the men and women; California Wine Coolers became the hottest drink of the year; Talking Teddy Ruxpin became the nation ' s target for the Christmas buying rush; Cherry Coke became the newest soft drink, pulling in four percent of the cola market; oversized shirts, stirrup pants and long fake pearl strands dominated the female fashion category, while the males decided to stick with the Don Johnson image. In home entertainment, VCR ' s attracted over ten million buyers and the Compact Lazer Disk became the newest innovative form of high-tech sound systems Here comes the bride . . . In Hollywood, numerous stars walked down the aisle in 1985. They were: Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley; Bruce The Boss Springsteen and model Julianne Phillips; Sylvester Stallone and Danish model Brigitte Nielsen; Arnold Schwarzenagger and CBS Morning News Hostess, Mana Shriver; Joan Collins and Ar- chitect Peter Holm; Victoria Principal and Dr. Harry Glassman; Ahmahd Rashad and actress Philicia Ayers Allen; and finally. Madonna and actor Sean Penn. Deaths . . . Many well known celebrities perished in 1985. They were: cartoonist and creator of Dick Tracy, Chester Gould, at 84; North Carolina Senator Sam Er- vin, 88; the king in the long run- ning Broadway play, The King and I, Yul Brynner, 65; author of Charlotte ' s Web, E. B. White, 86; actor, director and radio per- sonality, Orson Welles, 70; Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, 70; artist Marc Chagall, 97; Soviet leader, Konstantin Chernenko, 73; ac- tor Sir Michael Redgrave, 77; pen pal to Yuri Andropov, ac- tress Samantha Smith, 13; baseball player Roger Maris, 51 ; US Cabinet official Patricia Roberts Harris, 60; actress Ruth Gordon, 88; painter and sculptor, Jean Dubuffet, 83; ac- tress Anne Baxter, 62; first black screen actor, Steppin Fetchit, 83; actor Rock Hudson, 59; Edmonton Oiler Pelle Lind- berg, 24. We remember . . . In February of 1986, one of the most tragic and unforget- table passages occurred when Space Shuttle Challenger ex- ploded and claimed the lives of the seven crew members aboard. Among the crew was school teacher, Christie McAuliffe. McAuliffe was elected from a panel of eleven thousand teachers who applied for the chance to fly in space. Her an- ticipation and enthusiasm for the program and her flight, made the nation idolize her. The world was not prepared for such a devastating disaster, and as a result, an emotional concern towards the deaths of the astronauts was inevitable. But Christie McAuliffes death was predominantly recognized because she represented the common people, school teachers, and the children of Amehca. In her honor, as well as the other six crew members who perished with her, surviving relatives and government of- ficials urged the public not to forget the unified courage, con- fidence and allegiance they had for their country and its space program. That ' s the year and then some. May all the coming years improve and benefit from what was learned in ' 85. Rosy GildeGibaja Extras 299