Highland High School - Iris Yearbook (Highland, IL)

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N E W Challenger Explodes —kills Seven Only seventy-four seconds after the wenty-fifth launch of the US Challenger, NASA officials and others watched helplessly as a tremendous explosion ended the Challenger’s tenth mission and the lives of all on board — including New Hampshire school teacher Christa McAuliffe. McAuliffe was the first citizen ever to be sent into space. Never before in fifty-six manned space missions had Americans died in flight. The seven-man crew lifted off from space.” Tragedy Shakes the Friendly Skies June 23: Air India Flight 182 exploded in midair and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while enroute from Toronto to Bombay via London. All 329 people on board were killed. August 2: Delta Air Lines Flight 191 to Los Angeles crashed and burned. All 137 passengers in the forward end were killed. August 12: Japan Air Lines Flight 123 for Osaka crashed into a mountain forty-five minutes out of Tokyo, killing 520. August 22: British Airtours Flight KT328 exploded during its takeoff from Manchester, killing 54 of the “We will continu. our quest in space. There will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews and, yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in Florida’s Cape Canaveral on Tuesday, January 28 for what proved to be the shortest and most tragic flight in the history of the shuttle program. The launch, delayed several days and moved back two hours due to freezing conditions, appeared flawless. But seconds after mission control ordered the crew to “full throttle”, an explosion rocked the shuttle and sent smoke and wreckage toward the Atlantic Ocean. 137 aboard. September 6: Milwaukee Midwest Express DC-9 crashed after takeoff, killing 31. November 25: lowa State twin-engine Rockwell Aerocommander crashed in Des Moines, killing seven people aboard. December 12: Chartered Arrow Air DC-8 crashed on take-off from Gander, Newfoundland, killing 256 American soldiers and crew. The plane was bringing the Americans home for Christmas after six months of peacekeeping duty in the Sinai Desert. Terrorism Peaks Throughout World S Comet Returns For the last part of 1985 and the first part of 1986, Halley’s Comet once again passed the earth in its seventy-six year orbit. Actually, it passes a mere 145 million miles away from the earth at its closest point. The comet was named for Edmund Halley. This scientist first saw the comet on November 22, 1692, according to “The Return of Halley’s Comet” by Rand McNally. Halley believed it to be the same one as seen by scientists in 1531 and 1607. He predicted the comet would return in 1758. Unfortunately, Halley died in 1742, sixteen years short of its next visit—Christmas night, 1758. Halley’s Comet is far from the only comet in the solar system; it is, however, the largest regular visitor whose time of return is known. June 14: TWA Flight 153, with 145 passengers and eight crew members, was hijacked nearly twenty minutes after take-off from Athens to Rome. The two hijackers were Shiite Muslims. The entire ordeal lasted for 17 days in Beiruit. October 8: Four Palestinian terrorists hijacked the Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro, demanding that Israel release fifty Palestinian prisoners. They finally released the ship after holding it hostage for 51 hours, and in the process killed Leon Klinghoffer, an American passenger. November 24: About fifteen minutes after take-off from Athens to Cairo, Egyptian Flight 648 was hijacked. Gunshots, explosions and fire during the assault killed fifty people. February 28: A man shot Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme as he and his wife walked in downtown Stockholm. The man opened fire on Palme and fled, leaving Palme wounded in the chest and stomach.

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America Bombs Libya’s Capitol American jets roared in the skies above the Libyan capitol, Tripoli, in retaliation for the April 5th bombing of a West Berlin discotheque in which an American serviceman was slain. Spearheaded by F-111s, stationed throughout Europe, and accompanied by aircraft of the Sixth Fleet, the attack destroyed military and terrorist targets around Tripoli. Despite the reluctance of America’s West European allies to give overflight rights for aircraft stationed in the U.K., the raid was successful in destroying numerous targets in Tripoli. “CokeSexit ” Coca-Cola — America’s favorite soft drink — tried to change its famous formula. The new concoction, labelled “New Coke,” caused astronomical public outrage from old Coke fans. This brought the return of the original recipe, now called “Classic Coke.” Because of this change, for a while stores carried New Coke, Classic Coke, and leftover old Coke from before the switch. As if this wasn’t enough confusion, there is also Diet Coke, caffeine-free Coke, caffeine- free Diet Coke — and that’s not including non-colas made by Coca- Cola. Many Coke fans resorted to Pepsi and other sodas, avoiding the confusion of the Coke dilemna. E W Hands Join On Sunday, May 25, Americans all across the country joined hands in a remarkable display of solidarity. Hands Across America was the largest participatory event in the history of the world, linking six million people along a 4,000-mile route through 16 states and the District of Columbia. From sea to shining sea, Americans lent a hand—and helped reduce hunger and homelessness in our country. HaNDSACROSSAMERICA ‘ My 250 AIDS Scare §S AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome —is a mysterious virus which breaks down the body’s defense system and ushers in a wide variety of cancers and other diseases. It has been found most frequently in homosexuals, hemophiliacs and intravenous drug abusers. It has also caused what officials say is a needless reads Through US. | fear of donating blood and coming il casual contact with AIDS victims. ) Since the death of actor Rock Hudson in 1985 as a result of the | deadly disease, the AIDS scare has spread throughout America. And as public awareness of the disease grows, so do the myths that surround) It. St. Paul High Closes On Friday, March 7, officials from St. Paul Catholic School in Highland announced their decision to close the school at the end of the 85-86 school year. The school has been a part of the community since 1929. The school board explained in a press release that as the cost of operating the school continued to increase and enrollment decreased, the ability of the parish to subsidize the cost of education became a problem.