Highland High School - Iris Yearbook (Highland, IL)

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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.

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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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N W usic Lends a Helping Hand The originator of all “Aid” projects as Boomtown Rats’ lead singer Bob eldof. In late 1984, Geldof brought bgether a group of talented British usicians to form a band called Band- id for the purpose of helping the arving in Africa. They assembled in studio and created the single “Do hey Know It’s Christmas Time?”’ The song became an instant hit that ot up both British and American arts, partly due to heavy airplay on hdio stations everywhere. The single as also a big hit in record stores — anks in part to strong economic onditions and the goodwill of the hristmas season. Not to be outdone by England, merican stars Lionel Richie and uincy Jones produced the huge ash “We Are The World” for the African crisis. It received heavy play on almost all radio stations, MTV and other video shows. The star-studded line-up included Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Harry Bellafonte and many, many more. None of these artists received any pay for this effort — all time was donated. Both Band-Aid and USA For Africa, the group of American artists, were so successful that the impact carried over into a concert festival in mid-July known as Live-Aid. It was held partly in London’s Wembley Stadium and in Philadelphia’s Robert F. Kennedy Stadium. It was telecast around the world via satellite. Live-Aid brought memories of Woodstock to some while raising millions of dollars for impoverished Africans. Jius JY FarmAid was a major concert event engineered by singer-songwriter Willie Nelson to raise money to help financially troubled farmers in America. The concert, held September 22, lasted over twenty- four hours. It was held at the University of Illinois’ Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois and involved nearly fifty country, pop and rock starts. The artists at the concert were not the only ones who contributed to the plight of the farmers. Former Eagles member Don Henley donated a large portion of the revenue from his album ‘Building the Perfect Beast’’ to the farmer’s cause. I— O Series The eighty-second World Series was played exclusively in Missouri. The St. Louis Cardinals held the National League championship, and competed against the Kansas City Royals of the American League. The Royals won the seven-game series — setting a record as the first team in World Series history to win the championship after dropping the first two games at home.