Hoover High School - Memoir Yearbook (Fresno, CA)

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The Year in Politics . . . ,vu Q..- ' QA? 'iss 5.9 'KTA 260 ...M hitting Pamplnmn On November 20th Ronald Reagan was elected our 40th president. In the history of the presidency this was the first time a divorced man had attained the job. Soon after the in- auguration he celebrated his 70th birthday, becoming one of the oldest presidents. Time will tell if he keeps his big cam- paign promise of balancing the Federal budget. One of the big stories during the election, was the candi- dacy of john Anderson, running as an independent. On elec- tion day he needed 696 of the popular vote to get federal funds to help finance his campaign. He made this goal pulling out over 796 of the vote. jimmy Carter ran for a second term, defeating, in the Dem- ocratic primary, Senator Ted Kennedy and John Anderson. Most of Carteris campaigning took place from the White House because of the Iranian crisis. I gg. .. K V' I '- 5 iz ' 0 ' . 3 On January 20th, the day of inauguration of President Ron- ald Reagan, the 52 American Hostages in Iran were released. After more than a year in captivity they were finally able to go home. Yellow ribbons became the symbol of hope of release for the hostages. This came from Tony Orlando's song Tie A Yel- low Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree. Even in this dis- tressing situation the public kept hoping and showing pride in the country and they were released.

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The Year in ovies Comedy movies were generally the box office hits of the season this year. 9 to 5 was a wacky comedy with three secretaries out to get revenge on their boss. And Stir Crazy was a funny prison movie with Cene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Goldie Hawn scored big with a pair of comedies, Private Benjamin fwhere she was nominated for an Os- carl and It Seems Like Old Times. Caddyshack with Chevy Chase was the hit of the summer, and its background of golfing at a snobb- ish country club was something new. john Belushi and Dan Ackroyd rebounded back with The Blues Brothers after their flop of 1941. Pe- ter Seller's last movie was released this year, a comedy about Dr. Phu Mancho, the aged chinese doctor. Anyone that went to the movies regularly this year had a number of scary mov- 1 ies to pick from. Friday the 13th made you never want to go back to summer camp. Prom Nite scared everyone from their senior prom. VVhile The Children made you afraid of the kids next door. When the Academy Award nominations were announced they werenit really suprising. Raging Bull and The Elephant Man came out on top with 8 nominations, with Ordinary People, Tess, and Fame coming in at a close second with 6 nominations. Comic heroes made it big this year. Robin Williams scored big with the story of that salty old sailor, Popeye. As for super heroes Flash Cordan was there to conquer all evil. And if Flash didn't do the job Superman I and II were there to clean up crime. This year had its flops also. The biggest was a 40 million dollar mis- take starring Kris Kristofferson called Heaven's Gate. Al Pacino's Cruising was a violent, vile exploitation of the gay culture and was protested by various organizations all over the country. Can't Stop The Music unfortunately wasn't stopped and was a 2 hour bore about disco music with The Village People and Valerie Perrine. ' V -5 -'IV -l- 11111115 reams ,f ' Vx Nici 4 ' X bl N qu ,A ln., .A ?. Ok, ,nt , , lg, ..,ad,: il. .aw h ll 0 V ' no ' ' I .........,...,. -,.......,,.....--...... .,t.. . ,.... f fi fx ISSJ f n - ,i. -X .V CD J ! S K 1 5 X i fifilimki vs-:fluff-vt-'ES K SHEUEY DOVAIL- Lg, 1s0llVE, OYL up p . lglllliWlfililU3lifi5iHUHlRilil?.1lilHill HU81NWllUMB SHHWUUVA -2, .4 a 5.5.'p,E.'1mzgf r . , e . mussel vmfnucsamuuxssra iQHEl?iP1AYHYJUllSHIHlH was er www WE summer rr wma amass H!RE!HiiiiIE?a?.1llVllNEW 261