James Madison High School - Prospectus Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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©ANGER in the PERSIAN ©PIE This summer, the U.S. put the American flag on eleven Kuwaiti oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, and provided them with a powerfully armed U.S. naval escort, all part of an effort to stop Iranian attacks on Kuwaiti vessels. However, opposition to President Reagan's Persian Gulf policy continued to mount in Coneress. By the time the White House deciaed to inter- vene on behalf of Kuwait, attacks on ship- ping in the gulf had become increasingly common, in large part due to the seven- year war between Iran and Iraq. Kuwait requested protection of its oil tankers late last year. While the Reagan administration considered the request Kuwait turned to Moscow. The Soviets agreed to help, causing fear in the White House that the U.S. was losing influence in the gulf and that Washington might give the impres- sion to its moderate Arab allies that it was undependable. In addition, the secret sale of arms to Iran had angered the Arab countries, who feared Iran's military and its radical Islamic fundamentalism. To counter Soviet influence and compen- sate for the sale of arms to Iran, the U.S. began assistance to Kuwait. The contro- versy surrounding the U.S. policy intensi- fied when the oil tanker, Bridgeton, hit a mine. The U.S. naval escort had been pre- pared to defend against planes, ships, and submarines, but not World War ll-vintage mines. Naval officers familiar with the re- gion had predicted that mines could be a threat, but U.S. officials had discounted the danger because mines had not been used in the sea-lane along the Iranian coast in the past. Brian Francis Chris Francis Jorge Gabriel Suzann Galletta Ana-L. Garcia Linda Garcia Tccna Garrett Richard Garza Tony Garza Jeffrey Gastaucr Jerry Gay Jennifer Geiger Amy Gemmill Gcnclud Gcnerillo John Gcran Jorge Gercmia liong Giang Hue Giang Kristine Girton Brian Givens lid ward Givens Renee Gonzales Samuel Greco Audrea Gricbling 170

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NC PaVT NC IPIIaVT Michael Dunbar Monica Dunn Phillip Dunteman Karen Edwards Leonard Eggleston Jacob Hide Theodore Engebretson Joe Erickson Alex Escamilla Jesse Esparva F.va Esteban Bryan Eudy Over 1,000 football players went on strike on September 22, 1987. The crux of this year's statement was free agency. Owners, who feared unfettered free agency would lead to financial ruin and a polarization of talent, steadfastly opposed free agency. NFL Player Association executive director. Gene Upshaw said, It was not about mon- ey, it was about dignity and freedom. It was about who you work for. Free agency gives you the right to move from one team to another, said Wes Chandler of the San Diego Chargers. It was so unfortunate. This was the only job in the world where you didn't have a right to change a job at your own request. Twenty-four days into their strike, the Na- tional Football League's regular players sur- rendered. But when they arrived at the door they were told that they had just missed the weekly deadline for returning. Dan Fouts, quarterback of the San Diego Chargers, said he never expected the play- er to succeed. The thing that surprized him the most was how well the team stuck to- gether as a unit. He said, We had been through some tough times and a lot of soul searching, but one thing is we stuck to- gether. It may be the end of anyone in this coun- try influencing the NFL again, said Cincin- nati wide receiver, Cris Collingsworth. We're going to be left to mercy and the good graces of the owners of the NFL and we'll see how we'll be treated. Jayson Haber Eddie Farias David Farmer Jeff Farmer Jon Ferguson Michael Findley Michelle Fisher Julie Fleming Alejandro Flores Antonio Flores ijshonda Floyd Michael Forta 169

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I.auri Grunwald Harvey-E. Gunnels Tony Gutowski Sandy Guzman Xuan Ha Aimee Hagen Duane Hagewood Eitan Haglcr Michelle Hahn Brian Hall Jodie Hall Laudnn Hall Matt Hallisey Joseph Hamilton Keiko Hammond Sang Han La-Dondra Hancock Daniel Hardenburgh W4EHAWKS Gloria Harrison Joshua Hauta Mark Heath Joanne Helkenn Stacey Henderson Kip Hickman Dung Ho Tom Ho Tony Ho Sandy Hong Joe Hsu Mike Hsu I Dave Hubarth Kristiana Huffman Sonya Hull Sheri Humphries Jennie Hyler Amiee Jensen 171