Kansas Technical Institute - Liasion Yearbook (Salina, KS)

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IANUARY. Pres. Reagan declared Times Beach, MO, a federal disaster disaster area due to dioxin contamination. Two women were apponted to the Presidential Cabinet, Elizabeth Dole as secretary of transportation, and Margaret Heckler as secretary of health and human services. FEBRUARY. The independent truckers went on strike for 11 days. The S13 million racehorse, Shergar was stolen in Ireland. MARCH. William Ruckelshaus became head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Barney Clark, the first man to receive a permanent artificial heart, died after 112 days of life with the implant. APRIL. A bomb, which exploded by the US Embassy in Beruit, killed 63 people, including 17 Americans. The space shuttle Challenger made its first voyage into space. MAY. The National Council of Catholic Bishops accepted a letter calling for the stop of the nuclear weapons race. The South was besieged with floods, hail, and tornadoes. ,Q 1 QA IUNE. Pope lohn Paul ll returned to ' Mft' Poland for a visit. The US Supreme Court upheld its decision to permit abortion. The Challenger carried the first American woman astronaut, Sally Ride, into space on its second voy- age. lULY. Rep. Gerry Studds of MA and Philip Crane of Rl admitted to sexual relations with 17-year-old pages. AT8iT gained tentative approval for the split-up. Communist rulers in Po- land lifted the 19 month-long martial law. Q M 'AY f M, V1 ' tx X .A Nth' ' 'W' . 5' - z ' an if fp' 4- '-am ,Q ' -'QLWUQ my-,,, uw Q

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PRICES NXPO21-0103-2f1Of34-WASHINGTON: Wholes 1 pr s jumped 0.6 percent January' the most: 1n more tha , b ' - Q - duce and hindered fogdadgiijrerizgilrihe Labo Depggirlrmcyrjiatsauig lgirfzijegpir jgfgitgier P Prices Producer Price for Finished Goods Index percent change from previous For Finished Goods 1967:1O0 ' IH ' 1lI lHl'I - - l'DCh8? AUGUST. Hurricane Alecia moved through Galveston and 82 Houston, TX, costing over 51 billion in damages and 22 lives. ' The Challenger made its third venture into space carrying the -. -1 in January first black US astronaut, Lt. Col. Guion Bluford. The pine tar on -lg 'Ja y ... George Brett's bat caused confusion at the New York Yankee -1 month seasonally adjusted tunadjustedi 195 288 8 -6 286-Index: 2 284 2 2 4 II 6 280 I I 278 and Kansas City Royals game. League officials later determined I I I I I I I I I I I I Kansas City had won the game. J F M A MJ J A S ON DJ JFMAMJJ ASONDJ 1983 ' 1983 ' SEPTEMBER. The Russians shot down a Korean airliner, killing 269 people in the Sea of lapan. Prime Minister of Israel, Menachem Begin, resigned his post and was replaced by Yitzhak Shamir. OCTOBER. james Watt resigned as interior secretary and was succeeded by William Clark. Lech Walesa, founder of the Polish trade union Solidarity, received the Nobel Peace Prize. US Marine headquarters in Beruit were bombed, killing 241 servicemen. Austrailia ll won the American's Cup yacht race. This was the first loss for the Americans since the races began in 1851. NOVEMBER. The White House was surrounded by sand-filled garbage trucks on Thanksgiving day, for security reasons. A movie depicting the effects of nuclear war on Kansas was shown on ABC. DECEMBER. The space shuttle Challenger carried a crew of six into space on its fourth mission. A recommendation that the legal age for drinking be made 21 nation wide, was made by the Presidential Commission on Drunk Driving. AT8tT split, making 22 separate companies. if A REMEMBER? Michael lackson and the hit video t'Thriller The movie HFlashdance Friendship pins The man given a DWI while l'driving a horse The HOT summer The year of 1983? 'f ',aT4Du1' gal' fl we 'tit' it i..