Kendrick High School - Cheraqui Yearbook (Columbus, GA)

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homeland He Pope to visit the White House, Britain elected Margaret Thatcher its first woman Prime Minister, jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan led the Presidential Election Campaigns of the new decade, Hurricane David was one of the de- structive storms that struck the North East coast, Sky Lab crash landing sprayed debris over Australia's Outback but took no lives, Radioactive steam escaped from Penn sylvania's Three Mile Island power plant in the worst commercial accident in U.S. history, sfsj Nevis t x Net st gl Q Qi Q8 as X .Fas N s 533553: X

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Super Bowl '79 Terry Bradshaw led siisi T Pittsburgh Steelers to victory over the Los Angeles Rams, The 1980 Olympic Winter Games were held in Lake Placid, New York. The LLS. players taught the Soviet Union to play hockey. America's Eric Heiden skated to five Gold Medals in speedskating, 0 The Wild and Crazy Guy, Steve became a hit with his comedy perfi ances, Star Trek struck and left America space crazy, A 0 Phil Donahue became the king of the talk shows, Nelson Rockefeller, millionaire, died at the age of 70 years old, lohn Wayne, man, movie star, and leg end passed away at 72 years of age, Arthur Fiedler at age 84 died. He was the grandfatherly conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra for 50 years and one of the citys' most visited monuments, Movies like Apocalypse Now, Man- hatten, The China Syndrome and Breaking Away were most widely select- ed, Songs like This Night Won't Last For- ever, Babe, Shine A Little Light, and After the Love is Gone proved to be the best. However, Gloria Gayner summed America's solution in her number one song, . . . I Will Survive. wwf t,,,, flax ATVVV . ,,,, 120 Current Events