Kennedy High School - Maze Yearbook (Bellmore, NY)

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142 July: 3- 14- 15- 16- 19- 27- 30- August: 6 - 14- 15- 20- 25- 31- Polish workers stage work stop- pages in major factories across the country to protest govern- ment meat price increase. Billy Carter registers as an agent of Libya, and admits to receiving more than S220,000 in payments from the Libyan gov- ernment in 1980. Richard Kelly is indicted by a Federal grand jury on charges he accepted a 325,000 bribe from an undercover F.B.I. agent. Republicans at Detroit conven- tion nominate Ronald Reagan for President by acclamation, with George Bush picked as his running mate. The 1980 Summer Olympics opens in Moscow. 81 nations participate in games, although U.S. and 64 other countries boy- cott Olympics to protest Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Games end August 3. The deposed Shah of Iran, 60, dies of advanced lymphatic can- cer, near Cairo, Egypt. Jerusalem formally becomes lsrael's capital, as Knesset pas- ses bill by 69-15 vote. Hurricaine Allen strikes Jamaicag 100 mile per hour winds and torrential rains bat- ter the island and threaten western Cuba, claiming 272 lives by August 11. Democrats at National Conven- tion in New York City renomi- nate Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale. Strike wave covers Poland as workers unite against govern- ment. N.Y. Times reports that Penta- gon is developing new type ofjet aircraft that is virtually invisi- ble to radar. Independent Presidential can- didate, John Anderson, announces that Patrick J. Lucey, former governor of Wis- consin, has accepted offer to be Anderson's running mate in 1980 election. Strikes in Poland are called off by labor leaders as government concedes to demands of work- ers. September: 1 - Presidential campaign begins 13- in Tuscumbia, Alabama, birth place of the Ku Klux Klan, to Ronald Reagan's consterna- tion. New York Liberal Party endorses John Anderson for President. Allegations of cocaine use are made against Timothy Kraft, President Car- ter's national campaign man- ager. 4,4 2315? ,..--v .ff- -if f 2' .fx 553 2321 WMMNIWMA, AB 9' JT

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YO WERE THERE WHE by Alan Copperman January: 20- 22- 23- 29- President Carter proposes that the 1980 Moscow Olympics be cancelled or moved, in protest of Soviet troops in Afghanistan. Soviet dissident, Andrei D. Sak- harov, is arrested in Moscow and is later exiled to Gorky for allegedly passing military secrets to foreigners. President Carter, in his State of the Union address to Congress, calls for the restitution of the peacetime draft, asking for authorization to begin registra- tion. U.S. and Canadian officials announce that six Americans held in Iran had successfully escaped the country: all had hidden in the Canadian Embassy in Teheran and had fled, posing as Canadian diplo- mats. February: 2- 8- 12- 13- 18- 21- 22- 24- 25- lMarch: 1 - 3- News reports disclose Justice Department Abscam investi- gation of Congressmen accused of accepting bribes from F.B.I. agents who posed as Arab shieks. President Carter announces his plan to reinstate the draft will require women to register as well as men for military service, but that they would only be called for noncombat duty. The International Olympics Committee unanimously approves Moscow as the site for the 1980 Summer Games. The Winter Olympics opens for- mally at Lake Placid, New York. Justice Department documents obtained by the New York Times reveal F.B.I. Director J. Edgar Hoover blocked prosecu- tion of four Ku Klux Klansmen responsible for Church bom- bings in Birmingham, Alabama. Representative Richard Kelly admits taking 825,000 from undercover agents in the Abscam probe, and resigns from the House Republican Conference. The United States Olympic Hockey Team defeats Russia 4- 3 in medal round competition. The U.S. Hockey Teams stuns the country and the world in a come from behind 4-2 victory over Finland, clinching a gold medal. Winter Olympic games ends as American speed skater, Eric Heiden, wins an unprece- dented five gold medals. In the New York State primary, Edward Kennedy defeats Jimmy Carter decisively as Ronald Reagan also gains a con- suming victory over his oppo- nents. United States votes with the majority in the United Nations Security Council, to condemn Israel for increasing Jewish set- tlements in the territories occu- pied following the 1967 Mideast War. President Carter acknowledges 15- 28 - April: 5 7 9 14 23 24 28 29 May: 8 17- 18- 24- 28- that the U.S. vote against Israel at the U.N. on March 1 was a mistake. Israel assails U.S. apology, rejecting the resolu- tion itself as repugnant. Ex-president Gerald Ford announces that he will not seek the GOP nomination for Presi- dent in 1980. The former Shah of Iran under- goes surgery in Cairo to remove his enlarged spleen. Hundreds seeking asylum in Peru's embassy in I-Iavanna are told they can leave Cuba if they can obtain visas from their country of destination. President Carter announces restrictions on the entry of Ira- nians into the U.S. in new sanc- tions against Iran for holding American hostages. Israeli forces cross into Leba- non, advancing over five miles and digging in for a long stay. Action called precautionary patrols against P.L.O. activity. Israeli troops withdraw from Lebanon. Hundreds of Cuban exiles begin arriving in Florida aboard a flo- tilla of fishing boats and pleas- ure crafts. An attempted U.S. effort to res- cue hostages in Iran fails, result- ing in the deaths of eight serv- icemen, as mechanical failures caused the mission to be aborted in midstream. During withdrawal, two vehicles col- lided. Cyrus R. Vance announces his resignation as Secretary of State: Vance had refused to back President Carter's decision to attempt a rescue of the 53 American hostages in Iran. President Carter announces the appointment of Senator Edmund S. Muskie of Maine to succeed Vance as Secretary of State. Edmund S. Muskie assumes new post as Secretary of State. Environmental Protection Agency officials say 710 families in the Love Canal area of Niag- ara Falls, New York must be evacuated due to possible toxic effects of chemical wastes dumped there by Hooker Chem- ical Corporation. Fourteen die in riots in Miami, Florida, as black community explodes, fol- lowing acquittal by all-white jury of four white police officers accused of killing a black busi- nessman: two day rampage is worst racial outbreak in 13 years. Mount St. Helens, long dormant volcano in southern Washing- ton, erupts in a violent explo- sion, blanketing much of the Pacific northwest with clouds of volcanic ash and steam. Esti- mates place the death toll near 100. New York Islanders win the Stanley Cup in overtime. Special Prosecutor, Arthur M. 2: o 29 June: 12 20 28 s: as E I .EE .Q .2 4 o 4-7 o .cz D-4 QI Christie, tells Federal panel there is insufficient evidence to indict White House Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan on charges he used cocaine at Man- hattan's Studio 54 discotheque in 1978. Vernon Jordan, head of the National Urban League, is shot and critically wounded outside his motel in Fort Wayne, Indi- ana. Senate approves draft registra- tion, conscription sign up wins final approval in the House on June 25. Carter Administration affirms that majority of the 129,000 Cuban and Italian refugees just arrived in the U.S. will be allowed to remain for at least six months. Operation of Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant in Pennsylvania begin venting of radioactive krypton-85 gas from reactor containment housing.

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President Carter dismisses idea of U.S. apology to Iran in return for the release of the hostages, saying American honor pre- cludes such action. Ronald Reagan and John Anderson debate before national television, in a confron- tation sponsored by the League of Women Voters. President Carter abstains from the debate. Border war between Iran and Iraq heats up, with heavy fight- ing over oil-rich waterways. Cuba ends boatlift which brought over 125,000 refugees to U.S., expelling some 100 U.S. vessels still waiting in Muriel Harbor to pick up refugees. Authorities in Peking say Chi- na's disgraced Gang of Four, including Mao Zedong's widow, Jiang Qing, will be put on trial with six others on charges of Sedition, facing possible death sentence. October: Yankees clinch division title. U.S. signs grain accord with Peking. Philadelphia Phillies, behind the inspired pitching of Tug McGraw, beat the Kansas City Royals in the seventh and deci- sive game of the 1980 World Series. New York Marathon is won by Alberto Salazar. Reagan-Carter debate, later known as the turning point of the election, takes place in Cleveland. November: Jurisdiction over the 52 Ameri- can hostages surrendered to the Iranian government from the militants. Ronald Reagan is elected Presi- dent of the United States in a landslide victory over Jimmy Carter. He promises an era of national renewal. Alfonse D'Amato defeats incumbent Jacob Javitz and opposition Elizabeth Holtzman for State Senator. Soviet Jewish sources report a hunger strike by 139 Soviet Jews in Moscow to protest offi- cial restrictions of Jewish emi- gration. The Yorkshire Ripper commits his 25th successful murder on the streets of London. The curiosity of millions throughout the country is quenched as the hit T.V. show, Dallas, announces that it was Chrissie who shot J.R. Fire strikes MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, taking nearly 100 lives. Sugar Ray Leonard regains WBC welter-weight title in a controversial eighth round TKO of Roberto Duran. December: Howard H. Baker is elected majority leader of the incoming Senate. John Lennon, a major musical and inspirational force of the 1960's, is gunned down and killed outside his New York City apartment. The alleged killer is former mental patient, Marc Chapman. Millions of Lennon's followers mourn world-wide, as funeral services in New York attract hundreds of thousands. Shaun Lennon says, Now daddy is a part of everybody. Alexander M. Haig is named as Ronald Reagan's choice for Sec- retary of State. David Winfield signs lucrative 325,000,000 con- tract to play with the New York Yankees for the next ten years. January: The entire world emits a collec- tive sigh of relief, as Iran and the U.S. announce that an agreement has been reached for the release of the hostages. Ron- ald Reagan is inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States. s,..t..c, 'Y--.1