Kimball County High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Kimball, NE)

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Schools' Right to AIDS, The Major Pope Censor Students Threat! Visits The Supreme Court ruled that a Hazelwood, Missouri, high school principal did not violate students’ free-speech rights, by ordering two pages to be delet- ed from the school newspaper. The court gave public school officials new authority to censor student newspapers and other forms of student expression. AIDS, the frightening disease of the 80’s, is still a threat to all. As 1988 opened, the total number of AIDS cases reported nationwide passed the 50,000 mark and is on the rise. Because it’s growing at a rapid rate among heterosexuals, there has been much publicity encouraging the use of condoms for safe U.S. Sex Scandal Haunts Ministry Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart’s sex scandal created an uproar in the religious scene. Swag-gart, who lost his privilege as a televangelist for one year,paid a prostitute to perform sexual acts. Jesse Jackson — Much Support Reverend Jesse Jack-son, presidential candidate in the Democratic primaries, surprised many people by accumulating much support. Early in the primaries, Jackson supporters. predicted his nomination and the election of the first black president of the Unit, ed States. Pope John Paul II visited the United State to discuss Christian Morality” with the citizens of the United States. Organizers had hoped for a one to two million turnout, but were disappointed when only 300,000 people turned out.

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eluded a meeting with members of Pathfinders Irrigation of the Scottsbluff area and a meeting Mary Lynch grade school. Later on that afternoon, she attended an information exchange meeting with local officials which was held at the Holiday Restaurant. Moving right along, after the information Day For a Throughout the day, Governor Kay Orr followed a very busy schedule. She started the day off by Governor Kay Orr Visits Kimball exhange a visit to the Dix middle school followed with agricultural re presentatives. Winding up her tight schedule, a soup supper was held at the Kimball County High School to honor her at the supper. Governor Orr proclaimed Kimball capital for a day and presented a “Celebrate Nebraska ’88” ' meeting she also met with representatives from Waste-Tech Services, Inc. Other events of the day in- by another visit to the West NE Observer Snow Causes Much Distress For many Kimball County residents, it was a long, cold, and snowy winter. The first storm struck the • area just two days before Christmas day which made it really tough for many people to carry on with their holiday plans. Shortly after being struck by that storm, another arrived just a few days later. This storm turned out to be the first blizzard of the 87-88 winter. It was reported that 16 1 2 inches of snow fell. All roads and highways going out of Kimball were closed for at least a couple of hours. Not even a month later, the snow were to fall again around the region. Two feet of blowing and drifting snow was dumped over the Kimball area which caused many of the local businesses to shut their doors. Kimball County civil defense director, Dan Jensen, claimed that this was the first storm that he had to get permission from county and city officials to close everything down. After the snow had finally melted, much to everyone’s surprise, Kimball was hit by another winter storm. For the second time this winter, life in the town of Kimball was brought to a standstill. This time, total snowfall was only about a foot, but ferocious winds up to 60 mph drifted the snow. Throughout the winter storms, it was reported that Kimball has totaled 60.8 inches of snow this season compared to an average total of 27.8 inches. 17

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Media What You Should Know About Heart Attacks Aspirin Reduce Heart Attacks Studies show aspirin, commonly taken for the common cold, now reduces the of heart attacks when taken every other day. However, those who have high blood pressure are at risk for an aspirin may encourage a heart attack. Stamp Rates Rise Americans now have to pay a quarter to mail a first-class letter. It began April 3; this is estimated to add approximately $10 per year to the average family’s mailing bill. Good News on Wrinkles Retin-A, a prescribed acne medicine, has also been found to reduce wrinkles, erase spots, and give a rosy glow. However, the results are sometimes accompanied by a side effect—occasionally severe patches of redness and peeling on the treated skin occur. Disturbances in Persian Gulf The presence of the United States in the Persian Gulf stirred up quite a disturbance. With the tension building for almost a year, a U.S. ship hit an Iranian mine in the Gulf. The United States then took action against Iran; casualties included two deaths and two damaged ships. Pictured to the right is Gary Hart annoucing his withdrawal from the democratic primaries for the final time. All other pictures are covers of national news magazines depicting major news stories. Ben Jensen Hart Loses Support Democratic presidential nominee Gary Hart lost much of his support when allegations concerning his relationship with Donna Rice emerged. It was alleged that Hart committed adultery and, therefore, lost most of his supporters. He dropped out of the Democratic primary race only to re-enter several months later. Before the allegation, many felt he would be the next Democratic candidate for president.