King High School - Clarion Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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1981: THE YEAR THAT WAS by Ttcy McDuffie 1981 began with the inauguration of Ronald Reagan as the fortieth president of the United Stales and the release of the American hostages in Iran. It was a year of big headlines, comebacks, surprises, unrest, and tragedy. The events of 1981 will not be soon forgotten. Space flight resumed as the space shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Kennedy and became the first reusable space craft in history. Further out, Voyger H transmitted incredible pictures of Saturn, its moons, and its rings back to NASA's Houston center before heading toward Uranus, Neptune, and galaxies unknown. Bullets marred the lives of President Reagan. Press Secretary James Brady, and Pope John Paul II and ended the life of Anwhar cl-Sadat as global violence continued to mount. American Brigader General James L. Dozier became the first person kidnapped by Italy's Red Brigade to be found. It was a storybook ceremony for England's Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer as they were married in what was deemed the wedding of the century. A spree of mass child murders ended when officials arrested and charged Wayne Williams with two of the 29 murders of Atlanta's black children. The Rolling Stones crossed the Atlantic for their first American tour in three years. Christopher Cross won five Grammy awards olT of his first album. Christopher Cross. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkcl reunited for a free concert in New York's Central Park. There were tears of joy in the eyes of Carol Burnett as she walked victorously from the courtroom where her libel suit against the National Enquirer had been tried. Burnett was awarded 1.6 billion dollars for damage done by a 1976 Enquirer story which reported that she had behaved drunkcnly in a public restaurant. Billy Jean King came out of the closet with a lesbian affair she had with her secretary in the early seventies at a resulting palimony trial. Elizabeth Taylor made a remarkable comeback as she made her Amer- ican theater and Broadway stage debut in a revival of Lillian Hclmcn’s The Little Foxes. Her performance was critically acclaimed and Taylor separated from her sixth husband. Virginia Senator John Warner. Hill Street Blues was experiencing a mild popularity when it was awarded an unprecedented eight Emmys after only its first season. The most trusted man in America. Waller Cronkitc, retired from his televi- sion journalism career which spaned three decades, the last nineteen years of which he had been anchorman of the CBS Evening New s. After a 26 year run from 8:00 am to 9:00 am, CBS moved Captain Kangaroo up to 6:00 am with one-half less of air-time in order to expand its sagging morning news. Following in the footsteps of 106 predecessors. Sandra Day O'Connor became the first woman in history appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Ordinary People, named the year's best picture, won best director for Robert Redford and best supporting actor for Timmothy Hutton. Robert DeNero (Raging Bull) and Sissy Spacissk (Coal Miner's Daughter) were named best actor and actress. Hard times fell in Poland as workers struck throughout the country against government actions. The skies were less conjestcd during the first weeks of the air traffic controllers strike for belter working condi- tions and pay. The baseball season halted as players walked out on strike for the right to be free agents. Stilled life (notable deaths among famous persons): General Omar Bradley (last U.S. five star general), Moshc Dayan. Mclvyn Douglas. Bill Haley. William Holden. George Jcsscl. Joe Louis. Allen Ludden. Bob Marley. Robert Montgomery. Lowell Thomas, and Natalie Wood. initMSioni by Jetty Miibel A rocket propelled spaceship speeds over the barren landscape, dc- malcrializing hoards of alien menaces with a multitude of colored lasers. A scenario in a distant planet's atmosphere? No. the vicwscrccn of one of the many Defender videogames found in arcades across the nation. Fora mere quarter, a player can turn into a hero protecting the planet from outer-space invaders. Technology has produced a battalion of video games, each one more sophisticated than the last. In 1979 Space Invaders became immcnsly popular, the beginning of the video blitz. It would soon be replaced by Asteroids which challenged players with spaceships and asteroids. Since then so many new games have become so popular that the primitive Space Invaders is no longer produced. As video machines pop everywhere, players pump more quarters into this new national pastime. Among the favorites arc Defender. Missile Command. Centipede. Tempest, and an original game. Pac-Man. Instead of the typical outer-space destruction concept, a happy, yellow Pac-Man scuttles about a maze gulping little dots while avoiding goblins. In a single evening it is not difficult to spend five dollars in an arcade. Addiction is a common disease among arcade goers as the desire to master a game often empties these luckless souls' pockets. It could take anywhere from twenty to forty dollars to become a champion at any one game. A video habit usually leads to sore wrists and fingers. Yet is it not nice to know that if the world was attacked by aliens we would have an army of video game players to defend us. AT THE MOVIES by Trty McDuffie Again Hollywood reeled out miles of terminally ill film footage. The critics wasted no time in pointing this out either. They repeatedly at- tacked movies for bad acting, bad directing, bad casting, and bad writing. Critical casualties included Under the Rainbow, The Ix'gcnd of the Lone Ranger, and Cannonball Run. The critics’ major complaint, however, was movies were no longer being made for adults, but instead were being aimed at teenage and juvenile audiences despite their PG and R ratings. Endless Love, Escape From New York, Neighbors, and Time Bandits proved the critics true. 1981 also saw a return to well-made serious movies. Warren Beaty's long awaited Reds, the Hepbum-Fonda paring of On Golden Pond, and the touching story of The Elephant Man were the year's heavyweight dramas. Chariots of Fire, Cutter's Way. The Last Metro. Prince of the City, and Atlantic City also helped to re-establish a market for good drama and box office receipts confirmed American’s were ready for more. The developing trend of reviving old heroes for new movies continued last year. However the previous big screen drawing power of Tarzan. Zorro. and the Lone Ranger could not help Tarzan the Ape Man, Zorro, the Gay Blade, or The Legend of the Lone Ranger: each died of self cnfticlcd wounds. The only successfully revived hero was Superman. Superman II was more successful at the box office and with critics than its 1978 predecessor. The year's blockbuster was Raiders of the Lost Ark. The 40‘s style movie has something for everyone: a rugged hero, sinister villians. action, romance, suspense, danger, and science fiction. Raiders is pure escapism at its best and it drew record crowds for months. 282 Magazine