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Assassination Attempts Shock World by Trey Yet again, television screens burned with the sickening imagery of assas- sination. — Peter Goldman. Newsweek. March 30. 1981: A smiling Ronald Reagan emerged from the VIP entrance to the Washington Hilton Hotel, where he had just given a speech in front of 3.500 AFL-CIO union delegates, into a misty rain. As he walked to his nearby limousine. Reagan waved to a small crowd of reporters and onlookers gathered at the curb. On the edge of the crowd, unnoticed. John Hinckley whipped out a Satur- day night special, took careful aim. and opened fire on the president. Within two seconds. Hinckley fired six shots, emptying his gun. Four bullets found targets. One pierced Reagan's body, traveled several inches down his side, bounced off a rib. punctured his left lung, and came to rest three inches from his heart. Head of White House Secret Service. Jerry Parr, reached forward, grabbed, and slammed the stunned and wounded president onto the floor of his waiting limousine. Reagan’s limousine screeched away to George Washington Uni- versity Hospital leaving three bodies lying on the ground. Press secretary James Brady was face down, blood trickling from his head into a steel grating. Policeman Thomas Dclahanty lay on the ground moaning in agony, a bullet in his neck. Secret Service agent Timmolhy McCarthy lay silent, a limp bundle on the pavement. Hinckley was tackled by a burly union representative. Alfred Antonucci. before being burned under police, hotel security guards, and Secret Service men. Several minutes of struggling ensued. Finally, the officers managed to handcuff Hinckley, who was whisked off to police headquarters. Twelve blocks away, the presidential limousine screamed into the emergen- cy entrance of George Washington University Hospital. Reagan got out. and walked fifteen yards to the emergency room, two Secret Service agents hovering close by. He then staggered and was grabbed by the agents who carried him — faint but still conscious — to the code room” where the worst McDuffie emergency cases arc treated. Another ambulance wailed up to the emergency room and Brady was wheeled into the room next to Reagan. A few seconds later, a third ambulance pulled up with McCarthy, who had stepped into the line of fire, perhaps saving Reagan's life. Dclahanty was taken to the hospital’s critical-care tower. May 13, 1981: Again a cheering crowd, a smiling leader, a hand thrust out of the throng, holding a gun. It has become a dark and dreadful ritual of modern times. A cheer went up from the 10.000 pilgrims and tourists gathered outside the Vatican. The open “Popemobilc” slowly circled through them, shouts of “Viva il Papa! following it. John Paul kissed a curly headed child and stretched out his hand to a woman in white. Four shots rang out. John Paul sank to the floor of the jeep, wounded in the lower abdomen, the right forearm, and the index finger of his left hand. Guards formed a shield around the Popemobilc and meed along with it as it picked up speed, heading toward the Pope's private ambulance which was standing by as always. John Paul was quickly lifted inside. Ten minutes after he was shot, the Pontiff was whisked off to Rome's best equipped and most modem hospital, Policlinico Genelli. During the fifteen minute trip. John Paul never lost consciousness although obviously in great pain. He later told aides that he had forgiven his assailant within minutes of the shooting. In St. Peter's Square, confusion reigned. The Pope's assailant. Mehmct Ali Agca. tried to flee. Before he got far, bystanders grabbed him and held him until police took over. The officers marched Agca off to the Questura, central headquarters for Rome's police, for questioning. The pilgrims and tourists in the square milled about stunned, many of them weeping. Finally, a voice broken with emotion announced over the public address system. The Holy Father has been wounded. Please pray for him. Innovation. That seems to have the key word in the music industry as the recession made its impact on record sales. In the United States record companies only took chances with already established groups, thus we saw few new bands. But the record buyers wanted new sounds and turned to the United Kingdom for innovation. The new sound many people were looking for came in the post-punk invasion from the U.K.. similar to the invasion of the early 60's. Groups such as Adam and the Ants (Kings of the Wild Frontier), U-2 (Boy and October) and Ultravox (Vienna)answered the cry fora new. original style of music. Still, there were many fans satisfied with already established super- groups and their already popular sound. The Rolling Stones put out a blockbuster concert tour promoting their equally successful album. Tatto You. The J. Gcils Band released their most successful album to date. Freeze Frame, which was highlighted the hit song. Centerfold . Heavy Metal remained strong with Black Sabbath (The Mob Rules), ZZ Top (El Loco) and AC DC (For Those About to Rock) all performing before sold out stadiums for their popular albums. In other music miscellany the Police pulled off another hit album and concert tour. Rhythm and blues and soul took to the radio in a new form — rapping. Such groups as the Sugar Hill Gang ( Rappers' Delight ) capitalized on record sales. It was a big year for all kinds of music, the recession was a blessing in disguise for only the best music was offered to the public. • YOYGCR (IT SATURI) by Staroo KdwuUi Five years ago. the first of the Voyager spacecrafts was launched from Earth on a mission to explore the mysteries of the solar system, it was followed by Voyager 2 less than a month later. Since then, they have made many fascinating discoveries. For instance, in March. 1979. they discovered that Jupiter has a complex, storm-tossed atmosphere and a thin ring around it. In November. 1980. Voyager I came close enough to Saturn to begin revealing unexpected information about its ring structure and moons. Photographs of Saturn's rings revealed new information to scientists back on Earth. For example, one picture confirmed sightings of a ring close to the surface of the planet. Another picture revealed that the Cassini Division, originally thought to be a clear zone between two outer rings, actually contains at least three dozen ringlets. The satellite also discovered curious spokes that radiate along the third major ring from the surface. Project scientists cannot yet explain these spokes; one theory is that they may be fine particles lifted out of the ring plane by electrostatic forces. Voyager I also made many discoveries about Saturn's moons. It is now believed that Satum has 16 moons. Voyager 1 discovered two small shepherd moons that hold one of Saturn’s thin outer rings together. A photograph of another moon. Mimas, showed a large crater probably created by a collision that nearly blew it apart. Another moon. Iapetus, has one hemisphere that is five times brighter than the other. The cause for this phenomenon is still unknown. Although these discoveries by Voyager 1 have raised many puzzling questions about Satum, they have also presented many new facts. The Voyager project is just the first step in man’s exploration of space. Perhaps in the future these questions will be answered when the final step of manned space exploration is taken. Magazine 283

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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

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