Lake Central High School - Quiver Yearbook (St. John, IN)

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Russian lake over, Iran Crisis, With US hostages being taken in Iran, and the Russians taking over Afghanistan, the only talk of peace was between Egypt and Israel | Record amounts, as the price of gold takes a tre¬ mendous leep of over 700 dollars an ounce, with the price of gas following suit, the value of the American dollar ontinues to depreciate. midwes Cold Rush v I- Red, yellow, green: Construction has finally begun on the school intersection for a long awaited traffic light to enable better exiting of students and buses after school. School is officially opened, but classes will not be held! This was a well known saying for most stu¬ dents as teachers went on a three week long strike. t events 11

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!hr sler Q r s w|i s,, es Cat % »V.e V‘° o. Vo, ,zf ' Oo Av« V»1 • i v o A-12 THE TIMEX Thurvla) DtrrmbrrZT.1 7 U.S. Blasts Russ Move in Afghani f ' at ' Sofa ? 4,T ' 4 « n ' : Q ta ' .! . turn I n. ,. , . OI J Price VIENNA Au Strike I y 11 I 4 ■ ■. . C V A- r. s ion V r , Mili, a „ ls I t,,, HHV Iron vi‘ f . ' ” » r « ll flK , hufa. — Ifcrt s ». ' ' 4 , £? % Better ojutlook for the United States e jh. IRAN V Vi In keeping with the times, it is seem¬ ingly apparent that the economic condi¬ tions of the United States are not the best. The outlook is simply that the US is running on an empty load. This is made apparent by the fact that the gold standard continuously jumps around, hitting a record high of over 700 dollars an ounce, with silver following suit. Many people begin wishing that they had invested in gold rather than the American dollar. As the value of money continues to depreciate, the price of oil steadily goes up with the OPEC nations using their in¬ fluence to increase the price of experting crude oil. Once we receive oil from over seas there is not much that we can do with it since recently major oil refineries have gone on strike. As they say one strike leads to another, this is true for Chrysler, Iran, SALT, Afghanistan ... Major head¬ lines and stories seem to continuously come about as events turn for the worse, as the US goes through a slight cession. A feeling of joy and peace was abo J as Pope John Paul II makes a US tour speaking to the people about women in Church offices, abortions, and other religious topics in Chicago. most faculty and students at LC, as they incountered a three week long teachers strike many weeks prior. With sky rocketing prices and the shortages of gas, big cars don ' t seem to be selling. Ask an expert, Chrysler. The Chrysler Corporation went in debt, and sought the aid of the government to re¬ lieve them of their money problems. While other car manufacturers slow their productions and continue to lay off em¬ ployees as an answer to their problems. With all of our economic problems at home, this was no avail to the problems over seas. Over 50 American citizens were taken hostage in Iran by radical students after a take over of the US em- bassey. Over 70 days citizens were kept away from their homes, with families suffering through the holiday seasons with their loved ones. As this problem seemed to have a better outlook the So¬ viet Union went in and took over the country of Afghanistan. To many this felt like a time of war. Through a better outlook of events, peace of mind and country was presented by a Papal visit of Pope John Paul II. The Pope made a US tour and visited the city of Chicago bringing about wise words and a feeling of admi¬ ration to the million people, who assem¬ bled to see him give mass in Grant Park. Even though SALT II was postponed, Egypt and Israel began their peace talks in hopes of a better world. (Pictures from The Times, Hammond, and from The Associated Press.)

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Where can this be stored? Tim Kelly, graduate of 1979, discovers little need for the expensive snow thrower purchased before winter. An old fashioned snow scene is brought back with the first awaited snow fall of the decade. Up on the housetop. As we were plagued with the winter of 79, icicles formed from the roofs of many homes. Visions of the past haunt us as a likeness of Frosty has not yet been able to be recreated in the winter of 1900. Invasion from outer space? No, this is the attire used for snowmobiling as modeled by Mr. Wells. 12 Student life