Laurel High School - Laurels Yearbook (Laurel, MT)

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QJou ain’t seen noting yet On November 6, 1984, President Ronald Reagan was re-elected for a second term in office. Even though there was an attempted assisination on the President during his first term, it didn’t stop him from running for a second time in office. Reagan, the most popular President since Franklin D. Roosevelt, ended his victory speech with his famous saying, You ain’t seen nothing yet.” Reagan won the election by a landslide, losing only to the District of Columbia and is running-mate Mondale’s homestate, Minnesota. The majority of the election votes were taken by Reagan’s 525 to Mondale’s 13. This election proved to be historical in many aspects. Not only was Reagan, at 73, the oldest President to be elected into office, he also received the largest percentage of votes against his running-mate. The President promised to accomplish many goals during his second term. These include: lowering inflation, cutting government spending, and strengthing military forces. As Ronald Reagan presides as President, we hope he carries out his saying, You ain’t seen nothing yet.” (Jieui u Wi enMes Throughout the school year there were many exciting events taking place all over the United States. These events ranged from entering space to baby baboon heart transplants. First, a mission was made possible when the crew of the shuttle Discovery retreived two lost satellites. This was estimated as $70 million of reusable space junk. Second, the doctors pioneered into some exciting but maybe fatal transplants. William Shcroeder, the second person to receive a permanent artificial heart, is still alive and progressing steadily. Another possible fatal transplant was that of Baby Fae. This infant was bom with a fatal cardiac defect which caused a heart transplant to be the only hope. After living for twelve days with her own heart, the surgeons replaced Baby Fae’s defective heart with a seven-month old female baboon’s heart. After going through the trauma of a major surgery, Baby Fae died from kidney failure twenty days after the transplant. Even though there were many technilogical advances in 1985, there are still many more to come. F.np.nte In 7 QRFt FvpntsI 7 QRF Events In 1985 10 Life

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Caisine )fTi CO GREG CARSTENS, BILL ROSSELOT, DAN BLOM, Donn Manweiler, and Kendall Joki talk about their upcoming weekend while Cindy Schneider passes by. TOP: COFFEE, TEA, OR ME?” requests Paulette Halvorson. Bottom: Paula Gilchrist jokes around as she punches lunch tickets. Life 9

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1. This is downtown Laurel which originated in 1906. 2- The Cenex Refinery is known to be the second largest in the State of Montana. 3- This bridge, built across the Yellowstone river, signifies the railroad which began Laurel’s heritage. Aidustoy Sfxwfcs yWef Laurel, the largest town in Montana that is not a county seat originated in 1906. Laurel is said to owe its birth to the railroad whose yards are the largest between St. Paul and Seattle and have facilities to handle approximately six thousand cars daily. Laurel is the home of the second largest oil refinery in the state. A large amount of people in nine states are served by the refinery through 850 locally owned cooperatives. In the early days, Laurel’s homes were log cabins with dirt roofs and pine floors and occassional ly decorated with cheap rugs. Rarely were the walls plastered or covered with old newspapers, but most cabin walls were just bare log surfaces. As one can see Laurel has come a long way since the past and will continue to grow throughout the years. Life 11