Linwood High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Linwood, KS)

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LOCAL AND WORLD EVENTS OF 1986 This has been a big year for the nation. At the beginning of the year the big issue was the Chal- lenger crash on January 28, 1986. All seven of the passengers, includ- ing the first teacher in space, were killed in the explosion. The passen- gers on board were Ronald McNair, Gregory Jarvis, Judith Resnik, Ellison Onizuka, Micheal Smith (driver), Francis Scobee, and Christa McAuliffe (teacher). The cause that was discovered later was the o-rings in the right solid rocket booster. The company who made the solid rocket boosters was Mor- ton Thikol. In February the nation had an- other shock. Tylenol, sold by John- son Johnson, was poisoned with cyanide again, like the 1982 scare in Chicago. This time the victim was Ms. Diane Elsroth, of Pennsylva- nia. All throughout the year people were confronted with a bad drug problem. Crack, a purer, more pow- erful, and more addictive form of cocaine, invaded the United States. This drug can be made from simple household ingredients, such as baking soda and bleach. The drug, though very powerful and addict- ing, runs through the system so fast that an addict needs a hit every 10 minutes. The government has started drug programs and is trying to encourage that it be mandatory for everyone to take a drug test. This has become a very controver- sial subject to many people. Most people are not as scared of crack as they are of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). In the past year it has accelerated from a little known disease to a wide spread epidemic. The largest prob- lem with this disease is that it can't be cured. On a foreign note, in Kiev (Ukraine), Russia, the city's nuclear power plant had a meltdown, in which some of the town's inhabi- tants died and others contracted ra- diation sickness. The power plant in Chernobyl was an older, more out-dated version of what the Unit- ed States owns, so there is very lit- tle chance of it ever happening here. Also in the international picture, a new dictator rose into power in Lybia. Mohmmar Kaddafi was his name and causing trouble with the rest of the world was his game. One of the problems he caused was ex- tending Lybia's three miles of terri- torial waters to twenty and labeling it the Line of Death . He then warned that any ships crossing this line would be considered hostile and be taken care of. A bit nearer to home, a political upset in the Philippines brought Ferdinand Marcos out of the presi- dential seat and Corozon Aquino the new president. Ex-president Marcos and his wife, Amelda, were banished from the Philippines and took safety on the Hawaiian Is- lands. Back on the home front, to fur- ther the battle between Coca-Cola, the number one soft drink com- pany, and Pepsi, the second leading soft drink company, goes on. How- ever, Pepsi has made the race even a tougher one by buying the third leading soft drink company, 7-Up. The Statue of Liberty began an- other year of rebuilding, super- vised by Lee Iacocca. What made this year special was the fact that it was the statue's one hundredth birthday. It's birthday celebration was held on the fourth of July, even though it's actual birthday was Oc- tober 28. More people are buying, renting, and using video tapes each day. Be- cause of this, the movie industry is losing money. A lot of people are content to wait for the hot new movie to come out on tape, rent it for a couple of dollars, take it home and tape it, and watch it at their convenience. This had led to pirat- ing , copying a popular movie many times and selling it at a very low price. This has, in turn, led to masking , manufacturing the tape so that it will not record on another tape. The 1986 World Exposition was held in Vancover, Canada. The theme was World in Motion- World in Touch . Opening the Expo this year were Prince Charles and Lady Diane. Most Americans resorted to taking their vacations to the World Expo to avoid terrorism.

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FADS AT LINWOOD HIGH Are you ready to boogie ladies? : Dean- na Franklin and Stefanie McKinney. Guys the light is not that bright. : Darrell and Derek McCollum. Come on baby, swing them hips! : Terri Budim- lija. If it isn't the bopsie twins! : Pam Johnson and Dawn Hylton. Posing for Mademoiselle', ladies? : Dava Aren't we sexy today Kari Carlton and Kim Kilburn. Williams 22 Activities

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