Logan High School - Amphion Yearbook (Logan, UT)

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Current Events Tragedies One of the major tragedies was the wreck of Air Florida's Flight 90 to Tempo. The cotostrophe happened in Washington DC. There were 70 passengers aboard. The plane slammed into a crowded bridge, smoshed five cars and a truck, and then skidded into the frozen Potomoc River. Commuters watched os the plane sunk. The most heroic act performed wos by one of the passengers, o bolding mon in his early 50's. Each time the rescue ring wos lowered, he would give it to another person. When the helicopter wos finally reody to pick him up, he hod disappeared beneath the ice. Seventy-eight people died, including four motorists. One possible couse wos ice on the wings, which would ocr os o drag on the plane. Another big wreckage wos coused when the wolkwoy of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel collapsed. One hundred ond eleven people were killed. The big question wos how o year old structure could foil so enormously. Investigators soid it might take o year before they knew the cause. One of fhe mony oirplone crashes of 1962 occurred or Bosron Horbor Another big crash wos that of Air Florida Flight 90 The Royol Couple. Prince Charles ond Lody Dionno The Royal Wedding On July 29. 1981, 750 million people viewed perhaps the most exclusive wedding of our time. The wedding, known os the ’Royol Wedding, wos that of Prince Charles ond Lody Dionno Spencer. The wedding ond its pageantry gave Britain on opportunity to reaffirm the heritage that once mode it fhe most powerful country on earth. The money to support the Royol fomily comes largely from taxpayers. It costs 4 million o year just to maintain fhe royol yocht on which Prince Charles ond his bride spent their honeymoon. Thousands of souvenir peddlers fried to cosh in on fhe excitement surrounding fhe Royol Wedding. Among these wos o mug of the foce of Prince Charles. The handle wos in fhe shape of one of his prominent ears. Soon after the wedding come the announcement that o new prince or princess would be arriving sometime that summer. Millions of people worldwide owoited the arrival of the new monarch. 28 Curent Events

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Skiers con be seen on slopes everywhere with Wolkmons con be worn while jogging, os shown by Sony Wolkmons on. Mori no Toombs. Proving his mocho imoge. Som Folk could never be wit hour Ns music. Puzzling Effects Frustration, pulling of the hoir, ond lock of food ond rest ore some of the effects people get from the Rubik's Cube. This three-inch ogglomerorion of 26 squares in six brilliant colors has occupied many busy hands. The Rubik's Cube is o six-sided puzzle found olmost everywhere one looks. Erno Rubik invented the Rubik's Cube. The very first cube was mode crudely our of wood ond wos thought to be o masterpiece. A more polished cube wos soon pur on the marker. At first o cube cost about three dollars. Rubik first used his cube os o gome, o teaching oid, ond o sport, but it soon become o work of ort. Several books hove been published telling how to solve the cube, including You Con Do The Cube. Since then, many people hove learned the secret. Cubes hove been solved by hammers, steam-rollers, ond cor smashing machines. The most pupulor woy to solve the cube is to disassemble ond rebuild it. Fods 27

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Brigodier Generol Jomes Dozier Kidnappings A kidnapping is not always something that happens in another state or country. Four year old Donny Dovis was shopping in o supermarket in Salt Lake City with his grandfather when he disappeared one day. The police did on intensive search for him, bur he is yet to be found. Probably the most talked about kidnapping was that of U.S. Brig. General James Dozier. He was abducted by Italian terrorists, the Red Brigades, and held hostage for 42 days. Never before hod the Red Brigades abducted a non-Italian. The last time Italy's police rescued a kidnap victim olive was in 1975. The search included 6,000 Italian lawmen with help from American ond European anti-terrorists experts. They had the cover of a construction crew with a noisy bulldozer. There were 80 undercover policemen who guarded the streets. A ten-member rescue team came carrying M-12 light submachine guns. One blocked on exit, ond the rest sprinted up the twenty steps and overtook the terrorists who were holding Dozier hostage. The first request Dozier had was for a shave ond o crew cut. The only physical injuries he suffered were a bruise under his left eye, ond he lost 12 pounds. Assassinations ond attempts Anwar Sodat loved the pageantry of a military parade. He was certain of his troops loyalty. On October 6, 1981, the eighth anniversary of his surprise attack on Israel, a junior lieutenant stepped from a truck and walked toward him. Sadat rose, expecting o solute, instead, he tossed a grenade. Then a group of accomplices jumped from the truck, flinging grenades ond firing sub-machine guns. Sodot fell along with many others. Eyewitnesses saw only Sadat's personal bodyguards shoot bock at the attackers. But no armed guard stood between the assassins ond Sadat Sadat was rushed by helicopter nine miles to o Maodi military hospital. He had been struck five times by bullets ond shrapnel. A team of eleven doctors stood by. They could find no trace of pulse. There were no reflexes. He was pronounced deod. The assassination left the world without one of the few leaders whose personal couroge seemed to hove helped history. You con count on me. Sodot told Reagan lost August. Thus, the subject of Middle East peoce faced o great loss ond America was especially shoken up. Sadat's successor, Hoshni Mubarak, pledged that Egypt would proceed down the track Sodot had cleared. We ore going to respect our word, the peace treaty ond normalization, he said. Egypt has hopes of a great future. Other attempted assassinations left the world in turmoil. Fortunately, they were only attempts. In the late spring of 1981, John W. Hinckley stepped from a crowd ond shot at President Reogan. Reagan was hit ond under went surgery and recovered. Also, on attempt wos mode on the Pope's life. Agoin as in Reagan's cose, he survived the ordeol. Although World leaders attain fame ond glory, the risks they take ore often extremely great. After surviving on attempted assassination. President Ron old Reagan speaks to the nation Current Events 29