Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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a sleeper becomes year ' s biggest hit The film The Elephant Man was not taken from the : Broadway play of the same : name, which was primarily : fiction. It claimed to be the ; true account of John Merrick i who was hideously deformed I and resigned to life as a circus I freak until rescued by a London surgeon. John Hurt, in the role of Merrick, at first presented a horrifying character, but as the film continued. Hurt exposed the tortured man beneath the make up. The horror was a I little bit overdone, but with the effect of black and white photography, the film captured the dark underside of a society that used its freaks as entertainment. It ridiculed an exploited them, rather than treating them as y human beings. the economy in deeper trouble Inflation, which used to be a rare problem, became a chronic one. Week after week, interest rates cracked new recrods. Homeowners faced 17% mortgages, companies confronted 20% business loans and energy became so costly that it was difficult to keep the nation going. The output of goods per hour worked dropped .9%. The income of American families did not increase and inflation continued to rise. Since inflation is an excess of demand over supply, a balance between the two would theoretically lower inflation. The answer seemed simple. The problem was to find ways to increase the supply. it cost a lot but would it fly Hail Columbia, officially called a Space Transportation System, and known as the space shuttle for short. The Columbia, the most powerful and complicated craft ever put together by NASA, was designed to be able to go into space and come back to Earth intact, unlike previous spacecrafts. The space shuttle system could help to find mineral resources on Earth, contribute substantially to the domestic economy, survey the oceans, keep track of weather patterns, and help bring solar energy down to Earth. Because of complications the project was two years behind schedule and $3.6 billion over budget, but everyone ' s hopes for the shuttle ' s future were very high. Space shuttle Columbia k car Chrysler hope Chrysler ' s fight with bankruptcy was temporarily alleviated by $155 billion in government loans, but they were still in serious trouble. Their hope for survival was the new K car. There were two models in the K car plan, the Dodge Aries and the Plymouth Reliant. They were front wheel drive compacts and Chairman Lee lacocca called them the American way to beat the pump in his sales pitch. The K cars were expected to support 50% of Chrysler ' s total sales for the year, but there were several other new models planned, lacocca predicted a profit for the company in the fourth quarter, but the company was likely to lose more than $1 billion Show and tell at the white house images 23

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Saturn from Voyager I a spectacular visit to a neighbor The planning and construction of the Voyager I spacecraft began years earlier, but finally the world awakened to a new vision of Saturn. Commanded only by its own computers. Voyager I soared past Titan, one of Saturn ' s moons and apparently the only moon in the solar system with an atmosphere. The spacecraft came within 2,500 miles of Titan and gathered more speed under the pull of Saturn ' s gravity. It plunged downward towards the outer edge of Saturn ' s rings, discovering their incredible complexity. The Voyager carried out its maneuvers with astonshing precision and with the help of its instruments and cameras, the world saw a detailed picture of one of the most beautiful places in our solar system. Afterward, the Voyager I ' s path led it out of the solar system towards a distant star that it will never be able to reach. the anderson difference When John Anderson began his independent race for the presidency in April 1980, his campaign was more than a pipe dream. The public opinion polls showed that a lot of people were unhappy with the prospective nominations of Carter and Reagan. They indicated as well that a lot of people were eager for a third choice. Many of the voters who supported Anderson did so as an alternative to either Carter or Reagan. Though Anderson was favored by nearly 25% of the voters, he reached a point where he could rise no higher in the polls unless he seemed to have a chance of winning. Unfortunately, he could not appear to have that chance until his popularity rose. He Timothy Hutton os Conroe a far from ordinary film At the opening of Ordinary People , a soberly paced film, a father and mother were treading carefully around their son, full of false cheer and barely suppressed anxiety. The boy was trying to return to the normal life which had been broken off by the death of his brother in a boating accident. The son felt responsible for the accident and had been placed in a mental hospital. The story was his attempt to return to the life he had before the accident. The film sounded, to many, like another effort to make psychiatry more popular. The power of Ordinary People was in the way it observed behavior with subtle details. John Anderson could not gain more support, and eventually went down in the polls. Though he lost the election, there was no doubt that his campaign had influenced the outcome. 22 images

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24 style Styles and fads change throughout the years. They come and go constantly. The classic preppie look was around this year. Sweaters over turtle necks and pinned kilt skirts were just part of the preppie look. Designer jeans and spike heels were also popular. Hairstyles also change year to year. One, the punk hairstyle, was somewhat like a wiffle and usually very short. Long hair made a come back along with all kinds of braids. Gold chains were a popular accessory. One or many chains were worn over all sorts of clothing. The price of gold, however, was outrageous. Other popular accessories this year were feather earrings and ceramic pins. Style once again proved to be a major influence in high school life. There were some new styies and some old. All of them combined helped to mnkfi tho vonr uninue.