Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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1. Unemployment was at record levels throughout the year as the effects of Reaganomics hit throughout the country. 2. The MX missle debate was an issue filled with much controversy. Workers assemble one of the land based missiles at a plant in Wilmington, Massachusetts. 3. Consumers in Massachusetts found themselves adapting to higher soft drink and beer prices as well as returnable bottles and cans as the Bottle Bill took effect. 4. War in the Falkland Islands was filled with odd juxtapositions. It was regarded as a “joke” but over nine- hundred soldiers died. Here, British soldiers smile as one of their ships sink in the background. 5. The world was saddened and shocked by the sudde n death of former actress and Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly, in a tragic automobile accident. 6 . John DeLorean’s multi-million dollar sports car franchise crumbled as Mr. DeLorean was arrested for dealing in cocaine. Images 23

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1. Henry Fonda, star of “On Golden Pond,” “My Darling Clementine” and other fabulous movies, died at the age of 77. 2. Music television, or MTV, was the latest rage in television. Cable viewers were able to watch their favorite performers in concert or performing “video shorts.” 3. The world found out about a new Soviet premier, Yuri Andropov, almost before it knew the old one had died. After a long rule over Russia, Leonid Brezhnev was laid to rest in Moscow. 4. “The royal couple,” Prince Charles and Princess Diana, was blessed with a new heir to the British throne. He was christened Prince William. 5. The Who’s Roger Daltrey led the band on a farewell North American tour which started in New Jersey and ended in Toronto. 6 . Bloodshed and violence was typical of the year in Northern Ireland. In once incident the Irish Republican Army (IRA) bombed Belfast, killing nine soldiers and seven horses. 24 Images Images ’83