Mayfair High School - Tradewinds Yearbook (Lakewood, CA)

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A Political Year That Should Not Se Forgotten The year's national and international hap- penings were very spread out. Politicians and politics, presidential aides and financial aids, welfare and untimely farewells played a part in forming the year's news. You name it and it probably happened in the political arena. Ponald Peagan became famous and infamous for his budget slashings and war-building antics. l-le helped support the unstable El Salvador govern- ment, which made him a hero and a goat in the eyes of America. l-lis conservativism seemed to sweep through the nation, help- ing businesses and putting the weight of once federally-supported programs on the shoulders of the states. This was referred to as New Federalism. Whether he was liked or not, the President made the head- lines constantly. On the international scene, tragedy seemed to overcome the news. During a military parade in Egypt, a group of lVluslim fundamentalists posing as soldiers jumped 1 'l. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat watches the Yom Kippur parade seconds before his senseless assassination. E. Leader of the Solidarity Union, Lech Wale- sa, gives a speech in front of his fellow union members. 'l 55 - Off the Well: Political from a militia truck and ran towards the Presidential box, spraying it with bullets. When the smoke cleared, there were SS wounded and five dead, including President Anwar Sadat. Shock was the mildest term used for this senseless murder. On the dark- est side of human nature was the mad President of Libya, lVluammar Gaddafi. l-le was actually glad to see Sadat killed. Although most of the news from his coun- try, if not all of it, was bad, it was still news. When things stated looking good for Lech Walesa and his labor union, solidarity, they took a 'ISO degree turnabout. General Woj- ciach .Jaruzelski decided to put his foot down, also known as IVlartial Law. These are a few examples of martial law: no free- dom of the press, no public gatherings, in- cluding strikes, sports,and artistic events, mail, telephone calls, and other forms of communication are subject to censorship, and there is no private sale of gasoline. Even though the Poles are suppressed, there is 'Ir E i- 7' D U1 D U O I u

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oliuisfe. always a hope for freedom. Another event that put the LJ. S. back into the space race was the launching of the space shuttle, Colombia. The world saw the first reusable spaceship launch from a ver- tical position. The ship then went into space for BC orbits and landed at Edwards Air Force Base in he Nlojave Desert. Coming down, it looked like a regular oversized plane. The shuttle, like the Apollo program, should bring in new technology and a new challenge to seek out the final frontier. There were also some other news items which caught world's attention. The death of lsraeli Foreign lvlinister lvloshe Dayan stunned israel. We saw Europe strike out against the storing of American and Flussian nuclear weapons. In ltaly, American General .James Dozier was kidnapped and held by the Red Brigade, a strong underground power. After weeks of nervous waiting Italian police found the General. These were some of the bigger happenings on the international scene. '1. European countries were protesting against LJ. S. and Russia for storing nuclear weapons in Europe. E. AtIanta's convicted child slayer. Wayne Wil- llams gets taken away from the court house via police car. Cn the American scene, things in the news ranged from women gaining and losing ground to the economy going for a roller- coaster ride. While Sandra Day C'Connor was showing women can get into high places, namely the Supreme Court, the EFRA fell on its face due to the lack of state rati- fication of the amendment. When buying a car, it seemed as though Ford and Chrysler couIdn't give us enough money in rebates. Even with the rebates and a free mainte- nance plans the auto industry still faced mass lay-offs and indefinite plant closings. These lay-offs came at a time of extremely high unemployment and cost of living rates. These political events were just a few of the more important things that happened in '81 and 82. Political: Off the Wall - 'I 59