McNeese State University - Log Yearbook (Lake Charles, LA)

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A BARGE BEARING 3,128 tons of garbage became a national joke and a symbol of the worsening problem of solid waste manage- ment. The barge, look- ing for a place to dump its cargo, was banned by six states and three foreign countries be- fore an incinerator re- duced it to ash. MARINE LT. COL. Oliver L. North was a key official in the plan to finance anti-government rebels in Nicaragua with money from arms sales to Iran. CHIP MCCLURE gratefully holds his 19-month old daughter Jessica shortly after she was rescued from an abandoned well into which she had fallen; the youngster recovered well after being trapped for more than 58 hours. 78 Current Events )

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IN THE LAST six years, Aids has killed nearly 25,000 Ameri- cans, millions of dollars have poured into med- ical research and President Reagan has proclaimed the plague Se a RS RE SE RS TS “Public Health ‘i enemy No. 1.’ ie “BLESSEO ARE Ptycy PERSE- Fo . SHALL. INHEREo se KINGDOM OF aoD THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE in San Francisco celebrated its 50th birthday. ‘About 250,000 people jammed onto the bridge for an anniversary walk across the span. kao Mtge SO ect teca op THE SENATE REJECTED President Reagan's Supreme Court nomination of Robert H. Bork ' by a 58-42 vote, ending a long contentious ' debate over a judge portrayed as both a bril- liant jurist and a dangerous extremist. ) Current Events 79