Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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News Makers In the 1986-87 school year, scandals dominated the news, dranscam’ and television evangelists were in the news. In addition, elections, locally and nationally caught the attention of many News of the world stunned the nation as both tragic and shocking events kept Ameri- cans on the edge of their seats. It has been a year in which the “Iranscam” has caught the attention of th e nation, and it has many Americans still ask- ing unanswered questions of the cash flow involved in the scandal. Also, contrary to President Ronald Reagan’s hopes, the Democrats have again taken charge of both houses of Con- gress. Religion in the United States is back. From the smallest towns to the greatest cities, on radio or television, religion has become an expanding, growing force. Men, such as Jimmy Swaggart, sent the message to over 145 nations through tele- vision. Even national figures — President Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Mario Cuomo, and Jes- se Jackson — made it known that their religious beliefs are important forces in their lives. Nicholas Daniloff, U.S. News correspondent, was arrested in Moscow in August on spy charges and spent 13 days in a KGB prison. The arms race continued as the Soviets introduced a new threat: highly accurate Soviet tactical ballistic missies, capa- ble of flying hundreds of miles in minutes to destroy NATO bases, defenses and com- mand centers in the opening moments of war. Syria directed and supported terrorist activities, such as fir- ing on Jewish worshippers at a synogogue and killing 21 and wounding 100 in a massacre aboard a hijacked Egyptian air- liner. The massive July 4 birthday party of the Statue of Liberty was in New York Harbor, com- plete with fireworks and tail- ships. On the health scene, it has been a year of which the AIDS epidemic has soared to a ratio of 220 people killed per week and 374 more infected. AIDS also took the life of a famous performer, Liberace. In sports, Daryl Strawberry hit the winning homerun in the seventh game of the World Se- ries as the Mets defeated the Red Sox in the biggest game of baseball. Bobby Knight led his Hoo- siers to yet another NCAA championship by defeating Syracuse, 74-73. No chairs were thrown. After five years away from the ring, Sugar Ray Leonard made one of the greatest co- mebacks in boxing history to beat the bald champion, Mar- velous Marvin Hagler. A year of both good news and bad. by TONY AZNAR Zawada In her economics class, Karen Kome- chak senior, reads a Newsweek in her economics class. Students are re- quired to read Newsweek ' s in an at- tempt by their teachers to keep the students up to date on current events. 27 World Events

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I he highly acclaimed movie ' Hoo- siers ' ' was released at an appropriate time. Bobby Knight and his Hoosiers clinched another NCAA championship. The Indiana ' s Hoosiers let their tal- ents shine in the semi-final game against UNLV. They advanced to the finals to defeat Syracuse in a nail biting, 74-73, game. Americans celebrated the birthday of the Statue of Liberty on July 4. Specta- tors enjoyed a spectacular array of fireworks. 26 World Events ■ ! : tit - 1 i . •

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Encouraging the many picketers at the USX steel mill is Lovell Williams, an employee of the steel mill. Indiana ruled that it was a lockout in- stead of a strike. This rule allowed workers to receive unemployment compensation. ’ U.S.W.A. PLANT LOCKED OUT 1 L.U. 101f UNITED STEELWORKERS OP AMERICA L M • CIO • CIC r assing the countless hours during the lockout is Mike Adir, steelworker. Scenes like this were seen all around the gates of Gary Works. 28 Steel Strike “I’ve accepted the responsibility of getting my own job to pay for my own expenses.” — Dawn Porter