Miami Country Day School - Bald Eagle Yearbook (Miami Shores, FL)

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l98 l9S8 1' x A barge filled with 3,I28 tons of garbage became a national joke and a symbol of the nation's worsening problem with solid waste management. The barge, looking for a place to dump its cargo, was banned by six states and three foreign countries before an incinerator reduced it to ash. Television evangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker said farewell to the PTL ministry in March. I9S7. Jim Bakker resigned after confessing to a sexual encounter with a young 'woman. Tammy Bakker bowed out of the broadcasts to undergo treatment for drug dependancy. Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart was forced to drop his bid for the presidency after it was reported that he was romantically involved with Donna Rice, a 29-year-old aspiring actress and model from Miami. He later rejoined the race. A YEAR TO REMEMBER ll

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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. X An earthquake that measured 6.l on the Richter scale hit Southern California in October. lt was not a cata- strophic quake, but the damage was extensive. I I 'Q-L 4- 4-1 ----.....s....- l Q 45232 Vf V J. President and Nancy Reagan wave to well-wishers from the South Por- tico of the White House. Reagan escorted his wife back to the White House from the Hospital where she underwent Breast Sur- 20 gery.

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Toll Ar 'M To NN plflymf A 24-day strike by the NFL players ended in mid-Cctober when the union capitulated and went to court instead of trying to fight the club owners at the bargaining table. Kirby Puckett and Jeff Raerdon of the Minnesota Twins celebrate their World Series victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Dennis Conner, the man who lost the America's cup in l983, won it back four years later. The Stars 8 Stripes completed a 4-O sweep over Australia's Kookaburra lll 22 in the race that took place in Australia. 2+- T