Millsaps College - Bobashela Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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(left) On November 19, President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met in Geneva. They are shown here talking in front of a fireplace at the Fleur D ' Eau on Tuesday. —Ceremonies were held at various times during —In April, Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of the year at the Vietnam Memorial to commemo- Carmel, California, rate the 10th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. — Israeli agents were asked to leave this country on charges of espionage. — Former Mississippi Governors Ross Barnett and Cliff Finch died during the year. — High school teacher Christa McAuliffe was to be the first teacher to be a member of the Shuttle program. She was scheduled to teach class from the shuttle during its mission. Christa was killed in the explosion. (above) Seconds after liftoff, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in mid- air, killing all 7 astronauts. The cause was believed to be a leak in one of the booster rockets. The bodies of the crew were later found in the ocean. (above) Jim McMahon, QB of the world champion Chicago Bears, is shown here wearing his headband to support Children ' s Hospital. McMahon won the hearts of many as he advertised for many causes on his sweatbands. (above) A white man flees from a jeering group of stone-throwing blacks as protests against Apartheid continued in Johannesburg, South Africa. — In late April, there was a severe meltdown at a nuclear plant near Kiev in the Soviet Union. High radiation levels were detected by Swedish and Finn- ish authorities several days after the meltdown began. This caused a distur- bance worldwide that the Soviets were trying to hide the disaster instead of warning other nations. World News 21

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In The News A Delta Airlines jet crashed near Dallas in August, killing 137. The plane was on a flight from Ft. Lau- derdale to Los Angeles. The plane encountered a severe wind shear as it plunged to the ground. — Dr. Josef Mengele, former Nazi head of Auch- witz and better known as the Angel of Death , was believed to have died during the year. — Marcos was overthrown as longtime head of the Phillipines. He was allowed to enter the U.S. in Hawaii while our government investigated his misuse of funds the U.S. had sent over in the past. — One of the most exciting events of the year was the drop in the price per barrel of oil. Americans were elated as the price of gas plummetted. (right) An entire city block was destroyed in Phili- delphia. Police tried to evict members of the radi- cal group MOVE by dropping a small bomb on the building. A fire resulted and about 60 houses were destroyed. — Marcos requested political asylum from Spain and was refused. At the same time it was discov- ered that his wife had left behind an astounding number of designer gowns and shoes. —On April 14 at 6:00 pm CST, U.S. Naval and Air forces attacked strategic military points in Libya in retaliation to terrorism toward Americans abroad. — Britain and Denmark took steps to send Libyan Foreign Nationals out of their countries to protect their citizens. (left) A resident of Armero, Columbia is helped by the Red Cross on November 15 after a severe mud slide down the Columbian mountains. 20 World News

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Lambda Chi Alpha Pantry Raid In the fall, the Lambda Chi Alpha chapter took to the neighborhoods to ask people for food contributions to the Community Stew Pot. This organization feeds needy people of the community. The annual event is known as the Pantry Raid. The chapter received an award in April from Young Volunteers in Action for the work that they did. Members load up a truck to lake food to the Stew Pot. In assembly line fashion, Lambda Chi ' s pass bags of food to take to the Community Center. Counting and packaging canned and dry goods for the Stew Pot. 22 Pantry Raid