Missouri University of Science and Technology - Rollamo Yearbook (Rolla, MO)

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Papal Visit President and Mrs, Reagan greeted Pope John Paul II when he arrived in Miami to begin a nine-city tour of the United States, In September, eight students from UMR trav- eled to New Orleans, the third city of the tour, to witness the papal visit. The Dow Jones industrial stock average dropped 508 points, the largest one-day decline in history, on Monday, Oc- tober 19. 1 ' Black Monday as it came to be called, stripped over $500 billion from the market value of U.S. securities, and sent stock prices tumbling worldwide.

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In an effort to keep the Persian Gulf open to navigation, the United States began in [uly to escort vessels to protect them from Imn. In September, the IJ.S. Navy blew up an Iranian ship that was caught laying mines in the Gulf. Several mines were confiscat- ed. Dennis Conner, the man who lost the America’s Gup in 1983 to the Australians, won it back four years later. The Stars and Stripes completed a 4-0 sweep over Australia s Kookaburra III in the race that took place in Australian waters. A barge filled with 3,128 tons of garbage became a national joke and a symbol of the nation ' s worsening problem with solid waste management. The barge, looking fora place to dump Its car- go, was banned by six states and three foreign countries before an incinerator reduced its cargo to ash. Garbage Barge

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Stock Crash