Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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BIGGEST celebration since Bicentennial hit New YOrk i harbor luly 4, 1986 The on was the 700th birthday Statue of Liberty, The i freedom for many im- he Lady went under 'on for the celebra- ue is now entering , TY GEORGIA V much distur- at: Apparently, a ' 'ed a peace blacks in the N ineteen eighty-seven It wasika party like not even New York had seen before. Aifour day extravaganza to celebrate the Statue of Liberty's 100th birth- day. Before the celebration even began Americans were bombard- ed with stories of immigrants coming to America and seeing the statue presiding over their new free home for the first time. A flotilla of 30,000 pleasure boats, a six hour procession of historic sailing ships and an international naval review led by the battleship Iowa, filed underneath the Iadyis gaze. Miss Liberty held aloft a new gold-leaf torch for the celebration and President Rea- gan had the honor of presiding over the relighting ceremohy-bn July 3, when he fondly called her lleverybody's gal . On July 4', the biggest fireworks display in US history cascaded around the statue. People from all over the country flocked to New York by the thousands to watch the display of national pride and contentment. The Statue of Liberty seemed to be entering her second century as a symbol of national unity The nation was doing well, at peace, and feeling more patriotic than it had in years. But that feeling did an abrupt about- face when it was discm red in the fall that our government had been secretly selling fir and using that money to back the Nicaraguan contras - Ronald Reaganis government hit rock bottom and more thanlikeiy will never be salvaged, Lt. Col. Oliver North and John Polndexter were fingered as the two responsible, while Reagan claimed he had no idea anything was going on. William Casey, head of the CIA, was also suspected, but was unable to answer questions because of an operation for a brain tumor, whic forced him to resign his position. Donald Regan, Chief of office over the affair. The President find the facts of the deal, but proba until later this fall. Most experts sa ' scaml affair has hurt the American that will take a long time to rep 0 Also in 1987, the government signed the bill into a law in 0 workers, but takes away de larger corporations. Farmers in the Southea They experienced the wo At the peak of the dro wilted. Farmers from O , farmers in the Carolin starving livestock. Wi i out this aid the farmers In the Southeast would have been totally ruined a Drugs were again a majori a a new campaign to nlust 3 use of a new refined smaka on the East Coast arid rock most addictive narcotic ever Several well-known celebrities died this year. The list includes: Kate Smith, who died lune 17 of respiratory arrest; Benny Good- man, the King of Swing, who died tune 13, apparently of cardiac arrest; lames-Cagney, who died March30; Ted Knight, whedied , . I 5' . Ferguso: In July The wedding at Westminster Abbey was a specta-L cle thatnmstered all the pomp and glory that always accompanies royal i eddings, especially those at Britain

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254 Nheteen Eighty-Sevenr CRACK may be the most ad- dictive narcotic ever sold on American streets, A new re- fined smokable form of co- caine, crack is diluted with household baking soda to make each cut go further. The effects of smoking crack reach the brain in 3 to 4 sec onds after inhalation STAR of Too Close for Comfort and best-known for his role in the television series t'The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ted Knight was one of the kings of tv sit- com. Knight died of cancer on August 26 at the age of 62, Photos by ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Eighty-Seven , America had a celebrity wedding- of its 0M1 in the menth of Jut Caroline Kennedy, daughter ofylohn Ft Kennedy, martied Edwin Schlossberg, a New York businessman and artist, in Hyannis Port - Corazon Aquino was named Times Man of the Yeart for h overthrow of Ferdinand Marcdg in the Phitippines. Hawever 1987 rolled in, Aquino was having troubleWith riots and rebell' against her new form of government. On a lighter note, the New York Mets defeated the Bost Sox in the seventh game of the World Series. The MetS ir man Keith Hernandez had already left for the club ho making the second out in the 10th inning, thinking it wa But, thanks to Bill Buckner, the Red Sox first basema ground ball, the Mets were able to come back and d 8-5. One of MSU's own natives made the national fma when he was voted MVP of Super Bowl XXI. Phil ' MSU quarterback, led the New York Giants to Denver Broncos on January 25, 1987. Thanks t had its own direct effect on this years world BY DONNA WILLS 256 Nineteen Eighty-Seven om M50 quarter back Phil Simms led the New York Giants to vic- tory over the Denver, L per Bow . Simms was voted cred a ttPhil Simms in which Simms, iththis wife, regs: