Morenci High School - Copper Cat Yearbook (Morenci, AZ)

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Actor Henry Fonda died on August 12, 1982, following the release of his latest movie, On Golden Pond. Football fans protesting the first inseason strike by NFL players, let off steam in front of the home of Gene Upshaw, president of the NFL Players Association. A big fan of E.T., Francie Rodriguez exhibits some of the ET, paraphernalia she has accu- mulated.

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Competing in the tug-of-war in the 1982 Junior Olympics are Vincent Chavez, Fred Sanders, and Andy Chaff. The class of '83 beat both the freshmen and the seniors to take first place in the event, Elected by the juniors to reign over the Prom are Lorraine Moya, Queen, and Fred Sanders, King. ? -t '83 PROM ROYALTY includes: FRONT ROW: Melissa Verdugo, Lori Fuller, Sherry Trujillo, Liz Peralta, Melissa Romero, Mary Ann Lopez, Anna Lopez, 2ND: Ernie Bar- quin, Brent Roman, Albert Cordova, Andy Chafi, Frank Maldonado, Leonard Morales, Stephen Mendoza. . F U3 X K 1 A ,fs Y Y Q - ' X.. ,r y K. A. 1 ' f ,t l - S x F O l ,.. ...t K 1 A O KN Khi' O 'Y . 0 tia' '- Getting a little help from her friends, Mi- chelle Maldonado hangs on to Mona Rodri- quez and Nancy Navarrete at the roller skat- ing party in the old gym. Attempting to blow the peanut across the gym floor, lgnacio Blanco tries to win the annual event in the Junior Olympics, SPRING STUDENT LIFE 23 E

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Economy Top Story Unemployment climbs to record height Undoubtedly the top story of the year was the U S economy struggling through IIS worst year In decades Unemployment clImbed to double dIgIt fIgures the highest percentage sInce 1930 MOIGHCI was hard hit by the re cession as the decrease In copper prices resulted In Phelps Dodge layIng off over 2 000 workers In AprIl of 1982 It wasn t untIl Octo ber that operations resumed on a reduced basis and 1400 employees were called back to work Tension In the MIddle East con tinued when on September 16 Is raelI troops sealed off the Palestm Ian refugee camps of Chatilla and Sabra and allowed Lebanese ChrIs tIan Phalangist mllltlamen Inside to clean out the femalnlng guerIllas Hundreds of PalestInIan CIVIIIBDS Including women and chIIdren were slaughtered CyanIde laced Extra Strength Tylenol killed seven people In the Chicago area In late September After determining the poIsonIng occurred locally and not In the manufacturIng or dIstrIbutIon of the drug authorItIes started a na tion wide search for those respon sible Copycat tampering wxth a va rIety of other products led to the cancellatIon of Halloween actIvItIes by worrIed parents In several com munItIes throughout the country When asked about the Tylenol deaths Shelly Johnson replIed How could anyone kill Innocent people like that? Now consumers will never be sure that anythIng they buy IS safe Princess Grace of Monaco was killed In a car accident In Septem ber and PresIdent LeonId Brezh nev of the Soviet Umon suffered a fatal heart attack on November 10 A 61 year old retired dentist Dr Barney Clark of Seattle Wash Ington made the news In De cember when he became the fIrst human to receive an aYtlfIClal heart ln sports the St Louis Cardnals defeated the MIlwaukee Brewers In the seventh game to win the World SGTICS Football players went out on strike after the second regular sea son weekend The shortened sea son resumed after the Stflke was settled on November 16 and the players found themselves compet Ing In less than full stadIums as many disgruntled fans stayed home I dont thInk the players should have gone on strike saId a disgusted Joe Fletcher They make enough money as It IS In Super Bowl XVII the Wash mgton Redskms beat the Mlaml DolphIns 27 17 A new profes sional football league, the USFL, began IIS Inaugural season the first weekend In March Demonstrators stand In Lafayette Park across from the WhIte House protesting un employment which found more than 12 mIl lIon Americans out of work WI' WANT 3 it ' IOM -rim? AU I 0 - 1111 .- ,,. ,I 2. 1 Cyanide-laced Extra Strength Tylenol cap- sules were responsible for the death of seven people in the Chicago area. Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim lies unconcious with fatal head injuries suffered in a lightweight title fight with Boom Boom Mancini on November 13, 1982. I IN THE NEWS-25