Morton High School - Top Hat Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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DEMOCRATS SHUT OUT REPUBLICANS Democrats maintained their hold on Lake County Government by winning oil five county government races in November, 1980. Former Hammond City Judge Frank Srodoto defeated Joseph Amodeo for Second District Lake County Commissioner, while Rudy Bartolomei topped Allen Evans in the race for Third District County Commissioner. COUNTY In other county races, Coroner Albert Willardo and Recorder William Dielski Jr. won second terms, while Surveyor Steve Manich was elected to a fifth term. In addition, four Democratic county judges were elected without Republican opposition. Lorenzo Arredondo was elected to the Lake County Circuit judgeship. Lake County Court Judges Nicholas Shiralli and Orval Anderson were re¬ elected to their small daims post, while Steven Dielok was elected to succeed Arredondo os judge of the county ' s third seat. An estimated 5,000job seekers stormed the Inland Employment office on Wednesday, January 21 after reading in the Hommond Times that applications would be given our on January 21, 22, and 23. Even though general labor applications were not distributed rill 8:30 a.m. that same morning, many people began lining up outside Inland ' s employment office at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, camping over night in order to get the applications. This was the first rime since February of 1980, that Inland was giving our applications for general labor positions. Republican Dan Quale defeated incumbent Senator Birch Bayh, a Democrat, in the election on November 4. Bayh, who is also a liberal, was seeking an unprecendenred fourth term. Democratic Representative Adam Benjamin, easily won his third term turning bock Republican Douglas Harkin. Indiana Lr. Gov. Robert Orr will lead the stare for the next four years. His running mare, and the stare ' s next lieutenant governor, is Republican John Murz. STATE The three Lake County Superior Court judges up for retention on a non-partisan ballot were kept on the payroll. Judge Darlene Wanda Mears pulled the most votes for retention. For the Indiana Senate, Ralph Poresra, a Republican from Hammond, defeated Mathias Kerger in the second district. Applications were for future openings only, nor existing jobs. An Inland spokesman said the applications would only be filed for future reference. When distribution of the application began, the crowd damaged the exterior of the building, o fence along one side of it, and o gate between a parking lor and a driveway. Five person were injured during several incidents of pushing and shoving. All were treated at local hospitals and released. Applications were distributed the following two days without a disturbance. NATIONAL Ronald Wilson Reagan became the 40th President of the United Stares with his landslide win over Jimmy Carter in the November 4th election. Reagan and Carter ran their campaign with the antics of Independent candidate John Anderson in the baGk of their minds. Although Anderson was excluded from the big debate , he did win five percent of the vote. Despite predictions in various polls, the margin of victory was quire large as Carter claimed victories in only seven stares and rallied 49 electoral votes compared to Reagan s 489 electoral votes. Reagan and running mare George Bush lead from the earliest returns and it quickly became clear that their rruimph was a prelude to a sweeping shift in American political power. For the first rime in 26 years, the Republicans gained control of the Senate as they captured 10 Democratic Senate sears. The upper house now contains 51 Republicans and 49 Democrats. On January 20, 1981, Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as President of the United States. This event, however, was nor the main concern of the nation. For it was on this same day that the 52 American hostages were finally released from Iron. IN UIUCKT Hammond Police Officer Larry Pucalik was fatally shot at the Holiday-Inn South on November 14, 1980. Pucalik, 33, had 7 years of service with the Hommond Police Department. APPLICATIONS CAUSE RIOT Notional Local 19

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X Atlantis” 4,633 Rirz Crockers . $25.00 15 lbs of dry ice . $17.00 12 lbs of cheese spread . $20.00 Labor . $00.00 500 yds of green streamers . .$15.00 First aid for dry ice mishaps . .$10.00 2 broken punch bowls . $30.00 20 gallons of punch . $20.00 Toro! . $137.00 Profit ... An enjoyable evening. Green streamers creating an image of seaweed, aquatic murals enhancing the walls, and a mystical fog helped carry our this year ' s semi- formal rheme, Atlantis . The 6:30 affair on November 15 transformed Morton ' s cafeteria into an evening of an undersea world of beauty for 170 couples. Morton students and their dotes enjoyed hors d ' oeuvres and punch along with dandng the night away to the music of Sronewood Fox . The Inaugural Doll, sponsored annually by the Student Association, was deemed a success by all who attended the gala affair. Although the semi-formal rook o lor of hard work and long hours, I feel that all the fun that was had by the couples surely made it a worthwhile cause, ” stated Student Assodarion member Nick Doyan. Semi-Format