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wounded in the shooting March 30. The story edged out the return of By Tim Salach Mortonite Columnist Music as a rule in this past year was marked by trends which saw the old fading quickly, the new coming on strongly and the middle ground taking a back seat in the entire picture. Perhaps the most notable exception to this rule was found in Mick Jagger and the boys, also known as The Rolling Stones. For this second decade band from England, 1981 will be a legendary year. The smash success of their latest album “Tatoo You” was matched only by their runaway sold out concert tour. It was a shining year for the Glimmer Twins and company. While the Moody Blues and REO Speed wagon also found 1981 to be a memorable year, for the most part the news was bad for old Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female Supreme Court Justice. rockers. The future of the Who was in doubt while bassist John Entwistles solo album enjoyed at best limited success. The Electric Light Orchestra's “Time” LP went practically unnoticed while many of his long time fans tried to forget about Bob Dylan's “Shot of Love” in spite of its noble religious theme. For the most part, the news was best for the new comers, or relative new comers to the rock scene. Enjoying success for the first time were groups such as Survivor, Quarterflash, and the Go Gos. The airwaves were virtually dominated by their songs “Poor Man's Son”, “Harden My Heart”, and “Our Lips are Sealed”. Rick Springfield's “Working Class Dog” became one of the year's most highly acclaimed albums, while Triumph's “Allied Forces” established the Canadian trio as one of rock's front runners. points to 5,224 for the hostage story. Details of the top five: Previously successful groups also left their mark on the world of rock this past year. Leading the charge was Styx' “Paradise Theater”, Journey also moved back into the limelight with their album “Escape” featuring the hit single “Don't Stop Believing”. The Police continued to become one of the most successful new wave bands around with the release of the album “Ghost in the Machine” and the song “Every Little Thing”. The J. Geils Band also proved it was for real with the release of their second hit album in a row “Freeze Frame” featuring the song everyone seemed to be humming “Centerfold Individuals also emerged on the scene as prevalent forces this past year. Billy Squier stepped from his old “Piper” days to release one of the most successful albums of the year, “Don't Say No” Since November 1979, when Muslim fundamentalist militants Ozzy Osbourne threw off his “Black Sabbath” cloak to match the popularity as an individual he enjoyed as a member of the band. Stevie Nicks' “Bella Donna”proved that there was life after “Fleetwood Mac” for the sultry lead singer. Another sultry lead singer finding it easy to make it on her own was Deborah Harry, the namesake of “Blondie”, with her first solo effort, “Koo Koo” Had it not been for the exploits of the Plasmatics and Wendy 0. Williams, punk rock would probably have been all but forgotten by the average American. As it is, the demented spin off of rock ‘n' roll is still clinging to what little life it has left. The year which just past may be seen as a lull in the evolution of rock, or it may be seen as a time of transition, or changing of the guard. Whatever it is, its implications will not soon be forgotten. Turk who authorities said had connections to right-wing terrorist organizations. Two American women were wounded in the attack. The 61-year-old Polish-born pontiff was hit in the stomach but was sufficiently recovered within a day to take Communion and listen to mass. He spent three months in and out of hospitals. Reagan It was probably the sharpest reversal in the course of government since 1932. Ronald Reagan, a man of devoutly conservative principles, became president and proceeded to cut taxes, government spending, particularly in social programs, and to beef up the defense budget. The latter was in line with a new hard-line anti-Communist approach to international affairs. Reagan was supported in his course be a newly Republican Senate and a House nomially in Democratic hands but actually in political disarry. Newcomers Succeed In 1981

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s Violence AP List The following article was written by Associated Press News features Writer Dave Goldberg, and appeared in The Times on January 3, 1982. Top Hat would like to thank The Times and the Associated Press in Chicago for their cooperation in Top Hat's publishing the article below. The yearbook staff would also like to thank Tim Salach, Mortonite Columnist, for his article “Music in 1981 ”. It is hoped that news events on the following four pages will be read upon in future years as a rememberance of the past compared to the present and future. In a year in which the biggest news came from the barrel of assassins' guns, the attempt on President Reagan's life has been voted the top story of 1981 by Associated Press editors and broadcasters. Reagan, his press secretary James Brady, and two other men were the American hostages after 444 days of captivity in Iran. Third and fourth were two other stories of violence against world leaders: the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and the shooting of Pope John Paul II by a Turkish terrorist. The Top 10: 1. The attempt on Reagan. 2. The return of the hostages. 3. The Sadat assassination. 4. The attempt on the Pope. 5. The new conservative administration in Washington. Reagan gets his way with a Republican Senate and a reduced Democratic margin in the House. 6. The American economy; the budget and tax cuts of Reaganomics; high interest rates and recession. 7. The flights of the space shuttle Columbia. 8. The air traffic controllers' strike and their dismissal by Reagan. 9. The appointment of Tops 10. Developments in Poland. The runners-up were stories about the wedding in England of Prince Charles and Lady Diana; the deaths of 113 people in the collapse of a walkway over a crowded dance floor at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City; the strike that eliminated a third of the baseball season; the arrest of a suspect in the two-year run of deaths and disappearances of blacks in Atlanta; and Israel's bombing of Iraq's nuclear reactor. The ballots were compiled before the Polish government's declaration of martial Jaw and crackdown on Solidarity. The vote was on the preceding unrest and conflict attending the rise of Solidarity. Votes were tabulated by awarding 10 points for a first place vote, nine for second, down to one point for tenth place. The vote for first was one of the closest ever — the shooting of Reagan finished with 5,246 Shooting At 2:25 p.m. on March 30, the president was leaving the Washington Hilton Hotel after addressing the AFL-CIO Building Trades Council, when six shots were fired at him from close range. Before Reagan was pushed into his limousine by Secret Service agents, he was hit in the side below the left arm. A bullet penetrated Brady's brain and a Washington police officer and a Secret Service man were also hit. Police and agents seized John Warnock Hinckley Jr., 25, son of a well-to-do oilman from a Denver suburb. Authorities described Hinckley as “wandering, aimless, and irresponsible. In a series of letters to teen-age actress Jodie Foster he said his unrequited passion for her might lead him to do something which would make him famous. Iran seized the American Embassy and its occupants in Tehran, the fate of the hostages preoccupied America. That was so up to the final moments on Jan. 20, 1981, when the hostage release upstaged the inauguration of the new president. Sadat On Oct. 6, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and most of his cabinet were watching Egypt's Armed Forces Day Parade when four men in military uniforms jumped from a jeep and began throwing grenades and firing automatic weapons. Stunned guards seemed frozen as the assassins charged the reviewing stand, killing Sadat and leaving carnage in their wake. Pope Pope John Paul II was greeting pilgrims from his jeep in St. Peter's Square on May 13 when he was shot by Mehmet Ali Agca, a 23-year-old

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28 Local Top Regional Stories Of 1981 The following article appeared in The Times on January 3, 1982. Top Hat would like to thank Bill Chapman, Executive Editor, Cynthia Richards, Times Business-Labor Editor, and The Times Staff for their cooperation in Top Hat's publishing the article below. The Calumet Region of Hammond dried off from a flood, suffered under an ever-softening economy, cleaned up after two major plant explosions, and recovered from the financial troubles of the Regional Transportation Authority last year. Along with those stories, 1981 brought two sensational murder trials and the murder of a major East Chicago government offical. The long-suffering patients at St. Ann's nursing home were left homeless and Northern Indiana Public Service Co. gave up the Bailly Nuclear battle. Those were just a few of the stories that significantly affected the Two rescue men use their radio to call for more help, as people needed rafts or boats to escape the flood, which Region during the year, as determined by the editorial staff of The Times. Here is a summary of the most significant local news of the last year: Flood Probably the biggest story of the year was the June 14 flood — the rainfall and Little Calumet River overflow left as much as 60 inches of water standing and more than $50 million damages. Although the water receeded in four days, it took months to rebuild the damage, and some homes still haven't been completely repaired. Economy The economy has been bad news for the Region throughout the year. Five East Chicago companies have closed their doors, leaving more than 1,000 workers jobless. The closings started in early fall with Energy caused a great amount of damage. (Photo by George Ross) Cooperative Inc. Following that announcement came the closing of M T Chemical Co., MRI Corp., Metalist Redi-Bolt Inc. and Graver Energy Systems Inc. Added to those unemployed are the thousands laid off from the Region's steel mills, auto plants, metal fabricating facilities and other manufacturers — creating an unemployment rate significantly higher than the national rate of 8.4 percent. Inland Many of the Region's jobless were so desperate that when Inland Steel Co. announced it would accept applications in late January, a near-riot ensued as more than 5,000 responded. Six people were injured in the melee — although Inland had no