Mount Carmel High School - Horizon Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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1982: YEAR U.S. LAUNCHES SHUTTLE OF THE SYZYGY Syzygy Tookpldce This yeor on lvlorch 40, 4982. Syzygy is The Technicdl ndme of The once-in- 500 yeors evenT when oil 9 plon- eTs ore dlined. Doomsoyers pre- dicTed ThdT The world would end ond ThdT SouThern Colifornid would slide inTo The Pocific. They olso believed ThdT The groviTo- Tionol pull coused by The syzygy would creoTe eorThduokes, floods ond volcono erupTions. Of course, The doomsoyers were wrong: The syzygy occured wiTh no mojor disosTers. The nexT celesTioI wonder ThdT will occur is The whizzing by of Holey's ComeT in lvlorch, 4986. PATOO MEMBERS LOSE JOBS WASHINGTON- The Profession- dl Air Trdffic ConTrollers Orgdni- zoTion remoined on sTrike for over Three monThs, AugusT-No- vember, despiTe The wornings iT received from The governmenT. PATCO wds given severdl offers by The governmenT To reinsTdTe iTs members ond coll-off The sTrike. The offers were Turned down becduse mony of iTs mem- bers believed Their jobs were no longer dvdildble. The odmlnisTrd- Tion officiols insisTed ThoT The conTrollers who wolked off Their jobs broke Their working con- TrocTs dnd should noT be rehired. The sTrike ended in The decerTifi- coTion of PATCO. CAPE CANAVARAL, ELA.- The spdce shuTTle Columbio wds ldunched inTo spdce Twice dur- ing 4984, once in April ond once in November. The shuTTle, on 38.8 billion projecT, wds The firsT mon- olofT spocecrdfT To be ldunched since 4975. Columbio wds The firsT ever To mdke o flighT inTo orbiT ond Then lond on d runwdy. The shuTTle, d combinoTion or rockeT ond oirplone, wds builT To send surveydnce sdTeIliTes inTo spdce ond To cdrry nucledr bombs. The missions, 2 ouT of The scheduled A, were NASA's medns of TesTing Columbio's reddiness ond peneTrobiliTy. The firsT flighT wds very suc- cessful. lT wds during The second ThdT mdlfuncTions occurred shor- Tening iTs scheduled flighT. De- spiTe The deldys ond The prob- lems, Columbid did become The firsT vehicle To moke o reTurn flighT inTo orbiT. HOME AGAIN- The spdce shuTTle Columbid ldnding oT Edwdrd's Air Force bose morks The beginning of d new fronTier. CPhoTo-CompIimenTs of Escondido Times AdvocdTej BOEING 737 PLUNGES INTO POTOMAO RIVER WASHINGTON- Jdnuory 43. 4982, wds o very disosTerous doy in The noTion's cdpiTol ciTy. LdTe ThdT dfTernoon, d Boeing 737, on iTs wdy To Eloridd, croshed inTo The PoTomdc River, killing oT ledsT 77 people. SpeculdTion of The couse of The crdsh cenTered on Two possibiliTies: d buildup of ice ThdT mighT hdve ddded weighT Thus prevenTing The plone from rising, ond on The possibiliTy of in- sTrumenT fdilure. AuThoriTies reporTed only five survivors dmong The 79 people on boord The plone. Three peo- ple were killed on The 44Th STreeT Bridge when The pldne's wheels hiT iT, crushing The vehicles on The rodd. The seorch, heoded by The Novy ond CoosT Gudrd. for The missing bodies ond The wreck- oge of The plone losTed severol ddys becduse of The condiTion of The river. The river wds cov- ered wiTh d Thick loyer of ice.

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PRESIDENT INJURED IN SHOOTING WASHINGTON D.C., lvlarch 34, 4984- As PresidenT Reagan exiT- ed a WashingTon hoTel, an assail- anT opened fire on him, The gun- man, John Hinkley Jr., was appre- hended minuTes afTer, by sur- rounding policemen and SecreT Service agenTs. Luckily, no one was killed in The shooTing, buT The PresidenT, his Press SecreTary James Brady, and policeman Thomas DelahanTly were serious- ly injured. lvlr. Reagan was wounded in his side and had To undergo a very delicaTe opera- Tion. gg'. QUICK REACTlON- The police and The SecreT Service reacTed rapidly afTer The shofs were fired. fPhoTo-ComplimenTs of Escondido Times AdvocaTej T REAGANOMICS: WHAT IS IT? 'TReaganomlcs is The name given To Reagan's definiTion of a sound economy. The PresidenT believes ThaT our naTion could resolve iTs money problems by cuTTing iTs spending for welfare, sTudenT aid, and oTher federal programs. The money would Then be used To increase iTs de- fense budgeT. HER HONQR On Friday, OcTober 2, 4984, Sandra Day O'Connor, 54, was solemnly sworn in by Chief Jus- Tice Warren Burger as The firsT woman ever To serve on The U.S. Supreme CourT. l-ler nominaTion received a QQ-O SenaTe voTe of approval Thus, giving her The TiTle of 'Supreme JusTice O'Connor . ERA VICTORY- The saga of Sandra Day O'Connor being The 4sT woman on The Supreme CourT will be remembered by many ERA believers. QPhoTo-ComplimenTs of Escondido Times AdvocaTeQ

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LOOKING NEW- The Old Globe hos o new look. QPhoTo-ComplimenTs of Escondido Times Advocofej ROLLING STONES ARE A HIT IN SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO- The coming of The Rolling STones To S.D. wos o well-remembered doy. STudenTs ond employees pldyed hookie jusT To see The STones. The con- cerT wos held dT The SporTs Are- no. No violence occurred oT The concerT. A NEW ERA BEGINS FOR OLD GLOBE BALBOA PARK- Workers fin- ished The S6.3 million projecf of rebuilding The Old Globe TheoTer in Bolbod during The loTer porf of December. The old Gld Globe wds desTroyed by on orsonlsT's fire in 4978. The fire desfroyed The home of mony ocfors ond ocfresses. The New Old Globe celebroTed iTs officiol opening on Jon. 44, 4982. The performers ond The oudiences were hoppy To see The Old Globe olive ogoin. -.. A SUCCESS- The Trolley runs from DownTown To border. PhoTo-ComplimenTs of Escon- dido Times AdvocoTej SAN DIEGO LOVES ITS LITTLE RED TROLLEY Vehicle. BUT by ony nome, The S86 million moss-TronsiT sysTem is o success. The Trolley, o TomoTo- red color, cosT jusf S5 million d mile To run compdred To S.F.'s BART S35 million o mile. IT is The chedpesT modern sysTem builT in Americo Todoy.