Mount Union College - Unonian Yearbook (Alliance, OH)

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| — CELEBRITIES — CELEBRITIES — CELEBRITIES — CELEBRITIES — Robert Duvall received an Oscar for his role as a washed-up country singer who overcomes alco- holism in the film “Tender Mercies’. Shirley MacLaine won for best actress and Jack Nichol- son won best supporting actor as an eccentric mother and pot-bellied ex-astronaut in ‘Terms of Endearment,” which also won the best picture award. The best supporting actress Oscar went to Linda Hunt for her role in “The Year of Living Dangerously”. The photo shows Ma- cLaine and Duvall the night of the Oscars. Mm Mm Mm MM Mm MK Vanessa Williams was forced to surrender her title as Miss America at the | Michael Jackson conducted his so-called Victory Tour to more than a request of pageant officials because she had posed nude for sexually dozen cities. The original ticket policy, which required fans to mail in $120 explicit photos. She became the first of 57 Miss Americas to be forced to postal money order for four tickets with no guarantee that they could resign. Suzette Charles, the first runner-up became the 58th Miss America. receive tickets, was shelved after much criticism. She crowned Sharlene Wells, Miss Utah, at the Atlantic City Pageant in September.

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— QUEST — ACCOMPLISHMENT — QUEST — ACCOMPLISHMENT — i Br eh ae il ai “@ ipxdte Fak, Princess Diana gave birth to Prince Harry in late 1984. The photo shows Prince Charles and his other son, two-year old Prince William. Mission specialist Bruce McCandless takes a walk in space in early 1984. In the photo he is seen using the so-called manned ma- neuvering unit as he moved away from the Shuttle Challenger during the eight-day space mis- sion.

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— SPORTS — SPORTS — SPORTS — SPORTS — SPORTS — SPORTS — The World Series in 1984 saw the Detroit Tigers beat the San Diego Padres four games to one. The Chicago Cubs came close to getting into the series but the Padres won. In the American League, the Kansas City Royals lost in the playoffs to the Tigers. The photo shows Kirk Cibson of Detroit jumping for joy after scoring in game five. Darrell Evans is the on-deck hitter. — OPPOSITE PAGE — The United States did very well in the Summer Olympics, winning 83 gold | medals, 61 silver and 30 bronze. Carl Lewis won four gold medals — the 100 | meters, the 200 meters, the four 100 meter relay and the long jump. Mary | Lou Retton won the all-round gold medal and led the gymnastic team toa | silver medal; she also won bronze medals for the floor exercise and the } uneven parallel bars and took a silver medal for the vault. The Soviet Union and other Communist countries boycotted the Summer Olympics. The Winter Olympics in Yugoslavia saw the United States win four gold | and four silver medals. Scott Hamilton won a gold in the men’s figure skating and Steve Mahre won the gold medal in the Giant Slalom skiing | event. Chicago Bears’ Walter Payton eyes New Orleans Saints’ Whitney Paul as he carries the ball on his way to setting the record for rushing. He broke the record of 12,312 held by Jim Brown.