New Knoxville High School - Memoir Yearbook (New Knoxville, OH)

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Scandals in the White House and the television ministry and the Srowing concern over AIDS tarnish- ed the slitter of last summer ' s cele- bration of America v hen the Statue of Liberty turned 100. The summer of 1986 began on a positive note when as many as six million people and 20,000 boats converged on New York City for a spectacular celebration of the Statue of Liberty ' s 1 00 years of exis- tence. Amid fireworks, song and dance, all of which was televised to millions more. President Reagan lit the refurbished Lady Liberty with the words, We are the keepers of the flame of liberty; we hold it high tonight for the world to see. Large, traditional weddings were in the news that summer also as Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late President John Kennedy and Jacqueline Onassis, married Ed- win Schlossberg. Her cousin, Maria Shriver, and muscleman-turned-ac- tor, Arnold Schwarznegger, also stepped to the altar as did tennis bad boy John McEnroe and actress latum O ' Neal. The grandest wed- ding, however, occurred in England where Prince Andrew gave up his playboy lifestyle and settled down with Sarah Ferguson. Meanwhile, closer to home, many area residents were awak- ened on July 1 2 when an earthquake centered near St. Marys was felt in four states. In September Ronald Reagan saw his choice of William Rehnquist to replace retiring Chief Justice War- ren Burger approved, but not with- out a fight. The Senate finally ap- proved Rehnquist, 65-33. That was the largest number of negative votes ever cast against a Supreme Court nominee who was confirmed. 6 Current events Nicholas Daniloff, Moscow bu- reau chief for U.S. News and World Report, was released on September 1 2 after spending nearly two weeks in a KGB prison. The release involved a trade with the U.S. for accused So- viet spy Gennadi Zakharov. That same week the New York Stock Exchange set a record loss. On Thursday the Dow dropped 86.61 points, an all-time record. It took an- other plunge, 34.17 points, the next day. Kellye Cash, Miss Tennessee and the grand-niece of singer John- ny Cash, was crowned Miss America in September amid complaints from Miss Ohio Mary Zilba that she was robbed because she wasn ' t se- lected as a finalist. An anti-drug campaign re- placed political campaigns for the Reagans last fall. They appeared to- gether on television to kick off a me- dia blitz urging people to Just say no. As part of the campaign. Presi- dent Reagan ordered all federal em- Fireworks explode in tlie bacl ground as the 100th birthday of the Statue of Liberty was celebrated July 4, 1986. The Lady, a sift from France, got a facelift that took three years to complete. Vanna White became a superstar merely by turning letters on the game show Wheel of Fortune, hosted by Pat Sajak. ployees not to use illegal drugs and pushed for mandatory drug testing programs for employees in sensi- tive positions. The drug-testing push triggered much controversy throughout the year. Ohio Governor Richard Celeste took over for a second term when he defeated former governor James Rhodes by a landslide in November. Dayton mayor Paul Leonard became Celeste ' s lieutenant governor. Citi- zens of Carmel, California, made Clint Eastwood ' s day when they elected him mayor.

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The U.S. ' s controversial involve- imentwith Nicarasua began building In October when the Sandinistas shot down a supply plane that con- tained three Americans and a Nicar- aguan. The lone survivor, fornner Ma- rine Eugene Hasenfus, was held cap- tive for several weeks before being released just before Christnnas. j The happy ending to the Hasen- fus affair, however, was lost in the jbiggest scandal to rock the White Mouse since Watergate. In Novem- ber the secret sale of arms to Iran in exchange for American hostages ;being held in Lebanon was uncov- ered. To make matters worse, the $30 million in secret profits went to support the Nicaraguan contras. The foreign policy snafu cost Reagan his credibility and brought back memories of Watergate as na- tionally televised Congressional hearings began in the spring of 1 987. National security adviser John Poindexter and his aide, Oliver North, who seemed to be at the bot- tom of the operations, lost their jobs. White House chief of staff Donald Regan was also shown the door, and CIA Director William Ca- sey, hospitalized with a brain tumor the day before he was to testify be- fore the Senate Intelligence Commit- tee, died May 6 of pneumonia. Overshadowed by the Iran arms scandal was an event that made aviation history. Aboard Voy- ager, Dick Rutan and Jeana yeager circled the globe without landing or refueling. Spring was filled with scandal in both the political and religious are- nas. Jim and Tammy Bakker, leaders of the PTL (Praise the Lord) organiza- tion, left it in March after Bakker ad- mitted he paid a church secretary to remain silent about an affair seven years ago although he claimed that wasn ' t the reason he was stepping down. Bakker was later accused of homosexual activities and excessive spending of PTL money for the couple ' s personal use. Moral majori- ty leader. Rev. Jerry Falwell, took over the PTL ' s leadership and vowed the Bakkers would not re- Democratic Presidential frontrunner Gary Hart saw liis dreams 30 up in smol e in May when his extramarital Involvements were dis- closed. His decision to withdraw from the campaign left the door open for many other hopefuls. turn. The problems continued to plague the electronic ministry into the summer. On May 3 the political arena fell victim to a sex scandal when the Mi- ami Herald published a story claim- ing Presidential hopeful Gary Hart had spent the night of May 1 with actress-model Donna Rice. A mid- week disclosure by the Washington Post of another affair led to his pul- ling out of the race by week ' s end. A month later Ohio governor Richard Celeste found himself the victim as the Cleveland Plain Dealer published a story that Celeste had had three extramarital affairs. Cel- este refused to either confirm or deny the charges, but many experts doubted his political future at a na- tional level. Amid the accusations and an- ger, however, some people cele- brated. In February Californian Terry Williams spent $47 at Harrah ' s in Reno, Nevada, and hit the jackpot. He collected a record $4,988,842.14. The Academy Awards in April brought a best picture Oscar to Platoon, a movie about Viet Nam. A seven-time loser, Paul Newman fi- nally won the best actor award for The Color of Money. The best ac- tress Oscar was won by Marlee Mat- lin, a deaf actress, for Children of a Lesser God. Tonys, Broadway ' s top awards, went to James Earl Jones for his role ■ in Fences, which also won for the best drama, and Linda Lavin in Neil Simon ' s Broadway Bound. Les Miserables was named best musi- cal. Although Platoon won the Oscar, Top Gun was tops at the box office. The Bill Cosby Show again reigned supreme on the small screen during prime time. Other popular shows included Moonlighting, Cheers and new- comer LA. Law. Locally many res- idents turned their dials to NBC at 7:00 each evening to catch Vanna White and Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, the top two game shows of all time. The dreaded disease AIDS be- came a major concern throughout the year. Pianist Liberace and Rep. Stewart McKinney of Connecticut were both victims of the disease. Other famous people who died during the past year were Ted Knight of the Mary Tyler Moore Show ; Desi Arnez, former husband of Lucille Ball; Ray Bolger, the scare- crow in The Wizard of Oz ; pop artist Andy Warhol; singer and danc- er Danny Kaye; Maria Von Trapp, the subject of The Sound of Music ; Robert Preston, the star of The Mu- sic Man ; Mr. Greenjeans, the lov- able sidekick of Captain Kangaroo and actress Rita Hayworth. Current events 7