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.