North High School - Norwica Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Aids: Modern Malady Out of nowhere, almost over night, came a deadly disease which swept the country with an alarming pace. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, commonly known as AIDS, has struck as many as 16,000 people since it first was discovered in 1981. AIDS breaks down the immune system of the body, making it impossible to fight back against disease. Even though AIDS was identi- fied only four years ago, today it is as mystifying to the public as it is frightening. Those high risk groups inflicted with AIDS include male homosexuals, intravenous-drug users, and hemophiliacs. No cure has yet been found and a great deal still remains to be learned. Although the store of information is increasing quickly, for now education and caution are the only vaccines. A In the ranks of education, AIDS posed serious problems for school boards and administrative staffs to contend with when several cases of school children were reported and court rulings barred students to return to their classrooms even after medical authorities claimed that these pupils posed no threat to the other pupils. On the college campus scene, a Harvard University student who became greatly concerned about the disease organized a Festival of Life week sponsored by Bostonls mayor and top Harvard officials. According to Stephen Gutvvillig, the originbator of the festival fund- raiser, The only vaccine we have now is education. Their livelihood cut down like the corn plants . 1 that they harvest, the farmers' plight is as desolate 5 as their fields appear. Photo: T. Erickson. ' howered with Disaster On Wednesday, September 19, 1985, a volcanic disaster agonized the once prosperous cotton growing city of Amero, Columbia. The disas- ter left at least 20,000 people dead or missing, and about 150,000 home- less. Early signs of future eruption were apparent in September 1984, as the Nevado del Ruiz was monitored, watching rock and ash showers. Warnings were issued while plans to avoid the disaster were being made. International communities quickly responded to the agony. President Reagan sent Columbian President Cuartas a message of sympathy and dispatched a dozen CH-47 Chinook and Black I-Iaek helicopters from Panama to partake in rescues. U.S. relief swelled to S51 million. At the week's end, rescue squads worked bravely in the shadow of volcanoes. All efforts were bent on saving survivors. Only now and then did they have time to think of the thousands of dead who lay beneath their feet. TI-IE FACTS

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Our country is not isolated and our security measures are not infallible. The threat of a terrorist attack is very realfl - Tom Vorhees. lf worse comes to worse, we could kick all Libyns out of the United States, get all Americans back, and pretend that their country doesnit even exist. We could stop communica- tions with them. I think Khadafy has some plan behind what he's doing, but it's like he doesnlt want to start a war, just a commotion, to get attention. - John Schreiber Unfortunately, the most effective means that a deranged bully relates to is force and might. Recent actions by the United States fleet near Libya's border just prove this out, as Khadafy backed down in action and word? - Jack Elkin Plovved Misfortune Mostly Americans have taken for granted that they will have flour to make bread or vegetables at their table. Did anyone ever imagine what meals would be like without simple farm products? The year 1985 was by far the worst for American farming indus- try. From November 1984 to Novem- ber 1985, land value suffered a thirty percent loss. The result of the de- creased value was worsened credit for farmers, this made loans more difficult to attain and was only one aspect contributing to the worst one- year plunge this century. Another plunge was due to drops in exports. They fell S15 million in 4 years to F529 million in 1985. Despite foreign problems, a 1985 farm bill was signed to reinstate competition in U.S. farming market. Secretary of Agriculture, John Block encouraged Reagan to accept the proposed bills to enhance farm sales. Rebuilding farm systems will be a major factor of if they soar, or flop, in industry. Combined efforts and support groups, like Farm Aid, which raised enormous amounts of money, aided the farming field by expanding it once more to become the empire it once was. Terror! Terrorism has become a house- hold word as the persistence of the terrorist threat seems to have reached a new level of brutality. Numerous bombings and hijackings of national embassies and planes have resulted due to the mounting wave of violence in the Middle East. Recent hijackings include the TWA Flight 847 to Beirut and the Israeli air force warplane attacked by Libyans on February 4, 1986. Greek cruiseliner, Achille Lauro and Libyan leader Muammar L. Kha- dafy have raised much concern over the safety of the public. Commenting on the crisis, Tom Voorhees stated that, Currently the situation is so volatile that any ill- considered action may create more turmoil and discontentf' Agreeing on his views that preventive tech- niques may only cause worse prob- lems, Bob Graham felt, that the U.S. should oversee Libya, but not antagonize them. Actually, there is nothing we can do that has enough power to make a change and Won't end up back in our face. Closer to home, the United States has suffered many hostage crisises, knive threats, and killings. Recently the Delta out of Dallas was hijacked by terrorists. Continued talk and increased frights have scared some Americans to the point of avoiding air travel. Hopefully extreme terrorist acts will never reach the United States, and eventu- ally the Middle East will have de- creased violence. REPORTING Mini Mag

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W , iii i , 1 0 , Q Y I 0 I i '90 H I! 710'- ? 4 ,M 'Summer , Q -A...-.,,..,- , ..,,..,f Piggy backed, Kim Howard spikes past Keith Redmond, as Cammie Twito, Bob Kirkhart. and Dave Case look on in awe. Photo: B. Christian. When the temperature got hot, Tammi Garton and Jill Engel could he found cruising by North awaiting opening day. Photo: B. Christian. SNG