Northwest High School - Silvertip Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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3. , j Q 5 1 F f x - x Current Events: ational 'Challenger' satellite lost through mishap A 3,000 mile error deployed the world's most advanced communications satelite from the space shuttle Cbaflenger, leaving the United States space agency wondering what to do with this S100 million tracking station lost in a useless orbit. The mishap appeared to be caused by a propulsion error in the second stage of an Air Force developed, Boeing-built rocket booster. The rocket was supposed to move the satellite into a higher orbit after a suc- cessful launch from the space shuttles' cargo bay. The satellite, one in a 32.5 billion government space communications net- work was in no immediate danger, but its off course orbit was not even close to the 22,300 mile high calculated parking place for the satellite. After a day of extensive investigation, mission control officials in Houston said they hoped to get the two and one half ton satellite back on course by using small gas jets put on board for minor ad- justments. The only problem was it would take days or even weeks to accomplish the task. tiki Artificial heart recipient dies from organ failures Barney Clark, the world's first artificial heart recipient died at the University of Utah Medical Center after 112 days with the device. He died from what was termed as, by doctors as, circulatory collapse and secondary to multi-organ systems failure. Clark, in his first interview with reporters about the implant said all in all, it has been a pleasure to be able to help people. Clark's heart ran on a power source plugged into an electric outlet with a backup power scource and ran, with an electric bill of 1520 a month. The heart, designed Robert jarvik was made of polyurethane, Dacron, Velcro, metal and graphite and was slightly larger than a normal heart. The artifical heart was first tested on animals and one of them is cur- rently running after four and one half years. Wiki: House cuts S60 million assistance to El Salvador President Reagan's request for 1560 million in military aid for El Salvador was cut in half by a House panel after a special plea was made to Congress and the nation to support his Central American Policy. The House Appropriations subcommit- tee on foreign operations voted 7-5 against the proposal to slash the aid after defeating a move to approve the entire 360 million. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee already had settled on an identical cut. Subcommittee Chairman Clarence Long, said the compromise was part of an agreement with the administration on four conditions he proposed earlier, in- cluding appointment of a special envoy to El Salvador to seek an accord with all fac- tions leading to open elections. tiki? Tylenol, cyanide deaths create national scare The Tylenol scare, was one of the major scares of the 1982-83 year. The incident started out as a simple attempt to ease a little child's pain. Twelve-year-old Mary Kellerman of Elk Grove Village, Ill., awoke at dawn one Wednesday complain- ing of a sore throat and a runny nose. Her parents gave her one Extra-Strength Tylenol capsule and at 7:00 a.m. they found her lying dead on the bathroom floor. Mary Reiner, 27, of nearby Win- field, Ill., died within hours of taking one of the Tylenol capsules for a mild headache. Paramedics found 27-year-old Adam Janus collapsed in his home, his pupils fixed and dilated. Despite emergency room efforts to keep his heart going,janus died. Later that day his griev- ing relatives shared a bottle of Extra- Strength Tylenol they found in his home. Adam's brother Stanley, 25, died that evening. Theresa, 19, Stanley's wife of three months, held on for two days until doctors abandoned efforts to save her. By that weekend seven Chicago-area residents had died and authorities braced themselves for still more victims in what was to become the biggest consumer alert in memory. It's source, capsules of Extra- Strength Tylenol laced with cyanide, a poison so deadly that it kills within minutes. Tylenol's manufacturer, johnson 8: johnson, a subsidary of the McNeil Consumer Products Co., recalled two batches of the medication, some 264,400 bottles nationwide and the Federal Food and Drug Administration warned Americans not to take any Extra- Strength Tylenol capsules until the case was solved. Shortly after the cyanide incident in Chicago, several other similar incidences began to take place in other areas. Traces of strychnine were discoverd in three other bottles of Tylenol capsules in California, and Hydrochloric acid was found in both Visine eye-drops and Lavoris mouthwash. ,Some experts feared that the episode might set off a widespread panic among American consumers. Many people mar- ched into local stores demanding their money back or another product in place of the Tylenol. In cities across the country, consumers threw away all the Tylenol on hand, and many discarded other drugs and household products as well. The Federal Food and Drug Ad- ministration passed a law requiring all companies to use tamper-proof packaging for all over the counter capsules, Congress also began considering a law designating tampering with over the counter food and drugs as a federal offense. Wiki? Senate, House approves Reagan's MX Missiles President Ronald Reagan won surpris- ing victories when the House and Senate both approved his MX missile plan. Within two days of the approval the Soviets responded to the plan. The Soviet Union announced that it will develop a new nuclear missile to match the MX and accused Washington of Using the weapon to blackmail the USSR at the Geneva arms talk in late May. A new round of of the arms race was predicted. The commentary by the Novosti news agency was the first reaction in Moscow to the vote in the Senate endorsing President Reagan's plan to store 100 MX missiles in underground silos in the western United States. 13' 'iff 'KY

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Current Events: International Leonid Brezhnev dies, Andropov takes reigns Exceeding in glory and splendor more than anything seen since the death of joseph Stain in 1953, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev was buried near the Kremlin wall following a state funeral. Before the largest gathering of foreign dignitaries since the Russian revolution, Brezhnev's coffin was borne atop a gun carriage into the heart of Red Square. After a large tribute from the new General Secretary of the Communist Party, Yuri Andropov, pallbearers carried the casket to a spot behind the Lenin mausoleum, a spot that is, symbolically, the most distinguished burial place of any Soviet leader. The change in Soviet leadership was the fourth in the 65-year history of the nation. United States Vice President George Bush and Secretary of State George Shultz were among the array of dignitaries that included 52 heads of state, 15 prime ministers, and representatives ot at least four royal houses. 'iff ii' it Car bomb explosion destroys U.S. Embassy A car bomb explosion that sent an orange fireball 10 stories into the air tore apart the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon killing at least 39 people and in- juring 120. Police said the front of the seaside embassy was blown out by 500 pounds of explosives packed into a vehicle which witnesses described as a GMC pickup. It was not known if the explosives were set off by remote control or if the driver was still in the car when it blew up. A radical Lebanese Moslem group took resposibility for the explosion calling it a 'holy war.' 11' iff 'ii' United States grants asylum to tennis player The United States, risking a rupture in cultural relations with China and a flood of requests for political asylum, granted sanctuary to 19-year old tennis champion I-lu Na. The decision, announced in Washington, turned aside appeals from China and cut off 8Vz months of arguing within the State Department over foreign policy implications. The Chinese, who have been more vocal than in any other defection, have demanded Hu's return since july 20, 1982, when she slipped away during the Federation Cup Tournament in Santa Clara, Calif. She said she acted after refus- ing to join the Communist Party and after receiving a threatening letter from a high Chinese official. il' 'A' 'ii' Pope john Paul II gives new code of church laws Pope john Paul II gave Roman Catholics a new code of church laws that lengthened the process of marriage an- nulments for Americans, opened more administrative posts to women and reduc- ed required Mass attendance at Holy Days of Obligation. The signing of the new code, the first revision of the church's laws in 66 years, symbolized the losing of one of the most important chapters in the church's modern history, a chapter that began jan. 25, 1959, when Pope john DQCIII an- nounced his intention to summon the first council of the 20th century to discuss church doctrine. The code was not expected to change the practice of most Catholics because many of the changes were already in- troduced. Major changes include: reduc- ing the number of Holy Days of Obliga- tion from 10 to two, allowing rank-and- file Catholics to choose cremation instead of burial, reinstating a three-judge ap- peals court to review annulmentsg and giving women the right to hold all the ad- ministrative offices that laymen can, reading scripture lessons during church services and distributing Communion wafers. After a 10-minute signing ceremony of the Laws of Sacred Discipline, the code was translated in many languages and distributed around the world. iff 'ir ik Many slain in massacreg president-elect killed Supported and armed by Israel, the massacre in Beirut was the work of Lebanese Christian militiamen. The Israelis invaded Muslim West Beirut on the pretext of preventing bloodshed after the murder of their principal Lebanese al- ly, President-elect Bashire Gemayel. They put their Christian friends in charge of the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps, which housed the families of evacuated Palestinian fighting men. As the Israelis stood by, Christian gunmen rampaged through the two camps, ex- ecuting hundreds of Palestinians. The ex- act number may never he known, but estimates ran as high as 1,000 including some who died with their hands and feet bound. Before leaving, the killers tried to clean up their mess, witnesses saw bulldozers leaving Sabra, their scoops pil- ed high with bodies. But they did not erase every trace of the slaughter. Some of the survivors blamed the massacre on members of Gemayel's Phalangist party. Others said that the killers belonged to the private army of renegade Lebanese Major Sasd Haddad, whose stronghold in Southern Lebanon has been an Israeli protectorate for years. When the Israelis invaded West Beirut, they charged that at least 2,000 fighters from the Palestine Liberation Organization had remained in the city in violation of the withdrawal agreement worked out by American special envoy Philip Habib. Israel also broke the Habib agreement, which guaranteed that the relatives of the departed PLO men would be protected. Instead, the Israelis sealed off the camp trapping as many as 80,000 Palestianians inside, turned the area over to the Christian militiamen and even fired flares that, perhaps inadvertently, allowed the killings to go on at night. To some American officials, the killing appeared deliberate. After a briefing from Secretary of State George Shultz, Ronald Reagan denounc- ed Israel in unusually harsh terms. ifrffmfr

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Current Events: Sports it I Cardinals win Seriesg Porter named MVP The St. Louis Cardinals, molded by Manager Whitey Herzog in his own feisty image and driven by the persistent bats of Darrell Porter, Keith Hernandez and George Hendrick, ended 15 years of frustration by beating the Milwaukee Brewers, 6-3, to win baseball's 79th World Series. Porter, who was I-Ierzog's catcher at Kansas City, drove in one of the St. Louis runs in the decisive seventh game and had five runs batted in for the Series, which earned him the award of Most Valuable Player. The victory gave the Cardinal club its ninth World Series Championship and the fourth straight win for the National League. ii' 'Cr 'lk Washington Redskins win Super Bowl XVIH Setting three Super Bowl Records, Washington Redskins' john Riggins was the unanimous selection as the game's Most Valuable Player. By having 38 carries, 166 yards rushing and a 43-yard touchdown run from scrim- mage, Riggins led the underdog Redskins to a 27-17 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl XVIII and climaxed a most incredible season for both Riggins and Coach joe Gibbs. The 33-year-old Riggins, a native Kan- san, ran over the Dolphins, just as he had in amassing 444 yards in playoff victories over Detroit, Minnesota and Dallas. Riggins broke the Super Bowl rushing record of 158 yards on 34 carries set by Pittsburg's Franco Harris' in 1975 against Minnesota, and his 38 carries were one short of an all-time National Football League record. It was a sensational end to the last year of Riggins' contract with the Redskins. His season began in acrimony when he was rumored to be possiblelirade material after sitting out the 1980 season because the, Redskins would not guarantee the final year of his contract. Riggins was not all the Redskins had. They also had joe Theismann, who com- pleted 15 of 23 pass attempts for 143 yards and two touchdowns and two passes in- terce p ted . , . The Redskins were the best team in the National Conference with an 8-1 record, one victory more than Miami. Never- theless, they came into the Superbowl as three-point underdogs. They are now 12-1 and Super Bowl Champions only two years after Gibbs took over a losing team devoid of draft choices traded away by Former Coach George Allen in the early 197O's. si' 'iff 'Z-X' NFL players conduct 57-day football strike After months of off-and-on talks, the result of the contract negotiations bet- ween the National Football League Players Association and the team owners was the longest strike C57 daysj in U.S. sports history and the first regular-season walkout in the 63-year existence of the National Football League. The players were irritated by the news that the league had completed a record television deal: S2,100,000,000 over a five-year span. With the slogan We Are the Game, the players' union made as its paramount demand that 55 percent of the league's gross revenues be placed in a central fund and paid to the players under a salary-bonus system. Matters were at a standstill as the season opened, and after two weeks of play a strike was called. An estimated 94 percent of the players concurred with the union's decision to strike. The end of the strike brought a higher wage scale for players, a new bonus plan, a severance plan and other benefits. Carr ends WSU career, sets new Shocker record Antoine Carr closed out his career as a forward for the Wichita State University Shocker basketball team by being named Missouri Valley Player of the Year, and an All-American selection nationwide. Carr rewrote the WSU record book in his last season, becoming one of the best players in Shocker history. His most memorable record was the last game of the season where he scored 47 points, a new all-time single game scoring record for a Wichita State player. Carr was a local favorite in Wichita, graduating from Heights High School and being a top draft choice in the National Basketball Association. His accomplishments include being ranked first in career field goal percentage and field goals at Wichita State, and was the first Wichita State player to be named as Missouri Valley Player of the Year. Carr led the Wichita State team to a 25-3 season record, the best winning record of any Wichita State team. Despite this, the Shockers and Carr were not allowed to participate in post-season tour- naments due to the final year of NCAA probation. 'frufrufr KU fires Ted Owens after 19-year tenure Ted Owens reign as coach of the University of Kansas basketball program ended when he was fired after the jayhawk's second losing season in a row. Owens, the school's fifth basketball coach in 85 years, compiled 348 victories, six Big Eight Conference titles, ap- pearances in seven NCAA tournaments and two NIT berths during his 19-year reign at KU. He was also named Coach of the Year five times for the Big Eight Con- ference. His career won-loss record was 348-182 for 65.7 percent. He became the only basketball coach ever fired by the University of Kansas. Prior to the firing, Owens had received much criticism for his team's records and for the decrease in attendance at home games. 'iff it 'fr Ted Bredehoft resigns from athletic program Ted Bredehoft resigned as head of the Wichita State University athletic depart- ment at the request of University Presi- dent Clark Ahlberg. The resignation came after Bredehoft found himself under heavy fire for reigning over an athletic program that had become the most fre- quently penalized in the history of the National Collegiate Athletic Association CNCAAJ The resignation ended weeks of speculation, rumor and tension at the university over Bredehoft's job status, and it came as the university was investigating alleged NCAA rules violations by the football and basketball programs. ifrifrifr