Northwest High School - Silvertip Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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safe tml News To appear again House defeats 18-year drinking bill A bill was put before the Kansas House to raise the drinking age of 3.2 beer from 18 to 19. If it had passed, it would have been the first change in the drinking law since Prohibition ended in Kansas 47 years ago. Should the law have changed, it would have brought Kansas statutes closer to those of three neighboring states. In 1983, Gklahoma raised the drinking age to 21, Nebraska did the same in February, 1984. Missiouri had a minimum drinking age of 21 since 1945. Colorado has the same laws as Kansas. Supporters of the bill argued that if the age was raised from 18 to 19, it would reduce road fatalities. One reason for the proposed increased drinking age was that up to 21 percent of the traffic accidents were caused by teenage drivers. Highway safety studies indicate that up to 60 percent of all crashes involving 16-20 year old drivers were related to liquor. Barry Sweedler, director of the Bureau of Safety programs at the Transportation Safety Board in Washington D.C., said, We figure that if every state went to 21, we'd save 1,250 lives every year. Some college students and beer industry represen- tatives argued that alcohol-education programs would -be effective if given a fair chance. Both groups agreed Former Governor Docking dies from emphysema battle that an effective public education program and an er forcement of the existing drinking laws would l enough to solve the problems. There is not sound co relation fbetween raising the drinking age and reducir traffic deathsj. I think there would be a sound correl: tion between an alcohol-education program and savir lives, and enforcement of our DWI law, said Ne Whitaker, executive director of the Kansas Be4 Wholesalers Association. Most agreed that any new la raising the drinking age would be unenforceable. A survey given by the Associated Students of Kansas pol ed seven regent universities. Of the 1,000 studen chosen at random, 75 percent of the students preferrc the present 18 drinking law. Six percent wanted an evr Former Governor Robert Docking, who served four terms as Kansas, chief executive blaz- ing new trails in the political history of Kansas, died in his sleep on Oct. 8, 1983. The cause of death was due to a long bout of emphysema. His death occurred the day before his 58th birthday. Docking had been hospitalized at the 'Shawnee Mission Medical Center from May 4 to Sept. 19 for treatment of emphysema that had been detected several years ago. Described as a man without hobbies, Robert Blackwell Docking thrusted his burning energy into the fires of politics. As a self-assured individual, he leaped from Arkansas City Mayor to City Commissioner directly to Governor. Seeking accomplishment, he was a decisive public servant. He 34 ' Current Events disliked mediocrity and inspired loyalty among his staff and his friends. During his four terms as Governor, Docking recharged Kansas' state government and moderated many policies. He fostered efforts to revise the state's out of date constitution, reorganized the executive branch of government, sup- ported election reforms and forced the state to revamp its t8.X structure. .,,, In former Governor Docking's honor, Governor john Carlin ordered the State flag to be flown at half-mast for a week. In his absence, Bobp Docking's many contributions to our way of life in Kansas willy remain as a thousand' monuments to this life, said Carlin. -Stefony VonScoyk lower drinking age. Although the bill did not pass in April, 1984, it w expected to appear before the Kansas Senate again. -Srefany VunScc Wolf Creek brings fights from anti-nuclear groups Much was said and written about the risks of producing energy--hydroelectric dam breakage, the Three Mile Island accident, coal plants exploding and more. Much was also said about the risks of not having energy. Progress, a report to the public on the progress of the Wolf Creek Generating Station Project emphasized the need for adequate electricity. The report stated, According to a Kansas City news story, 1,265 persons died from severe heat of last summer, most of them were those who did not have access to air conditioning. The point? There also are life threatening risks when there is not enough electricity. Many, not only in Burlington where Wolf Creek is located, felt that the building of the plant was a mistake , There were nearly 1,000 pro- testors gathered outside the plant in August and the ques- tion of whether power from Wolf Creek was needed became central to the politicial firestorm that raged in Kansas. By the utilities' own recko ing, all of the output of tl 1,150 mega watt plant won't l needed until sometime in tl late 1990's. A KG8 spokesman said that the predi tion failed to take into accou the company's desire to rely 4 uranium instead of natural g to generate electricity. We a committed to the overseeing work on the plant, was the c fical stand of KG8cE officials. Petitions were made fro anti-nuclear groups claiming have evidence of extensive co struction problems of tl nuclear power plant and wanti to participate in license pr ceedings. Across the country and Kansas, public opinion studi: most of them made for or elected government officia continued to show a strong rr jority of people favored t development of nuclear energ particulary to help offs dependence on foreign 4 sources. -Tim Rc

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Em-ffainmmfspofft ABC'S 'Day After' news The program itself was the ultimate TV disaster movie, a ZV2 hour video nightmare depicting the nuclear destruc- tion of Kansas City and the hellish aftermath experienced in the nearby town of Lawrence. In the movie, The Day Aj?er, the nuclear bomb was dropped at 8:05 p.m., wiping out Kansas City and spreading radioactive fallout to Lawrence and sur- rounding areas. lt was estimated that 75 million people viewed this program throughout the United States. It was also view- ed by people living in the Soviet Union and Great Britian. Several people agreed, in the Northwest community alone, that the prospect of surviving in a time when the living 'will envy the dead, was the most haunting part of the film. The program brought a lot of con- templation from all types of people, in all walks of life. Nuclear freeze supporters us- ed the movie to help their cause, and many conservatives were angered because they say that ABC used the movie to make a political statement. While people debated the movie's political impact, there was not question about the emotional impact on the people who were in it and those at home who were watching. Following the airing of the movie, ABC immediately covered the issue on Nzgbtline, with Ted Koppell. He explored all aspects of the nuclear destruction issue. Almost everyone agreed that the film was visually powerful. But, because of wide disagree- ment about it's message, the movie was turned into major policitcal, religious, educational and media events. Many Americans felt that the policy of the United States was based on the idea that we do not accept nuclear war, and that we have been successful in preventing it and wanted to keep it that way. Tbe Day Aj9er, then was a way for the United States to show other countries the defini- tion of a democratic policy. -Tim Ross brings controversy 'I' ' . i Nightmare , Pubns serum or nmpaganua? l Huw Wilt It Affect Children? ABC's 'Tha Dav After' American athletes win eight Olym ic medals American athletes finished the competition in the XIV Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia with a total of eight medals. Gold medals were won by vir- tually unknown American athletes. Bringing home the first gold medal for the United States was the unheralded Deb- bie Armstrong who won the giant slalom competition. Two other Americans also placed se- cond and fourth in the women's giant slalom. Another surprise was Bill johnson's gold medal victory in the downhill skiing event, usually dominated by European athletes. In the alpine skiing competition, two American twins, Phil and Steve Mahre, 36 0 Current Events . won the gold and silver medal respectively. The skating competition pro- ved to be the strongest events for the American athletes. The brother and sister team of Kitty and Peter Carruthers won a silver medal in pairs figure skating. In the singles figure skating competition American skaters took a gold and a silver medal. Scott Hamilton, the favored American, took the gold in a spectacular perfor- mance and Rosalind Summers placed second in the women's event. Perhaps the highlight of the skating events was the flawless performances of Britian's gold medal winners jane Torvill and Christopher Dean. They P became the Olympic's first ice dancers to receive perfect scores of sixes. Although at the beginning the American athletes did not fare as well as expected, however, by the end of the Olympic games their record showed four gold and four silver medals. Soviets boycott games Since 1980, the Olympic games have been used as a political vice for countries about the world. And politics was a part of the 1984 summer games, The 1980 Olympics, held in Moscow, was boycotted by the United States and approximate- ly 50 other countries in protest of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. In the spring of 1984 Russia became the first country to announce a pullout of the summer games. The reason: lack of security and possible defection. Olympic of- ficials tended to think that the Soviets pulled out because of the American boycott four years before. After the Soviet's announce- ment of the boycott, several Communist bloc countries followed suit. Cuba became the eleventh country to pullout of the Los Angeles games. By pull- ing out of the Olympics, the Soviets hurt the sense of com- petition and sportsmanship by making the games a political show. -Stefcny VcnScoyk