Northwood High School - Logue Yearbook (Nappanee, IN)

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Iran Scandal Rocks White House It all began in the summer of 1985. David Kimche of the Israeli Foreign Ministry told national- 9 security advisor Robert McFarlane that moderate elements in Iran ,would help free Americans hostages in Lebanon in exchange a for arms. Then, in September of , 1985 the Israelis, acting with US approval, delivered two , pIanesIoads of weapons to Iran. Within days hostage Benjamin , Weir was released. In January of , 1986 President Reagan secretly signed an executive order lifting 9 the Iranian arms embargo and , thus allowing weapon sales to 9 Iran. Meanwhile, the arms con- tinue to arrive in Iran. In May, , McFarlane and Oliver North travel- 9 V99VVVVV9VV ed to Teheran in a plane carrying yet more arms; Father Lawrence Jenco was released in Lebanon two months later. More arms , shipments in August and October lead to the reIeased of David 9 Jacobson, the finaI hostage freed. 9When information about the arms-for-hostages trade becomes public, President Reagan fired , Oliver North and national security 9 advisor John Poindexter resigned. 9 Both men later pleaded the 5th , amendment and refused to testify , before a congressional commis- sion designed to investigate the 9 Iran dealings. In earIy December of 1986 Attorney General Edwin o Meese reveled that the money from the sales was funneled to the Contras in Central America. If this is true then the arms sales was a clear violation of the law. Amid all the critizism and accusations President Reagan's popularity has taken a beating. His approval rating dropped to his all time low of 44170. Giants Win Super Bowl The NFL season began with the Chicago Bears favored to repeat as world champions. However, the Bears soon fell by the wayside and the NY Giants emeraged as the NFC Champions. In the AFC the Denver Broncos earned their Super Bowl berth with a thrilling 23-20 victory over Cleveland in overtime. Going into the game the Giants were favored by 9Vz points; however, they traiIed the Broncos 10-9 at halftime. In the second half though the Giants pulled away as quarterback Phil Simms threw 3 touchdowns and the Giants won 39-20. Quarterback Simms also was named the Super Bowl MVP. 9' : IZIGUBBENT EVENTS 9 Hiler Edges Ward On the night of November 4 it appeared as though Repuincian incumbent Congressman John HiIer had been defeated by Democrat Tom Ward in his reelec- ; tion bid for the 3rd district Con- gressional seat. However, the 7 next day some votes had been found that nad not been counted in the final returns and thus Hiler claimed victory with a 66-vote margin. Democrat Ward imediate- Iy fiIed for a recount. The recount, headed by newly elected Secretary of State Evan Bayh con- F sumed 77 days before HiIer was finally declared the official winner ;. by a 47 vote margin. Bayhis leadership of the recount commis- i sion impressed many political ex- 7 perts and made him the odds-on- favorite in the race for governor in 1988, should he decide to run. I

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EXCHANGE The reason of my trip is to improve my English, to learn how to live in another culture, and have an American way of life experience. What I like best is your feelings. The people I know here are really nice?

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The Drama Club's first produc- tion this year was uThe Good Doc- tor . During this Comedy, the main charater, a Russian writer, proceeds to tell the audience of some of his possible plots. These performed plots consisted of a man blowing a sneeze out of pro- The Good Doctor? vant, a defenseless woman threating a banker, and two old war buddies fighting about the perfect dinner. These skits along with others formed NorthWoodis version of ttThe Good Doctor . D D 9 b 9 portion, a woman tricking her ser- , 0 9' 9 t .- H Jennifer Weaver shows her stuff. i- John Duesler works hard to get ready for the play. I Is that really Steph Comer behind those glassses? i- As we all can see. Rhonda Yoder expertly applies her make-up. 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 b D 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 3 FALL PLAYI13 9 9