Palm Bay High School - Royal Fortune Yearbook (Melbourne, FL)

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Eruptions Throughout The World MGM Grand Hotel Fire One ofthe worst fires in the United States in more than three years took hold of the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas November ll, l980. The casino area, along with the hotel section, was the victim ofheavy smoke and fire. Eighty-four people were killed and hundreds more were injured. Fires across the country may have been more dramatic, but fires in Florida have definitely not been uncommon. The freezing temperatures dried Florida's brushy land, and the situation was aggravated by little or no rain fall, and a few arsonists. Brush fires have kept the lire departments busy over the last couple of months, and have blackened many areas ofwoods around highways, and even some residential woods have been threatened. Muck fires along Interstate 95 have not only been a nuisance, but have been very dangerous to those traveling on the road. Many accidents have resulted from the dense smoke which blocked the driver's view of the road. The dry season is finally coming to an end, though, and with it the fires should be brought under control. Cuban Refugees Defying fierce winds, thousands of refugees took what was considered to be the freedom ride to Florida . Hoping to escape impoverishment, political repression and Castro, over 10,000 Cuban refugees have lied to the U.S. to shape new lives for themselves. Florida, obviously the best target for their immigration geographically, was flooded with the refugees in the area stretching from Key West to Miami. At one point, Governor Bob Graham had to declare a state of emergency in Monroe and Dade counties, and the U.S. Government had to start airlifting refugees from Key West to Eglin Air Force Base in northwest Florida. Suspicions began to rise about who was being ailowed to depart from Cuba. Common criminals were often ordered into boats and told to leave. Most of the Cubans that have landed on American soil have appeared to be ordinary people, though, just looking for a land of promises. NZXCURRENT EVENTS

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