Peabody High School - Warrior Yearbook (Peabody, KS)

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QA iPP i mubciM : it nPP! Was it right or wrong -for Vanessa Williams to give up her crown? Should she sue PENTHOUSE? Students questioned the scan- dal surrounding the -first res- ignation of a Miss America. Vanessa Williams, 21, the first black Miss America was forced to give up her title only about eight weeks short of the end of her term. Nude pictures taken in 1982 in Mount Kisco, New York, and released in the September issue of PENTHOUSE magazine prompted the resignation. “I don't think she should have given up her crown. She was not the one that okayed them to go in the magazine, Senior Connie L i p tau said. Williams said she didn't re- call signing a release allowing the pictures to be published. vTi teq sco ioli PocaP pastu ies The first week in September strong winds, high temperatures and dry conditions joined forces to destory over 4,000 acres of pasture in Marion County. The first major fire started September 6, at Watchorn Corn- er, five miles east of Peabody. This fire spread more than five miles northeast of Doyle Creek, southwest of Florence along U.S. 50 Highway. Estimated damages to the Harold Brooks farm, one mile north of Watchorn Corner, was $80,000. The second fire started Sept- ember 7, about 3 1 2 miles south of Florence along U.S. 77 High- way. This fire burned about 1,700 acres to the east of Florence and brought an estimated $100,000 damage to the Frank Strait Ranch, east of FIorence. Qmij 7} matw IwgliPighh ’24 ePcctions Has the United States finally fol- lowed in the foot- steps of other coun- tries? For the first time in history, a woman has been named as Vice Presidential Cand i date . Geraldine Ferraro, a 49 year-old Cath- olic Democrat from Queens, New York, was Walter Mondale's his- toric choice for his running mate. Con- gresswoman Ferraro has escalated from school teacher to as- sistant prosecutor to prominent politician. Then in November the waiting was over. Ronald Reagan, Repub- lican incumbent, won the election by a landslide. He captur- ed 49 of the 50 states with the Mon- dale-Ferraro ticket winning only Minne- sota and the District of Columbi a. The highlights of the '84 Presidential Election were the fact that a record number of voters went to the polls to cast their votes and that the mold Qf American politics was broken by the Mondale-Fer- raro team. K rause i ies o i cde iaP nfjffice William V. Krause, edi tor of the Peabody Gazette-Bul1 et i n. ran in the August primary on the Republican tic- ket for 4th District U.S. Representative. Mr. Krause has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Kansas State University and has served on the school board and city counc i 1 . He ran in November against Dan Glickman for a seat in the U.S. House of Represen tat i ves. C I Mini Mag 13

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WARRIOR MAO ££.cA. (iop,tfi 1984 fiuwwGft (T)Cywpic : 45albij tJae sfe medica? crotooi GiKy mofts the nation Being born three weeks premature in Barstow, California, doctors confirmed that an anonymous ba- by girl known as Baby Fae had a con- genital heart defect that was fatal. Dr. Leonard L. Bailey, chief of pe- diatric heart surgery at Loma Linda Univer- sity Medical Center, offered a chance to save her life with a heart transplant from a baboon. On October 26, Baby Fae received the baboon heart in a five hour transplant operation. However, the surgery stirred a medical controversy all over the nation. Setting a new re- cord, Baby Fae lived three weeks with the heart before kidney failure occurred. The 81 year-old Peabody Hotel burns to the ground as firemen hopelessly look on. 12 Classes MIni Mag Over 7,000 ath- letes from 140 na- tions attended the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Ac- cording to the press, the Games of the XXIII 23) Olympiad set records for Amer- ican athletes. Mary Lou Retton, 16, was confirmed the best all-round woman gymnast. Track great, Carl Lewis, 23, cap- tured four gold med- als in track and field events. Nancy Hogshead,22, and Car- rie Steinseifer, 16, were the first two swimmers to share a gold medal in the women's 100-meter breaststroke. Defeat- ing the Chinese men's gymnastic team for the first time in sports' history, the United States team pulled away with the gold. Overall, Amer- icans left with 80 gold, 63 silver and 31 bronze medals to make a total of 174 medals for American athletes. However, nonpart- icipation of Sov i e t allies and the Soviet Union caused contro- versy on whether the U.S. did better at the games. The Sovi- ets used the Games as revenge on Jimmy Carter's boycott of the 1980 01ymp i cs. The 01ymp i cs is the only time in the history of the world when nations come to- gether in one spot.

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rniarj Ijtlji to rPtrUtilize beljaol j iirit TOP ROW: Troy Kasper Bob Ky 1 e MIDDLE ROW: Del L i ndsly Conn i e L i p tau Dav i d Map 1es BOTTOM ROW: Will Mellott Jan i ce Mo-f-f e 11 Jerome Moore